Fox News Sinks To New Low, Repeatedly Reports Parody Story As Actual News
Fox News Sinks To New Low, Repeatedly Reports Parody Story As Actual News
On Tuesday, Fox News morning show “Fox & Friends” aired at least eight segments on a purported “news” story that was actually a parody article written by a publication similar to The Onion.
The backstory: Last week in the town of Lewiston, Maine, a group of Somalian Muslim middle school students were the subject of a cruel prank when their peers placed a ham steak next to them in order to personally offend the students. School officials filed a report because the students considered the act to be a hate/bias crime.
This actual story was then spoofed by a parody site called Associated Content, which made up quotes and details, such as the school’s intention to “create an anti-ham ‘response plan.’”
On Tuesday, Fox & Friends reported these parody quotes and details as actual news. Poking fun at the students, hosts asked whether ham was “a hate crime…or lunch?” and showed screen shots of ham sandwiches, starving Somalians, belching, animal noises, and mock “reenactments” of the incident. Ironically, the hosts assured viewers several times, “We’re not making this up!”
Watch a compilation:
Fox’s careless blunder made news in the town and “launched an immediate avalanche of angry phone calls and ugly e-mails to the school system.”
In the parody, the ham steak became a ham sandwich. Fake quotes were attributed to Superintendent Leon Levesque, Stephen Wessler of the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence, and one of the Somali students targeted in the incident. [...]
Following the Fox broadcast, Levesque’s office received dozens of angry phone calls and profanity-laced e-mails, made and sent by people all over the country, who charge the school district overreacted to what they believed from news reports to be a ham sandwich tossed at a Somali student. [...]“Fox has figured out, from the calls we’ve gotten, that they’ve made a big mistake,” Wessler said.
“This is a wake-up call that the level of hate and anger, among a small population, is vibrant,” he added.
Levesque said he was bothered not only that the parody took aim at a sensitive issue in Lewiston, but also that Fox and others reported the information as fact without checking. The national media, Levesque said, sees information posted online and “uses it as gospel.”
We’ve long known Fox News’ reporting was parody, but reporting parody news is a new low.
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I don't think Fox didn't know it was a parody. Fox wanted to cause as much problems as they could for someone.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:31 amFoxNoise strikes-er-strikes out?- AGAIN!!!!
April 27th, 2007 at 11:31 amcan we please make them have to call themselves News-Entertainment now???
They reported a parody as real news not because they're devious but because they can't distinguish a real news story from a fake one when they see it. Practice makes perfect, eh Fox?
April 27th, 2007 at 11:31 amD'oh!
Heh.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:31 amParody news from a parody news station...makes sense to me.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:32 amExcellent work FOX News, put this one right up there with FOX's story after the elections that Dennis Hastert wouldn't run for the House Minority Speaker's position
FOX News: Turning into more of a parody of itself by the day
April 27th, 2007 at 11:32 amNext, wingnut bloggers will link to Fox's story, and another legend is born...
April 27th, 2007 at 11:32 amFaux News: Reliably fanning the flames of hatred so a fearful and ignorant people don't notice what Republicans are doing to our nation.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:32 amInciting hate: That's the kind of thing that gets your FCC licence revolked.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:33 amFollowing the Fox broadcast, Levesque’s office received dozens of angry phone calls and profanity-laced e-mails, made and sent by people all over the country
Typical Faux viewers in action.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:35 amKucinich Files Articles of Impeachment Against Cheney
The trivialization started with the media quoting unnamed "Democratic aides" making statements like: "We'll see a Kucinich Administration before we'll see a Cheney impeachment."
Today, the Washington Post's Dana Milbank turned his middle-aged frat-boy analytical skills to taking Kucinich down a peg; his typically dismissive lede:
"I do not stand alone," Dennis Kucinich said as he stood, alone, in front of a cluster of microphones yesterday evening.
WHAT A JOKE THE DEMOCRATS ARE ........ you have a change to clear Americas name by getting rid of the biggest mass murderer in the world this century and U cannot be bothered well stuff you...........
April 27th, 2007 at 11:36 amThis reminds me of the time a severed pig's head was placed in front of the door at the Center for Jewish Life here at Vanderbilt.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:36 amInciting hate: That’s the kind of thing that gets your FCC licence revolked.
Comment by Bob
Faux is cable they have no FCC license to revoke.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:36 amso when are the faux anchors getting fired? the rightwing nutsacks sure took self-rightout umbrage over rather's "untrue" reporting. pattycakes? When are you going to call for the fauxnews bimbos to be fired? "jake" how about a story from when you were a child and there was fake telegraph message circulated about how Lincoln wore a stovepipe hat because he had a mishapen head?
April 27th, 2007 at 11:36 amFox News is a parody now.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:36 amHmmm....I wonder if the District has standing to sue Fox for publishing false information with such a reckless disregard for the truth.
Here, the consequences to the district seem to be limited to hate emails. What if, in the future, someone sees a false story from Fox and resorts to violence as a result?
Since Fox is using the public airways and has a license from the federal government to do so, I would hope there is an FCC investigation into this to see if Fox should be allowed to keep their license!
April 27th, 2007 at 11:37 amCan't they be sued under some sort of slander statute for reporting false news without retraction?
I hope that Congress gets around to determining who may or not use "News" in their branding. The First Amendment doesn't protect institutional deception. Using "News" to grift people is fraud, me thinks; just as using "Safe" or "Non Toxic" on items that are not is fraud and civilly liable.
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April 27th, 2007 at 11:37 amFox peddled aluminum tubes, drones of death, mobile weapons labs, dead-enders, yellowcake uranium from Niger . . . A story like this would be perfect for their unique brand of hogwash coverage.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:37 amWHAT A JOKE THE DEMOCRATS ARE …….. you have a change to clear Americas name by impeaching Cheney the biggest mass murderer in the world this century and U cannot be bothered
your not worth voting for
April 27th, 2007 at 11:37 ambill moyers, take note...
And, yes, I DO take it personally
April 27th, 2007 at 11:37 am"I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP!" (underbreath-'yeah, these other guys made it up')
April 27th, 2007 at 11:39 am"I THOUGHT IT WAS FROM THE ONION" (underbreath-'but it was from another parody newspaper')
"WE'RE NOT BEING DUPED!" (underbreath-'no, but we're trying to dupe you, viewer')
Fox "News". Where is the joke?
I love the right wing's attempts at humor. They do something absolutely humorless, it ends up being destructive or down right offensive, and then they hide behind words like 'parody' or 'satire'. In order for it to be satire, it must be funny or ironic. What a bunch of tools.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:39 amWhen ever a Faux News person says "I'm not making this stuff up"... believe the opposite.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:39 amwell stuff you………..
Right back at you. Blair is also a disgrace, but I never read you saying anything bad about him. Go take your poodle for a walk, Tobey.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:40 amHey - remember when the wingnutosphere was crowing because they "punked" liberal blogs by photoshopping Karl Rove holding a folder from the web service "Coptix"? It was gleefully reported by FOX news shill Brit Hume as another indication of the stupidity of those liberal bloggers.
The guy who made the Photoshop didn't put it in an obvious humor website, but did include a few photo edits to give hints that it was a forgery. But here we have a post on a humor website, and the FOX news network treats it as serious.
Now, any bets on whether ol' Brit will do a scoop on how his entire network turned a joke post on a joke website into a complete story?
April 27th, 2007 at 11:40 amThis is a great quote from the article:
HA HA HA! We're not making this up!
April 27th, 2007 at 11:41 amFaux is cable they have no FCC license to revoke.
Comment by klyde —
Oh, is that how they get away with calling it a news channel?
April 27th, 2007 at 11:42 amTobey Tall,
An ellipsis is three dots and generally indicates the omition of an obvious word or transition, not a ramble into obscurity, which abruptly picks up on some baseless accusation.
Bad grammar hates our freedom. Therefore, ...
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April 27th, 2007 at 11:43 amDon't hold your breath waiting for Fox Noise to apologize. I'm sure they'll defend the essential 'truthiness' of their story.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:44 amFaux is cable they have no FCC license to revoke.
Comment by klyde —
They are still covered by FCC indecency standards, so the FCC does have jurisdiction.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:45 amJust proves how completely disoriented and desperate the people at Faux News have gotten of late. What are you left to fight back w/ with when every last F*%kin' your side touches turns to S*#t as quickly as possible?
Faux News - Unfair AND Unbalanced!!!
April 27th, 2007 at 11:47 amHEHE, That's funny!
About what I expect from any of the media. All fired up for a story and don't take the time to verify facts.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:47 amLook at the article in question, note the following across the top of article:
That is the first indication someone might be making things up. But wait! There's more! Looking at the bottom of the page:
See, that wasn't so hard.
But as we witness over and over, when you want to see things a certain way, key evidence to the contrary will not be seen.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:47 amIt just shows the time and effort Fox News takes to make sure the story they're reporting is factual and true.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:48 amFair and balanced I tell ya, fair and balanced!
Time for the District Attorney to indict that Ham Sandwich!!
April 27th, 2007 at 11:49 amFox noise - telling the brain dead what to think and when to think it, spread the hate, attack, attack, attack....Come on all the clown defenders of Fox, let's hear it from you, comeon Jacka$$ Jake, Patti 1", Viliantdouchebag, JJ Trailer Trash, Repuke Dale....all together now....BUT CLINTON DID IT!
Idiots.
Hating the Repuke Mafia daily
April 27th, 2007 at 11:50 amSo Tobey, who are you going to vote for?
The Repukes who put Cheney in power?
Let's hear from you on this one.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:50 amThey outsourced their reporting and fact checking to retarded monkeys to save $$$. What do you expect?
Why do you hate retarded monkeys?
April 27th, 2007 at 11:52 amLooks like the fools at Fox got April Fooled.
Further proof that FOX News has NO professional journalists.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:52 amFox wasn't lying-they didn't make it up.
Someone else did, and they ran with it. Talking points work the same way, gives them plausible deniability.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:52 amIgnorant news for ignorant people. Custom made for intellectually lethargic American morons. If it draws in viewers, Fox won't care. I'm sure this will mark the beginning of a trend.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:53 amanyone notice that our media is now pretty close to that of the media in "V for Vendetta"? i mean it's been that way for a while as far as propaganda that is hidden for years until the truth is outed, but this just takes the cake. they don't even pretend to do news anymore....
April 27th, 2007 at 11:54 amThis is absolutely disgraceful, but sadly typical of the rock-bottom standards at Fox.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:54 amThey are still covered by FCC indecency standards, so the FCC does have jurisdiction.
Comment by Barfly
If you say so. I'm no attorney however I would think that the FCC, not that they will even look at this will have a difficult time in fact a nearly impossible time making the case that this comes close to indecency.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:55 amthis goes to prove the point I made yesterday on HuffPo: most consternos aren't sophisticated enough to "get" satire...
not to sound like a consterno, but while putting ham next to a Muslim may be insensitive, it's not a "crime" of any kind... I am a vegetarian - if you plop a burger on my plate I will not like it, but I would not consider it a crime...
April 27th, 2007 at 11:55 amThose idiots at Fox can't distinguish between real and fake news. After all, they blurred the lines between the two!
I won't expect an apology to the school and its officials. That's not the neocon way.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:56 amNever let the facts get in the way of a good story...
April 27th, 2007 at 11:56 amJust remember my moniker.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:57 amJust read this on RedState about FNC.
Next month's GOP candidates' debate in South Carolina, will be a bit different than next week's free-for-all for all and sundry. It will be hosted by FOX News Channel, and FNC – perhaps as by far the most viewed news network on cable – is putting down its foot. FNC is deciding who may or who may not participate in their debate, and the SC GOP is on board with this.
Fox is now selecting their choices instead of letting America decide.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:57 amComment by klyde
I merely wished to point out that the FCC does have jurisdiction over cable TV. The FCC also regulates the content of ads that appear on cable.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:58 amonce again, FOX talks out their ass and people get terrorized.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:59 amjust another day in Paradise!
