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ANN ALTHOUSE: Time Columnist Says James O?Keefe Edited His NPR Videos Unfairly, But The Firings Spe?

By Glenn Reynolds

ANN ALTHOUSE: Time Columnist Says James O’Keefe Edited His NPR Videos Unfairly, But The Firings Speak For Themselves. “If O’Keefe is to blame, NPR should have defended Schiller. It didn’t. The full video was there. If it undercut O’Keefe’s edit, NPR could have reframed the narrative. Such an effort would have gotten plenty of play in the media. But NPR didn’t even try. Of course, O’Keefe put his video together in a strong way to make his point, but he exposed himself to a powerful counterattack… that didn’t happen. QED.”

Plus, from the comments: “I think the pots are calling the refrigerator black. They should be so circumspect about Sarah Palin’s early interviews, or of just about anybody who has been the target of Sixty Minutes. The difference is that O’Keefe also posted the entire episode, which is more that the networks do.”

And: “When’s the last time a MSM news organization put its full, unedited video footage of an O’Keefe-style undercover videotaping online? Or, heck, the full, unedited video footage of one of its interviews?”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on March 18, 2011 (boomark / email).