(edited March 12)
Soledad O’Brien and her CNN panel manage to stumble into Contessa Brewer territory in this appearance by attempting to paint Breitbart.com editor-in-chief Joel Pollak as a racist for making a point about Barack Obama’s support for a proponent of “critical race theory” during his days at Harvard Law School. Joel ends up in an argument with a woefully unprepared O’Brien on the theory itself, but the actual facepalm moment goes to one of her panelists, who asks Joel why he’s so afraid of black people:
Hot Air provides the punchline.
Update: Bill Whittle Responds to Soledad O’Brien
Convicted cop killers and urban terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn introduce Obama to the Chicago political elite in their home.
(They also served Andrew Breitbart a meal not long before his death.)
It’s apparent that inconvenient info on Obama, such as this college video, were actively suppressed.
The main stream media hid facts from the people of America leading to a Marxist taking the Presidency.
The whole sordid affair…..wait, Limbaugh called someone a slut…oh look a puppy.
Lenin and Geobbel would be jealous of such media mastery by the communist media.
Proud liberal tactics on parade – feigned outrage, accusations of racism, blanket dismissals, shifting definitions to keep the debate from staying in any single place. I’ll give Joel Pollak credit for not taking the easy route and saying, “uh, my wife is the daughter of a black South African anti-apartheid activist, so what’s your point?” Let Soledad O’Brien chew over that revelation over breakfast.
Soledad is gonna need a much bigger chainsaw to deal with that giant chip on her shoulder.
Such a tragically heavy weight to bear.
That station is so horrible. I don’t even know how a liberal could watch it. Anyone who has any brains left that place a long long time ago.
I think her reaction was exactly what Brietbart was trying to achieve.
He so owned her she must be in the bathroom puck-in her guts out !
You can just barely see the marionette lines from the heads of the panel which lead up to Breitbart’s fingers in the sky.
Dance, puppets, dance!
“Frankly, it’s clear that no one at CNN does critical thinking, on race theory or anything else.” /Hot Air quote
I can’t understand anyone accusing CNN staff of not being able to think critically.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVC28oemocA
It’s painful to watch. They are blissfully unaware when they should feel like I do whenever I play chess.
It’s also interesting to see the furious editing of the Critical Race Theory entry today on Wikipedia to match what Soledad said.
Mark: “I think her reaction was exactly what Brietbart was trying to achieve.”
Bingo: the important thing isn’t the content of the video, which amounts to much less than we might have been led to believe, but the way the msm behaved so predictably in circling the Obama wagons. As Amy Holmes points out, the msm wants to have it both ways: act as gate-keeper in shutting the lid on this stuff, and claim at the same time that there’s nothing to see here. And that’s the real story.
I’m wondering if Breitbart intended to start out with a soft item in order to produce this sort of reaction from the msm, and then come out with the juicier stuff. I guess we’ll soon find out.
Soledad looked like she was going to cry.
I love how Solebad when challenged pretends to know what “Critical race Theory” is all about, but clearly has to wait for one of her producers to feed her the information through her hidden ear piece… nice act. Solebad doesn’t see any “bombshell”, and the media will do they’re best to make sure no one else does either, just like 2008.
Interesting, Sean M, I didn’t look at the timestamps of the Wikipedia entry,
but it may have been that someone was reading Wikipedia to Soledad vice editing the entry later.
Ace of Spades noticed the Wikipedia changes too.
“That’s it? That’s a big scandal?” It informs us about Obama, and helps illustrate that he has had cozy associations with extreme radicals on the far left for a long time.
Stick your head in the sand if you like.
Good Gawd: Banned in Boston is as stupid as Soledad O’Brien.
You just don’t get it, bib. It’s not just black on black associations, it’s what’s behind the Obama/Bell/Wright relationship which the MSM has made sure the voting public never sees or hears. Hmmm … ‘wonder why …
O’Brien’s constant interruptions and emotional eruptions reveal that she’s worried. She’s upset. She’s mad. She’s going to defend Obama at every turn. Unfortunately for her, there are fair journalists like Amy Holmes — and the journalists at Breitbart.com — who understand that it’s up to voters to decide about Barak Obama’s views not the mainstream media which has been acting like a sentinel for Obama. Voters need to see and hear what Obama’s been saying for years and then make up their own minds. (The italicized section is for bib’s enlightenment.)
The MSM as gatekeepers is coming to an end.
And bib had better get up to par on the “thugs who worked to steal an election.” Methinks bib’s referring to the non-scandal, propelled by Avaaz and leadnow.ca in Canada, when the “thugs” s/he should be referring to are the thugs who rigged the election for POTUS in 2008.
“In Canada, you ignore the thwarting of democracy by thugs who worked to steal an election, and you think a student introducing a prof is some kind of scandal? Must be pleasant to be this dumb.”
Actually most of us will wait until the investigation is complete before crying scandal. But yes I do understand how upset you get at thugs!
Perhaps you can find some here if you look really hard
http://www.scribd.com/doc/83175057/Elections-Canada-voter-suppression-ATIP-A-2011-00013-Response-Records
“That’s it? That’s a big scandal?”
