Video-Dowdification: Kenneth Starr is interviewed for 20 minutes about the filibuster, and says that "the practice of invoking judicial philosophy as a grounds for voting against a qualified nominee of integrity and experience... is a radical, radical departure from our history and from our traditions, and it amounts to an assault on the judicial branch of government." On the actual CBS program, the part after the ellipsis is quoted after a reference to the Republican efforts to bust the filibuster --- making it appear like Kenneth Starr advocates the exact opposite of what he said.
At work and in daily life, I try to stick firmly to "Hanlon's Razor" (which is actually Heinlein's Razor, first sighted in RAH's story "Logic of Empire"):
Never ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.
In this particular case, either the See-BS staff is so ming-bogglingly stupid that they have no business being an authoritative "news" source, or Hanlon's Razor doesn't work here and See-BS is truly maliciously twisting facts. I have trouble deciding which option is more damning for See-BS.
(Hat tip: LGF.)
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