And then this video:

Dear MSNBC,

Just at which point did that guy’s skin color change from black to white? Obviously, it must have been some time before your clip started.

NEWSFLASH:

That man you showed wearing the assault rifle was NOT WHITE. He was a black man. Therefore, you are lying. Why is it that if someone is white and disagrees with something the president says or does, they are automatically labeled as a racist? In most cases it has nothing to do with that! In fact, I have yet to actually encounter someone who disagrees with him simply because he is (half) black. You are attempting to mislead the American people to get them to believe what you want them to believe, that only a white man would or could ever disagree with the president, that only a white man would, gasp, own a gun, and that all white people are, therefore, racist. YOU are the ones creating this “racial tension” and “undertones.” The average Joe does not feel this way. It is time for biased media to go the way of the buffalo. You will soon find that people are trusting, watching, and listening to you less and less as they turn for more reliable, more un-slanted reporting!

Signed,
someone who’s not an idiot.

At the very end of the article, MSNBC gives some “extra advice” for consumers. These items are:

* Use Google. Dozens of sites now index large lists of names and other elements of Nigerian scams. If unsure, put parts of the story into the Google search engine and click. If it’s a scam, it’s likely someone else on the Internet will have published a complaint.

* Use the telephone. Nigerians will be very reluctant to give out a phone number and will try to negotiate most of the transaction over e-mail. That buys them time to answer hard questions. Asking for a phone number up front, along with other specific contact information that can be verified, will short-circuit many scams.

* Verify the legitimacy of a bank. The FDIC maintains a database of federally insured banks on its Web site.

* Always use a credit card. Consumers have wide protection when paying for Internet-based transactions with a credit card. Checks are easily forged — even cashier’s checks, sometimes called bank checks. U.S. consumers think they are guaranteed. Banks can take up to two weeks to confirm authenticity of a cashier’s check, according to the American Bankers Association — even if the funds are made available to the depositor. If a check doesn’t check out, the bank will take its money back. The consumer will be on the hook for any withdrawals made against that deposited amount.

Um… yeah… how about… just delete the friggin’ email!?