Nothing compared to the outrage expressed in the MSM when it was revealed that Duyba was charged with DUI when he was a college student.
DUI-Racist philosophy. You be the judge.
And here’s more about Joel’s South African wife that Rick mentioned [via commenter ‘browsin’ at Ace’s]:
pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/03/08/jay-thomas-to-joel-pollack-why-are-you-afraid-of-black-people/
Above all, one comes away impressed by young Mr. Pollak who was unflappable and intelligent throughout the entire discussion.
And yes, Wikipedia being altered to suit the lame street media as they obfuscate, deny & outright lie through their teeth… who’d have thunk it?
And Soledad lost on Jeopardy, baby, too:
http://www.ihatethemedia.com/soledad-obrien-smarter-than-wolf-blitzer-jeopardary
And a good one from another Ace commenter that only in 2012 could a Jew married to a black South African be accused of racism.
And Obama doesn’t even know Prof. Bell
weaselzippers.us/2012/03/08/logs-show-derrick-bell-visited-white-house-twice-in-2010/
[h/t another Ace commenter, another in an army of Davids]
“Soledad”, I haven’t got by that yet. Who names their kid after a prison? hmm.I wonder if she’s read that story about Attica Finch?
Banned in Boston: “… and I dare say no one here is an expert on critical race theory or has actually looked at a paper or book written by Bell, what, exactly does this have to do with Obama?”
Then why doesn’t/didn’t someone ask him? E.g. “do you agree with Bell’s beliefs about race relations?” Then we could compare his answer with his actions and writings. You know, the way the media normally do with people who want to hold the most powerful position in the world.
By the way, if you think “critical race theory” has the complexity of quantum physics, then you’re a simpleton. Hint: it starts with a conclusion and then looks for evidence — any evidence.
Soledad read or was told the first line of wiki. But if you read the rest it covers what pollack said.
Its about the “perpetuation of racial hierarchies” ( read whit race hierarchy) through law.
It means a perpetual thumb on the scale in law to correct.
And barack was sold as the “post racial” candidate, ie colour blind.
Oh oh…..someone lied
The point is that Breitbart has set up a chess game of this, and this is merely the first move.
Wait for the rest of it…
In 2007 CNNs primary job has been to carry water for the chosen one …. I have not seen 20 minutes of their programing since the @$$hole got elected.
The freedom haters on the left need CNN and the rest to keep the public ignorant and misinformed…they are just tools.
Am I the only one who sees a strong resemblance between Soledad O’Brien’s “performance” and this infamous event in Chicago.
P.S. Neither of the Leftist twits in question had any idea of the brainpower of Joel Pollack. I’ve followed his career for some time now and he’s MUCH brighter than them BY FAR!!!
Money quote:
Brietbart! You magnificent bastard!
This whole video thing is “gotcha politics”. Just say no to gotchas.
That was effing brilliant! I watched Hannity last night and thought Joel and the other Breitbart fella were a little shakey…commented to a friend that these guys are gonna have a hard time without AB.
I stand corrected…We are all Breitbart!
Cross post (NB, Banned–no wonder!–in Boston):
I had to get the link myself:
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/03/08/The%20Vetting%20CNN%20Implodes%20Over%20Obama%20Bell%20Video
Soledad O’Brien of CNN imploded here. Breitbart’s Joel Pollack? Brilliant composure—and exposure of the consensus media’s sleazy tactics and lies.
Soledad tried to target, freeze, ridicule, and marginalize the Breitbart upstart—THAT’S ALL you’ve got, you idiot?—but she was the one who ended up looking unprofessional, stupid, and a liar. Pollack, calm, cool, collected, and knowledgeable, let her hang herself out to dry, while she provided loads of unwitting ammunition for another day. Pollock’s gracious and deliciously on-point turning of the tables made my day!
Re the vetting of Zer0 by Pollack and the others at Breitbart: “Good times are just around the corner!”
MSM, get ready for an altogether brand, new game!!
Another cross post, written well before I saw Soledad implode:
During the 2008 Presidential campaign Barack Obama told audiences, “Judge me by the people with whom I surround myself.” So, that’s what needs to be done—and, treacherously, wasn’t done by the consensus media either before or after the 2008 election. [Gee, WHAT a surprise that Soledad missed that!]
And that’s the Breitbartians goal—to thoroughly vet Obama for the coming election. That’s what happens to every Republican—to the nth degree. With Obama’s shady past, vetting him to the nth degree will turn over a lot of rocks and will expose a lot of creepy crawlies—the biggest one being Zer0, Himself.
So, who’s Obama been surrounded by? Not only the present Chicago thug posse, but by radical Marxists of all sorts: criminals like Bill Ayers, “Black Supremacists” like Derrick Bell and Jeremiah Wright, and homosexual pedophile, Frank Marshall Davis, to name only a few of Obama’s despicable Rogues’ Gallery, There are also certain Saudi characters, who may have been involved not only in getting this intellectually- and work-challenged free-loader into select universities on an affirmative action basis—why are all of Obama’s academic [and travel] records sealed at the cost of $$millions?—but paying his exorbitant tuition fees and living expenses. (Apparently, Zer0 lived with a rich Saudi for a time while he was at university.)
