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MSNBC Finally Addresses Deceptively Edited Video of Sandy Hook Dad

Jan. 30, 2013 4:35pm Jason Howerton

Martin Bashir (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

On Monday, MSNBC aired a deceptively edited video on “Bashir Live” of testimony given by the father of a Sandy Hook victim. On Tuesday, several outlets, including Twitchy and TheBlaze called out MSNBC for the obvious discrepancy in the video. And on Wednesday, MSNBC finally addressed the controversy — but issued no apology or correction.

“On Monday on our program, we aired a portion of a hearing where we heard from Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son Jesse was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School,” fill-in host and MSNBC contributor Ari Melber said. “We have received a number of comments over the past two days, so we are going to play the relevant portion of that testimony in full.”

After playing the unedited video of Heslin’s testimony, Martin Bashir’s fill-in host still did not issue a correction or apology.

“Martin [Bashir] and many others who saw Mr. Heslin’s testimony have called that interruption ‘heckling,’ some disagree. He wanted you to hear it in full so you can draw your own conclusion,” Melber added.

Bashir was out sick on Wednesday. According to previous reports, he has been dealing with some health issues related to a brain tumor. We certainly hope he is in good health.

In the video aired on Bashir’s show Monday, an audience member can be heard shouting, “the Second Amendment shall not be infringed” as Neil Heslin, the father of victim Jesse Lewis, advocates for a ban on semi-automatic rifles. Bashir made it appear as if the father was “heckled” by pro-gun advocates for no reason whatsoever.

Neil Heslin, holding a picture of himself with his son Jesse, testifies at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn., Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son Jesse Lewis was one of the 20 first-graders killed in the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook Elementary school massacre. (AP)

However, once the full context of the video became available, it became evident that the so-called “hecklers” were actually responding to a question posed by Heslin. He wanted to know “why anybody in this room needs to have one of these assault-style weapons or military weapons or high-capacity clips.” After pausing, he added, “Not one person can answer the question,” prompting a couple of audience members to respond.

While some have argued that the audience members were out of line either way for speaking out of turn during the hearing, MSNBC didn’t even give its viewers a chance to make up their own minds by airing such an unfairly edited clip.

To watch and compare both videos, click here.

An MSNBC source reportedly told The Washington Post that the network was “reviewing the video in question,” TheBlaze’s Madeleine Morgenstern reported.

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denkat56
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 7:08pm
Don’t baffle me with facts, just dazzle me with the crap.

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- strawberry411a
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 7:43pm
  Ok. Caught us. So what> What are you going to do to us?
  
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- oldguy49
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 7:54pm
  these ar the same users yep users that trot out gabby gifford or a bunch of kids to help make a point……….well it worked during the health care debate when they just happened to have a few docters coat’s laying around before the interview
  
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- JohnofOregon
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 12:06am
  Hey in NBC’s view when it comes to editing shootings, blowing up Chevy trucks, or micheal jordan being responsible for his dads death….it’s all the same.
  
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- Farmhand
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 3:43am
  Haha you stay classy, Lefties!
  
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- 000degrees
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 7:19am
  We are not the only ones who are aware there are no/low information voters. The left are the ones who have found a use for them. These people are like small children that need to be fed. On the other hand responsible adults feed themselves…..
  
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- Keatonc33
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 8:52am
  Its not deceptive editing. they just cut to the part where he was heckled. Thats the story. The story isn’t how long it took for the grieving father to be heckled during his testimony. It’s the fact that he was at all.
  
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- 000degrees
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 9:04am
  k33 relax…..it’s almost lunchtime….
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 9:56am
  Lil Keatie. While I do feel deeply (not really) for your personal emotions on this hot button emotional issue, where a crackpot lefty went nuts and killed the innocent after murdering the one that brought him into your callous world, and committing many crimes in the process. We need honest dialogue that you just don’t seem mature enough for. His first crime was perhaps adopting the leftist stance. The dad asked a question, looked for a response, and got one. It’s clear, lefties need to be removed from any and all firearms as they are just too damn emotional to trust. Same with children. We need new laws to keep the emotional wrecks that are lefties way far away from the children. It’s for the children. Wear a helmet, mark yourself for the public while in public as the emotional wreck you really are. It’s for the children after all. Adopt a propeller for your helmet if you want, it’s still almost a free country.
  
