Tag: Phil Robertson

You won’t believe what Denver Post called Phil Robertson of ‘Duck Dynasty’

http://twitter.com/#!/Trenaway/status/417081637893963777

Hate-speech spewer. Bias? What bias?!

Unbelievable. OK, maybe it is totally believable coming from the Denver Post, which recently scrubbed “socialist” from profile of Arapahoe shooter.

As Twitchy reported, Phil Robertson will be back on “Duck Dynasty” after A&E reversed its decision to suspend Robertson. On the heels of that announcement, The Denver Post tweeted out this piece penned by its television critic.

http://twitter.com/#!/denverpost/status/417012075848679425 http://twitter.com/#!/DavidDenverBall/status/417018894394462208

Seriously. The piece not only called Robertson a “hate-speech spewer, but it also referred to his comments as “unchristian,” “vile” and “bigoted.” Hmm. Taking a page from Piers Morgan’s book, Denver Post? Read the whole thing, if you can. It is hard to get through it due to an immediate and overwhelming desire to flee in embarrassment for the author. Perhaps the most humiliating and pitiful piece of all time? You decide.

While the opinion piece was penned by the television critic, The Denver Post backed it enough to see fit to promote it on its Facebook page.

denver-post-facebook-robertson

That reader comment is dead-on. More comments on the Denver Post’s Facebook page sum it all up:

denver-post-facebook-robertson-comments

And more:

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Bingo!

Also saying something? This:

http://twitter.com/#!/KSeefried/status/417053340954947584

That might explain much.

Update:

A Denver Post staffer responds:

http://twitter.com/#!/danielpetty/status/417377512054718464

Related:

Report: ‘A&E caves,’ Phil Robertson will be back on ‘Duck Dynasty’

Sweet schadenfreude! With Phil Robertson back on ‘Duck Dynasty,’ is GLAAD meltdown imminent?

‘Back to work!’: Willie Robertson calls Phil ‘a little crude but his heart is good’

GLAAD issues statement on Phil Robertson’s return to ‘Duck Dynasty’

Piers Morgan: First Amendment shouldn’t protect ‘vile bigots’ like ‘Duck Dynasty’ star Phil Robertson

Twitchy coverage of “Duck Dynasty”

Denver Post scrubs ‘socialist’ from profile of Arapahoe shooter

Denver Post editor explains deletion of ‘socialist’ from Arapahoe shooter profile

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/12/29/what-bias-you-wont-believe-what-denver-post-called-phil-robertson-of-duck-dynasty-pic/

Michelle Fields refers to Phil Robertson as ‘racist’; Evidence for claim requested

http://twitter.com/#!/ChristinaN_BigD/status/413892564845350912

Not that critics of Phil Robertson need any extra assistance, but count frequent “Hannity” guest Michelle Fields among those who have labeled the “Duck Dynasty” star racist:

http://twitter.com/#!/MichelleFields/status/413892389711790081

Fields also retweeted this:

http://twitter.com/#!/Nickidewbear/status/413894520846049281

The article linked above offered as “evidence” that Robertson is a racist puts words in his mouth. For example, Robertson never said African-Americans were “happier under Jim Crow,” but rather those words are the author’s interpretation of what Robertson said, which was a description of his personal experience in pre-civil rights Louisiana.

These tweeters would rather Fields judge Robertson based on what he actually said on this issue and not from separate, agenda-driven interpretations of those words:

http://twitter.com/#!/dmarknewman/status/413893931512778752 http://twitter.com/#!/AG_Conservative/status/413894140015804416 http://twitter.com/#!/AG_Conservative/status/413896273461133312 http://twitter.com/#!/AG_Conservative/status/413898989159714817 http://twitter.com/#!/AG_Conservative/status/413901400960032768

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[Update]

Fields has since deleted her tweet.

[Update]

Fields responds to Twitchy’s post:

http://twitter.com/#!/MichelleFields/status/414218678062690304

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/12/20/michelle-fields-refers-to-phil-robertson-as-racist-evidence-for-claim-requested/

John Luke and Sadie Robertson share faith at Connect student conference

http://twitter.com/#!/bosshogswife/status/416966374586863616

Phil Robertson obviously got the lion’s share of attention this month for his comments to GQ magazine, but he’s not the only Robertson speaking out about his beliefs. Don’t expect much press coverage of John Luke and Sadie Robertson, who on Saturday shared their faith at the Connect student conference in Sevierville, Tenn.

http://twitter.com/#!/connect515/status/416946942854561792

http://twitter.com/#!/C_Bra10/status/416956556387700736 http://twitter.com/#!/tsearch4/status/416969041656295425 http://twitter.com/#!/sdmachuca/status/416971219821285376 http://twitter.com/#!/srs1159/status/416982101271920641 http://twitter.com/#!/bosshogswife/status/416964718738149377

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/12/28/john-luke-and-sadie-robertson-share-faith-at-connect-student-conference/