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REPORTING FROM A ?nonpartisan? hatefest in Oakland. ?Note carefully what happens at exactly 1:20 in?

By Glenn Reynolds

REPORTING FROM A “nonpartisan” hatefest in Oakland. “Note carefully what happens at exactly 1:20 in the video. You?ll notice that the lights which had been illuminating Roy Wilson are suddenly turned off, right when it becomes obvious that he?s going to continue his inappropriate political rant. What you?re seeing at that moment is a TV camera crew, which had been filming Roy Wilson?s speech for possible use as a soundbite in that evening?s news broadcast, realizing that the guy was going off-message ? so they simply switched off the camera?s photo lights and stopped filming him because his speech no longer fit the media?s predetermined narrative.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on January 13, 2011 (boomark / email).