MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell clinging bitterly to Newtown 'heckling' story

Brett T. | 9:33 PM on January 29, 2013

So, who will be the last “real journalist” to admit that grieving Newtown parent Neil Heslin wasn’t “heckled” or “shouted down” at a public hearing? Slate and Anderson Cooper have admitted that an edited version of events that’s been widely disseminated via social media is misleading. Even Piers Morgan “apologized” in a way, though he immediately repeated the “shouted down” lie during his broadcast.

It looks like MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell is holding out despite all evidence to the contrary. Why not double down and call anyone who spoke up a “gun nut”?

Liar. RT @Lawrence Yes gun nuts did heckle the father of Sandy Hook victim. See the video and definition of heckling @TheLastWord at 10pm.

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 30, 2013

Ideology > truth RT @Lawrence: Yes gun nuts did heckle the father of Sandy Hook victim. See the video and definition of heckling

— Mere Dake-O'Connor (@meredithdake) January 30, 2013

. @Lawrence ICYMI, Cooper and Morgan completely dispute this, as does the full video. Care to retract?

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 30, 2013

.@Lawrence Too bad you aren't capable of being honest, like @andersoncooper. There was no heckling, just a question asked and answered.

— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) January 30, 2013

https://twitter.com/FairTaxNancy/status/296444261107388416

Serious question: does Lawrence O’Donnell really want to be known as the journalist who is less credible than Piers Morgan?

Hey, @lawrence, I think your twitter account has been hacked. Some is tweeting outlandish lies based on selectively edited video. @msnbc

— deepereyes (@deepereyes) January 30, 2013

Apparently, @Lawrence is waiting on confirmation from Media Matters before retracting the demonstrably false Newtown heckler story.

— History Prof Brad (@brad_duren) January 30, 2013