(Updated With Explanation) Bloomberg Article Forgets to Remove ‘I’m Making This Up’ Note Before Publishing
The media has been pounded in recent days after several blatantly obvious attempts to spin the national narrative were identified and condemned.
On Monday, for instance, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell took Mitt Romney wildly out of context to make it seem like he’s never been to a particular convenience store when he was really making a comparison between the public and private sectors, and on Tuesday, a Bloomberg article allegedly left the comment, “(OK?–I’M MAKING THIS UP)” in the text when it was published.
Michelle Malkin grabbed a screen shot:
Excerpt of Bloomberg article "Calderon Fetes G-20 as Sun Sets on Mexican Ruling Party’s Power"
In case you missed it, the comment is in the second-to-last paragraph, in all caps. However, it has since been removed from the original article.
Now, while conservative media outlets are claiming this is proof the rest of the media “makes up” its information– are they really lying about what the chairman of Saab AB had to say? Perhaps they really are pathological liars, or perhaps it’s just a note the authors, Eric Martin and Nacha Cattan, left for themselves/the editor. You decide.
Either way, it’s a pretty embarrassing editorial mistake on Bloomberg‘s part.
UPDATE:
The original Bloomberg article now includes this note: “(Corrects original story published June 19 to delete extraneous editor’s note from paragraph seven. See GMEET for more on the Los Cabos summit.)”
Ty Trippet, Bloomberg News spokesman, emailed The Blaze:
“The story was published with an editor’s note to the reporter that he was
rewriting the paragraph and was meant for the reporter to check its accuracy.
While the paragraph is accurate and we stand by the reporting, the
editor’s choice of words was unfortunate shorthand. Â As soon as we were aware
this happened, we issued a correction to show that the extraneous language was
removed. Â We take transparency and accuracy very seriously and appreciate the
opportunity to improve our internal editing practices.”
(H/T: Michelle Malkin)
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Comments (74)
theblazerunner
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:09amRolling Stones- Sympathy for the Devil Lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkXIYgsvO0c
thought everyone already knew…?
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turkey13
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:36amI don’t get it – Bloomburg has just over 13,000 viewers! So big deal – all those viewers drink spiked koolaid.
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theblazerunner
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:49amis just all part of the show…
roman empire …
na.zi germany…
etc etc
same pattern.
control media…control the people.
think is just bloomberg making sheet up?
is going on worldwide.
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BlenGeck
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 5:58pmShort-Man-Syndrome (SMS) is out of control in NY. Shorty needs to go, but New York gets the govt. they voted for and deserve. “They can go to hell and I will go to Texas.”
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conservativemom99
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:46amIn defense of liberals….is the word honest or truthful even reside in their dictionaries any more? Poor things wouldn’t know truth if it wandered onto their laps and started dancing.
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term limits for congress
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 9:27amIt is okay to lie to infidels.
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Taquoshi
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 1:06pmIs this another example of government propaganda?
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cassandra
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 7:37amthe media is controled by George Soros that is why they don’t report the truth they are just obama’s stenographers, to the average democrate and union worker YOU BETTER WAKE UP
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MRMANN
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 6:15amJust another typical politician who nees to think we’re all stupid. He should be locked up in a Denny’s & given nothing to subsist on except the huge sodas he’s trying to make illegal in NYC.
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Moozmom
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 5:12amThat’s okay, Bloomberg. We already know you make up most all you say. You are a drinker of the kool aid of a utopia, that if you talk about it enough, it will happen. If you steal enough money through punishing taxes, you can create the utopia. If you just pass enough laws, utopia will appear. You poor deluded soul.
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imfrzn
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 11:34pmDoes it matter that the media is lying again? I contend that Obama could stab his own mother on national television and he would still wind up with a 33% approval rating. The point is that there is no wrong that a socialist can do(other than NOT tow the party line) that the bought and paid for media won’t gleefully spin a wild a$$ engineered explanation in attempt to squelch public outcry. Even further, when they get caught, the strategy is to just manufacture a new lie to cover the old.
