Comments on: Hodges: Sherrod battled racism http://www.massappealnews.com/2010/07/22/hodges-sherrod-battled-racism/ Mass Appeal News Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:45:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Anne Pritchett http://www.massappealnews.com/2010/07/22/hodges-sherrod-battled-racism/comment-page-1/#comment-8388 Anne Pritchett Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:56:17 +0000 http://www.massappealnews.com/?p=21994#comment-8388 Who's at fault here? That's easy. It's Breitbart who posted the edited video in the first place. Without that, there is no controversy, Shirley Sherrod would still be employed and not a household name. I commend NAACP for their quick action to condemn based on the information they had. I also commend them for being so quick to apologize when they realized their mistake. I would be more likely to criticize Vilsack for jumping to fire Sherrod without a complete investigation, but he is also to be commended for backing down and apologizing. But Wayne, the bottom line is that without that edited video NONE of this would have happened. So let's place any blame where it belongs - on Breitbart. Anne Who’s at fault here? That’s easy. It’s Breitbart who posted the edited video in the first place. Without that, there is no controversy, Shirley Sherrod would still be employed and not a household name.

I commend NAACP for their quick action to condemn based on the information they had. I also commend them for being so quick to apologize when they realized their mistake. I would be more likely to criticize Vilsack for jumping to fire Sherrod without a complete investigation, but he is also to be commended for backing down and apologizing.

But Wayne, the bottom line is that without that edited video NONE of this would have happened. So let’s place any blame where it belongs – on Breitbart.

Anne

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