Manipulating the public mind until they got caught–again.
So on Tuesday, we did a segment on this black dude who showed up inArizona where Barack Obama was speaking – with an assault weapon and apistol strapped to his shoulder. We all pretty much agreed, thatdespite his actions being legal, it was still idiotic. There are manythings in life that are legal, but totally nuts if done at the wrongtime. For example, when I shower I’m completely naked – no law againstthat. However, try showing up nude at a Jonas Brothers lunch boxsigning – that’s another story (I blame it on the Ambien).
But this leads me to MSNBC, where on Tuesday Contessa Brewer –someone I’d like to see in a shower – filed a report about health careprotesters showing up armed. In it, she used tape of that same blackman carrying an assault rifle and said “there are questions aboutwhether this has racial overtones….white people showing up with guns.”
Of course, like I said – the guy was black. But you never would haveknown. Because MSNBC has strategically edited the tape, so the race ofthe armed dude wasn’t revealed. You just assumed he was white, thanksto Contessa.
Take a look at the tape from the MSNBC segment: