Thread: More False Info From Fox News

BRIT HUME'S Mea Culpa--Admits "Obama's brother says he's a Muslim" story was false:


"And finally, last week, we quoted The Jerusalem Post in the story about Barack Obama's half brother Malik Obama. The Post reported that in an interview with Israeli Army Radio, Malik Obama said his brother would be a good president despite his Muslim background. It now turns out that the Post did not quite understand what Malik Obama was saying in the interview and paraphrased him incorrectly. Malik Obama did not say that his older brother has a Muslim background. The Jerusalem Post has since removed the story from its website, and we regret the error."

Fox News=Faux News

Wow a major news source had the integrity to post a retraction when they did a story that wasn't factual!!!! That is news!!!

Thanks

Yep... You won't see CNN or MSNBC do that...

Originally Posted by Cyclophile

Yep... You won't see CNN or MSNBC do that...

+1.
The usual media network response when wrong is to ignore the story and hope people simply don't remember.


John P.

Only problem:
The story got reported Big Time
the retraction: not so much...

Most news sources wouldn't even bother with a retraction! Good on Fox, and thanks Billyjeff, keep up the good work!

Originally Posted by billyjeff2

BRIT HUME'S Mea Culpa--Admits "Obama's brother says he's a Muslim" story was false:


"And finally, last week, we quoted The Jerusalem Post in the story about Barack Obama's half brother Malik Obama. The Post reported that in an interview with Israeli Army Radio, Malik Obama said his brother would be a good president despite his Muslim background. It now turns out that the Post did not quite understand what Malik Obama was saying in the interview and paraphrased him incorrectly. Malik Obama did not say that his older brother has a Muslim background. The Jerusalem Post has since removed the story from its website, and we regret the error."

Fox News=Faux News

Most of the crap the Clinton News Network or PMSNBC says is false, and you never hear corrections from them. I think most of the news is pedagogical crap foisted on a populace largely devoid of the capacity for critical thinking. Fox seems more factual and less politically slanted than the others though. Odd how Fox gets calumny slathered on it by those who profess to be "open minded", yet cannot tolerate a differing point of view. I have found that the more liberal a person claims to be, the less willing they are to entertain differing points of view, without resorting to ad hominem attacks and stock claims of racism, sexism, etc. Sad, really, that dumb people fall for the invented divisions, thus making them real.

Funny. I find those who profess to find Faux News "fair and balanced" to be just slightly to the right of Mussolini, politically-speaking. Oh well, we're never going to agree on this one.

There was once upon atime when journalists were just that-journalists interested in getting the facts.

Now that news orginizatiions are corporately owned and operated, they each "flavor" their news to suit their agenda.

FOX is no better than CNN, Nor is CNN any better than FOX. NPR is no better, nor is the BBC. Realize that any news you are getting is a product being presented to you. It will tell you a side of the story, not necessarily the whole story.

Originally Posted by Seraphim

There was once upon atime when journalists were just that-journalists interested in getting the facts.

Now that news orginizatiions are corporately owned and operated, they each "flavor" their news to suit their agenda.

FOX is no better than CNN, Nor is CNN any better than FOX. NPR is no better, nor is the BBC. Realize that any news you are getting is a product being presented to you. It will tell you a side of the story, not necessarily the whole story.

+1

John P.