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- Not-So-Mellow Yellow Journalism
Not-So-Mellow Yellow Journalism
The New York Times and ABC News recently featured stories that gave readers and viewers the impression that Arnold Schwarzenegger was an admirer of Adolf Hitler.
Using incomplete and inaccurate quotes from an unpublished book proposal written by the producer of the movie "Pumping Iron," these sad excuses for news buffs acted in a way that would make Goebbels grin in his grave.
The Times originally printed a quote it attributed to Arnold. It read as follows: "I admire [Hitler] for being such a good public speaker and for what he did with it."
But what a difference one word can make. The actual transcripts of outtakes from Schwarzenegger's film "Pumping Iron" indicate that what Arnold really said was, "I didn't admire [Hitler] for what he did with it."
The Times, ABC News and others in the Pinocchio press were apparently so gung ho to get the harmful story out, they forgot to properly fact check.
George Butler, the film's producer, has now admitted in an interview that he misquoted Arnold in his 1997 book proposal, prompting the Times to change its story.
The Left Coast Report says things have gotten so bad the Cartoon Network is beating ABC News in the accuracy department. And as for the Times, when I tried to use it as birdcage liner, my parrot pitched it.
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