‘Love of Country Contributed to Affair’: AP Headline Distorts Gingrich Statement
- Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:04pm by
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An interview with CBN’s David Brody has liberal media twisting the words of potential 2012 GOP presidential contender Newt Gingrich.
Following the interview, the Associated Press produced this headline: “Gingrich: Love of Country Contributed to Affair”.
“Gingrich was talking about how his love of country contributed to his hard-charging work ethic,” Brody said. “That ultimately led him down a path that was not conducive to a happy family life. But to make the link from “love of country” to the “affairs” is extremely misleading. Furthermore, that isn’t even the headline to the story. How about ‘Gingrich Owns Up to Past Infidelity?’ I have a few more but I have no desire to be an AP headline writer. Then again maybe I should.”
The AP wasn‘t the only media outlet to put words in Gingrich’s mouth. On Wednesday, MSNBC‘s Lawrence O’Donnell slammed Gingrich for ostensibly blaming America for his past infidelity:
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is “Exhibit A” as to why conservatives believe the mainstream media has a liberal bias,” Brody wrote Wednesday.
UPDATE:
The AP has changed its story headline. The story now falls under, “Work for Nation Factor in Indiscretions.”
“By the way, I’m available 24/7 for headline consulting,” Brody writes.
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trmkc
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 1:38amTypical AP coverage. One must always take what they say with a grain of salt. Newt’s got baggage. AP and the rest of the lamestream press never covered ANYHTHING that was not flattering to Obama. Their skewed coverage was one of the reasons he got elected. Had people known then what they have figured out now, we wouldn’t be in this mess today. The press will play a huge roll in the next presidential election. They have already started dropping bombs about potential Republican candidates.The left press will fight ugly and below the belt. It will be a bumpy ride.
Report Post »duane38637
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 1:01amOnce again Obumer is on the wrong side of the coin This guy has no class he seems to affiliate himself to any organization that is anti-Conservative or anti-American he is a divider not a uniter always against what the majority wants. I am amazed how this guys poll numbers for job performance is still in the 40% plus with this baggage
Report Post »dcwu
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 1:00amClinton is good and Newt is bad?
Report Post »Come on folks.
Gingrich is very possibly the foremost competent conservative.
Don’t shoot yourself in the foot.
audaxrex
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:34amYou might find Hal Turner to be a good match with your political requirements.
Report Post »duane38637
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:55amNewt has baggage but not like Obama who is pro Muslim,pro union,anti-American,black racist,pro gay,a divider,political correctness,pro NPR,Spending addiction,needs economic classes, Obama has a lot more baggage I like Newt a lot.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 10:38amRight on my brother.
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:51amLikewise I do not reject Glenn, his facial expressions express a good inner character.
Report Post »End The Fed
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:51amSorry Newt. You did some good things, but you’re damaged goods.
Report Post »duane38637
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:50amI just hope whoever wins the Gop nomination is a true Conservative I liked Christi somewhat but he is very pro illegal immigration and wants the dream act witch is self destruction for the Gop and Conservatives.
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:49amI think there is a little truth in reading a persons character by their facial expressions, not always accurate but still, I reject Newt by his arrogant smirking facial expressions alone.
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:48amout of context i’m sure. nothing new. deceit is as old as time. as old as the father of lies. but newt isn’t our guy, i know that. he’s a new world order guy…same as bush senior, clinton, bush 2, and obama. obama’s more from the commie side , but it all boils down to the same thing. newt isn’t the one America needs. I’m not sure if the one we need has arrived on the national scene yet. if they’re big on free trade…no good…if they say they are a fierce defender of israel….no good ( our country is the United States of America…not the United States/ Israel )…if they buy the bin laden thing, or even worse, know the truth and go along with it….no good…see?..lol…he or she hasn’t arrived yet
Report Post »duane38637
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:48amAt least his affair was not during a active presidency (slick Willy) The Dems have the nerve.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 10:32amHis first wife wrote that Newt announced to her he was adulterous and divorcing her while she was in a hospital bed recovering from cancer treatments. This occurred while he was Speaker of the House, 3rd in line for president, and if the impeachment he led had made its way through the Senate; he would have soon been 2nd in Line. Mr. Gingrich has not disputed this story, on many occasions. Just Sayin’
Report Post »pgkwiltr
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:45amNewt has too much baggage. DeMint’s my guy. Wish he would step up.
