Sqrl on 13 May 2009
| megaman79 said: doesn't matter what case it is, you never edit to manipulate the context or meaning of the quote. That is what happened in these examples. I don't believe the quotes, you don't reference so ill assume it was Couric, were edited out of context on that show at all. That might have been the excuse but it seemed to me like Couric waited patiently for Palin to explain herself fully. |
I do agree that allowing editors to cut this stuff up is ripe for abuse and I think it should be avoided whenever possible (used responsibly it can be a legit technique, but I don't trust the media to use it responsibly). With that said I don't think these are particularly nefarious instances of editing, in fact these are pretty benign to me. I think there are a ton of far worse examples out there on the part of FNC as well as every other news outlett.
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