Fox News' year in apologies: fake videos, false info, cutting and pasting from GOP
On November 19, co-host Jane Skinner apologized for Happening Now "mistakenly" airing a fake video of Sarah Palin's book tour "crowds." This was not the first time Fox News has apologized for airing fake videos and false information.
Fox News' year in apologies
Fox News presents year-old Palin footage as new Palin book tour crowd. As Think Progress first noted, on the November 18 edition of Happening Now, guest co-host Gregg Jarrett used old footage -- which he said was "just coming in to us" -- of a McCain-Palin rally from last year to illustrate how Sarah Palin is "continuing to draw huge crowds" during her book tour. The following day, Skinner apologized for "mistakenly" airing the fake crowd video.
Stewart blasts Hannity for using old video footage to inflate Bachmann rally attendance. During the November 10 edition of Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Stewart blasted Fox News host Sean Hannity for attempting to inflate the crowd size of Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-MN) Fox News-fueled GOP rally against health care reform by using footage of the crowd at the better-attended 9-12 rally. On the November 11 edition of his program, Hannity said he "screwed up" and apologized for airing "incorrect video" of 9-12 protests while discussing the Bachmann rally.
Fox News' Garrett apologizes for fake HBO-Obama story -- which Fox News repeated days later. During the November 4 edition of America's Newsroom, guest co-host Martha MacCallum started the fake story that President Obama watched an HBO special about himself instead of the November 3 election returns. The fake story was then picked up by Rush Limbaugh, among others, who claimed that "[i]f a documentary could get anal poisoning, this one could." On the November 4 edition of Studio B with Shepard Smith, White House correspondent Major Garrett apologized for mishearing press secretary Robert Gibbs and passing on the erroneous information. Despite the Fox News correction, on the November 8 edition of Fox News Watch, Fox News' weekly media analysis program, host Jon Scott repeated the fake story, claiming that Obama was "watching the HBO documentary. ... Now, maybe that's the one thing that could pull him away from -- from election returns."
Kilmeade: Americans don't have "pure genes" like Swedes because "we keep marrying other species and other ethnics." As Gawker noted, on the July 8 edition of Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade said that Americans don't have "pure genes" like Swedes because "we keep marrying other species and other ethnics." Kilmeade apologized for his "inappropriate" remarks on July 20.
Democrat Mark Sanford. During the June 24 edition of Fox News' Live Desk, while covering a press conference of embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, Fox News ran on-screen text identifying him as a Democrat:
On Live Desk the next day, co-host Trace Gallagher made "a correction for something we put up on the screen during our coverage during the governor's press conference yesterday. We briefly identified Governor Sanford as a Democrat. He is, of course, a Republican. And we apologize for getting that wrong."
Fox News presents deceptively cropped 6-month-old Biden clip as new. On the March 16 edition of Live Desk, MacCallum claimed that "after weeks of economic doom and gloom, the Obama administration is now singing a slightly different tune. Take a look at what was said in recent interviews this weekend." Live Desk then aired clips of administration officials purportedly giving an optimistic view of the economy, which included video of Vice President Joe Biden stating, "The fundamentals of the economy are strong." However, Biden did not make those remarks during an "interview" that weekend; he made them at a September 2008 campaign event in which he criticized statements by Sen. John McCain. MacCallum apologized the next day, stating: "When we get something wrong, we admit it. We did so yesterday, and for that we apologize."
Fox News Watch's Scott claims "[w]e don't have any idea" what Biden said to AFL-CIO, but transcript was available. On March 9, Scott claimed on Fox News Watch that Biden's appearance at an AFL-CIO executive council meeting was "closed to the press," adding, "We don't have any idea what he said there." In fact, the White House released a transcript of Biden's AFL-CIO speech, and "a pool of print reporters" reportedly covered the speech at the request of the White House. On March 23, Scott said:
SCOTT: Before we go, last News Watch, we took Vice President Biden to task to giving speech to a labor organization that had been closed to the press. I mentioned that we, the media, had no idea what he said. Well, guess what? Turns out the vice president's office heard the howls of protest and did let a few print reporters hear those remarks. The office even put a transcript on the Web a day later. The veil of secrecy had been lifted, but we at News Watch weren't aware.
