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The video of Shirley Sherrod released by Andrew Brietbart's Big Government Blog on July 19 didn't tell the full story. It was selectively edited to cast her in a negative light. Here is the video, shot by the local NAACP unit that hosted Ms. Sherrod. Watch the video, and judge for yourself.
Originally posted by ~Lucidity
One of the copies of this speech on YouTube, posted July 20, 2010, has this disclaimer on it.
"This video was broadcast in March 2010 on DCTV in DeKalb county, Georgia. The speech has not been edited. There is a cut around 21:00 where the filmmaker changed tapes."
When I watched this copy, it looked to me like DCTV might have edited this version when they showed it, but the disclaimer makes sense too
If this accusation is still being made despite this, there are a lot more questions that need to be answered before we can reach any conclusions....
How do you know the NAACP edited the video? Where did the unedited version come from? Who exactly did it? When did they do it? And what was the point in the timeline that the NAACP released their initial statement condemning Sherrod in relation to when they had the unedited (or this edited) version of the video?
Also, has anyone talked to the videographer? Or the TV station?
[Edit to say, it's this very copy of the video...peace.]
[edit on 7/25/2010 by ~Lucidity]
Originally posted by ~Lucidity
reply to post by filosophia
Maybe so, but I tried and couldn't imagine what she could possibly have said during this switch or whatever that could be so damning or so horrible that it could negate what came before or after it. Death to whitey? Now if this had happened multiple times, I'd be more suspicious.
reply to post by Alxandro
Looks old-ish to me, judging by the clothes and such.
Videographers back in the day either switched tapes or cameras...same diff...just depended on whether they actually had two cameras. I don't know if anyone still uses tape. Wonder if he worked for the TV station and we could find out?
But speaking of dates, I was annoyed that the date was cut off...I've been wondering what year this speech was given for a while now but have been too lazy to really dig for it. Anyone know offhand?
It appears the speech was in March of THIS year? Is that right??? Even Time says so. I'm going to keep digging about the date and who filmed it.
[edit on 7/25/2010 by ~Lucidity]
Shirley Sherrod Helped Keep Us Out of Bankruptcy, Farmer's Wife Says
The incident in question, however, took place two decades ago, and the wife of the farmer in question told told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sherrod "kept us out of bankruptcy."
"Her husband told her, 'You're spending more time with the Spooners than you are with me,' " Eloise Spooner, the wife of the farmer, told the AJC. "She took probably two or three trips with us to Albany just to help us out."
CBS.com