Report Post »maryslittlelamb
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:29am@BLAZERS I love you guys but you’re hurting my feelings talking about my man Newt. He brought us the first Republican Congress in 40 years against gigantic odds and then took charge of it bringing us the first hint of relief the right had seen in as many years. Naturally, Clinton took credit for it.
Does it not occur to any of you that the left jumps hardest on that of which they are most afraid?! During his term as Speaker the press all but murdered the man (just as they did Gov. Palin) and I wonder how many of you are still carrying that baggage without really looking into it.
Please, before you dismiss him out of hand read some of his speeches. http://www.newt.org He‘s tough and he’s sharp. I’d love him for President.
Report Post »felina g
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 8:17amDo more homework.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 10:27amScott Brown has been married once for 30 years, and he has his head on straight. But Newt will run again because last time he made $40 Million selling books and speeches. Personalities that run, no matter how lame; eventually gets CPAC credibility, Talk Show invitations and Book endorsement. Some (like Newt) become TV contributors, even though they left Government in disgrace or by quitting.
Report Post »BJC
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:27amNewt, just tell them it’s none of their buisness. It worked well for Clinton. Don’t feed into their Lame Stream tactics. We all should be ready and know that they’re going to make up and say anything to discredit ANY Republican candidate. They always have and always will.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 11:17amThat is what he Should have done just told us to look away – instead of using Catholicism, Working A Lot, and Loving America, as “there you go!” excuses….
Report Post »Phil E. Stine
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:23amNewt needs to go fishing and stay there. The frog is unelectable…
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:40amI agree…..A lot of these politicians talk a good game they say thing like We have to save America ect but when It comes time to check thier own egos and work behind the scenes they dont care ,its all about them…If Sarah Palin really cared she would do the same thing , and same with Huckabee.
the preception out there is
Report Post »Palin—– airhead
Huckabee—southern simplton
Newt—fraud & Crook
we need someone with Govenor experience and a the ability to project confidence
Lloyd Drako
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 1:14pmOil_Rob:
Report Post »Any one of the current crop of union-busting governors should do just fine!
Maire
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:20amNewt, you just bowed out of the Presidential race for 2012, 2016, and beyond. What a doofus.
Report Post »Slayer
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:57pmIf it‘s this easy to spin Newt’s words back against himself, he needs to bow out right now. Good God, he hasn’t been in the race, what, two days and it’s already exploding in his face. Does he think ANYONE in the TEA Party will vote for him? Does he think any of the new Conservatives will vote for him? He was a disaster back in the nineties, then he cozied up to Pelosi and held hands with her. Then he’s all Mr. Reach Across The Aisle, then suddenly he’s Mr. Conservative now that election time is near. Forget Newt, there are a hundred other great candidates we should be paying attention to.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 4:44pmI endorse this non-religious history.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:54pmnewt should just save his money and stay at home,he is the same old washington moron we need to get rid of. no matter ap is a left wing propaganda ,media matters, spin doctors,and like the rest of the media they fell for the money that soros was handing out,now the pimp has called the note, so that would make the a p a soros money media wh–e. too bad.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 2:06amHe’d make a good “Karl Rove,” but Christian conservatives could not in good conscience vote for him.
Oh, how I wish that Rep. Allen West, Rep Mike Pence, or somebody of their caliber would run for POTUS!
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 10:36amI agree – Newt is basically a talker not a walker. Like Carl, he is more effective to the cause by staying in the background and constructing what the president does and says during the administration.
