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Press Briefing Drama: Jake Tapper Calls Out Jay Carney Over Protocol…and Cites ‘Bestiality’

Dec. 16, 2011 7:49am Jonathon M. Seidl

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney has already had a well-documented feud with Fox reporter Ed Henry. And now he’s tangling with ABC’s Jake Tapper.

On Thursday, Tapper got frustrated with Carney’s practice of bouncing around the briefing room to take questions. Instead of being methodical about it, Carney takes questions in random order. That’s frustrating to some in the “front row,” which is filled with reporters from the major networks who have historically received more time and attention, and who generally get their questions answered first.

But not with Carney. The L.A. Times reports:

Carney’s practice has been to jump around a bit — fielding questions from the front row, sure, but also inviting questions from the reporters sitting in the cheap seats.

That practice caused a stir at the briefing on Thursday. ABC’s Jake Tapper was briefly skipped over so that George Condon of the National Journal – a fourth row dweller, mind you — could ask a question.

Here’s the exchange that ensued:

“Jake, I’ve been doing this for months,” Carney said.

“It’s annoying,” Tapper said, with a smile.

Carney replied “Oh, I’m sorry. Tell it to your colleagues.”

Tapper shot back, “You just decide you’re going to break with decades of precedent and just going to…”

“I’m going to ensure that 49 people in these seats, and move back and forth…” Carney began.

“Okay, then take a question about bestiality, go for it,” Tapper interrupted. “No, America wants to know about your position on bestiality.”

“I’m absolutely going to take care of everyone in the front row.” Carney said.

The bestiality remark was a reference to this month’s exchange between Les Kinsolving and Carney, when Carney refused to answer a question about the Senate voting to remove the military ban on sodomy and bestiality. At the time, Tapper joked about the question.

The Times called it a “testy” exchange, while Mediaite characterized it as a “quasi-friendly” one. Here’s the video; see what you think:

Tommy Christopher, a White House press briefing regular, offers his thoughts:

For what it’s worth, Tapper’s annoyance isn’t simply a matter of entitlement. He’s probably one of the busiest, hardest-working reporters on the White House beat, and the longer he has to wait to get his questions in, the closer he’s pushed up against whatever deadline comes next. He’s also not a question-hog, typically keeping his exchanges with the press secretary relatively brief. Others in the front rows treat the briefings like a casual dinner chat.

Carney, a former reporter himself, has endeared himself to the back six rows with his more egalitarian approach, and his briefings tend to last significantly longer than Gibbs’. I can’t be sure that this means more people are getting questions in (ironically, Les Kinsolving would know; he keeps detailed charts on the subject), but that seems likely.

It should be noted, by the way, that the Senate has changed the language on the bill that would have dropped the ban on bestiality. The act will stay outlawed.

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Comments (128)

Goldi
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 9:23am
Jake Tapper is about the only one who tries to be fair. So let’s us be fair to him. I wish he had gotten the Sunday show instead steffie.

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- ICEDRAGONNITE
  Posted on December 19, 2011 at 12:51am
  BO is bringing this country to a level of filth and depravity that only mohommedists exhibit. BO despises the Military and this Nation. He has done everything he can to bring this nation and military down. Destroy the moral fiber with Beastiality and Sodomy, single family units, indoctrinate school children in mohommedism and deceive the people, in what are their true motives. Bring Sharia Law to America and Fly the Flag of Islam over the White House.
  
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rationallyurs
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 9:18am
beastiality in the white house–just look a obama and moochelle–and you have your answer
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- jnobfan
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 9:36am
  I will probably get banned along with you just for laughing – thanks you made my morning.
  Hope others get to laugh before its taken down
  
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- TexOkie
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 9:39am
  Just stop it!
  
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- sWampy
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 9:43am
  Rotfl
  
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- JACKW33
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 9:45am
  I was amoooo-sed by your comments that I was moo-ved to reply! You’re baaa-d!
  
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- Bonnieblue2A
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 10:13am
  Coffee all over my screen from reading that comment. Thanks for the laugh!
  
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- drago
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 10:30am
  Damn thats funny, but the visual made me throw up in my mouth….
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 10:33am
  Very interesting, since Jay has a baby elephant in his back yard.
  
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- Eliasim
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 10:40am
  Good gosh man, no wonder most of the people here have no concept ever of the things I say.
  
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- Fire1949
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 11:04am
  Thanks for the truthful humor…..
  
