bingo23
01-26-2008, 12:42 AM
Wow. I heard at least 3 whispers AFFECT his answers.
Could it be that people who streamed it got a much clearer audible than the folks in the NBC brass replaying their Tivo over and over to see how far to push this load of elephant dung?
Who was that whispering bandit?
Don’t blame Romney’s people; it was just someone in the crowd, NBC says
Video
Say what?
Jan. 24: Listen as a mysterious whisper is heard after NBC’s Tim Russert asks Mitt Romney a question. First, hear the exchange as it went out over the air. The, listen to msnbc.com’s enhanced audio.
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Video
Commander-in-chief? I'll call him 'Dad'
Jan. 25: Mitt Romney's sons and John Edwards' daughter discuss their experiences both on and off the campaign trail. NBC's Maria Menounos reports.
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26 South Carolina Democratic primary
29 Florida primary
30 Republican debate, Reagan Library, Simi Valley, California
31 Democratic debate, Los Angeles, CA
FEBRUARY 2008
1-3 Maine GOP caucus
5 SUPER TUESDAY
Primaries: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CT, DE, GA, ID (Dem), IL, KS (Dem), MO, MA, NJ, NY, OK, TN, UT,
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9 Louisiana primary
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8 Wyoming Democratic caucuses
11 Mississippi primary
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22 Pennsylvania primary
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6 Indiana and North Carolina primaries
13 Nebraska primary
West Virginia Democratic primary
West Virginia Republican primary (1/3 selected)
20 Kentucky and Oregon primaries
27 Idaho Republican caucus
JUNE 2008
3 Montana Democratic primary
New Mexico Republican caucus
South Dakota primary
AUGUST 2008
25-28 Democratic National Convention in Denver
SEPTEMBER 2008
1-4 Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul
26 Presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.
OCTOBER 2008
2 Vice Presidential debate in St. Louis, Mo.
7 Presidential debate in Nashville, Tenn.
15 Presidential debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
NOVEMBER 2008
4 Election Day
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By Alex Johnson
Reporter
MSNBC
updated 8:03 p.m. CT, Fri., Jan. 25, 2008
Calling for tax cuts? Noted. Bashing the Democrats? Recorded. Sounding tough on security? Check.
The coverage of the MSNBC Republican presidential debate Thursday hit all the requisite notes.
Except one.
“So, what on earth was that whisper all about?” queried the Carpetbagger Report.
It — and much of the rest of the political blogosphere — was chewing over a mysterious whispered voice that could be heard during MSNBC’s live coverage of the debate in Boca Raton, Fla. It popped up as Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and moderator of “Meet the Press,” was asking former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney a question about Social Security:
RUSSERT: Governor Romney, you are a big fan of Ronald Reagan. Will you do for Social Security what Ronald Reagan did in 1983?
MYSTERY WHISPERER: Raise taxes.
ROMNEY: I’m not going to raise taxes.
Now, if you’re of a certain mind, that’s the sort of thing that might lead you to start throwing around conspiracy theories. To wit, was Romney getting some unauthorized help from off-stage?
“Forget Dennis Kucinich’s claims about seeing UFOs. The new unsolved mystery of the campaign trail is the ‘whisper,’ ” wrote foxnews.com.
“Recalls ‘the bulge’ from the Bush/Kerry debates doesn’t it?” asked Rolling Stone.
Just a random voice
While the buzz over the incident was loud enough that Brian Williams, Russert’s co-moderator and anchor of “NBC Nightly News,” felt the need to weigh in, the grassy-knoll types will be disappointed. Romney’s innocent, the network said.
Domenico Montanaro, an NBC News political researcher, wrote on the network’s political blog, First Read: “After reviewing the tapes, NBC determined that an open mic[rophone] picked up a whisper from the audience.
“It is unclear who it is that says it, but it was not said by any of the candidates, was not heard in the hall and, more importantly, not heard by the candidates.”
But because bad information chases after new, it is likely that the speculation will continue for some time. NBC didn’t help matters when a First Read post airing the matter abruptly disappeared from msnbc.com for a while. Altogether, it was more than enough to prompt political junkies to ask whether anything nefarious was up.
Turns out that posting was the casualty of an internal misunderstanding between NBC News producers, one of whom removed it because he thought it was a question, not a blog post.
“It’s probably made out to be a bigger deal by the blogs than it actually is,” Montanaro said from Columbia, S.C., where he was preparing for the Democratic primary Saturday. “I’m not much of a conspiracy theorist. I go on facts as much as I can.”
The post has since been republished. You can read it here.
Trust us.
© 2008 MSNBC Interactive
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22848324/
Could it be that people who streamed it got a much clearer audible than the folks in the NBC brass replaying their Tivo over and over to see how far to push this load of elephant dung?
Who was that whispering bandit?
Don’t blame Romney’s people; it was just someone in the crowd, NBC says
Video
Say what?
