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Bolling and Fox Business run with absurd claim that Obama's going to "prohibit fishing"

March 10, 2010 1:15 pm ET

From the March 9 edition of Fox Business' America's Nightly Scoreboard:

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Right-wing media eagerly spread absurd claim that Obama plans to "ban sport fishing"

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    • Author by IRONY 101 (March 10, 2010 1:18 pm ET)
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      Yep...surfing and frisbee golf will also soon be illegal.
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      • Author by Conchobhar (March 10, 2010 1:21 pm ET)
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        You'll have to pry my tiddlywinks from my cold, dead hand.
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    • Author by Invent a Scandal (March 10, 2010 1:22 pm ET)
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      If only we could prohibit stupidity?

      ...That would be the end of Fox News.
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    • Author by MiG (March 10, 2010 1:22 pm ET)
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      Fox Business playing a game of "How many imbeciles can you put in one studio to small talk about non-issues?"
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      • Author by aBeck in 10-O-C (March 10, 2010 2:52 pm ET)
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        Exactly what I was thinking MiG.
        Give this story a few days to get thoroughly debunked and next week they will bring on the same panel to blather on about how "the Obama Administration has backed away from its boneheaded plan to ban fishing". Ah yes, another constitutional crisis averted by the ever vigilant right wing. This is the umpteenth example of their typical "heads I win; tails you lose" tactic.
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      • Author by foghornleghorn (March 10, 2010 4:29 pm ET)
           
        In other news, thousands of protestors gathered at a conference of health insurance exectives.

        No film at 11.
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    • Author by marco21 (March 10, 2010 1:26 pm ET)
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      No lie shall go unspoken on FBN or Fox "News."
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    • Author by raddave43 (March 10, 2010 1:30 pm ET)
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      as long as he doesn't ban beer pong.
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    • Author by wolf kotenberg (March 10, 2010 1:32 pm ET)
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      They got these women drunk and hiked up their skirts ?? the american indians fished and hunted only what they could eat, not more. remember the buffalo hunts that almost wiped them out until our government stepped in ?
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      • Author by Leftylib (March 10, 2010 1:55 pm ET)
           
        Yes, Obama spends his days and nights thinking of really evil plots like keeping people from fishing. I hear he is also going to mandate the closing of bowling alleys. Well, to Obama, I say this: "You can have my bowling ball when you pry my cold, dead fingers out of the holes!" And to my fellow Americans, i exhort you: "Pick up that spare, and stand up for liberty!"
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    • Author by scanlontodd9871 (March 10, 2010 2:03 pm ET)
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      Just stopped by the Fox Nation site and those teabaggers are taking this hook,line and sinker so to speak. It is kind of funny actually.
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    • Author by John Paradox (March 10, 2010 2:08 pm ET)
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      I read about this a while ago, and wondered if this was what they were talking about.

      [http://glassbox-design.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/blast_fishing.jpg]
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      • Author by goshzilla (March 10, 2010 4:15 pm ET)
           
        I wouldn't be against that personally. That and poison are destructive on the reef habitat, which is vital for any island. Reefs are a necessary protection against shore erosion, which is very real and happens at a pace faster than global warming.
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    • Author by bintx (March 10, 2010 2:09 pm ET)
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      Talking point of the day.
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    • Author by MeanMrSpicyMustard (March 10, 2010 2:17 pm ET)
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      They really tip their hands about their target demographic when they push stupid nonsense like this.
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      • Author by nerzog (March 10, 2010 2:26 pm ET)
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        I think they laugh about it at their meetings. They must have utter contempt for their FOXbot audience.
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    • Author by mustardman (March 10, 2010 2:33 pm ET)
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      "Obama took away our guns (I know because Faux said so) and now he is going to take away our dynamite. I want my freedum back"
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    • Author by mmfa.fan (March 10, 2010 2:38 pm ET)
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      ...and the buzzer signifies the end of today's Two Minutes Hate.
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    • Author by DellDolly (March 10, 2010 2:46 pm ET)
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      No legitimate news organization would run with this story without vetting it first. And if one vetted it, they'd find out that it's bogus, and they wouldn't run with it.

      Ergo, FoxBusiness is NOT a legit news organization.
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    • Author by liberalXtian (March 10, 2010 4:42 pm ET)
         
      After ten minutes of googling, I found this to be a bit of a hoax and a bit of a misunderstanding of an international treaty that was also supported by George W. Bush. Can we expect a correction tomorrow?

      If I had a dollar for every time a few minutes of googling proved Fox news wrong, I could afford my own health care! Sad and pathetic for a "supposed" news organization.
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