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Heads to Roll Over Doctored Footage?
Is Fox News going to start holding its anchors accountable? The Swamp reports that heads could roll after the network was caught misrepresenting footage for the second time in a week. Shortly after Jon Stewart nailed Sean Hannity for a similar crime, Fox News host Greg Jarrett was caught claiming that footage from a McCain-Palin rally was, in fact, from Palin’s book tour. "This was a production error in which the copy editor changed a script and didn't alert the control room to update the video,'' Michael Clemente, senior vice president of news at Fox, said. "There will be an on-air explanation during Happening Now on Thursday." The Swamp says “serious disciplinary action” is planned.
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n--Y--squareyellowpaperDemsdisorder
Easy. The mistakes make no difference. I for one think its better then the obama cheerleaders with tingling legs.
jaydeekay
Who cares what you think, Dems? You yourself are guilty of passing off a piece of writing as your own just yesterday.
You are a dishonest fool.
newswoman
We are talking about misrepresentation by a News Org. not a
WE are talking about a misrepresentation by a News Org. Chris Matthews, saying he got a tingle down his leg (referring to Obama) was just a remark, not a lie or misrepresentation. You don't seem to know the difference, Demsdisorder.
winston1
What's the problem? MSNBC and CNN have been lying to their viewers for years.
co-intheknow
Hey whiney - what's your proof of lying from CNN & MSNBC? Verifiable proof - not NewsMax or some other half-assed reich-wing rag. Maybe you've forgotten that Faux went to court for the legal ability to lie - it's part of their entire make up now.
If you don't have proof, take your BS remarks somewhere else - throwing lies like that around only cheapen you like your media-whore icons like Prejean, Palin, Coulter, et al.
camfield
They are not "mistakes", and they do make a difference. Odd that it only seems to happen at a place like Fox, which is ever eager to create "news" (such as those stupid "tea parties")
pennsykid2000
If Fox actually follows through and does suddenly become a real news organization, focusing on facts instead of propaganda, who will be most responsible for holding them accountable? Jon Stewart at the Daily Show, not the "real" news organizations, which should be holding each other accountable.
winston1
co Glad to be in Prejean, Palin, and Ann Coulter's company. Oh you forgot Michelle Maulkin she's the greatest.
PhilMcRoin
if they started reporting facts, then who would be there to counter the "liberal media" ...well besides the actual liberal (independent) media that is..
Georealist
You mean like doctored, fabricated and propagandistic interviews like the Great Katie Couric's interview of Palin during the election??? HOURS of footage were shot..Couric and the "news staff" sucker punched Palin by editing and selecting those pieces that fit the view of Palin they wanted people to see.
You mean like 60 minutes??? When Mike Wallace would ask a bolt from the blue question and the camera would crawl up the lucky recipients nostrils for a shot showing some sort of quivering????
I've watched CBS..NBC..ABC and CNN for years..I'm used to fiction! At least Fox has entertainment value...liberals generally don't like it because taken as a group the news people and talk hosts aren't Obama fanny sniffers...nothing upsets the new Wehrmacht worse than those who fail to join the club.
pennsykid2000
"hours of footage"? They were strolling in front of the UN and Palin had a number of campaign stops that day, along with meeting "other world leaders" (what a joke that she was lumped in with them) at the UN. And how can anyone not answer a question about what publications she reads regularly? How is that a "sucker punch", unless she's mentally incompetent? Your comments are just more distortions from a wingnut.
magoo363
Actually I'd love to see the other hours of the Palin interview. I bet it has tons of juicy goodness that they had to cut out because it didn't put Palin in a good light. Being as the questions were handed to Palin prior to the interview she should have been more prepared for the interview and she wasn't, who's fault is that? It isn't Couric's.
JohnConnughton
Go back to bed, Georealist. You are still dreaming.
DeeAmbro
If you like watching Fake News, go for it. Just don't call it real news! If you want your pre-conceived notions confirmed, Fake News is the go-to place. BTW, I can spot a Fake News watcher a mile away...they swagger and slobber and snarl and never give an inch because up is down and right is left in their alternative universe.
debbieqd
Really? And what exactly is upsetting the right-wing nuts? Everyone not joining THAT club is unAmerican or not REAL Americans, aren't they? People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
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n--Y--johnniegconnie47
Georealist,
If that's what you're seeing on TV, I'd guess you're taking drugs and have been for years. Your version of reality is way out of whack.
democracyforall
they should fire the producer and copy editor.....yawn, next.
