Yahoo News main page says: Former Klansman Sen. Robert Byrd endorses Barack Obama

[onehandle]

But the article itself is titled "Sen. Robert C. Byrd endorses Obama" when you click on it.

Go to the news page and tell me if this is what you are seeing too.

It's under "More Stories" just under the the big stories at the top of the page.

http://news.yahoo.com

Click on the article title and see the difference.

On edit: Here's a screen capture for posterity:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. Yup.

Why?

[Bensthename]

2. Maybe that will bring over more whities.. If Obama is good enough for a klan man

he is good enough for me..

[Norwood]

3. Despicable title, but not all that surprised

Liberal media?

[Hutzpa]

22. Liberal Media?????????

You mind explaining what you meant by that?

[anigbrowl]

25. Not despicable at all. Headliens are meant to attract attention

If I was sitll working as a sub-editor (who edits down stories for length and grammar etc., and writes or modifies the headline for best effect) I'd make the same choice.

[ShortnFiery]

29. As if A CURRENT SENATOR's actions would NOT?

:eyes: Despicable and disgusting ... but totally in sync with the whores of the M$M serving their masters in the Ruling Political Class, i.e., Status quo supporters (rich get richer - poor get poorer).

[tritsofme]

28. Sounds like an accurate portrayal of the event,

What exactly is despicable about it?

[faithfulcitizen]

hmm, interesting timing.

[ShortnFiery]

4. Gee, and here Hillary was talking about Byrd over last weekend like he was her best friend.

:eyes:

FYI Byrd denounced the KKK decades ago and has been forgiven by *the vast majority* of Democratic Voters ... except, of course - YOU?

[anonymous171]

5. No, it's what the Yahoo main page says.

[ShortnFiery]

8. I know, I should have checked the link first. I can't believe the M$M! - My humble apologies.

:blush: :hi:

[ShortnFiery]

7. Oh and the whorish M$M perhaps?

:( Here's a better link that leaves "Klansman" out of it.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080519/ap_on_el_pr/obama_byrd;_ylt=AnJR7n_8vISDsJwU7cF5cFKs0NUE

Wow, I didn't think even the Corporate M$M would pull THAT (Former Klansman) title out ... so many in the ruling class is "scared to death" of WHAT?

Perhaps TRUE tax breaks for Working and Middle Classes? :shrug:

[my3boyz]

6. Hillary is really in trouble if a former Klansman endorses a black man over her. nt

[Ytzak]

9. Byrd is a former Klansman. That is an historical fact.

He is not now. That is also an historical fact.

From the story...

Byrd has repeatedly apologized for his time in the Ku Klux Klan, which he joined as a young man in the 1940s to fight communism. He also opposed integrating the military, and filibustered the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

We will have to wate and see if McCain now says that Obama is support by the KKK.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

10. What a shit argument that will be! "KKK endorses black man!"

I know the country elected Bush twice, but...honestly. Who would believe that the KKK endorsed Obama?

[Ytzak]

33. Yes, but someone will make it, even if McBush doesn't say it himself.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

11. So was Harry Truman.

[ellisonz]

26. But not at all like Byrd...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notable_real_and_alleged_Ku_Klux_Klan_members_in_national_politics#Harry_Truman

[Ytzak]

35. Harry Turman hasn't endorsed Obama...

We both know that it was a very different world then, racism was rampant and open. But that is irrelevant to people who will tell any lie to win.

[Robert Murphy]

44. Wait a Minute--Truman was a Former Klan Member?!

Tierra, are you saying that the late President Truman was, like Senator Byrd, at one time a member of the Klan?

This was the president who ordered the desegregation of U.S. armed forces in '48 no less.

Well, for what it's worth, here is what Wikipedia has to say on the subject:

"In 1922, Truman gave a friend $10 for an initiation fee for the Ku Klux Klan but later asked to get his money back; he was never initiated, never attended a meeting, and never claimed membership. Though Truman at times expressed anger towards Jews in his diaries, his business partner and close friend Edward Jacobson was Jewish. Truman's attitudes toward blacks were typical of white Missourians of his era, and were expressed in his casual use of terms like "nigger." Years later, another measure of his racial attitudes would come to the forefront: tales of the abuse, violence, and persecution suffered by many African American veterans upon their return from World War II infuriated Truman, and were a major factor in his decision to use Executive Order 9981 to back civil rights initiatives and desegregate the armed forces."