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- jettson
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 9:34pm
  Keatonc33 There was no part where he was heckled. Your full of crap I watched the whole thing and he was never heckled. Total BS dude
  
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EKPatriot
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 6:41pm
I can’t find an area on MSNBC in which to complain and call for Bashir’s termination.

Obviously, falsifying video is grounds for termination……but how do we call on it where they will see/hear it?

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- Fubared
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 6:54pm
  Just use your remote. These wankers have a narrative you cannot complain about.
  
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- redfish52
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 7:02pm
  Martin has a brain….no way….
  
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- Dkoonz
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 7:14pm
  Must of been his brain tumar that made him do this, ya know like Clintons bang on the head made her forget a lot of things.
  
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- DeltaBravo193
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 7:22pm
  I am with fubar, you don’t watch any of their programming. I really don’t see how they can survive with 12,000 viewers a night. Well, 11 thousand are the soulless journalist. I would betcha they would love the opportunity to lick the fork obama used after dinner or after scratching his rump.
  
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- MAX0O1
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 8:39pm
  MY DEAR YOU MUST NOT BE KEEPING UP. MSNBChas been caught more than once doing
  this crap. THEY ARE NOT EVEN EMBARASSED LET ALONE LOOKING TO
  censor anyone for it!!!!!
  
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- Al J Zira
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 8:46pm
  I enjoyed turning on MSNBC for a couple minutes following the debates. It’s comical listening to who can prove who has the greatest love for Obama. When I want facts and real reporting I turn the channel.
  
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- happ77
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:07pm
  Yeah right ” We certainly hope he’s in good health”
  Yeah thats the ticket.
  
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- LiveNation
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:08pm
  don’t waste your time with MSNBC…Take a page from their play-book and got straight for the sponsors of that particular show. Tell them if they support propagandist, you can’t buy their product.
  
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- no1jyd
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 11:36pm
  Found this link on nbc news. Bottom left of page is a contact link.
  
  http://www.nbcnews.com/
  
  Hope this helps.
  
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- kadster01
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 8:44am
  @EKPATRIOT
  
  The best way to complain or, by default, terminate someone’s career is to stop watching or paying any attention to anything these idiots have to say.
  
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jimbo_from_suwanee
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 6:30pm
This is why there is no common ground between liberals and conservatives. We must prepare for the suffering to come because of the fruits of these liars.

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- strawberry411a
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 8:40pm
  Exactly. There is no common ground and hence no reason to even speak or discuss anything with them any longer. Let’s just get this over with and quit pretending. Obama wants the war that is coming.
  
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Pro-LifeLibertyandPursuitofHappiness
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 6:23pm
We used to rely on tabloid papers for this kind of trash. This is the despicable TV version.

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Michelle_Baboonbutt
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 6:04pm
Brain tumor my a$$. How can you have a brain tumor without a friggin’ brain?

What is the deal with these liberal crap bucket “news outlets” hiring nothing but lying british (lower case b is intentional) root tooters to do their dirty work and spread their deception. Send this dingle berry and Morgan back to the good ole UK.

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- pavepaws
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 6:24pm
  Nobody else is stupid enough to work there.
  
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Neils60
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 6:00pm
Absolutely shameful. After viewing al Jazeera in Europe and Washington, DC, I didn’t think that any American television network/news channel could match it for its selective reporting. However, NBC/MSNBC meets and/or exceeds their lack of fairness in its reporting. There’s a pattern here of misinformation that I thought would cease once COMCAST purchased the network from G.E. Instead, it’s only gotten worse.

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rochrealtor
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:48pm
Marty… are you a little girl?

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- 00100111
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 6:07pm
  Dear NBC. You got caught. Again. Grow up and trying being real journalists. Hey, you libs like the play “make believe”. How about you “make believe” that the current president is a Republican, then you can actually do your jobs, yes?
  
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dvwrld
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:43pm
Brain Tumor?
There is a God!

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- MAX0O1
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 8:47pm
  I DO NOT WISH THIS IGNORANT ***** ANY HARM. He is just a useful idiot.BUT,BUT my
  fondess wish is that OBA***RD HOLDS hands and descends into hell with Hugo Chavez.
  ONE CAN ONLY DREAM!!!!!!!!!!
  