Jan. 24: Listen as a mysterious whisper is heard after NBC’s Tim Russert asks Mitt Romney a question. First, hear the exchange as it went out over the air. The, listen to msnbc.com’s enhanced audio.
MSNBC
Video
Commander-in-chief? I'll call him 'Dad'
Jan. 25: Mitt Romney's sons and John Edwards' daughter discuss their experiences both on and off the campaign trail. NBC's Maria Menounos reports.
Nightly News
INTERACTIVE
Elections '08 results -- national overview
Primary and caucus results from each state
NBC News
INTERACTIVE
Explaining the election system
Msnbc.com's political reporter Tom Curry answers questions about the road to the presidency
MSNBC
msnbc.com political calendar
A day-by-day guide to American politics
JANUARY 2008
26 South Carolina Democratic primary
29 Florida primary
30 Republican debate, Reagan Library, Simi Valley, California
31 Democratic debate, Los Angeles, CA
FEBRUARY 2008
1-3 Maine GOP caucus
5 SUPER TUESDAY
Primaries: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CT, DE, GA, ID (Dem), IL, KS (Dem), MO, MA, NJ, NY, OK, TN, UT,
Caucuses: AK, CO, MN, MT (GOP), NM (Dem), ND, WV (GOP 2/3 selected)
9 Louisiana primary
Kansas Republican primary
Nebraska Democratic caucuses
Washington caucuses
10 Maine Democratic caucus
12 Maryland, Virginia and D.C. primaries
19 Hawaii Democratic caucus
Washington primary
Wisconsin primary
MARCH 2008
4 Ohio primary
Rhode Island primary
Texas primary
Vermont primary
8 Wyoming Democratic caucuses
11 Mississippi primary
APRIL 2008
22 Pennsylvania primary
MAY 2008
6 Indiana and North Carolina primaries
13 Nebraska primary
West Virginia Democratic primary
West Virginia Republican primary (1/3 selected)
20 Kentucky and Oregon primaries
27 Idaho Republican caucus
JUNE 2008
3 Montana Democratic primary
New Mexico Republican caucus
South Dakota primary
AUGUST 2008
25-28 Democratic National Convention in Denver
SEPTEMBER 2008
1-4 Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul
26 Presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.
OCTOBER 2008
2 Vice Presidential debate in St. Louis, Mo.
7 Presidential debate in Nashville, Tenn.
15 Presidential debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
NOVEMBER 2008
4 Election Day
• Print this
By Alex Johnson
Reporter
MSNBC
updated 8:03 p.m. CT, Fri., Jan. 25, 2008
Calling for tax cuts? Noted. Bashing the Democrats? Recorded. Sounding tough on security? Check.
The coverage of the MSNBC Republican presidential debate Thursday hit all the requisite notes.
Except one.
“So, what on earth was that whisper all about?” queried the Carpetbagger Report.
It — and much of the rest of the political blogosphere — was chewing over a mysterious whispered voice that could be heard during MSNBC’s live coverage of the debate in Boca Raton, Fla. It popped up as Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and moderator of “Meet the Press,” was asking former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney a question about Social Security:
RUSSERT: Governor Romney, you are a big fan of Ronald Reagan. Will you do for Social Security what Ronald Reagan did in 1983?
MYSTERY WHISPERER: Raise taxes.
ROMNEY: I’m not going to raise taxes.
Now, if you’re of a certain mind, that’s the sort of thing that might lead you to start throwing around conspiracy theories. To wit, was Romney getting some unauthorized help from off-stage?
“Forget Dennis Kucinich’s claims about seeing UFOs. The new unsolved mystery of the campaign trail is the ‘whisper,’ ” wrote foxnews.com.
“Recalls ‘the bulge’ from the Bush/Kerry debates doesn’t it?” asked Rolling Stone.
Just a random voice
While the buzz over the incident was loud enough that Brian Williams, Russert’s co-moderator and anchor of “NBC Nightly News,” felt the need to weigh in, the grassy-knoll types will be disappointed. Romney’s innocent, the network said.
Domenico Montanaro, an NBC News political researcher, wrote on the network’s political blog, First Read: “After reviewing the tapes, NBC determined that an open mic[rophone] picked up a whisper from the audience.
“It is unclear who it is that says it, but it was not said by any of the candidates, was not heard in the hall and, more importantly, not heard by the candidates.”
But because bad information chases after new, it is likely that the speculation will continue for some time. NBC didn’t help matters when a First Read post airing the matter abruptly disappeared from msnbc.com for a while. Altogether, it was more than enough to prompt political junkies to ask whether anything nefarious was up.
Turns out that posting was the casualty of an internal misunderstanding between NBC News producers, one of whom removed it because he thought it was a question, not a blog post.
“It’s probably made out to be a bigger deal by the blogs than it actually is,” Montanaro said from Columbia, S.C., where he was preparing for the Democratic primary Saturday. “I’m not much of a conspiracy theorist. I go on facts as much as I can.”
The post has since been republished. You can read it here.
Trust us.
© 2008 MSNBC Interactive
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22848324/