Here is one example of the many that do exist:
From article:
During a live interview with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie on Sunday, President Obama told her how, at the White House, “[w]e make beer – The first president since George Washington to make some booze in the White House.”
While it may be true that beer was brewed at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the President’s statement about former President George Washington also making beer there was far from accurate. Washington did, in fact, brew his own beer, but not from the White House since he never lived there (as John Adams was the first president to occupy it in 1800).
In a move that was far from surprising, ABC and CBS joined with NBC in steering away from the President’s gaffe by giving it zero mentions on their morning and evening newscasts. Not even an acknowledgment that even the interview took place appeared on NBC Nightly News.
The Fox News Channel’s Special Report with Bret Baier did cover the gaffe, however, to the tune of one minute and 14 seconds during the show’s “Grapevine” segment. Anchor Bret Baier stated how:
[H]istorians were quick to point out our first President has been falsely accused. While he did make his own alcohol, he did so at his own home, Mt. Vernon. He never even lived in the White House. John Adams was its first occupant in 1800.
Seconds later, Baier read a portion of a statement from Brent Bozell, President and Founder of the Media Research Center (which is the parent company of NewsBusters):
The Media Research Center says if George W. Bush made that mistake it would have been a different story. Quote, “[t]he networks love mocking Republicans...for mangling American history. It underlines their certainty that Republicans just aren't very smart. Conversely, in their minds, Barack Obama is a genius...So they just pretend it never happened.”
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/curtis...-gaffe-washington-spent-three-straight-nights
- See more at: NBC Skips Obama?s Beer Gaffe on Washington; Spent Three Straight Nights on Palin?s Paul Revere Tale
From article:
During a live interview with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie on Sunday, President Obama told her how, at the White House, “[w]e make beer – The first president since George Washington to make some booze in the White House.”
While it may be true that beer was brewed at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the President’s statement about former President George Washington also making beer there was far from accurate. Washington did, in fact, brew his own beer, but not from the White House since he never lived there (as John Adams was the first president to occupy it in 1800).
In a move that was far from surprising, ABC and CBS joined with NBC in steering away from the President’s gaffe by giving it zero mentions on their morning and evening newscasts. Not even an acknowledgment that even the interview took place appeared on NBC Nightly News.
The Fox News Channel’s Special Report with Bret Baier did cover the gaffe, however, to the tune of one minute and 14 seconds during the show’s “Grapevine” segment. Anchor Bret Baier stated how:
[H]istorians were quick to point out our first President has been falsely accused. While he did make his own alcohol, he did so at his own home, Mt. Vernon. He never even lived in the White House. John Adams was its first occupant in 1800.
Seconds later, Baier read a portion of a statement from Brent Bozell, President and Founder of the Media Research Center (which is the parent company of NewsBusters):
The Media Research Center says if George W. Bush made that mistake it would have been a different story. Quote, “[t]he networks love mocking Republicans...for mangling American history. It underlines their certainty that Republicans just aren't very smart. Conversely, in their minds, Barack Obama is a genius...So they just pretend it never happened.”
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/curtis...-gaffe-washington-spent-three-straight-nights
- See more at: NBC Skips Obama?s Beer Gaffe on Washington; Spent Three Straight Nights on Palin?s Paul Revere Tale
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