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I mean, that is -- >> exhibit a. >> i think the larger point -- i'm glad you checked the facts. the larger point, i agree with joan walsh. the larger point is this is what we used to call in journalism too good to check. it was an incomplete video that actually -- i think this is almost like a virtual world mccarthyism where someone is hung out there to dry without the facts and in fact made to say the opposite of what she said. and the obama administration couldn't last through one news cycle, but fox ran with this without checking. from what i've read, they checked with the usda. they ran wi...

You know, he and the white house have said because of this awful history at the u.s. department of agriculture in terms of racism against native americans, hispanic and black, african-american farmers they were highly sensitive, highly attuned to this issue so they overreacted when any racist tainted charge came up in this case. i'm sure he tried to use that partly in his defense. he has nothing but a lot of i'm really sorry to say to shirley sherrod, the black congressional caucus and to americans who care about truth and honesty in government and the media. >> david corn of "mother jones" ma...

Govern on behalf of all the people, those in the press who did not grab at the circulation and the profits that the hatred and scapegoating would bring them were chased out of the country. it would be five years before the man was pardoned, 11 before he was exonerated and restored to active service. his name was captain alfred dra fus and the fortress in guy anna was devil's island. how far we have come. we can pull a dry fus faster than the french could in 1894. # 2 days until they sent him to devil's island. we did it to shirley she rod in 48 hours. we, the fools of the right, the whole of t...

Innocence stayed silent in a foolish and ill-fated attempt to govern on behalf of all the people, those in the press who did not grab at the circulation and the profits that the hatred and scapegoating would bring them were chased out of the country. it would be five years before the man was pardoned, 11 before he was exonerated and restored to active service. his name was captain alfred dreyfus and the fortress was devil's island. how far we have come. we can pull a dreyfus faster than the french could in 1894. 82 days until they sent him to devil's island. we did it to shirley sherrod in 48 ...

>> why did vilsack fire her before all the facts were in? how involved was the white house? what is andrew brightbart's new defense. >> i asked that person send me the relevant clips. >> tonight david frum on how the right wing manipulated the media and the story. melissa harris-lacewell on how the administration is dealing with race issues, david corn on how the administration botched the case and keith olbermann returns for a special comment. gop extreme -- the tea party holds the first official caucus in the house thanks to michelle bachmann. >> the tea party is a set of ideas. >> but are t...