DeeAmbro
Sigh, that's why we should just call it what it is "Fake News, where they make things up!" Actually, even better is "anti-American republican propaganda, owned and operated by an Australian!".
LostPatriot
The hate mongers need Fox and Fox needs them. It is a symbiotic relationship where stupidity is perpetuated by stupidity.
PhilMcRoin
the blind leading the deaf
MaliciousDisorder
Watch out for the new Al Gore book. He has a photo shopped photo of the earth and is depicting it as today's. A side by side photo in real time shows the grave differences snake oil Al Gore has for sale about Mother Earth.
www.prisonplanet.com
DD3075
We'll have to wait and see if the AP assigns 11 "fact checkers" to the Gore book like they did the Palin book.
PhilMcRoin
you are siting Alex Jones as a source? ..2 years ago you guys were all calling him a raving lunatic.. now that Obama is in office, all you idiots love him.. and if a republican gets back in office, you'll throw him back under the bus.. I love how the teabaggers plastered walls with the Obamajoker face fascist photos without the accompanying one with Bush's face.. way to pick and choose.. if you are going to be a New World Order conspiracy nut, go ahead.. but don't forget the other side.
btw Alex Jones now works for the religious right, and has lost all credibility... even in the raving lunatic circles..
SimonSaize
alright go 2 www.outfoxed.org and get the documentary; "OUTFOXED" it shows not just testimonials from former employee's of Fox stating they were told what to say and who to bash, BUT it has C.I.A. employee testimonials regarding the war...what's really true is people who work for those agencies aren't paid to lie- nor do they profit from it- like a certain group of politicians/ "reporters" do/could.
So- get the documentary "Outfoxed:Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism" and think.
My only argument is that the filmmakers doesn't like Republicans-which bothers me...I happen to like conservatives just enough to think that its trash T.V. and FOX news is similar to the National Enquirer, they deserve better.
And do they need to be lied to in order to be controlled(?)seems that way.
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n--Y--squareyellowpaperfloridabob
They are not really making it up. Listening to these people is the same as listening to the Heritage Foundation. Pretty much all their talking points come from there. The H. Foundation is a "New Right Think tank" organization set up in the early 70's, they have a long history of donations from overseas and early on was supported by the Moonies, probably still is. Ronald Regan and GW Bush relied on the H. Foundation for their policy directions. In more recent years, Limbeaugh, Hannity etal. are huge supporters and take their marching orders from the Foundation. They generally hold that their views are the ONLY views that have value and that they, alone, know what's best for Americans, actually, the world. So, there is something to fear about Limbeaugh, Hannity etal. By all means watch them, but do so with some understanding. If you visit the Heritage Foundation web site, I am quite sure you will recognize many, if not most, of the current antiObama talking points. Just consider the source.
connie47
Another *oops* for Fox. Click on the link to hear Jarrett lie, as he explains how this video is "just coming in to us." I hope The Daily Show picks this one up, too.
Granite
You are right. They have been caught in other "mistakes" but it wasn't until John Stewart pointed it out that the everything they do is scrutinized. The fact that they made another mistake tell me this kind of crap is just business as usual for them.
Even if it were a mistake, that in itself is huge news. Are we to believe that fox news is so disorganized that they don't file anything away in their archives?
I think what really burns them is that they were caught by their nemesis John Stewart of the Daily Show. They are in a tough spot right now--everybody is watching more closely so it can't be business as usual.
The have no way to win this--they have nowhere to hide. They are either so sloppy that all their news must be considered inaccurate and unreliable, or, they deliberately manipulate the news (which isn't news anymore, is it?)
DD3075
Well now FOX identified their own error (2nd one). I'll bet that someone loses their job. I spent 30 years compiling Actuarial statistics, and I can guarantee that there is a big diff between the accuracy of various employees.
But while we're at it, can we discuss the voluminous errors on the Obama admin's web site that has reported hundred of thousands of our taxpayer money going to non-existent districts in states like AZ and FL? Not only does this site (which cost us $16 million to redesign) report false money distribution, but they are reporting saved jobs in the non-existent districts.
So using liberal logic that says if FOX made an error, then all of their broadcasts are lies, the same must apply to Obama. If his web site has multiple "errors", then that proves that everything he and his administration tells us are lies.
connie47
If you understood how the website works, you'd know that the states put in those reports. The states reported districts that don't exist. The administration has to correct all those errors that they did not make.