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- ltb
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 11:14am
  “On Thursday, Tapper got frustrated with Carney’s practice of bouncing around the briefing room to take questions. Instead of being methodical about it, Carney takes questions in random order. That’s frustrating to some in the ‘front row,’ which is filled with reporters from the major networks who have historically received more time and attention, and who generally get their questions answered first.”
  
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  Gee, I wonder if they started this practice after Fox News got a seat on the front row last year? Liberals are so petty.
  
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- americanfirst
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 11:19am
  Bwa-ha-haaaaaaaaaa!!!!
  
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- Ben__Franklin
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 11:31am
  Makes one wonder, does Moooooochell stop eating when Obozo pulls up the ladder in back or does she keep chewing the cud?
  
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- VRW Conspirator
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 11:36am
  that is so wrong… funny but wrong…
  
  Happy cows come from California…not Wisconsin…or Illinois..don’t ya know…
  
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- Scooder
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 11:47am
  Just pissed myself!! THANKS!
- Skippy Toes
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 12:03pm
  Hahahahhehehe
  
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- loriann12
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 12:14pm
  You’re either saying Moochele is a beast, or so ugly that Obummer would resort to a beast. Either way, it’s funny.
  
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- Charles
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 12:35pm
  Ha ha ha ha “Moochelle” ha ha ha ha ! : )
  
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- PASSIONFORCHRIST
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 12:45pm
  Glad they didn’t take it down! I got to laugh to! GOOD ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- I_am_a_53percenter
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 1:08pm
  I am reading this at home by myself and am laughing out loud! If there was a comment of the day contest you should win hands down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- DesertRose1960
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 1:29pm
  @ et al, Conservatives get their knickers in a knot when people like me call the very stupid Sarah Palin, well, stupid and the crazy Michele Backmann, well, crazy, but it doesn’t bother you folks a bit to make the most heinous remarks about Michelle Obama or her husband, her late Mother-in-Law and even her children! Then you wonder why Liberals think all you “Good Christians” are neither good nor Christian but you are racists.
  
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- OklahomaMike
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 1:34pm
  The Obamas are the most dangerous couple to inhabit the White House in living memory, and I dearly hope their radical selves are voted out in 2012–but I think joking about our first black president and his wife by calling their interactions “bestiality” comes too close to the old racist rants about blacks being sub-human. I give the OP the benefit of the doubt that he didn’t mean that, but, in my view, some discretion is in order to avoid terrible appearances.
  
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- OklahomaMike
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 1:45pm
  @DesertRose: Your comment had not yet shown on my screen when I began to type my first one above. Now that I’ve seen your comment, I will say that if you own up to calling Republican candidates “stupid” and “crazy,” and you use all-or-nothing blanket terms in condemning “all” Christians on this board as racists…somebody isn’t coming across as either measured or intelligent or fair-minded, and it isn’t only Christians. If one truly believes in dignified discourse, one can point out one’s adversaries’ crude tactics without stooping to crudeness oneself. Otherwise, it’s just a lot of noise and crudeness on all sides.
  
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- jnobfan
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 2:03pm
  OK that was fun. I personnally don’t think she reminds me of an animal but she does look an awful lot like Dennis Rodman in a dress.
  
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- Jim in Houston
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 3:26pm
  You are right, Moochshell is a beast and an ugly one at that.
  
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- teamarcheson
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 3:42pm
  Bestiality is a protected right in the 14th Amendment. In fact the new Gay US Military will make acts of Bestiality mandatory.
  
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- Dom321
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 3:57pm
  Monos!
  
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- dejon
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 4:33pm
  Everyone knows nobama is a monkey, he has no concept of reality.
  
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- PansyShare
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 5:00pm
  Not nice…I don’t like their politics, but that was uncalled for.
  
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- JustJason
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 5:21pm
  how about some civility?
  
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- danonawing
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 6:02pm
  You did good …..I would agree 100%
  
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- UlyssesP
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 6:57pm
  DesertRose1960,
  Don’t be jealous, I’m sure there’s a horse somewhere that’s got a hard on for you too.
  
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- RepubliCorp
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 11:12pm
  I want a bumper sticker picturing Obama screwing a sheep, written on the side of the sheep (America)
  
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- bombshelterbob
  Posted on December 17, 2011 at 12:18am
  Thanks a lot Rationallyurs! Now I’ve got the image stuck in my head! THE HORROR, THE HORROR!!!!!
  