Report Post »mike1119
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:53pmSPPPIIIIIIIINN. WAY OUT OF CONTEXT.in other words lawrence is LIEING.
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:52pmnewt no good
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:44pmSorry,Can not vote for a Republican Bill Clinton.My Vote will Go Libertarian if Newt,Romney,or Trump is my Choice.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:51pmIMO those aren’t choices. :)
Report Post »lookn4nrml
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:06amI agree-what Clinton did to the office of the president was appalling but Gingrich was having an affair with a staffer same time-after reading his book about how his first wife even-I would never support him. I have personally met him, heard him speak-he is charming and smart but if the TEA Party wants to take US back to basic family values that built this country-he cannot walk that walk sorry-show the personal responsiblity first.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:18amNewt, just go away will ya. We conservatives are going to need to work very hard informing people on who are candidate should be, otherwise the MSM will push/pick for us again,
Report Post »miles from nowhere
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:43pmThe AP is as corrupt as NPR!!!!
Report Post »miles from nowhere
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:42pmAP is another leftist organization just like NPR, Lying, Liberal, hide the wolf in the sheep skin rotten organization that constantly and deliberately distorts and twist the news to fit the purpose of the Democratic Party. Where do you think Ian Murphy came from that did the false identity call into Govn. Walkers office. AP ran the story and did Hi-fives to celebrate his call. AP bast–ds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »TumbleBumble
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:37pm“Ladies and gentlemen, this is “Exhibit A” as to why conservatives believe the mainstream media has a liberal bias,” Brody wrote Wednesday.
Here is what I don’t get – why is it only conservatives ‘believe’ this? If the shoe was on the other foot and the libs were the one’s to get smeared, there would be no way I could deny it. Are they that dishonest or dim?
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:58pmTumbleBumble
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:37pm
Are they that dishonest or dim?
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I’m afraid the answer is yes… to both!
I don’t think Newt is going to run. Sure he may be mulling it over right now, but in the end he will NOT run. His ship has sailed and it’s going to dawn on him sooner or later. I mean heck, he is smart, right?
http://www.americasteapartynews.com
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:01amThat dishonest AND dim.
Report Post »You can lock up dishonest, but you can’t fix stupid.
sleazyhippo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 10:00amNewt never lied (perjured himself) about extra-marital sex or girlfriend abortions, (he just will not answer questions) and although there is documented hypocrisy about his stand on divorces and military service and the fact that he quit Speaker of the House just before his expulsion, he is indeed a “human” candidate. Besides he always runs, and makes a pretty good profit from it. Trump does that too.
Report Post »Why is everybody picking on Newt ? – Don’t we remember the Clinton years? Newt is a strong Ultra Conservative Voice to the right of Reagan and Eisenhower – who could really tell us how we ought to live! Now that he has embraced Catholicism, he is ready to be exposed to a whole new support group!
hersey10
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:33pmInteresting how these efforts to discredit folks on the Right have picked up in the last week or so , the Obama love affair is alive and well . 2012 is underway .
Report Post »Hungry_i
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:01amI‘m afraid we haven’t seen anything yet.
Report Post »bobodu
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:07amDiscrediting the right is like shooting fish in a shot glass.
Report Post »Isn‘t there anyone on the right who isn’t a hypocrite?
NickDeringer
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:33pmNewt you sent my “Stupid Meter” right off the scale. I think your 15 minutes are up.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:39pm“Gingrich: Love of Country Contributed to Affair”.
Report Post »———–
Ok
Now we know Obama can NEVER have an affair
HappyStretchedThin
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:39pmDoesn’t matter the “reason”. I want men of character running my country. Newt = disqualified.
Report Post »HappyStretchedThin
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:40pmROFL Cheez!
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:54pmcheezwhiz
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:39pm
“Gingrich: Love of Country Contributed to Affair”.
