https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3_ZmvGGUvU

The Fox Nation headline:

Obama Calls Libyan President to Thank Him After US Ambassador Murdered

The quote in Fox Nation’s embedded Fox News video:

Mr. Obama, calling Libya’s president to thank him for his condolences for the American lives lost.

When they start quoting their own stories out of context, you know we’re in trouble.

“He singled out New York Times polling blogger Nate Silver — whose predictive model currently [gives] Obama an 80 percent chance of re-election — as a left-leaning journalist who is churning out questionable analysis with partisan motives.” —An unnamed Romney adviser, signaling to supporters where to direct their ire. [BuzzFeed]

Obama Up by 4 Points Among Likely Voters (58% of Americans Say He’d Take Romney in a Fight) [Esquire, via Political Wire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNeKFrHPHoQ

Vile Rat was a major player in the EVE Online space-fantasy videogame. A six-year veteran, he had been elected to the game’s virtual government by its 400,000 players. He belonged to “Goon Swarm”, one of the game’s player guilds.

His family and colleagues knew him as Sean Smith. Sean Smith was an information management officer at the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya. He was murdered Tuesday night.

Libya consulate attack victim remembered online for contributions to ‘EVE Online’ video game [WaPo]

The Man Romney Used [Sully]

“There’s a broader lesson to be learned here: Gov. Romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first and aim later and as president one of the things I’ve learned is you can’t do that,” Obama told CBS News Wednesday. “It’s important for you to make sure that the statements that you make are backed up by the facts and that you’ve thought through the ramifications before you make them.” [TPM]

There was a moment last election when you just knew it, knew it in your gut, that the Straight Talk Express was headed down a ravine: The moment John McCain “suspended” his campaign to “deal with” the bank crisis — something he was powerless to do anything about.

In that moment, McCain had proven, in the sight of all, that he had no business running the country. The desperation was palpable.

Tuesday night, we felt that moment in our gut again:

“I’m outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi,” [Romney] said. “It’s disgraceful that the Obama administration’s first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.”

Mitt’s lying, but never mind that — the lying is the least of it.

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NBC Airs Kardashian Interview on Breast Implants Instead of 9/11 Moment of Silence [New York]