I like to think that Andrew Breitbart died happy. I’d imagine that just before he died, he felt like the kid let loose in the candy shop: riches upon riches on every shelf! There’s a load of incriminating information about Obama out there. So far, it’s been spread out, here and there: I believe that the Breitbart crew is going to be the aggregator of the dirty facts of this impostor’s grimy, lying, cheating life. The work the consensus media haven’t done is going to be done and the web of lies they’ve spun for their favourite traitor is going to be torn apart.
People need to know just how warped and duplicitous Zer0 is. His evil intent for the USA needs to be fully exposed. This moral pygmy needs to be unmasked and defeated.
Go, Andrew, go! God bless America!
A couple or more interesting Derrick Bell links over at Le∙gal In∙sur∙rec∙tion tonight. Specifically a vid from 1990 with Thomas Sowell. Another link to The Harvard Crimson as well, but I will not hotlink to it for fear of being sent to SDA Moderation Hell?
.
Wow, that lady is a fence post.
Obama’s willingness to legitimise Iran, his de facto stance on infanticide, his Canada-alienating “Buy American” policy and his lack of experience alone should have been sufficient reason not to vote for him. His connections to Bill Ayers and now Derrick Bell along with his undeniable incompetence and bias should bloody well have him impeached.
Soledad O’Brien is a silly, confrontational person. She belongs on CNN, the station so in the tank with Obama that she can’t see daylight.
Shazam!!
Banned in Boston is the -perfect- foil here tonight, eh?
bib said:”Show me where Obama endorsed critical race theory. Then you might have the very beginning of a case.”
Yeah, not the point at all, but nice try at deflection there. Watching the CNN monkey brigade tag-team that guy is the case. That video -never- showing up on -any- media in 2008 is the case. Us having no idea what Barack Obama’s opinion of critical race theory is, that’s the case.
Because if he’d been a Republican that would have been wall-to-wall, baby. Jeremiah Wright, Derek Bell, those guys would be getting the patented Sarah Palin media colonoscopy exam.
nick quoted the perfect encapsulation above, “Pollak: “The bombshell is happening right here on this program …” Soledad Obrien is the frickin’ bombshell, her reading that BS quote off the teleprompter and flat-out telling Pollack right in his face that he was a liar, that’s the explosion in motion. Whoever that pseudo-tough guy was asking Pollack stupid questions “white guy to white guy”, that’s the frickin’ blast wave coming to kick your @ss Mr. or Ms. Banned in Boston.
Breitbart and his friends don’t have to prove jack squat about Obama. All they have to do is post these videos of Obama hanging out with radical fruitloops and watch you guys scramble, stutter, spin and freak out trying to cover it all up.
And oh by the way, if I ever wanted to have video proving that CNN is on the Whitehouse payroll, that would be it. “Why are you afraid of black people?” BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gawd, those people -suck- at that job.
It’s what you get when you have eyecandy infobabes, a by-product a affirmative action. Funnily enough the females who are promoted are prettier than the ones who aren’t, and brains ain’t required.
Just take Santorum and the questions he has been asked. Seriously when has Obama EVER been asked about his beliefs in a way that Santorum has? EVER?
When Romney wins there will be wall to wall Mormon church investigatory “documentaries” on CNN and all the other lamestream hate spewing factories throughout the land you watch. There will be NO such programming about Obama’s church. None.
Davenport/joe/dave or whatever your troll is sad. Very sad. Go check out the dailykos or something.
CNN took it seriously enough, Joe.
BTW, for Banned’s information when Obama was an instructor, he assigned Bell’s book as required reading. That sounds like a supporter to me.
joe@10:13: What you did there? That’s what’s called a “straw man fallacy”. It’s the desperate sort of thing you resort to when you’re afraid you’re losing. Funny, though: you still lose.
You should go away now.
Did Soledad work for Agitprop at one point?
bib: “duh, what trap?”
/Sproing/
Soledade should stick to what she knows…the saltiness of smegme.
As an expert I mean…
…he assigned Bell’s book as required reading. That sounds like a supporter to me.
That long hug spoke volumes about his level of support. Or do men really hug men they’re not related to that way?
A further illustration of O’Brien’s reciting of Wikipedia.
Call me nuts, but I’ll take Thomas Sowell over Soledad O’Brien or any SDA Troll, every time!
re. Mrs. Pollak – how useless is CNN that they don’t do basic fact checking, as in a 10 minute google search, on important guests?
Black mamba. They wouldnt think they would need to research. In their minds a junior from breibart would implode all on his own.
What amazed me is soledad acting so much like she knew when she didnt. Becomes an interesting question of who was she more upset with….herself, pollack or her producer. My bet now is her producer.
But clealry some of the other guests were engaged in minimizing and never explaining the theory.