@FoxNoise: To call them selves News-Entertainment they would have to be entertaining and they are not. Plus that is a slap in the face to the normal fox channel.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:00 pmI am a vegetarian - if you plop a burger on my plate I will not like it, but I would not consider it a crime…
Comment by Pete Bogs
Is vegetarianism a religion stretching the globe, and in effect for thousands of years? Have any wars ever been fought between vegetarians and carnivores?
April 27th, 2007 at 12:01 pmClearly the work of Porcinofascist scum...
April 27th, 2007 at 12:02 pmLook at what happened when Orson Welles broadcast "The War of the Worlds".
Who could possibly think that broadcasting a "fictional" account of a contemporaneous "news" story could result in people reacting violently and irrationally - as if the account was true?
This is why we have disclaimers. Precedence has taught us that there is a line, and legality indicates that the line must be clearly marked.
There's a loose cannon on the deck, and it needs to be secured.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:03 pmModern journalism at its finest. Doesn't this make you wonder, just a little bit, of how much other CRAP gets through the editors and right out O'Reilly's and Hannity's mouth and right into the wingnuts empty little heads?
April 27th, 2007 at 12:03 pmI'm not making this up! No shit, Sherlock, Someone else did!!!! Jeez!
April 27th, 2007 at 12:04 pmFaux Noise didn't care if it was true. If it fits with their agenda they print it as "news".
I can't believe there isn't some government agency that can do something about the abuse of our airwaves. Just because they are cable does not give them carte blanche to say anything they want (hopefully).
Faux Noise, the breakfast of idiots.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:06 pm"Ham sandwich" should be on this week's list of the Top 10 GOP Sound Bites.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:07 pm“This is a wake-up call that the level of hate and anger, among a small population, is vibrantâ€
The level of hate and anger throughout the US is dangerous.
The Reich Wingnuts have whipped their redneck base into a frenzy.
I expect we will eventually have people getting shot in the street for having the wrong bumpersticker.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:11 pmI am a vegetarian - if you plop a burger on my plate I will not like it, but I would not consider it a crime…
Comment by Pete Bogs
What about the intention of the person who put the burger in front of you? When someone does something with the intent to offend, there's a whole new level to the social interaction.
Then there's the other angle: What if I put dog feces near where you were eating? Would you be offended, or just shrug it off?
Stop trying to minimize the behavior.
P.S: the story isn't about the ham - it's about fiction reported as news.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:11 pmFox News has become a mere cipher and on a decided path of self-destruction. Irrlevancy is their new low. Ignorance is their hallmark.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:12 pmHave any wars ever been fought between vegetarians and carnivores?
Comment by Barfly
The Dinosaurs and we know how that turned out. They are extinct now =)
April 27th, 2007 at 12:15 pmmaybe fox should hire a 'parody czar'
April 27th, 2007 at 12:16 pmLook, getting news from Fox and Fiends is like getting news from the View.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:16 pm"My gym partner is a monkey" is closer to reality than those stooges.
Omg... they said MORE than once they were not making it up.
"We're not being duped, I've looked it up on a couple of different websites."
Damn, how pathetic!
April 27th, 2007 at 12:17 pmThe original story was about a school bullying incident.
Bullying in schools can cause school shootings.
"If you have a planned school threat, in some way, shape or form, it's a product of bullying." - School violence expert, quoted in Denver Post.
FOX News is dangerously minimizing this problem by joking about it.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:17 pmFox News just further proves that republicans hide their lower IQs by sleazy schemes and knee-jerk faux outrage. They subsist on histrionics over substance.
What frightens me are the inbreds who not only still watch it and gullibly swallow it, but quote it!
As the Bush votes prove, there's no shortage of arrogant, clueless morons.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:18 pmBriseadh na Faire
I was more wondering if they had the right to republish what was on the comedy site.
There may be a case of copyright infringement to answer here.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:19 pmIn other news:
WOODBURN, Indiana (AP) -- A high school teacher who faced losing her job after a student newspaper published an editorial advocating tolerance of gays can continue teaching at another school.
Intolerance is alive and well in America, land of the "free." You have more human rights in Europe right now than you do in America.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:19 pmI'm a bit conflicted on this one. On one hand, the level of incompetence and absurdity of that network's "news" division is humorous.
But on the other hand, there are now a few million Americans who think that rubbing a ham sandwich on one of them thar "Muslims" would be a funny prank. A particular belief system is being publicly marginalized and disrespected because of ignorance and shallow thinking. You may think that's no big deal. To that I offer these thoughts:
- What do you think would happen if someone delivered a bunch of ham sandwiches to a synagogue during a worship service? Would it be such a knee slapper?
- What do you think would happen if some artist recreated a religious sculpture, let's say, oh maybe, one depicting Christ, and the entire sculpture was made of chocolate? Do you think Christian’s would just chuckle at the artist’s whimsical behavior?
My point being, the premise here that is being allowed to exist even in this thread (though I'm certain that it is mostly unintentional) is that the Muslim faith is based on silly and childish rituals and superstitions. This is not just the pot joking about the kettle being black, but it is also the pot declaring that all blackness is stupid, except its own of course.
Just some thoughts…
April 27th, 2007 at 12:19 pmNext week, they can recycle the joke, but with Jews instead of Muslims.
It'll be a laugh riot!
April 27th, 2007 at 12:21 pmOOPS!!they did it a-gain..
April 27th, 2007 at 12:21 pmThey f@cked up the spin,
got lost in the gain..
ooh baby baby
oops they got it so wrong,
Hope we won't wait too loooong....
Fox Noise is full of idiots....
Christians should be aware that this is like somebody handing them a SHIT sandwich.
Moslems and Jews regard pork that way. They take it that seriously.
This incident proves once again that Repukes are stupid, hateful bigots.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:24 pm(sigh)
Bad journalism is bad journalism, and deserves to be criticized and mocked, and if Fox screwed the pooch on the story, it deserves the derision.
Somehow, though, I think all this self-righteous (or is it self-lefteous?) posturing goes quiet when it comes to examples from news organizations that tow a more left-leaning line.
Within the past year the New York Times, the AP and NBC (to name a few) have made major gaffes or outright distortions, but if they somehow did not attack people or issues on the right, I doubt if there much response, if any, here. Am I wrong?
And "Faux News"? Shouldn't that be the name of CBS news, after their manufactured memos incident? No, of course not, because it was all about getting someone you didn't like.