Robert

[Ian David]

12. Yeah, but he's still a bigot. Now, he just hates "teh gays". n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

15. And atheists.

[Toucano]

21. Ranked 20% by the ACLU. n/t

[ShortnFiery]

13. Yeah, something Byrd was involved in 60 f**king years ago still sates the whores in the M$M.

Disgusting little pseudo-journalists. :(

[Toucano]

18. "involved in"

LOL!


Journalisticly, it's relevant. It makes the endorsement all that much more meaningful to know that it comes from someone who once argued against the civil rights of the person he's endorsing.

Sorry, but that's news.

[ShortnFiery]

31. Another person who seemingly "NEVER forgives?"

Here I thought that only the right wing were people who "NEVER FORGIVE." :shrug:

[Toucano]

48. Forgiveness isn't relevent.

When did I say anything about forgiveness?


If you can't see the meaningfulness of a former Klansman (any former Klansman) endorsing a black candidate for president, I'm sorry, but you should have your eyes examined.

Here I thought that only the right wing were people who shove their fingers in their ears, squeeze their eyes shut and say, "I don't want to hear it!"


Why are you so bent on taking it as an offense against Sen. Byrd. It's just a fact. There's no need to judge it one way or the other because he's a FORMER Klansman.

[Ytzak]

39. This is about getting and keeping power and they will twist anything to do that...

It is uggly, but someone will use it again Obama and ignorant Neanderthals who want to belive shit like this beacuse it justifies their world view will never check it out or evalute it.

[Zachstar]

19. Bye Bye!

[Endangered Specie]

34. whose side are you on?

I mean, you don't see them saying "former coke head", "former drunk driver", "former Air National Guard member" when they talk about Bush, or any other Republican with baggage.

[Ytzak]

41. Who controls the media?

The social reatlity they want to create will be what we hear. Byrd as KKK who supports Obama is the message the media wants us to hear.

Inteligent people have to take these stupid things and investigate them.

Republican's, who can believe seven impossible things before breakfast, make this a part of faith based politics.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

14. After 60+ years how much more former can a person get?

I highly respect Senator Byrd and it grieves me that this will always be attached to his name. I suppose this is a good lesson in the follies of ones youth following you for the rest of your life.

[Occam Bandage]

16. He is. He did. And?

[BuyingThyme]

17. Actually, I like that headline.

That's the way I see the endorsement. It's something to think about.

[ecstatic]

36. I agree. It's thought provoking. Byrd has truly come full circle

He could have easily been one of HRC's rabid attack dogs, railing against Obama under the guise of "sexism" or some other BS.

[rucky]

20. I Love It!

[billyoc]

23. Former infant billyoc says "Whatevuh"

:rofl:

[BlooInBloo]

24. New KY ad for Obama: If he's good enough for a former klansman, he's good enough for you!

:rofl:

[cottonseed]

27. Come on in Gerry, the water's fine!

[tritsofme]

30. "I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side"

Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds

Just so we remember that this "youthful indiscretion" was quite forceful and disgusting.

[ShortnFiery]

32. Wow, drink that koolaid? In the mean time, consider helping Bill move his office out of Harlem?

You're own heroine was talking about Byrd, as if, he was a true statesman and her best friend over the past weekend.

Now he's just a crummy EX-Klansman to be trashed and thrown under the proverbial bus?!?

Burn those BRIDGES Hillary Supporters! Burn Baby Burn! :P

[BlooInBloo]

37. Careful - don't wanna throw your BASE under the bus.

[slackmaster]

38. Byrd's family must pay for the next 10 generations

[kwenu]

40. If Senator Byrd can overcome his racism then a lot of other folks can too.

[jaxx]

42. I heard Donna Brazille say this was an historic day

with Byrd endorsing Obama.

I'd call that change! ;-)

[Hieronymus]

43. Have I wandered onto Free Republic?

[onehandle]

45. You mean Yahoo News?

I'm hoping it was just an editing error. I wonder which headline was their favorite.

[Hieronymus]

46. Hard to believe that a Democrat would repeat nasty headlines about one

of our party's leaders. Let me guess, you support Hillary.

[onehandle]

47. Uh, no.

1) I was repeating a headline to see what people thought before Yahoo scrubbed it, which they now have. Most in this thread didn't seem to be too bothered.

2) Read my signature. I don't support Hillary.