The Roanoke Slant
This file is a very brief diary of some examples of the Roanoke Times slant. Comments to: lbhagen@roanokeslant.orgSaturday, August 11, 2012
President’s Speech Taken At Face Value: "You Didn't Build That!"
Roanoke Times, 8-11-12, Pg 11: LTE Pick of the Day: President’s speech taken out of context by Jim Clifton of Salem Va.
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Mr. Clifton’s assertion is that my Aug 5th LTE was unfair to Obama because I failed to get the meaning and content and context of his speech at the Roanoke’s Fire Station #1.
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I have reviewed the video of the speech multiple times.
It’s not just his words; it’s the tone and tenor of his words.
It’s also the manner he’s playing to the crown (clearly not many businesspeople there!).
And most of all, it’s his body-language!
Watch it – then watch it again.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKjPI6no5ng
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Why was he mocking businesspeople?
Why ridicule their “smartness”?
Why ridicule their “hard work”?
Why ridicule their accomplishments?
Why was he on this tact of marginalizing businesspeople in the first place?
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“You didn’t build that” was clearly not out of context – it was THE message!
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We are each left to our interpretation of the “why”, however, a major Obama political campaign attack is that Romney is a businessman and he’s not qualified to be President. No mention of why a Chicago StreetOrganizer is qualified.
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The editors of the Roanoke Times were pleasant enough to print my LTE and I appreciate that. However, their treatment of Mr. Clifton’s LTE clearly reinforces the reason and name for this blog.
My LTE was small print and 3-1/2 inches by 6 inches.
Mr. Clifton’s rebuttal LTE is LARGE PRINT and 4 inches by 9 inches.
And highlighted by a red heading: The Pick of the day
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The bottom line to this story is that each of us can infer why Obama said what he said; however what he said and the context in which he said it should be clear to even the most partisan Progressive-Liberal-Democrat.
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Obama: I Really Like Business People
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/07/obama-i-really-like-business-people.html
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Who's really twisting the truth:
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/07/obama-saboteurs-twisting-truth.html
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Was Roanoke’s Fire House #1 Obama’s Waterloo?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/07/was-roanokes-fire-house-1-obamas.html
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Obama saboteurs twisting the truth?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/07/obama-saboteurs-twisting-truth.html
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Obama to Businessmen: You Didn’t Do Nothin!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/07/obama-to-businessmen-you-didnt-do-nothin.html
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