Don't bother asking for examples. Google it, and I am sure you will find something. Then see if this blog even mentioned any of them.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:25 pmIt seems that Lou Dobbs fell for this too. He did a segment calling out the Superintendent for taking the hate crime thing too far.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:26 pmI can't bring myself to watch Fox and Friends, even for a minute, so will anyone out there with a stronger stomach than me tell us if they have apologized for the mistake and made a public correction??
April 27th, 2007 at 12:29 pmWhat is it that makes thes sort of people (Fox and their ilk) that makes them so unwilling to understand and respect about other that otehr religions/cultures have different beliefs.
It doesn't seem that difficult of a concept, and it certainly isn't something that should be so difficult for ADULTS to understand.
What if I put some DOG meat inside a sandwich and offered it to them? They'd be outraged, yes? Well, THAT meat that outrages them would be considered a delicacy in Korea.
Muslims don't eat pigs. Koreans eat dogs. They are clearly both different eating patterns than most of us (christians, jews, buddhist, etc).
But these Fox idiots are creating more problems with their inability to accept the behaviors and beliefs of others. THAT is not what our country is based on: it USED to based on acceptance of others, and others' religions. Fox is an American disgrace.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:29 pm#75 apark559
It seems that Lou Dobbs fell for this too. He did a segment calling out the Superintendent for taking the hate crime thing too far.
Lou Dobbs falls for a lot of things. And he never apologizes for getting them wrong. He's a right-wing tool. He harps about illegal immigrants to make it look like he's a friend of the working stiff, but he's loyal to his GOP masters.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:37 pmI hate Fox, but, as someone else said, Lou Dobbs also reported the story as real. A good example of how the main stream media can control the sheeple. Another excellent example, Bill Moyers: Buying the War.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:38 pmOne can always count on Steve "Douchey" and his cohorts for unintended hilarity. They're on the front lines at Fux in the fight against Demoislamisterrrofacistogirliemen, since they've lost the directions to the nearest armed forces recruiting station.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:40 pmweary_G
First off, none of those you have listed are liberal news sources. They are actually sources which strive to avoid bias, but tend to watch their bottom lines very closely.
Second.
Lets compare and contrast here for a second:
Dan Rather, after the Killian documents was forced into retirement. The leftwing largely regards this as just, and thus you do not hear much about it from leftwingers because it was just.
Ann Coulter's latest book contains demonstrable lies, monstrous accusations, and, more importantly, plaguarised segments. She is the darling of the right.
Compare and contrast: One was a well respected journalist who made one major mistake in a long, illustrious career of finding top stories.
The other was basically a nobody who built herself on lies, and spreading hatespeech.
One, was a liberal.
The other, a conservative.
For the liberal, a major error had consequences. For the conservative, worse, conscious acts of dishonesty, made her a star.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:41 pmWhat else do you expect from those dumbasses. I hope that Kiran Chetry realizes how fortunate she is to get away from those fools.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:42 pmWe’ve long known Fox News’ reporting was parody[...]
We've also long known right-wingers have a problem with truth, facts, and basic intellectual honesty.
Just read the post by our trolls, claiming to be lawyers, 75 years olds, veterans, using sock puppets, etc., etc. Which is the reason why they still support Pres Bush and watch FoxNews: They see nothing wrong with being less than forthcoming or being fed fantasies, as long as their belief system is kept alive.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:44 pmComment by weary_G — April 27, 2007 @ 12:25 pm
This issue is beyond bad journalism.
It's wanton misrepresentation and fabrication.
Keep justifying FoxNews, and lowering the bar; just remember that "everyone does it!" is a very lame argument.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:48 pmFAUXNEWS
April 27th, 2007 at 12:53 pmi see right through all their nonsense. but apparently most americans dont. FAUXNEWS continues to dominate the ratings. BO'R says the most insanely idiotic things night after night with no outrage from viewers or sponsers. it boggles my m ind.
This just goes to show that Fox does not do any investigating of the facts. It just repeats what sounds good, and plays dumb when called on it. It feels no responsibility to get the facts right, for them it is sufficient that someone said, wrote, reported something.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:55 pmCarolyn,
I really want to believe that our country at one time was based on acceptance of others, but I'm having trouble more and more trouble finding proof of this. This is also a country founded on the principle that black people were 60% human, after all. It seems to me that there's always been some "other" for whom hatred was tolerated or even encouraged, be they indigenous Americans, Japanese internees, European immigrants, Hispanics, or Muslims.
I've just been reading the blog comments at the bottom of the two Sun Journal stories. If they're any reflection of mainstream America, the xenophobia of Fox News is the rule, not the exception.
According to the Maine residents who've weighed in on the issue, this incident is all the fault of the Somali refugees for not properly assimilating (read: converting to Christianity) the moment they passed through Customs as they were fleeing their war-torn and internationally ignored homeland. Nearly all the comments say something about how these "welfare freeloaders" need to stop whining and learn how we do things in America. There are even a few comments that compare this incident to the banning of mandatory prayer in school, listing it as yet another "attack on Christianity."
I agree that Fox is an American disgrace, but I have to wonder if it's not just reflecting the general sentiment.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:02 pmThe Dinosaurs and we know how that turned out. They are extinct now =)
Comment by Wayne — April 27, 2007 @ 12:15 pm
Actually if you believe in evolution, teehee, the line of homo erectus (or something like that) that from tooth wear patterns appeared to be vegetarians died off and the omnivores survived. But that does not in any way reflect battles between the two. And is anecdotal only, since they might have been in different areas at different times.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:02 pm"Fox News"
"CNN"
"MSNBC"
Only one channel feels the need to stress that it is "news", because otherwise, you might not perceive their content to be such.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:05 pmHey #37, how about compare and contrast Rush and his continued racist remarks and Imus. I am not going to get into Lib or Conservative (I can't say I like either, for I don't, but where's the outcry?
Neocons are, simply put, horrible human beings. Under the guise of religious right or whatever they feel is right, they are anything but right or good. Plain and simple.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:06 pmDon’t bother asking for examples. Google it, and I am sure you will find something. Then see if this blog even mentioned any of them.