The most conservatives can do is help strip off the edges of the socialist movement(that is, those who still have a free thinking mind) by providing them with facts while remaining true to freedoms principles. Socialists know that they only need search for the lifelines dropped down from the compliant media and depend on the rank and file to pull them out of the hole and hose em off before anyone see’s the mud. They don’t feel shame, regret or remorse and they don’t live with a sense of responsibility or accountability. It is the ultimate “me first” doctrine that net’s their faithful an empty, miserable existance. Doubtful? Just grab a picture of Hillary and she if isn’t wearing “an expression of misery” like the chains of Bob Marley. Now start looking at the rest of the progressive field, I further contend, beneath the phony smiles, they all own an equal share in that same misery index.
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TRUTHSENSE
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 11:55pmUnfortunately you are right, IMFRZN. I just cant’ figure out why the media is so much in support of socialists. Do they think that they will be paid a higher salary by a state run media?
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Xyskalla
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 1:49amNot only would he still wind up with a 33% approval rating, I bet it would be higher because the mainstream media wouldn’t even mention the stabbing.
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MIBUGNU2
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 3:40amI agree about the phony smiles, Check out the Botox Queen
Pelosi, she has so much of that crap in her face, she has that
permanite phony smile..and I think they have used Super Glue
to keep all her fingers together.. I’ll bet it’s like having a shop
fan on, if you get close to her while she’s talking……
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theblazerunner
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:28amnailed it…
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Taquoshi
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 1:09pmStab his mother? Never say so. He was just standing there, minding his own business, holding the knife, and she ran towards him, backed off, and did it again, and again and again. And it was Bush’s fault.
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justangry
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:20pmYeah yeah Willie & Barber. You two and Mayor Bloomberg are tight, so dodge and deflect… classic liberal tactics, no? And you both have supported this lefty R since day one. LMAO… if Bloomberg changed his D to R he’d be your guy too. Anyone who is happy with Romney (like you two) is a liberal. All the REAL conservatives here at least say he’s the lesser of two evils. You’ve been on Team Romney from the start. I know some decent lefties, who are good people. Nothing to really be ashamed of, but you guys really need to admit you’re donkeys in disguise. Your leader has. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwGQDXgzzVk
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joe conservative
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:03pmThis is just one of about a thousand examples of the media making this up, and that’s just in the past few weeks. This video really nails down another recent example of out and out lies by MSNBC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-WWrGHn5QQ
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theblazerunner
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:03amnice links , thanks.
love mr smiths vid’s…
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spirited
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:58pm“The truth is”
is Obama’s
I’m making this up
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Diane TX
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:39pmThe “Bloomberg” that this story refers to, is NOT Mayor Bloomberg of NYC. This Bloomberg is a finance and investment company (originally) which now has a website/magazine.
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Chuckkel
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:34pmDiane,
Not really true; this article and Mayor Bloomberg are related. Mayor Bloomberg owns 88% of Bloomberg LP, which controls Bloomberg Finance/website/magazine, Bloomberg TV, and WBBR Radio in NYC. This is why Mayor Bloomberg has $22 Billion net assests.
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RavingRabbi
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:30pmWow! This sounds like the fellow who got bedbug bites sleeping in a Pullman car, sent a complaint to the railroad, got back a lovely letter apologizing and saying that they never had anyone complain before about bedbugs, but they will look into it…
Only problem: Clipped to the letter was a note reading, “Send this jerk the bedbug letter!”
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toomuchgovt
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:28pmEven if they started telling the TRUTH nobody would believe them. Pinnocchio’s nose is too long, I doubt many people even tune in anymore. The “Romney” story was over played.
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Thedadde
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:25pmIf you don’t know [me]Progressives (Liberals) by now, you may never never never know [me] them… all they have is lies… I am beginning to believe, also, that the whole ‘illegal amnesty’ thing is just another ‘SQUIRREL!’ in and of itself. [go chase THAT!] (See: Up (movie)) They want you to be talking about ANYTHING but ALL the FAILED POLICIES, and the ECONOMY. I forget,… hey, Joe Biden, is this the second, or is it the third, or, possibly even the FOURTH! SUMMER OF RECOVERY!!!!????? Isn’t Socialism [Anemic, and ]PATHETIC? What a joke. But, [the joke,...] it’s on US!!!! Bloomberg, Doomberg, whatever, I got a ‘big gulp’ right here just for you, SIR, KING, or whatever you and Obama want to be called next year. And, good luck with We THE PEOPLE!!!! LMAO
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:24pmOkay, one more proof of their activities having lon gcrossed the line.
