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Beck defended Sherrod
'''Shirley Sherrod''' is a former government official, pressured to resign when a misleadingly edited film clip of her remarks was distributed, along with commentary portraying her as an anti-white [[racist]]. The media incident occured in the context of a liberal smear campaign, which has been relentlessly portraying the [[Tea Party Movement]] as [[racist]] against blacks. O'Reilly and Breitbart used the clip to score points against the anti-Tea Party smear campaign, arguing that not only is there no proof that the Tea Party Movement is racist, but that they had [[smoking gun]] proof of black racism against whites. Both quickly corrected their remarks when a longer clip became available, and it became clear that Sherrod was not promoting or justifying racism but referring to a decades old incident of her own sensitivity for which she had made amends.
'''Shirley Sherrod''' is a former government official, pressured to resign when a misleadingly edited film clip of her remarks was distributed, along with commentary portraying her as an anti-white [[racist]]. The media incident occured in the context of a liberal smear campaign, which has been relentlessly portraying the [[Tea Party Movement]] as [[racist]] against blacks. O'Reilly and Breitbart used the clip to score points against the anti-Tea Party smear campaign, arguing that not only is there no proof that the Tea Party Movement is racist, but that they had [[smoking gun]] proof of black racism against whites. Both quickly corrected their remarks when a longer clip became available, and it became clear that Sherrod was not promoting or justifying racism but referring to a decades old incident of her own sensitivity for which she had made amends.
*While the excerpt showed Sherrod, an African American, telling the [[NAACP]] in a speech that she had discriminated against a white farmer as a nonprofit aid officer 24 years ago, the full speech made clear she was saying she had overcome that racial instinct and learned an important lesson. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/21/AR2010072106708.html Washington Post]
*While the excerpt showed Sherrod, an African American, telling the [[NAACP]] in a speech that she had discriminated against a white farmer as a nonprofit aid officer 24 years ago, the full speech made clear she was saying she had overcome that racial instinct and learned an important lesson.<ref name=post721> [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/21/AR2010072106708.html Washington Post]</ref>
*[[Glenn Beck|Beck]] defended Sherrod on Tuesday, saying that "context matters" and he would have objected if someone had shown a video of him at an AA meeting saying he used to pass out from drinking but omitting the part where he says he found Jesus and gave up alcohol.<ref name=post721 />
A black woman, Sherrod was [[United States Department of Agriculture]]'s director of rural development in [[Georgia]] until July 20, 2010 when the Obama [[White House]] directed Secretary of Agriculture, [[Tom Vilsack]], to have her fired. According to Sherrod, the USDA called her while she was driving, told her to pull over to the side of the road and resign using her Blackberry.
A black woman, Sherrod was [[United States Department of Agriculture]]'s director of rural development in [[Georgia]] until July 20, 2010 when the Obama [[White House]] directed Secretary of Agriculture, [[Tom Vilsack]], to have her fired. According to Sherrod, the USDA called her while she was driving, told her to pull over to the side of the road and resign using her Blackberry.