After CNN’s Soledad O’Brien was caught referring on-air to Wikipedia to challenge a guest on the definition of critical race theory, supporters descended on Wikipedia to alter the original page to ensure the definition fit O’Brien’s argument. It’s unsure how supporters will alter history tonight after O’Brien was caught on camera referring to a printout from liberal blog Talking Points Memo.
“Just a blogger” Ali A. Akbar captured a screen shot of O’Brien referring to her notes in a fierce debate with Virginia House of Delegates member Barbara Comstock over Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan. An enlargement of the shot reveals O’Brien, substituting for Anderson Cooper, reading from “The myth of Paul Ryan the bipartisan leader,” published earlier this evening on TPM.com.
https://twitter.com/ali/status/235165948221460481
https://twitter.com/ali/status/235178607352377344
Why is this @Soledad_OBrien clown still employed? @ali
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) August 14, 2012
So @Soledad_OBrien you use democratic talking points from @TPM to interview a GOP guest about Paul Ryan. Is that keeping them honest @AC360
— Rick (@StrokesofCandor) August 14, 2012
Q: Want to know why @CNN is loosing ratings? Take a 'good look' at how Soledad O'Brien interviews Liberals vs. Conservatives. #bias #tcot
— BLACK CONSERVATIVE (@blackrepublican) August 14, 2012
Reading talking points emails? RT@Soledad_OBrien
Back at the ofc, prepping for @andersoncooper 's @AC360 tonight. He's off, I'm in.— Kurtis Marsh (@kurtismarsh) August 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/235182428753383424
CNN does need to respond. In the meantime, who’s updating O’Brien’s Wikipedia page to add this latest stunt to her on-air résumé? (Update: it seems that deed has already been done. In that case, how long before #StopTweetingSoledad trends again?)
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Update: Akbar notes that an enlargement of the screen shows that the printout is not of the TPM blog page, but of an email blast.
https://twitter.com/ali/status/235199023575859200
https://twitter.com/ali/status/235199166802972672
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Update:
https://twitter.com/ali/status/235467588463910912
YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UP: Soledad O'Brien was reading straight from liberal talking points ON AIR during an… http://t.co/3XomDOnm
— Barbara Comstock (@BarbaraComstock) August 14, 2012
From Comstock’s Facebook fan page:
YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS UP: Soledad O’Brien was reading straight from liberal talking points ON AIR during an interview I did last night with her. Of course she didn’t read this op-ed where liberal Senator Ron Wyde (sic) (Dem from Oregon) defended the Ryan-Wyden Medicare plan — he actually called it the WYDEN-RYAN plan! Read about it here:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sen-ron-wyden/preserving-the-medicare-g_b_1365237.html
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