Now if you want to blame that on the POTUS, be my guest. Just don't expect people to pay much attention to you.
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n--Y--squareyellowpaperThinkAgain
Yes, for those of you who consider whether or not she's going to invite Levi to Thanksgiving dinner news.
PhilMcRoin
and I am sure Bill O asks her the tough questions..
hockeydog
Just one more reason to Toss The TV !
DakLak
Does it really matter?
Fox news is biased and now their visuals are? At least it's consistent now.
Like the moral building technique of blaming a techie for the problem - chop the editor!
BipartisanCurious
Fox is kind of like cigarette companies,
everyone knows that the research coming out of them is wrong,
yet people keep consuming their products anyways.
EtienneEtoile
When you believe the world in only 6000 years old, there were no dinosaurs, then why wouldn't you believe Faux News?
Demsdisorder
Hay Nancie, i didn't know you posted here. hows the new face lift working out for you?
BipartisanCurious
There's a new windbag on TDB? Or is it the same windbag with a new name?
reasonable
Hay dems!
donjay41
Demsdisorder: You sound like a real nice person.
Demsdisorder
reasonable, how are you today?
reasonable
I was joking. It's "hey" not "hay" and I also know how to spell "read" and "legit." Nice try, though.
I'm not your friend, dems, you say too many ugly things.
PhilMcRoin
the scariest part is that some of these people who hold elected office believe this and their policy on environment is, God created this earth for us to do with it what we want and Jesus is coming soon, so cut down every tree, blow the tops of the mountains, empty the seas of fish, it doesn't matter, we won't be here for much longer...
and that is no joke... it is real! these people hold offices and make decisions for you and your children's future.
MaliciousDisorder
Fake is a daily thing on the MSM, in the NYT, Washington Post...and on and on and on..
angels81
I'm sure you have links for all the daily fake news the comes from MSM, NYT and Washington Post, right? It should be really easy for you seeing as it is a daily thing.
Of course I see you didn't try telling us how honest faux news is... Why not?
MaliciousDisorder
I don't watch local, msm, O'Reilly, Hannith, Olberman, Matthews, or ESPN anymore. Nor do I real the NYT, WP, Boston Glob, Miami Hell, or any of the other bird tray rags. There are more liget news sources.
jaydeekay
Not calling you out in any way here, Mal, but what news sources do you read? I am honestly curious...
ThinkAgain
There's lots of examples of the NYT having to 'clarify' their lies, Google it. The Washington Post too.
reasonable
I don't need to real the NYT to know it's not liget!
DeeAmbro
Forget faux, just call it what it really is "Fake News". See how easy that was? Besides the "real Americans" who watch Fake News don't do french...they don't know what you're talking about when you say faux. Just dumb it down, like everything else they hear on Fake News 24/7. And they wonder why "their country" has deserted them. Because the rest of us reside in the world of reality TV!
Demsdisorder
reasonable
I don't need to real the NYT to know it's not liget!
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reasonable
dems,
I was parodying MaliciousDisorder. I'll be more clear next time.
rjc0825
You can't use MSM in any comparision with Fox News. It is the #1 rated cable news station. It IS mainstream media.
connie47
That fact goes right over some heads here at TDB.
jaydeekay
It doesn't go over most of their heads. They know what Fox claims and what they actually are.
Believe me, it makes them VERY happy that 'their' network is watched by more than any other. And they do know the definition of 'mainstream.' But, they tell themselves that 'mainstream' means any network they do not watch...
That they lie to themselves and everyone else is of no consequence. Changing the meaning of words is 100% legitimate to them.
newswoman
Not true, Malicious. State a fact..time and date..when this happened in The Washington Post or the NY Times. That is libel, you know.
DD3075
"Jayson Blair was an American journalist until he resigned from the New York Times in May 2003, after he was caught plagiarizing and fabricating elements of his stories."
Does that work for you?
Or how about the "170,000" items stolen from a Haifa Museum? That was false. Then there are multiple "errors" that appeared on their front page, but their apologies for "errors" and outright lies are buried deep in the last pages.
False reporting is rampant in MSM. Occasionally, some of our "top" reporters have lost their jobs for reporting hearsay without validating facts. How can you miss so much? Or do you just choose to ignore them if the illicit attacks are against conservatives?
matthewbenzor
PROPAGANDA NEWS : There you have it America FOXNEWS is a Propaganda machine changing the news to fit ,There right-wing jihadsit movement,Only dictators do what there doing there "NO" different than Bush and Cheney and Hugo Chavez regime, brainwashing 101 and Sarah Bush agree's with what there doing she is "NO" different than brother George and Dick ,The Re-publican party is a DCTATORS party and FOXNEWS is helping them with there propaganda news ,America your under attack by these propagandist FOX NEWS......!