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lynnissmart
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 8:33amNah, it was just a senior senile moment! ha, ha, ha, ha!
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762x51
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:22pmOf course he is making it up. Reich’s Marshall Bloomberg is a totalitarian, liberal **** sucker with a serious Napoleonic complex. What else do you expect of an a$$hat like that?
Quit being surprised by these liberal filth and start eliminating them.
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obamaisacorn
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:51pmwhere’s the line start?
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HorseCrazy
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:19pmwhat else would we expect from the derelict media, actual journalism with those pesky facts and truthful information? nope never
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South Philly Boy
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:18pmDemonCrats
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Tax Revolt
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:18pmWhy didn’t Michelle call Marcus and find out if he actually said those things.
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rickc34
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:03pmIt will soon be over then the tribulation will begin.
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wdittgasn
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:47pmYes IT is right around the corner……. There are not just tender shoots on my fig tree, but half grown figs, it won’t be long now……. The time of Jacob’s trouble will soon be upon us!
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barber2
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 6:59pmYou mean the Lefty media does more than just LEAK classified information ? I am shocked !
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kindling
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:55pmOH YEA…..they make it up too!
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drphil69
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 6:47pmFacts are just a nuisance to liberals. Just today, Senator Merkowski (spelling?) stated that congress has passed a budget and it was signed by Obama and we have to live by it… uhhh, really? But enough uniformed people see the lie, and CNN, MSNBC, etc do not refute it (they just show the video without pointing out the FACTS), so for many it becomes the truth. Over and over until nobody knows what is lie and what is true… and eventually it all collapses, and with it civil society – unless they plan on installing a dictator in a country with more guns than people and a volunteer army. Stranger things have happened.
BE PREPARED!
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 6:38pmThey make it ALL UP….Ask Zimmerman……
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Quack Addict
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:11pmWell said paperboy!
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:19pmthat is the truth!
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barber2
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:30pmAnd they leak information. Ask Zimmerman. ( who needs to mess with a trial when our Lefties have their LEAKY media to try cases in front of the entire nation…with the information the Left chooses to leak ?! )
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4xeverything
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 6:37pmWhat’s new? I’ve never met a liberal who could tell the truth.
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M13
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 6:58pmJust like our friend jrook. He lies all the time too.
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obamaisacorn
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 9:05pmfor liberals its by any means available to move the ideal forward…. ultimately leaving a trail of destruction in their wake?
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MBA
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 6:35pmliberals are drug dealing, pervert unAmerican treasonists. I’m not making this up!
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scuba13
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:05pmDon’t forget they like to smuggle guns to Mexican drug dealers too.
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AverageBear
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 6:33pmJust keep exposing the lies.
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justangry
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 6:32pmHey Romney supporters… This guy is on your team. LMAO
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/at-party-bloomberg-tips-hand-on-endorsement/
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phrogdriver
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 6:45pmSo? \\Does that make it okay?
It doesn’t to me, but then – I’m not a liberal.
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justangry
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:06pmCrap nevermind… Guilty of headline blinders here.
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Comm Marine
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:09pmBloomberg is not a Republican or a supporter of Romney, fool.
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qpwillie
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:27pm@justangry
Jeremiah Wright, Osama Bin Laden and Ron Paul said 9/11 was the result of things America had done.
You have some doozies on your team, don’t you?
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barber2
Posted on June 19, 2012 at 7:40pmQP: You know that America is blamed for EVERYTHING that has gone wrong in the world from global warming ( forget about billions in India/ China lighting 3 fires per day for heat and food ) ; to unrest in the ME ( inspire of the fact that killing one another is an honor/ hobby with the Shiites and the Sunnis for centuries ) and Afghanistan ( in spite of the Taliban blowing up the Buddhas/ fighting with the Russians/ growing poppies / stoning women for years before we appeared on the scene. and the Obama Lefties have become card-caryying members of this international I Hate America Club of envious, hateful , dysfunctional, ship-on-their-shoulder , pitch forks totting , hate- filled “proletariats.” Comrades all…marching us all into the next Dark Age… lemmings of the devil…..
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