Comment by weary_G — April 27, 2007 @ 12:25 pm
Hi Jake.
Left-leaning news, what an idiot.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:07 pmOur fourth estate is dying.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:08 pmAnd “Faux News� Shouldn’t that be the name of CBS news, after their manufactured memos incident? No, of course not, because it was all about getting someone you didn’t like.
Comment by weary_G — April 27, 2007 @ 12:25 pm
I supposed you're referring to Dan Rather, who by the way, lost his job> Do you have a point?
April 27th, 2007 at 1:09 pmIt seems that Lou Dobbs fell for this too. He did a segment calling out the Superintendent for taking the hate crime thing too far.
Comment by apark559 — April 27, 2007 @ 12:26 pm
But he based his segment off the facts not the spoof. But I still found it typical of his sometimes narrowminedness.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:11 pmWhen was the last time fox noise actually broke a news story?
April 27th, 2007 at 1:14 pmA good example of how the main stream media can control the sheeple. Another excellent example, Bill Moyers: Buying the War.
Comment by MediaFails — April 27, 2007 @ 12:38 pm
So you're saying the Bill Moyers special is main stream media trying to control the sheeple?
April 27th, 2007 at 1:14 pmSeeing as we're talking about Fox News, this is hardly surprising, and FNC has a history of this sort of thing. Does anybody remember the story they ran during the 2004 election season about Communists for Kerry (a blatantly right wing "parody" goup intended to portray Kerry as a communist) as though it was an actual group of Kerry supporters? The story remained on their website for quite some time before it was finally, and one imagines reluctantly, corrected.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:19 pmFNC is about as far from a legitimate news organization as The Onion, with the difference that the latter at least advertises itself as a parody. It's quite clear that FNC will jump on anything that gels with its ideological biases, without bothering with such superfluous matters as research and fact checking, no matter how absurd.
yeah democrats go on FOX which enables and empowers FOX.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:20 pmHey Andrew -- how come you're all prickly about grammar but don't care about spelling? Bad spelling hurts freedom lovers, too (whatever that was all about:-)
Yours: omition
All the dictionaries: omission
April 27th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
How often can the "Fox & Friends" crew screw up on national television and still keep their jobs? I would have been fired by now.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:28 pmUhmmm -- I thought all Fox news was parody. You mean we're supposed to take it for anything else? Who knew?
April 27th, 2007 at 1:29 pmHow do these people have any credibility anymore?
April 27th, 2007 at 1:30 pmI saw where Man is related to the Worm and that the T-Rex was related to the Chicken.
My how far we have come. Eat More Chikken!
April 27th, 2007 at 1:34 pmIt drives me crazy when the media calls Jon Stewart's show a "false news program" but continues to consider Fox News news. What kind of Orwellian world are we living in?
April 27th, 2007 at 1:36 pm******************
“An ellipsis is three dots and generally indicates the omition of an obvious word or transition, not a ramble into obscurity, which abruptly picks up on some baseless accusation. Bad grammar hates our freedom. Therefore, … :::::
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Comment by JP — April 27, 2007 @ 1:21 pm
Tell him JP. And those are ellipsis points. An ellipsis is just the omission of the words.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:36 pmWhy do people watch Fox News?
April 27th, 2007 at 1:37 pm#74:
Don’t bother asking for examples. Google it, and I am sure you will find something. Then see if this blog even mentioned any of them.
Comment by weary_G — April 27, 2007 @ 12:25 pm
So you're telling us that you'll report something but you expect us to investigate it's veracity?
Do you work for the False Noise Channel?
If you can't cite your sources, keep the claims to yourself.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:39 pmSo much for me, I suppose.
;)
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April 27th, 2007 at 1:40 pmThere's only one way to address this problem...
Blogger Ethics Panel!!!!!!!
April 27th, 2007 at 1:42 pmweary_G:
The major difference is that for FNC this sort of sloppily researched, wholly ideological "reporting" is not some rare deviation, it's policy. CBS certainly did screw up and was called to account for it; FNC does this sort of thing consistently without ever facing any real consequences. Another major difference is that the story CBS ran was, by all accounts, true; however, the supporting documentation was obviously bad (which is indeed unforgivable), and the Administration and its supporters managed to divert everyone from the main story by focusing on one of its numerous pieces of corroborative evidence.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:42 pmThe FCC has been infected by the Busheviks and won't even touch this no matter how wrong or indecent.There is no longer an independent branch or office of federal government,Bush has all of them in his corner now,even the SCOTUS.Its over people.If you want to live in a democracy move out of this newly established police state while you can.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:49 pmFirst of all I'm from Lewiston Maine, which the incident accured.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:50 pmSecond, I used to watch Fox news knowing they were conservative.
Third, I was watching Fox that Tuesday at first I thought they just had some fact wrong but I also didn't like they were mocking the people in my town because of past events that have happen in Lewiston. So I e-mailed them and told them what I thought...they didn't reply they just mentioned that they "will have more tomorrow on this". The next day I saw the news about them getting their news from a spook article and I sent another e-mail asking for them to appologize for their mistake and the mess it caused in my community...no reply and knowing they messed up they didn't mention anything about it.
Forth, I will no longer watch Fox News Conservative is one thing inaccurate is another.
'Hogwash' is a good title for it...
April 27th, 2007 at 1:53 pmSomewhere above a poster stated the sad truth that this will now become the prank of the day against muslims. Fox owes the American people an apology for it's bias and ignorance. The american people owe themselves to find a real news channel.
Fox are haterbaters and mob rule advocates.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:55 pmLooks like Brian's get tired of the kool-aid.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:57 pmFOX check facts?? Then it wouldn't be FOX (Faux), would it?
April 27th, 2007 at 1:58 pmTrue or not, it doesn't matter to the RW propaganda machine. They "got it out there." The message will be propagated to far more people than will ever see the retraction (if any). So it will have helped them: Muslims are trying to take over our culture and adhere to their religious beliefs. Done for hateful reasons, it's wrong. But, while not the case here, I'm curious what would happen if someone innocently sat down and began eating ham? IMO, those offended by the action must bear the burden of dealing with it by, say, moving elsewhere. But, in my case, I'd probably move out of politeness for one's superstitious beliefs.