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- NewHampshireNancy
  Posted on December 17, 2011 at 8:28am
  Totally disgusted at this comment string. What hypocrisy. You have all lowered yourselves to troll liberal levels. Shame on you. And this coming from someone who values free speech and loves a good laugh. You all need to stop and think. I only hope that the Obama kids don’t read this. What a poor display of character and humanity. And why these comments have remained on display speaks to the moderators views too. So sad you good folks stooped this low during the season of love and miracles.
  
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- Socapex
  Posted on December 17, 2011 at 11:53am
  NewHampshireNancy is exactly right.
  
  You people are no different than nuts on the left that have know no shame. Who the hell cares what they look like? The world is burning, and this is sick beyond measure.
  
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- ronaldreaganthegreat
  Posted on December 23, 2011 at 10:31am
  LoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooL:-)
  
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- JohnPublic
  Posted on December 23, 2011 at 1:27pm
  Okay—and the winner for comment of the year is!!!!!!!!! The visual is killing me but thanks.
  
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- Plan B
  Posted on December 23, 2011 at 7:57pm
  I can not believe you actually said it!!! rotfl
  
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willbedone
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 9:07am
I do think that it is fair for him to bounce around in the Q&A portion. But in reality he is going to lie, defer, or expand the answer beyond belief. Obama and his AIDs would lie when the truth would sound better.

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- ozchambers
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 11:50am
  I cant STAND Carney, but Tapper sounded more than just a little elitist with his sarcastic comments. And his jab at the journalist who asked a question NOT about Carney’s views of bestiality, but to comment on WHY a law would be passed to remove a ban on military bestiality and the president’s view on that appalling development is a sign of disdain towards a truly important aspect of legitimate journalism. Asking the questions which uncover the things in government which seek to remain unseen. Carney was the first to ridicule true journalism, and now tapper seconds the motion.
  
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- Heather Mae 74
  Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:26pm
  OZCHAMBERS I am no fan of ABC surprisingly Jake Tapper has done some hard hitting reporting such as breaking the Solyndra scandal. He also has asked tougher questions than anyone else in the MSM crowd. I think Carney is actually scared of him and he would mix it up with the forked tounge devil Gibbs. I seem to remember also that he was vocal in support of Fox getting in the front row when the white House tried to dictate to the press pool who they wanted. He may be left of center but of all the MSM crowd he has shown more journalistic integrity. ABC only has 2 semi-professionals left since Peter Jennings passed away and Stossel went to Fox.
  
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Hugh Williams
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:58am
He still didn’t answer the question….. Surprise…surprise.

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- DesertRose1960
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 1:24pm
  Are you still screwing your dog? See, some questions don’t deserve to be answered, because there is no way they can be answered without making everyone look bad: you, unable to not plant at least the appearance of impropriety and me for asking such a question, in such a manner in the first place, and everyone else for being a witness to such uncivil behavior.. Tapper was out of line, all the way around.
  
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EqualJustice
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:41am
Sounds like what he MEANT was “take more questions form FOX then….” I CARE about our military allowing sodomy and beastiailty.. that’s just plain SICK and how can the MEDIA AND THE WH just IGNORE that?

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NOBALONEY
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:37am
Obama administration’s control over the Press Room is carried out by the MSM’s coverage. Tapper will be moved to the back of the room or put in the corner.

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Turin
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:35am
Spoiled little propagandist whining over his superior standing in the pecking order not being recognized.

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- jnobfan
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 9:41am
  Who are these people that watch network anything? Must be the same folks who put protesters as man of the year and buy magazines with Jennifer Aniston or Oprah on the cover. I must admit the O’reilly show has swerved into People magazine territory since GB left them. Have to Tivo Bill’s show now to FF through the dribble.
  
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- macpappy
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 12:47pm
  Sorry to break it too you, but there are about 30 million daily that watch network TV. That is ten times the audience that the best Cable channel brings in
  that is why the Right has such a hard time getting it’s points across. Not everybody can afford cable or satellite fees.
  
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Eliasim
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:34am
“How about scratching that old left-shoulder Mogley.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ogQ0uge06o

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lukerw
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:27am
Bring back… the Dueling Code!

I want Accountablity and Responsiblity!

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MidWestMom
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:27am
I’ve never believed in the “favored front row” tradition. And Carney is fair – he is condescending and arrogant when he answers every reporter in the room.

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- macpappy
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 12:41pm
  Thats amusing, I find Carney to be ignorant of what everyone else knows as fact, he unable to communicate well when talking, and he is a close runner up to Bagdhad Bob. Like ignoring the question on Beastlality, hell, he had days to prepare for the question. Why can’t he come up with an answer? Because he is in a postion well above his talents. Hell, Homey the Clown would be better.
  
