Earlier today, as Matt Drudge teased the release of “Obama’s other race speech” on his site, media outlets raced to be the first to scoop the others and release the video. BuzzFeed uncovered the “old” video on YouTube — a nine-minute edit of a 2007 speech — and then quickly pulled together previously unseen bits.
So what’s “new” in this old video? A shout-out to Reverend Wright, for one, as well as a previously unseen and racially divisive take on the federal government’s response to Hurricane Katrina compared to 9/11 and Hurricane Andrew, a take which echoed Kanye West’s claim that George Bush “doesn’t care about black people.” “Where’s yo’ dollars,” Obama asks the crowd. “Somehow the people down in New Orleans they don’t care about as much.”
https://twitter.com/mckaycoppins/status/253299716056555520
So Obama basically had the same intelligent commentary on Katrina as Kanye West.
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) October 3, 2012
The Katrina stuff is new, and ugly.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) October 3, 2012
Old news to some perhaps, but the reopening of old wounds to others.
https://twitter.com/ellencarmichael/status/253300070332645376
https://twitter.com/ellencarmichael/status/253302788673638400
It's how he feels. RT @ellencarmichael: I hope to God that Obama was just pandering and that's not how he really feels. Horrendous.
— Sister Toldjah ? (@sistertoldjah) October 3, 2012
Even before the video aired, progressives had declared it nothing worth getting excited about. Members of the mainstream media seemed to agree. We told you all of these things back when we were vetting the president for you, right? Remember, Newsweek?
Boy, reporters sure did a lousy job of covering up the 2007 Obama speech that was delivered in front of TV cameras.
— HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) October 3, 2012
So @HowardKurtz, you aren't going to mention that most of the controversial parts were not available or reported on before?
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) October 3, 2012
.@HowardKurtz Your whole article doesn't even mention the Katrina comments, clearly news. Maybe because you wrote it before video came out?
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) October 3, 2012
Remember, CNN?
you know who aired video of Obama's Hampton speech in 2007? Fox News. Tuesday, June 5, 2007. 6:00 PM EST. Thanks, Lexis-Nexis.
— Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) October 3, 2012
I'm confiused @PeterHambyCNN: I don't remember this Obama video; especially the racially divisive stuff. Did you cover it?
— Burn, Democrat-Run Cities, Burn! (@NolteNC) October 3, 2012
@NolteNC @peterhambycnn if it's "old news", then why don't we remember them covering it? How about a link CNN? Date, time? #tcot
— Jack Moss (@macranger) October 3, 2012
Re: Secret tape of the Obama event: CNN covered it in 2007. It was open press. Here's our 2007 story: http://t.co/aRoCTRtB
— Sam Feist (@SamFeistCNN) October 3, 2012
Drudge, Daily Caller, and Fox call 2007 tape "exclusively obtained by Daily Caller" Was open event that CNN & others covered.
— Sam Feist (@SamFeistCNN) October 3, 2012
@SamFeistCNN So why are we only just now hearing what he actually said?
— China is lying (@jtLOL) October 3, 2012
.@SamFeistCNN You realize you look even worse for admitting you were there and didn't report clearly controversial and newsworthy comments?
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) October 3, 2012
Funny that no one remembers something that was so heavily covered.
So if this was old news, then why is it that the people downplaying it the most have no such coverage in their archives?
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 3, 2012
Remember: Everybody already knew about the @BarackObama speech that you only just heard about today.
— China is lying (@jtLOL) October 3, 2012
Incredible number of reporters trying to convince us we all knew about a video that none of us actually knew about. #MediaHacks
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) October 3, 2012
Obama lies about Katrina relief in 2007 and the Beltway Media ignored it. Now they claim its old news? #tcot
— RBe (@RBPundit) October 3, 2012
Dear Beltway Media, it IS news that Obama was going around lying about Katrina relief. He was a Senator. You ignored it. #tcot
— RBe (@RBPundit) October 3, 2012
Oh, that’s right. You found all of this out for yourselves, despite our efforts. No point reviving it now, then. But with previously unseen bits of the speech like the Hurricane Katrina comments finally seeing the light, could it be that the real “old news” is that, even five years later, Barack Obama, whom the mainstream media tried so hard to paint for us as the great uniter, doesn’t quite match up with the one seen on video and off script?
People who think this is a tactic against Obama don't get it. It's the further showcase of how the media insulated him.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 3, 2012
https://twitter.com/jstrevino/status/253302620637253632
The important point being made by @TuckerCarlson: A lot of reporters are lazy and will work from whatever is put in front of them. #fact
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) October 3, 2012
https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/253306275247566848
Breaking: Obama is a bitter, divisive hack who doesn't know what he's talking about when he goes off-prompter.
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) October 3, 2012
I can’t help but notice that the Beltway Media is basically admitting that they filter rather than report the news. #tcot
— RBe (@RBPundit) October 3, 2012
https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/253312046110760960
So, why would these newly aired segments of Obama’s speech not be news? Because the comments are irrelevant, or because the mainstream media expects us to have come to terms with this brand of division?
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/statuses/253302993527656448
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