But back to Faux, another item they've gottent "out there" is how libs overreact to any situation involving non-xians. And WRT to the content, it is playing to a Faux audience after all and hence it will be entertaining to them. Faux is preaching to the choir. Their viewers are already beyond redemption. I think it's what that audience chooses to discuss with other, non-Faux (i.e. potentially intelligent) viewers. "On the news, I saw this stupid overreaction to some muslim sitting near a ham sandwich. Man, these guys are pissed off by everything. He'll probably wear an explosive vest to school tomorrow. Har har, nyuk, nyuk. Ya know I heard one of these guys... ." This guy'll never say anything about any apology (however unlikely), so the other guy is one step closer to the dark side.
All they need to do is "get it out there."
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We can survive attacks by AQ.
We can't survive attacks by "patriots" on our values and Constitution.
... We may still be called Americans, but we won't be Americans.
E Pleb Neesta
April 27th, 2007 at 2:00 pmGODISNOWHERE
Blessed are the cheese makers.
He converteth me to lamb cutlets.
The left and the right both suck; the right just sucks more.
Also from the Sun Jorunal:
"The post then appeared to legitimize the information by attributing The Associated Press as its source.
Larry Laughlin, chief of bureau for AP in Northern New England, said the parody was "clearly improper use of The Associated Press brand."
"You can't," Laughlin said, "fancifully make up comments and add them to an Associated Press story."
Lawyers for the AP are reviewing the parody post and will take action as appropriate, Laughlin said."
Apparently Foxnews isn't the only one guilty of sloppy journalisim.
April 27th, 2007 at 2:01 pmJust to everyone knows: the fake news story by Nicholas Plagman on AssociatedContent.com has been modified, either by Plagman or by AC, in three important details: (1) it was originally in News, not Humor, (2) it did NOT have any disclaimer saying it was a parody, now it does, (3) the trailer at the story end was originally "Associated Press", which has now disappeared. Also, you can read in the earliest comments on that article (the first 50 or so), author Plagman explicitly responds "this is a true story". He does NOT say that he invented numerous outrageous quotations and attributed them to real persons in the article, next to real quotations. Plagman is now trying to hide, saying it was a joke, clearly satire. It was NOT a joke when he filed it in NEWS, not Humor; when he filled it with fraudulent quotations attributed to real persons involved in the original story, and when he fraudulently attached an "Associated Press" trailer on the story. Plagman is a LIAR. And FoxNews are the fools we all know them to be. Do not, however, expect FauxNews to own up to their irresponsiblility in reporting it. Any simpleton can search Google News for Leon Levesque (the school superintendent) and quickly find all the accurate articles in a local Maine newspaper (the SunJournal). Except FauxNews, since they don't know how to fact-check anything. Morons.
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While I agree, omission is spelled omission.
'ware thee, thine petard ;->
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April 27th, 2007 at 2:10 pmE Pleb Neesta
GODISNOWHERE
Blessed are the cheese makers.
He converteth me to lamb cutlets.
The left and the right both suck; the right just sucks more.
I think they knew that this was bogus. One of them even mentioned The Onion. morning talk shows on any network are garbage meant for dumbshits. this is Fox "News" the network entirely for dumbshits, so a morning show on Fox is for the dumbest of the dumbshits. This is the show that has that talk radio Gem Mancow. Now that is a real dumbshit with a show complete with puerile "crank calls".
April 27th, 2007 at 2:11 pmFOX represents themselves as "Fair and Balanced" while their bias has been repeatedly shown. Are there no Truth in Advertising laws?
April 27th, 2007 at 2:14 pmSheeple, sheeple, sheeple...
Your hatred of FN amazes me. Any live segment you have will often make mistakes, that's a fact, unfortunate nature of the business. Am I trying to extol them for the incorrect report? Not at all. They made a mistake and hopefully apologized or set the record straight somehow. I don't have the luxury of sitting around watching news programs ready to pounce when they goof up.
A few comments caught my attention...
THAT is not what our country is based on: it USED to based on acceptance of others, and others’ religions.
Comment by Carolyn — April 27, 2007 @ 12:29 pm
--Others and other's religions, that is, until they blow up our buildings and massacre 3,000 people. I'm all for "give me your tired, poor. & hungry" but for Pete's sake... we all have our limits!
Ann Coulter’s latest book contains demonstrable lies, monstrous accusations, and, more importantly, plaguarised segments.
Comment by Bruce Gorton — April 27, 2007 @ 12:41 pm
-- Lies? Plagiarism? Pretty serious accusations there Bruce. Got any proof?
April 27th, 2007 at 2:15 pmApparently Foxnews isn’t the only one guilty of sloppy journalisim.
Comment by John — April 27, 2007 @ 2:01 pm
Parody news sites don't engage in journalism, sloppy or otherwise.
The humor of parody news sites is in pointing out how they are virtually indistiguishable from so-called "legitimate" news sites.
Don't criticize the parodies for mimicking the real, criticize the real for mimicking the parodies.
April 27th, 2007 at 2:17 pmbee sting you are an idiot, did they apologize or not you wanker
April 27th, 2007 at 2:23 pmget you shoe size iq and find out
you should walk out in the street and get hit by abus
–Others and other’s religions, that is, until they blow up our buildings and massacre 3,000 people. I’m all for “give me your tired, poor. & hungry†but for Pete’s sake… we all have our limits!
Comment by BeeSting — April 27, 2007 @ 2:15 pm
That would mean that Germany, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Nicaragua, Panama, Guatemala, Cambodia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Granada, Somalia, Sudan, Yugoslavia, Libia, Lebanon, Iran, etc. etc. etc. should ban Christian religion cuz US is a country of Christians, right? Great logic, there.
April 27th, 2007 at 2:33 pmActually I was referring to the writer of this blog who omitted the relevant fact the author of the parody tried to cloak it in an air of legitimately by falsely citing the AP as the source. If was more than sloppy, it was downright dishonest.
April 27th, 2007 at 2:34 pmeugene
I pointed out that I don't have the luxury of sitting around watching news. I have what's known as a "job." Most conservatives do ya know! So if you all tell me that they didn't correct the story or apologize, I'll take it at face value.
you should walk out in the street and get hit by abus
Comment by eugene — April 27, 2007 @ 2:23 pm
--Wow!! That's your method of making a thought provoking retort!?