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TH30PH1LUS
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:10pm
Heckling is what happens in the British House of Commons. This was NOT heckling. No one responded for several seconds… Mr. Heslin addressed the attendees directly, pointedly, and repeatedly.

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Southernsoul
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:06pm
Its not a brain tumor. That lump of grey matter inside your head is supposed to be there. That is what you are supposed to think with. All liberals should try it at least once.

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- TonyRUS
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:31pm
  Poor Martin. But at least he has the strength to make these lying comments, if not to answer for them.
  
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The-Monk
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:03pm
Is it just my computer or did Martin “The Basher” Bashir get a tan?

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- DougHuffman
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:56pm
  A congenital tan.
  
  Bashir is a variant of, for instance, Bashar al-Assad’s first name, itself a traditional rank-title. I’ve just finished re-reading Frank Herbert’s Dune, in which Bashar is a Sardaukar rank.
  
  MOLON LABE Blackfly Lord of Lies
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 7:37pm
  I always want to fry up a rasher of bacon when I hear his name. Bacon. Bacon. Bacon. Sorry. Nothing like bacon. Sooo anyway.
  
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The Big Mick
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:01pm
Why are comments closed on the TeO story.

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thegoldman
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:01pm
He lives in the land of OZ maybe he should see the wizard…

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Canada_Goose
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:01pm
Yelling out “Second Amendment shall not be infringed” does not really answer the question posed by Mr. Heslin. Numerous print pieces and cable news shows including other MSNBC shows gave the full context of Mr. Heslin’s comments unedited and still called the outburst “Heckling”.

At the most basic level of this argument, all supreme court Justices, even the most conservative ones, who rail against men in black robes making law, agree that the second amendment does not give Americans the right to own any weapon they choose.

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- TH30PH1LUS
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:13pm
  It was not an “outburst”.
  
  Americans cannot “own any weapon they choose” currently. This is not what’s being debated here in the States.
  
  Thanks for playing.
  
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- PilgrimStuckInBizarroWorld
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:16pm
  As long as the bad guys have these guns then the good guy need them.
  
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- myrwo6
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:22pm
  Wonderful. And the Canadian will set us all straight once and for all. If we want you opinion, we’ll ask for it. Stick to the problems in your own bland country. So the 2nd amendment describes what weapons we can have and not. Think before you comment.
  
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- usedCZARsalesman
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:22pm
  ahhh, another Canadian here to poke their nose in business that isn’t theirs…thanks for your insightful POV. However, over here IN AMERICA (the ONLY place where opinions on OUR CONSTITUTION matter) many of us understand that their response was not only completely appropriate for the situation, but also 100% answered the question. We need assault rifle because it IS OUR RIGHT TO OWN ONE.
  
  Why do I “need” to tell you that you are spineless liberal puke? I don’t, but it is my right to do so, and I’m choosing to exercise that right. Those same judges you mentioned, they too understand the true intention for the 2nd amendment (TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT IF IT TURNS TO TYRANNY) and that is the very reason they have created unconstitutional precedent. They know that when we overthrow this tyranny, we will hold THEM accountable for their complicity.
  
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- henryKnox
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:35pm
  I see. Some have said that we shouldn’t have a law against someone coming to the country simply to have a baby and make it a citizen. However, their argument is that the constitution states that if they are born here then they are citizen. For some reason those same people argue that it is okay make restrictions on the 2nd amendment. How can we pick and choose which laws we will respect? That was all the answer necessary for the question; Who needs an AR-15?
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:40pm
  USED: Goose is just one of the many ” internationalists ” drawn to America by our Far Left International Crowd in the White House. Remember the OWS ? International anti-capitalist group out of Canada. They international set is drawn to Obama just like the flies .
  
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- Lord_Frostwind
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:42pm
  This guy got what he deserved when posed a rhetorical question then decided to add, “nobody in this room can answer that.” That isn’t a tool of making a debate, that is issuing a challenge. Their response was appropriate for the time they had to give it.
  
  We aren’t talking about banning M-16′s, M-4′s or M-249′s, functionally the guns they are talking about banning are very different from actual military weapons. Why do I need a gun like that you ask? The same reasons I own any other kind of gun for, self defense, target shooting, hunting, etc. These weapons, contrary to the popular beliefs of the know-nothing press are exceptionally good at each of those function (depending on what you are hunting, big game, stick to larger rifles) and are highly customizable to the preferences of the user (AR-15, the barbie doll of guns). Now you can tell me, “well you have no practical need for a 30+ round magazine” but that is not necessarily true either, situations where they are useful are rare, but it always is a good measure to be prepared.
  