Sorry, Mr. Vice President, we do know what you said.
Fox passes off GOP press release as its own research -- typo and all. During the February 10 edition of Happening Now, Scott purported to "take a look back" at how the economic recovery plan "grew, and grew, and grew." In doing so, Scott referenced seven dates, as on-screen graphics cited various news sources from those time periods -- all of which came directly from a Senate Republican Communications Center press release. A Fox News on-screen graphic even reproduced a typo contained in the Republican press release.
The following day, Scott apologized -- for running the typo. Scott's apology was criticized by Washington Post media critic and CNN host Howard Kurtz, who said: "We sometimes jab at the pundits for using talking points, but in the case of Fox News anchor Jon Scott, it was literally true this week. ... You should be apologizing for using partisan propaganda from the GOP without telling your viewers where it came from. Talk about missing the point."
I cam imagine at "Fox" there is a required viewing of a movie called "The Birth of a Nation"
I don't think employees at Fox News just show up with an attitude of Hate.
This is an Indoctrination Philosophy Ingrained in them like when your Parents tell you who to & who not to Date.
Speak truth to power.
Mr. News
"I can imagine at "Fox"
Sorry for the transposed word.
Mr. News
Or better yet explain to Bob Dylan the Tale you're Spinning?
When you see me accepting my Hip-Hop Award you will be in the Crowd Chanting your Appreciation.
Until that Fateful Day i will continue to be the Greatest Poet of your Generation.
Speak truth to power.
Mr. News
explain to Bob Dylan the tale that you're spinnin'
my hip-hop award will secure acclamation
as the greatest poet of your generation
The flow, dude. The flow. Put your hands up.
Sad thing is, FOX NEWS relies on their viewers having the intellectual curiosity of Duhhbya and the memory of Alberto.
If enough neurons in their brains are functioning at all, they're only storing images of "Libruls Bad!", "Sarah Good!"
It would be so easy for Fox to pick some minor offense involving a democrat and stick an R by his name. Then they could pretend that they screw up both ways, and the turtles in the rest of the media would be totally fooled.
Imagine what shape this country would be in if conservatives were remotely intelligent. What if the media were saturated by persuasive, coherent liars instead of the clown car goons we have now?
More like they admit it when they are caught.
Have they ever shown wrong news photos, or made a mistake that FAVORS a liberal politician or policy? I think not.
Remember, of the people who watch Fox, most think Saddam Hussein was part of the 911 criminal conspiracy, proving that you don't have to actually say something, to get people to believe it.
For anyone who is dis_gus_ted with the idea of her going to Fort Bragg or Fort Hood (especially with the title of her book) please make your voice heard by contacting the following:
Fort Bragg Public Affairs Office 910-907-5290
http://armedservices.senate.gov/members.htm
Chairman Carl Levin (D) http://www.levin.senate.gov D.C. Phone # 202-224-6221
Ranking Member John McCain (I'm sure he'll be glad to hear from you)
http://www.mccain.senate.gov D.C. Phone # 202-224-2235
http://armedservices.house.gov/list_of_members.shtml 202-225-4151 click on stafff for General Counsel Paul Oostburg
Be nice.
If you begin to treat them as the propagandists they are, the results will be different.
I'm not sure that would really be a problem as long as they weren't lying to make their case.
STFU! =>
Anyway, if you have the time, perhaps you should check out this site a bit more, you will find posts regarding all of the news outlets you mention. See, the thing is, this site is about...
Media Matters for America is a Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.
They seem to be a tolerant lot here for the most part. You may have noticed a lack of tolerance towards "trolls" and others who are disrespectful themselves. Some of those posters have quite a long history here and other requlars are on to their nonsense.