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BeyondFedup
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:25am
Whocares what is said in these briefings anyway, just more propoganda from Carney and Obammy.

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KAdams
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:24am
He is a clown… Hence the name ‘Carnie’. Got shot down asking for a promotion to the cotton candy booth.

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- JohnPublic
  Posted on December 23, 2011 at 1:31pm
  He still has all of his fingers, does not have tattoos and skin like leather so he can’t be a carney but yeah he is a clown.
  
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beenaroundyaknow
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:12am
Don’t worry about Jay, after the election, he’ll get a high paying job at ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CBS, CNN or the HuffPo AND a book deal for the “Idiot’s Guide to the Press”. He’ll be rewarded for being a partisan idiot and liar probably as the “ethics journalist”.

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slimkendall
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:12am
Jay Carney is married to ABC’s Claire Shipman
Here is a report she did of the Restoring Honor rally.

http://bigjournalism.com/fross/2010/08/27/abcs-claire-shipman-on-glenn-beck-media-bias-you-be-the-judge/

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- chips1
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 12:56pm
  Same sex marriages just don’t work!!
  
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:11am
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‘Bestiality’ in the White House Oh My!!!!!!!!!!!

I knew there was gonna be a problem when Obama got a dog……………

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- Jaimo
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:28am
  I thought you were referring to his wife, but Bo’s good too.
  
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- Rightallalong
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:42am
  Yes, exactly how do you classify a Wookie? Maybe a grey area there… Ask Jay if she really is a wookie and does the Giverment recognize them as a Man and Wife (or Wookie)
  
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- macpappy
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 12:43pm
  I don’t know; Beelzebub might qualify as an animal.
  
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lgccac
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:11am
How would you like to have a job where you have to lie on a daily basis?

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- uzi4u2
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 11:23am
  Only if it paid what he makes. He lies for a liar and then spins the crap out of it so no one will figure it out.
  
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- Choctaw25
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 11:33am
  Obama seems to be enjoying it.
  
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- Beckisdelusional
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 12:46pm
  As King Beck. He has you fooled doesn’t he?
  
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ColoradoMaverick
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:07am
Carney is a doofus.

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mikee1
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:05am
Beastiality, incest, sloth, drugs, booze, gluttony. These are just liberal rites and rights. LOL.

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Marcia
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:05am
Doesn’t anyone on staff spell check? It’s not BESTiality, it’s BEASTiality! Drives me nuts to see simple spelling errors on an otherwise terrific news site!

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- Edward
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:33am
  Is one misspelled word going to really ruin your day??? Get over yourself
  
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- SomeGuyFromOhio
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 9:07am
  Accorrding to Mirriam-Webster.com the word is “Bestiality”. The website says there is no such word as “Beastiality”.
  
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- lel2007
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 9:10am
  You must be an elementary school teacher. Your going too mak youself crassy worrying about the worlds speelling errers.
  
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- Teaandnosympathy
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 10:40am
  It drives me nuts when a person takes it upon oneself to incorrectly criticizes others. Check your Webster’s.
  
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- macpappy
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 1:00pm
  That’s amazing, are you a public school teacher. You must be a public school student then?
  Do you have a spellchecker? If so please type in “beastiality” and see what happens. Then try bestiality.
  All the tools are at your finger tips to keep you from making a fool of yourself, learn to use them.
  
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Al J Zira
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:01am
Ahhh. Poor ABC isn’t a favorite son anymore? That’s a shame. I can’t stand Carney but being from ABC, CBS, XYS or anywhere else doesn’t ensure your preferectial treatment, especially when you think you deserve it. Deserve’s got nothing to do with it.

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biohazard23
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:01am
Carney = a ss clown

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- macpappy
  Posted on December 16, 2011 at 1:03pm
  Homey the Clown
  
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Baddoggy
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 8:00am
Jealous of his sex partners too Jake?

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MiCurmudgeon
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 7:58am
Put a PETA repesentative in the front row and get an answer from the president’s weasle in charge of press garbage and verbal diareah. Please excuse the spelling errors as I’m in a hurry to get to work so I can pay my taxes.

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marthasusan40
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 7:56am
Carney is an ass. He is disrespectful to any Fox reporter, this tells me he has something to hide. This man fits right in with the huge ego of the White House. I look forward to him getting the boot in 2012 along with the rest of the clowns who call themselves professionals.

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chnswstr
Posted on December 16, 2011 at 7:56am
sounds like Carney is spreading the wealth

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