I had to find a forum to post this on, as I did email HLN but I have many doubts that it will be read or responded to. While watching "Morning Express" between 10-11am with anchor Richard Lui I was frustrated to hear a misleading misquote. Toward the end of the show Mr. Lui was recapping a bit of Obama's interview and appearance on the David Letterman show, last night 9/21/09. Mr.Lui reports, "President Obama also said his daughters goofed off this summer which was something he could not do, but Letterman joked 'Well, you have.'" (chuckle)
THIS IN FACT IS NOT what Letterman said, the actual joke was, "well, OTHERS have." Which one can assume was guided toward our previous President G.W. Bush.
I feel this is incredibly misleading and gives the impression that Letterman's opinion of Obama is a negative one. It leads one to believe that Letterman views Obama as a careless slack!!
I do hope Letterman sees this misquote and can fix it himself.
I am not totally certain why this has moved me so to put it out there, but it really did. I guess in someways, I just feel like Obama has the deck stacked against him, with many untruths spilling all around the Media. This one is a quick and easy fix. : )
What do you think?