{"id":13867,"date":"2014-10-11T00:26:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T07:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13867"},"modified":"2014-10-11T00:26:55","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T07:26:55","slug":"open-thread10112014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/11\/open-thread10112014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–10\/11\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 173.  I spent the entire morning researching, and doing paperwork in for my prison volunteer work.  I did take a half hour off to bask in the sun, although there was not much.  If I play this right, I\u2019ll have time for a nap.  If not, I\u2019ll be playing roulette with a keyboard face plant.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 3:23 (average 5:02).  To do it click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From Media Matters<\/a>: <\/font>Fox News used doctored video of an interview with President Obama to claim his description of briefings he received on the night of the Benghazi attack contrasts with former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s. In reality, their accounts are consistent.<\/p>\n

Panetta discussed the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi during a September 7 interview [Faux Noise delinked<\/em>] with Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. The Factor — and subsequently the October 8 edition of Fox & Friends — exploited the interview to revive the debunked claim<\/a> that Obama didn’t describe the Benghazi attacks as terrorism and conclude "the administration did not want to talk about terror." To make their point, each program featured a clip of the president’s interview with O’Reilly in February in which the Fox host asked the president about the "terror" designation. The clip egregiously omits Obama’s response to the dialogue, in which the president explicitly says, "When somebody is attacking our compound … that’s an act of terror, which is how I characterized it the day after it happened."<\/p>\n

Barf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n