The Gaffe That Never Was

The Obama teleprompter gaffe from his St. Patrick's Day reception, one of the weakest distractions you could ever imagine, turned out to be made up.



That didn't stop the Right Wing from running with the fake story. Will Drudge or Hannity admit their mistakes? Um, never.

Summary: Conservative media figures uncritically highlighted a SkyNews.com report that a "teleprompt blunder has led to Barack Obama thanking himself in a speech at the White House in a St Patrick's Day celebration." In fact, a pool report of the event released at the time indicates Obama was, in the words of the Telegraph's Toby Harnden, making "a good-natured and well-received joke" at the expense of Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, who earlier in the event had mistakenly read from the teleprompter displaying Obama's speech.

Conservatives have looked the other way for 8 years of Bush butchering the English language, now they chose this to poke fun at Obama? For his speech? It's the ol' Karl Rove tactic of attacking the strength of your opponent.

What's next distraction from the GOP brain trust, Obama ties his shoelaces funny?

Source: MediaMatters