Sounds like ABC pulled the total dick move. You should redirect your anger towards them.
. On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > I don't actually watch TV news ever. I was going based on the ABC News > story that Cam posted which said: > > --- > > Weiner called the news conference, but before he took the stage, the > man who broke the story, conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart, got > there first and took the mic himself. > > Breitbart first said he was there to watch himself be vindicated, but > then took to the podium and criticized Weiner for claiming that his > Twitter and Facebook accounts had been hacked, and the media for its > coverage of the story. > > "This is a legitimate story," he said from the same podium from where > Weiner was set to speak. There "is a continual attempt to blame the > messenger." > > --- > > Personally, I think the whole thing is pretty classless, but going to > watch yourself be vindicated? Sounds pretty narcissistic to me. I > don't buy the gaggle of reporters urging him to go to the microphone. > The dude has a pretty big microphone of his own to get his message out > whenever he wants and I don't think he has any problems getting > reporters to listen to him. I'm fine with him talking to reporters but > have a little class about the whole deal. > > Judah > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:21 AM, G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Did you see Breitbart on the today show this morning, Judah? >> >> He has a different version of events. He says he was swarmed when he walked >> into the press conference, and was urged to go up to the microphone by the >> gaggle of reporters who wanted to ask him questions. >> >> he's a slimy sort though (this is the first time i've ever seen or heard him >> speak), so I'm not sure how much I believe him. >> >> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 7:35 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> He went to Weiner's press conference and hopped up on the stage before >>> Weiner came out, grabbed the mic and started going off about Weiner >>> and saying that everyone is trying to "blame the messenger". He broke >>> part of a story. Great. The new conference wasn't about about >>> Breitbart though and yet he felt the need to hijack it and make it all >>> about him. Total dick move. >>> >>> Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338686 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