April 27th, 2007 at 2:34 pmDon’t criticize the parodies for mimicking the real, criticize the real for mimicking the parodies.
Something that needs to be repeated, frequently.
April 27th, 2007 at 2:38 pmThat's great news. Now we know how to dupe FOX. Make a parody of anything and they'll use it as a basis for a story...wait a minute that's how they do all of their news stories.
April 27th, 2007 at 2:38 pmHey bee sting! Are my fries done yet?
April 27th, 2007 at 2:42 pmIs it even possible for Fox-TV to be embarrassed? Even that morning show which is mind numbing in its stupidity.
April 27th, 2007 at 2:46 pmThis story proves yet again that when cloven images are graven there's no gravy in dullsville !
April 27th, 2007 at 2:48 pm"Any live segment you have will often make mistakes"
bruce gorton, you assclown, ever hear of researching a story before broadcasting something as news?
April 27th, 2007 at 2:49 pm"I hope we aren't being duped."
"We aren't. I saw it on the internet!"
hahahahahahaha!!
April 27th, 2007 at 2:50 pmI expect we will eventually have people getting shot in the street for having the wrong bumpersticker.
Comment by Tom3 — April 27, 2007 @ 12:11 pm
Damn, I hope not--you should SEE my car. I have ALL the wrong bumperstickers!
April 27th, 2007 at 2:53 pmhey beesting "I have what’s known as a “job.â€" i thought it was extra nice when you greeted me walking into wal mart the other day, my question is, where did they find a chair strong enough to support your fat ass?
April 27th, 2007 at 2:54 pmI have what’s known as a “job.†Most conservatives do ya know!
You mean like DeLay, Hayworth, Ney, Libby, Abramoff, etc.?
April 27th, 2007 at 3:01 pmbeesting: –Others and other’s religions, that is, until they blow up our buildings and massacre 3,000 people. I’m all for “give me your tired, poor. & hungry†but for Pete’s sake… we all have our limits!
So you're saying that intentionally offending Somali refugees is completely justified because a few of the one billion people they share a religion with committed an act of terrorism six years ago?
April 27th, 2007 at 3:01 pmIt does not surprise me one iota, in fact in England we have Sky News which I think is connected to Fox, and it's like our cheapest tabloid on television.
April 27th, 2007 at 3:02 pmRegards
Hey bee sting! Are my fries done yet?
Comment by KEP — April 27, 2007 @ 2:42 pm
hey beesting “I have what’s known as a “job.â€â€ i thought it was extra nice when you greeted me walking into wal mart the other day, my question is, where did they find a chair strong enough to support your fat ass?
Comment by joe — April 27, 2007 @ 2:54 pm
Yet more intelligent and medatative comments from the left... Not enough hugs from Mommie & Daddy guys?
You've been weighed, measured, and have been found lacking.
April 27th, 2007 at 3:02 pmWould Mr. Levesque PLEASE PLEASE sue Fox News for defamation of character!?!?!?!?!
April 27th, 2007 at 3:05 pmIf I'm not mistaken, this town has had some terrible things happen in the past with hate related incidents. I'm sure I saw it on a documentary. This is not funny.
April 27th, 2007 at 3:06 pmI'll never forget Fox 'reporting' that Iraqi DRONES were about to attack US cities. It's still on the foxnews web site.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,79450,00.html
Dubya hisself got in on the act...
"We've also discovered through intelligence that Iraq has a growing fleet of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles that could be used to disperse chemical and biological weapons across broad areas," Bush said in preparation for a congressional vote authorizing the use of force against Iraq. "We're concerned that Iraq is exploring ways of using these UAVs for missions targeting the United States."
Air National Guard Chief Paul Weaver told Fox News, "If they could organize something like Sept. 11 this would be very doable."
This was nothing short of insane. Nobody in Iraq had anything to do with September 11 and nobody in Iraq ever even dreamed of attacking US cities with DRONES. The people at Fox are just incredibly stupid and deceitful. They work hard at being that way, as this latest incident reveals.
April 27th, 2007 at 3:12 pmBeeSting
Okay. Take this example from MSNBC (I would post the link, but I am not sure it would show up here. Just Google it.)
In “Godless,†Coulter writes:
“The massive Dickey-Lincoln Dam, a $227 million hydroelectric project proposed on upper St. John River in Maine, was halted by the discovery of the Furbish lousewort, a plant previously believed to be extinct.â€
An article that ran in 1999 in Maine’s Portland-Press Herald contains the following passage:
“The massive Dickey-Lincoln Dam, a $227 million hydroelectric project proposed on upper St. John River, is halted by the discovery of the Furbish lousewort, a plant believed to be extinct.â€
So, do you want me to go further into just how your favourite little hatemonger isn't even an original liar?
April 27th, 2007 at 3:13 pmhow is this different from Dan Rather creating documents and reporting them a news? Oh yeah, Fox isn't trying to sway an election, they're just stupid. What CBS did was nefarious and an attempt to undermine the country.
April 27th, 2007 at 3:13 pmWhat else would anybody expect from Faux Noose?
April 27th, 2007 at 3:14 pmAnyone but me notice that BeeSting comes on here as a new poster, and then gets "attacked" by some....new posters?
And his rebuttal is to defend his "criticisms" by delegating such attacks as "all the left"?
and then we have the continous name jacking, or name switching...
April 27th, 2007 at 3:23 pmI'm just saying!
From Neal Boortz... not exactly an Ann Coulter champion if you've ever listened to him.
http://boortz.com/nuze/200607/07112006.html
"Universal Press Syndicate, which carries her column, has now rendered their verdict. According to them, there was no plagiarism. Says the president of the company: "There are only so many ways you can rewrite a fact and minimal matching text is not plagiarism." Back to square one for the Coulter-haters."
So, do you want me to go further into just how your favourite little hatemonger isn’t even an original liar?
Comment by Bruce Gorton — April 27, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
No need Sir.
