Rosie O'Donnell has, seriously, lost it

NewsBusters carries the details.

On the March 26 edition of "The View," co-host Rosie O’Donnell discussed the Iranian seizure of British sailors. Rosie again gave out false information on national television and implied that this may be a hoax so to provide the president with an excuse to go to war.

"But interesting with the British sailors, there were 15 British sailors and Marines who apparently went into Iranian waters and they were seized by the Iranians. And I have one thing to say: Gulf of Tonkin, Google it. Okay."

Rosie may have missed the news that not only do the United States and Britain insist they were not in Iranian waters, but Iraq and France do as well. Veteran journalist Barbara Walters did not bother to correct Rosie.

For those of you not well versed on the Vietnam War, the Gulf of Tonkin incident was an allegation of North Vietnamese aggression on U.S. warships that led the United States into a long bloody conflict with North Vietnam. It was later revealed that the President Lyndon B. Johnson was unsure the event occurred. Was Rosie suggesting that captured British sailors is nothing more than a hoax to provoke a war with Iran? After all, Rosie now believes the September 11 attacks were orchestrated by the U.S. government.

There's more, including the transcript of Rosie's asininity.  Read it all.  And shake your head.

Comments

[tim]

Who is Rosie O'Donnell & what is The View? Nope, never heard of either.

[jan]

Is there not an obligation in the FCC or media rules to either speak the truth as best one knows it, or make it clear that one is joking about the truth (SNL, etc.)? She has no business being on international communication airways spewing incorrect, unresearched, information as if it is the truth. I know she hides behind the curtain of opinion and rant, but she is using that show's platform for her own agenda;I have no use for her. Among the many traits she lacks are couth and ethics.