The Outfoxed gals are caught yet again doctoring quotes. Isn't that supposed to be grounds for resignation?

It's all the rage these days: call on someone to resign because you say they misquoted someone. Of course that doesn't apply if you're Al Franken, and it's never applicable if you're one of the newshounds (another fine product of the Outfoxed syndicate).

For the latest example of double-standard hypocrisy, we have only to turn to--whom else?--tail-wagger nancy. You can always count on her for inaccurate quotes, but it's not enough to just be wrong. Nancy has to doctor what was said in order to change its meaning to fit her false charges:

Quinn interviewed Bruce Reed (Dem, DLC) & Pete DuPont (GOP, former Gov of DE). Both guests hit all the RNC talking points, with DuPont...only slightly edging out Reed ("the President has achieved bipartisan" blahblahblah, Dems "desperately need" blahblahblah) in nauseating sycophancy.

Nancy would have you believe that Mr Reed parroted "RNC talking points". And one way to do that is to quote (inaccurately) five words and censor the rest of the sentence. But we will tell you what nancy doesn't want you to know--what Mr Reed really said:

REED: The White House has finally achieved some bipartisan common ground here in Washington: Republicans are as scared of Bush's Social Security plans as Democrats.

Whoa! How "sycophantic" is that? Is that part of the RNC "talking points" that Reed was supposedly spewing? Is that as dishonest and shameless an editing job as can possibly be imagined? But nancy's not done yet. She continues to type with forked fingers as she claims both guests supported the proposal:

Comment: this is what passes for "Fair & Balanced" on FNL. Why not have a *real* Dem or progressive who actually opposes Bush's SocSecScam...

Once again, the truth about what Mr Reed said:

REED: Most members went home to their districts this past recess and it turns out that voters they talked to don't like the idea of borrowing trillions of dollars now to make Social Security's problems worse later. So, I've been in the White House when people thought that it was a communications problem. Usually when the White House has a communications problem, the real problem is with what they're selling.

According to nancy, Mr Reed was just spouting RNC talking points and didn't oppose the plan. But then, nancy doesn't tell the truth. Just like the hatchet-job she did on Brigitte Quinn and David Asman, shamelessly rearranging sentences they spoke to alter the meaning of what they said.

Meanwhile, the newspoodles post article after article (after article) in a preposterous campaign for Brit Hume to "resign". His crime? They claim he "shamelessly rearranged sentences" from FDR "to falsely [sic] imply" support for the Social Security plan.

We'll borrow some of the newspups' language from those articles to make the salient point: when nancy publishes her manufactured quotes as accurate representations of what was said, she shows herself to be a shill for the left-wing Democrats, not a purveyor of truthful reporting. Shamelessly rearranging sentences from Asman and Quinn to falsify what they said, and distorting and misrepresenting Reed's positions and statements, is inexcusable. Contact the newshounds to express your outrage at their hypocrisy. We call on nancy to resign for shilling for the opponents of Social Security reform, and for lying to the American public.