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Ok
Now we know Obama can NEVER have an affair
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Cheez, I don’t care who you are… that was funny! LOL…
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:59pm@CheezWhiz~! ~
Whew! I wasn’t expecting that one. I laughed so hard that it gave me a coughing fit.
You should be writing for somebody!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:18amNewt would be an excellent advisor to someone else’s campaign, but he has too much “garbage” in his past to win the presidency. Shucks– if we wanted “garbage,” we could put Bill Clinton back in the White House!
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:46amI think Newt is Brilliant and there would not be a debate between Obama and him….. Newt would wipe the floor with him. I don’t like what he did by having the affair especially while his wife was sick, but I am a Christian and I thought we were all supposed to forgive. I know I have done a lot of things in my life I would not do again and I would bet everyone on here has also. I want someone to run for President that can beat Obama and know what the he.. to do when they get in the White House. The country has never been in this kind of shape before and I’m afraid a novice may not be the way to go.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 1:37am@CHEEZ
Excellent POINT!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 2:00amIf Newt had turned out to be queer, that would have been fine with the Progressives; but for him to have had a heterosexual relationship, that is way over the top for them!
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 2:14amthis is why I didn’t want to vote for McCain…the way he treated his wife…but he was the lesser of two evils…because of this I would never vote for Newt…unless he was running against obama..dang
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 3:15amOMG – Nickderinger – we agree on something!!! The Catholic Church annulled his marriages because he paid them lots of money!!! And it is a rip off by the Catholic Church. You can be married for years, pay the church big sums of money and they will annul the marriage as if it didn’t every happen and you are free to marry again. My question is what are the children of that marriage that didn’t happen!! Think about that one!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-IY
Report Post »Lucky3000
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 3:44amI’m looking at Donald Trump. So far I like his views and if he‘s for real then he’s what we need in this country. Check out his interview with Piers Morgan.
Report Post »nptden
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 4:06amNewt, you have great ideas, but a candidate you are not…Just stay out of the mix and keep making money with your research….We need a real fighter like Rep Allen West. Time for Republicans to use real black Patriot, to combat this forged, unknown President who was put forth to overcome the racial divide. Step away Gingrich, your time is over…We need a real leader like West.
Report Post »GayDem4Beck
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:48amAttack the Republicans at all cost. At the same time forgetting the Democrats like Bill Clinton and John Edwards. LMAO, it‘s only because he’s thinking about running for POTUS.
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:44amNewt would never get my vote because he’s a Washington insider and loves to spend. He’s part of the problem. No thanks.
Report Post »Conservative Hippy
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:44amSo Clinton has an affair in the Oval Office while on duty and then lies about it under oath… NO BIG DEAL… Newt has an affair and admits to it and apoligizes and takes responsibility for his actions and that makes him the scum of the earth… How does that work?
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:53amTime does tell… 30 years….
Born American proud patriot, 30 years go by, have 3 wives, become Catholic, get 2 annulments, now have 1 wife, ready to lead America, criticizing the family values of the elitist but faithfully married first family.
Over the same 30 years, Even slick Willie looks better than that.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 10:35am……..
Report Post »Newt has conservative core values? Two words:
Dede Scozzefova
exdem
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 11:47amCheez you crack me up!
Report Post »Trump has cheated , Newt has cheated – Obamao is cheating a whole Nation-
and Cinton used the White House as his own den of iniquity.
If Newt or Trump is the candidate – I will vote for them even though they were unfaithful to their wives.
A Don Jaun is better than a commie progressive anyday.
VISITORNUMBER3
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:39pmWow, I didn’t realize I was surrounded by so many absolutely perfect folk here on the Blaze…I guess I can understand how a bunch of people who have apparently never made a mistake in their lives can so easily look down their noses at the likes of Mr. Gingrich…
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 2:09pmWhy is everybody picking on Newt ? – Don’t we remember the Clinton years? Newt is a strong Ultra Conservative Voice to the right of Reagan and Eisenhower – he has embraced Catholicism, and ready to go!
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