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Drudge-Hyped Obama Video Turns Out To Be Publicly Covered 2007 Speech
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Oct 03, 2012 12:57am |
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| Author | Benjy Sarlin |
| News Date | Wednesday, October 3, 2012 04:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Sean Hannity, The Daily Caller, and Drudge Report spent hours hyping a racially explosive secret video of President Obama. But the bombshell clip turned out to be a public speech from June 2007 that was covered by the major networks, including FOX News, at the time.
Excerpts of the open press speech to historically black Hampton University were already easily available (and quickly discovered by reporters after Drudge teased the clip on his website hours before the “new” Daily Caller/Hannity clip even aired). But Daily Caller founder Tucker Carlson claimed the video was relevant because it contained additional ad-libbed portions that went off the prepared remarks.
Among the sinister revelations Drudge, Hannity, and Carlson cited: Obama’s use of what they considered an overly African-American cadence to his voice in front of the majority. “This accent is absurd. This is not the way Obama talks,” Carlson said on FOX. Drudge Report teased “THE ACCENT” and “THE ANGER” as scoops. |
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