  Besides, how many criminals use these types of weapons to do their dirty work? Less than 2% according to the UCR. So on the ratio of millions of owners who a law abiding, to a few hundred criminals, you are going to create a law that will turn all those people into outlaws? There’s bad policy, downright stupid policy, and what you’re proposing Canook.
  
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- usedCZARsalesman
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 6:00pm
  BARBER, that fly stuff kills me…its almost like the flies are racist, the way they make him look like he was born in Kenya or something…
  
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- Disgusted_in_CT
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 6:09pm
  I love killing canada gooses because they are dirty birds and all they do is S&&T all over the place.
  Hmmm, just like you.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 6:59pm
  Goose pate, goose burger, goose sausage. Goose breasts are the only good part though. They crap on every thing, make a lot of noise for nothing, slow down traffic, but do a good pillow exploding routine with some #4.
  
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- gyro
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 8:14pm
  myrwo6 – your crazy the goose has every right to express his opinion nutty or not and to badmouth him because he comes from a conservative free democracy makes you small
  Waves at Canada_Goose hows that new
  
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takie
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:59pm
Don’t you have to have a brain in order to have a brain tumor?

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term limits for congress
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:55pm
There’s obviously an epidemic of brain tumors at MSLSD.

Gee, I sure hope Bashir is not too old for treatment. Otherwise, he’ll just get some pain pills thanks to the obamacare death panels.

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- cosette
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 7:59pm
  Isn’t that what killed Teddy Kennedy?
  
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Landon410
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:50pm
is he sick like hillary was sick?

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chubster
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:50pm
It’s MSNBC, what did you expect…..integrity? honesty? Yeh…right when pigs fly.

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barber2
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:49pm
” Issued no apologies or correction.” Jackbooted thugs never due. Nor do their media outlets.

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ARealCharliesAngel
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:49pm
A tumor….the blame game of liberals never stops!!

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nesmond
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:44pm
Gee I hope Martin gets well soon. LOL.

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MCON29
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:44pm
What a sham!

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:41pm
MSNBC is nothing more than the propaganda machinery for Obama and the democrats; this manipulation of information will only accelerate from here on out.

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- daria1313
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:58pm
  Didn’t the so-called “journalists” of MSNBC meet with Obama at the White House a couple of days after the election? Probably thanking them for slandering Romney so he could win a second term. They are disgusting.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:00pm
  I feel like a German in 1933 as I watch the growing intimidation and indoctrination of the radical Far Left Democrats. From the ACORN bull-horns to the OWS mobs in Democrat controlled cities to the ever-increasing Obama Government by 60 Minutes / MSM Propaganda Outlets / Zimmerman Trials By Media. This is one scary bunch who do not share the traditional , American values . These Democrats are like the Mafia meets the Kremlin meets Goebbels meets the union. Bad mix.
  
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- henryKnox
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:40pm
  Colin Powell said recently in an interview that the Republican party was too far to the right. Meaning I guess that they rely too much on the constitution. He voted for Obama so I guess that means if the Republican party were to nominate Obama as a Republican then they would be more moderate. I have quite different opinion of the Republican party, they have moved too far to the left. To get farther left than Obama you would have to be Hitler or Stalin.
  
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nacilbuper
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:39pm
Martin Bashir has a brain?

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- American Saint
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:43pm
  Ha! That was my first thought too.
  
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- MCON29
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:45pm
  No…..He has a tumor
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:53pm
  Does it seem like they are blaming the edit on brain damage?
  
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- raspberrytea
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:06pm
  @mcon29
  lol!
  
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- WTFurnuts
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 5:07pm
  no, itsnot.
  
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- Schteveo
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 7:54pm
  How sick can a tumor, in a brain the size of his, actually make you?
  
  He’s a socialist boob, just like every other talking head at MSNBC.
  
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- gyro
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 8:15pm
  MCON29 – change HAS to IS
  
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AReaganAirForceVet
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 4:38pm
Yep, NBC should really stand for Nothing But Commies.

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