{"id":73529,"date":"2020-07-08T00:20:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T00:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2012\/08\/16\/soledad-obrien-claims-shes-so-special-that-shes-above-bias-mocking-debunking-ensues\/"},"modified":"2020-07-08T00:20:03","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T00:20:03","slug":"special-snowflake-soledad-claims-shes-so-special-that-shes-above-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/73529","title":{"rendered":"Special Snowflake Soledad claims she’s so special that she’s above bias"},"content":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/rdbrewer4\/status\/235908241647882240\n

Oh, honey. Bless your precious, little heart! As Twitchy reported, CNN’s Soledad O’Brien was recently caught using notes<\/a>, on-air, from liberal blog Talking Points Memo as “research.” This resulted in side-splitting mockery from Twitter users<\/a>. Bless her heart-y Soledad decided that the way to conquer this was to … utter more mock-worthy nonsense? We aren’t really sure why she chose to give this interview; we’ll wait to hear from Talking Points Memo.<\/p>\n\n\n

@adamsbaldwin<\/a> @soledad_obrien<\/a> if I'm defending my integrity, I'm going to the Hollywood reporter! 5 more people will see there than on CNN<\/p>\n

— George Jackson (@jorge9083) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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More from The Hollywood Reporter interview:<\/a><\/p>\n

After spending several minutes excoriating O’Brien for what he called her liberal bias, Limbaugh on Tuesday posted photos on his website of her with a bumper sticker on her forehead touting the Obama-Biden ticket.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t hear what he had to say, and it’s sort of irrelevant to what I do,” O’Brien said Wednesday. “People are entitled to do what they want, and I do what I do — which is, as a journalist, focus on the substance of someone’s argument.”<\/p>\n

She’s a “real journalist<\/a>,” people! Of course, by “substance,” she actually means only “things with which she personally agrees.” Twitter users quickly call her on this latest idiocy; how on earth does she lie with a straight face like that? While debunking, hilarious mockery also occurs.<\/p>\n\n\n

Best laugh of day: Soledad O'Brien Says She's Not Biased http:\/\/t.co\/oJ3LkLwr<\/a> @Soledad_OBrien<\/a> My belly still aches from laughing #tcot<\/a> #p2<\/a><\/p>\n

— Dalyanks (@dalyanks) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Biased people never do @Soledad_OBrien<\/a>. CNN Soledad O'Brien: 'I Don't Think I Show Bias'… http:\/\/t.co\/QbSznnMn<\/a><\/p>\n

— Valar Morghulis (@KiltedLush) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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.@Soledad_OBrien<\/a> is so unbiased she blocks her conservative critics on Twitter.<\/p>\n

— Andy at AoSHQ (@AndyM1911) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hey @Soledad_OBrien<\/a>, when your biggest defender against obvious charges of bias is @mmfa<\/a>, you're doing it wrong https:\/\/t.co\/CFA5fzU1<\/a> #Fail<\/a><\/p>\n

— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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In the interview, Soledad also claimed that she uses conservative blogs, like RedState<\/a>, as well. Twitter users swiftly debunk that fallacious claim.<\/p>\n\n\n

@AceofSpadesHQ<\/a> check @soledad_obrien<\/a> follow list. No @RedState<\/a> but plenty of Daily Beast and Huff Post!<\/p>\n

— cosmoscon (@gdthomp01) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Is she a liberal? Is she a conservative? Who can tell? Except anyone checking her Twitter feed. @gdthomp01<\/a> @Soledad_OBrien<\/a> @RedState<\/a><\/p>\n

— iLoveScienceSexually (@AceofSpadesHQ) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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@TheRickWilson<\/a> She said Redstate, but I'd bet money she can't name one post she has ever used. @guypbenson<\/a> @Soledad_OBrien<\/a><\/p>\n

— AG (@AG_Conservative) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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And Ace of Spades gets right to the (bless your) heart of the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n

I think @jonahnro<\/a> wrote a book that might help @soledad_obrien<\/a> de-mystify herself as regards her politics.<\/p>\n

— iLoveScienceSexually (@AceofSpadesHQ) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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There are three things going on here. 1, liberals simply lie about their political allegiances.<\/p>\n

— iLoveScienceSexually (@AceofSpadesHQ) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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This is particularly true in the media, where they want to pose as neutral truth-seekers to push a partisan\/ideological agenda.<\/p>\n

— iLoveScienceSexually (@AceofSpadesHQ) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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It’s harder to create false narratives if people know there is an agenda behind them.<\/p>\n\n\n

2, liberals lie to themselves about political leanings. They conceive of themselves as utterly unbiased, even by previous experience (!!!)<\/p>\n

— iLoveScienceSexually (@AceofSpadesHQ) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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They conceive of themselves, as @jonahnro<\/a> argues, as "above ideology," only interested in facts. But the facts they like skew left.<\/p>\n

— iLoveScienceSexually (@AceofSpadesHQ) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Plus, they are Smarter Than You ™, dumb ol’ “unwashed masses<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n

3, They suffer from the Special Little Snowflake ego-stoke syndrome, believing their mindthoughts are so original as to be uncategorizable.<\/p>\n

— iLoveScienceSexually (@AceofSpadesHQ) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Everyone's a Special Little Snowflake, but that doesn't make us so inscrutably complex as to defy categorization.<\/p>\n

— iLoveScienceSexually (@AceofSpadesHQ) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Participation ribbon syndrome! Soledad, honey, if everyone is special, then no one is. Sorry to burst your hugely inflated bubble.<\/p>\n\n\n

.@soledad_Obrien<\/a> thinks she's such a maverick thinker her prodigious intellect could not possibly be categorized in a one word descriptor.<\/p>\n

— iLoveScienceSexually (@AceofSpadesHQ) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Smarter Than You ™ and Better Than You ™. Ah, the delusions created by an Ivory Tower!<\/p>\n\n\n

I disagree. Here's one, @soledad_Obrien<\/a>: Liberal. Here's another: Obamabot. Here's a third: Idiot.<\/p>\n

— iLoveScienceSexually (@AceofSpadesHQ) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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That’s a win right there.<\/p>\n\n\n

Is there a more risible conceit than that @soledad_obrien<\/a>, of all people, possesses a mind of such startling originality it defies category?<\/p>\n

— iLoveScienceSexually (@AceofSpadesHQ) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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should have stuck to the point I've long made: People like @soledad_Obrien<\/a> read all the leftwing blogs, do "research" off those blogs…<\/p>\n

— iLoveScienceSexually (@AceofSpadesHQ) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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…and then tell you, "But I'm not a liberal. I defy easy categorization."<\/p>\n

— iLoveScienceSexually (@AceofSpadesHQ) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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A Twitter user offers some advice for those unlucky enough to have to suffer through being “interviewed” by Special Snowflake Soledad:<\/p>\n\n\n

Every conservative \/ Republican who gets interviewed by @soledad_obrien<\/a> should just laugh at her when she asks them a question.<\/p>\n

— RB (@RBPundit) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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And another Twitter user sums it up; non-biased? Then why the tears, sad Soledad? Evidently, she can’t really lie with a straight face.<\/p>\n\n\n

@RBPundit<\/a> The best part is how upset she seems about someone saying something bad for Obama. Yet, non-biased!! @soledad_obrien<\/a><\/p>\n

— AG (@AG_Conservative) August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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