" NOW " who is the real socailist ,Evangelics don't be fooled by these dictators or you will be "LEFT BEHIND" in the second coming.........! These folks are far from christian ........!
DD3075
Try learning the difference between "there", "their", and "they're". Clearly, English is a second language for you. But if you want to be taken as a somewhat intelligent poster, learn the difference.
PhilMcRoin
mathewbenzor is clearly of the millenia generation, and a victim of our horrible public schools.. (probably from here in texas or a similar state where they only teach kids how to pass the assessment tests) ..but he usually has something to say, if you can actually understand what it is.. it is pretty hard sometimes.
andrew0823
Folks who here support FOX news as their news source......instead of just absorbing the calls of Fox that the MSM is all slanted and that they are the only ones to be trusted...seek out as has been mentioned earlier, all these examples of faking the news in such sources as NYT and the Washington Post. Verify as your logical idol (Reagan) called for.....you see I'm confident when you do this you will be disappointed to find out the the likes of Beck, Hannity ET AL are the ones not telling the truth....
PhilMcRoin
yes... and by all means, do not pay atttention to the MSM, they actual do have that part right, but where they are wrong is in assuming that Fox News is better than any other MSM outlets... Let them go and get news from independent sources of media for a while.. and then come tell me how liberal the MSM is..
flyoverland
For those of you who have never worked in TV news, the anchor does not edit the tape. Often, especially in real time news, the anchor has never even seen the copy before reading it. Of course, that doesn't mean anything to you.
Demsdisorder
Did anyone see Sarah Palin on Hannity last night?? she was fantastic. like someone said you can get a lot of questions answered in 1hour without all the well..............i.............am...................think.........i.....em .........think............am...........i....i.....i......i...am
from the supposed linguist. " where's my f-in prompter? get me a cigarette i don't give a crap if its the great American smoke out"
jaydeekay
Plagiarizer.
flyoverland
As opposed to Uncle Joe Biden, who never saw a foot he didn't put in his mouth.
newswoman
Sarah is a good speaker, but she doesn't really say anything. We like her tho', even when we don't agree with her politics or her religious views. She is very personable, but not presidential timber.
RawhideRex
First off... not relevent.
Second...do you mean the interview where she blamed the fort hood shootings on the fact that there isnt enough racial profiling of muslim americans going on? You sure you want to promote that?
DD3075
Rawhide, you exhibit the very prominent problem with radical liberals. You tend to paint with very broad brushes, missing the nuances.
The point is that - if you have a Muslim in continual contact with a radical imam (profiling), and he is giving public speeches promoting terrorist behavior (profiling), and he has "SOA" (soldier of Allah) embossed on his business cards (profiling), then you might want to pay extra attention to him. Just because he is a member of a minority, he should not be exempt to that profiling in an effort to be PC.
It's a helluva lot different than becoming suspicious of each and every Muslim. Get it? Just because one apple has a worm in it doesn't mean that all do, but you might want to check the ones with holes in them before you eat one. No hole....unlikely there's a worm inside.
Demsdisorder
RawhideRex
we all do it and if you say you don't your full of it. Think they call it honesty.
svivar9087
I'm glad fox news if being raked over the coals for being stupid, someone needs to bring them back to earth
larry278
The Chicago Tribune says that FAUX NOISE is, at long last, making a feeble attempt at cleaning up its act by discipling whom ever used an old video of Sarah Palin campigning for VP & passed it off as a tape on the crowds who came to Ms Palin's book tour.
I put my dentures under my pillow last night in hope of the tooth fairy taking my dentures & leave me $100,000.00. There was no money under my pillow & my dentures in the bath room this morning. Some legends or news in the Trib aren't true.
FAUX NOISE efforts to clean its ugly reputation of avoiding truth & slanting the new with a GOP view must be another Trib BS squib. The Trib also is noted for saying that Dewey beat Truman in 1948. If you're looking for truth-avoid the Trib & Sun-Times. Try the Chicago Defender.
truthiness2
Heads will roll as well, for the faux numbers of jobs created or saved on recovery.gov website. What? NO? Oh, hope and change!!
PhilMcRoin
Hi Mr Colbert...
How are you today?
Thank you.
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