CNN's Sylvester cropped Michelle Obama's quote; Flanders claimed "we know" she attacked Clinton

Published: August 22, 2007, 4:34 pm

Tags: cnn, lou dobbs tonight, 2008 elections, barack obama, government elections, hillary clinton

On the August 21 edition of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, guest host Lisa Sylvester teased a segment on recent comments by Michelle Obama, wife of Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), by claiming that she "apparently blast[ed] Senator Hillary Clinton [D-NY]." During the segment, Sylvester aired a clip of Mrs. Obama saying: "Our view is that if you can't run your own house, you certainly can't run the White House," and asked Air America Radio host Laura Flanders if the comment "was a swipe at Hillary Clinton." Flanders answered: "Yes, I think it was. I mean, I think we know that from the deadly silence that surrounded the comment from most of the pundits the last couple of days." Sylvester, however, did not provide Mrs. Obama's full comments on the topic, in which she talked about her own family and did not refer generally or specifically to any other candidates. Nor did Sylvester note that Barack Obama has denied that his wife was attacking Clinton. As Media Matters

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