April 27th, 2007 at 3:28 pmSatyam and assorted other Progs - Like I've said repeatedly, and you continue to ignore - if you don't LIKE Fox News, don't watch. I don't like the NYT - guess what? I no longer subscribe......
You may go back to your "group whine fest" now....
April 27th, 2007 at 3:32 pmFor Ann Coulter's lies in Godless (Hopefully the link shows up):
http://mediamatters.org/items/200608070002
April 27th, 2007 at 3:36 pmIt is also being reported as fact on a link on the homepage of TownHall.Com
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/challenges.php?id=921957
THESE PEOPLE HAVE NO LIMITS ... we should all be very alarmed at the behavior of those living with us in America.
April 27th, 2007 at 3:40 pmAnd if you don't like the Iraq conflict what do you suggest Mighty venus flighty?
If you don't like progs then why do you post here?
April 27th, 2007 at 3:43 pmBeeSting
What it came down to was her publishers deciding they didn't care. Personally, I would rather trust iThenticate - it doesn't have a lot of money to make off of her lies.
April 27th, 2007 at 3:44 pmFox News should change their slogan from "We Report. You Decide." to:
"We distort. You Decide."
April 27th, 2007 at 3:44 pmWooh! All these ruffled feathers about fox news.
Sorry, this doesn't reach the level of Dan Rather, who used FAKE documents to prove something that didn't exist in the first place. It also doesn't reach the level of fake pictures used by Rueters and the AP either.
So please, enough with all this fake outrage. It's silly.
April 27th, 2007 at 3:46 pmif you don’t LIKE Fox News, don’t watch
Comment by valiant venus has no aphroditis mightius — April 27, 2007 @ 3:32 pm
I don't like bullies, either, but when I happen upon one beating up another who is arguably weaker, I will always intervene.
glad to see you'd never help the victim of a crime.
Just because we don't watch Fox, doesn't mean when they do misinform, we should just look the other way.
for gawd's sake, eat a cheeseburger without regurgitating, and get some friends
April 27th, 2007 at 3:53 pmWait a second everybody... YES, the people at Faux News are idiots. However, this was substantially a real story. The article above states: "This _actual story_ was then spoofed by a parody site called Associated Content, which made up quotes and details, such as the school’s intention to “create an anti-ham ‘response plan.’â€
There was a real 'ham incident' at the school and people actually got upset about it. Faux didn't do their homework, but even if they had, they would have found that this was a real incident, gussied up by the parody site.
And they're right to be outraged that Moslems would make a big deal about this. Americans have been eating ham now for 400 years. If they find our culture offensive for stupid religious reasons they don't have to live here.
Pardon me while I duck as the religious extremists of Evangelical Christianity and Militant Islam lob shells at the middle of the road.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:04 pmcrazy aunt
There is a difference between the two incidents:
Dan Rather was forced into retirement for his mistake. A fact the left, however reluctantly, agrees with. There was no stirring defence of Dan Rather on his mistake, he was negligent he had to pay for it.
Fox News however, will simply go on as it always had without a single person even getting repremanded.
Sure, Dan Rather's mistake was on a big issue, sure, the Fox News error is a minor one, but the inherent principle shown here is that a leftwinger will get held to account where the right won't even get legitimately embarrassed. The so-called "Liberal" media will hold its reporters to account on this sort of error, the neoconservative media doesn't even care.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:09 pmFor Ann Coulter’s lies in Godless (Hopefully the link shows up):
http://mediamatters.org/items/200608070002
Comment by Bruce Gorton — April 27, 2007 @ 3:36 pm
From their website...
"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."
Naaahhh!! They don't have an agenda now do they? Sorry, couldn't resist. :-)
Excellent replies by the way Bruce. I appreciate your method as opposed to the name calling and other trite replies to my post. I shouldnt've graced half of them with a response. Your method is thoughtful and even has the potential to bring one around to your way of thinking.
While I can agree that her comments on the Dickey-Lincoln Dam were way to close for comfort I can't help but think back to my experience in writing research papers. A proffesor once told me that when you read 6 -8 books and 20 + articles on a subject there's bound to be some "strong paraphrasing" sneaking in to your paper.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:11 pmR. Ben Madison
There is a difference between eating a ham sandwich and specifically setting out to make that sandwich a means of insulting others. What the Islamic kids were complaining about wasn't eating the sandwich, it was using the sandwich as a means of insulting them.
It is a bit like if you started making a point of slapping a nicely grilled rump steak on a Hindu's plate. It would be seen as a mortal insult to that Hindu, and would thus earn you the title "Jerk" in any normal setting.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:14 pmHa, Ha . . .
April 27th, 2007 at 4:18 pmThis is good!
FNC menu of the day:
Want a ham sandwich to go with that cool aid?
"What CBS did was nefarious and an attempt to undermine the country."
like, say, bush's cousin at fox calling the election for bush in 2000, for which roger ailes had to apologize? and i might add, those fake documents were fed to them; you act like they just made them up themselves.
"Sorry, this doesn’t reach the level of Dan Rather, who used FAKE documents to prove something that didn’t exist in the first place. It also doesn’t reach the level of fake pictures used by Rueters and the AP either."
this is the 'clinton did it too' argument, redux. that's the rightwing nutjob way: rather than have the guts to admit something is wrong, just lower the bar by saying someone else did it too.
you bush worshippers are a lonely, deranged and persistent lot. bush is now and forever will be a stain on the office of the president.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:35 pmWeapons of mass destruction. They have them and we need to invade and take control of Iraq to protect the American people and democracy. Didn't someone else reassure you that they weren't making it up?. hmmm. And those people still run the country, so is Fox news really what people should be concerned about?
April 27th, 2007 at 4:36 pmAbsolute schmucks...I try to defend Fox News as being the yin to what I always thought was the liberal yang of CNN and MSNBC, but a lot of it has become unwatchable.
At least that one dude ALMOST figured it out at the end
April 27th, 2007 at 4:37 pm... if it were a real news organization, i'd be outraged!
I took one journalism class in high school, over thirty years ago, and i can still remember the part about confirming a story by at least attempting to contact the parties involved as a means of investigating a story ... you know, checking the FACTS.
This is pathetic ... and it's not just fox.
This is yet another example of the gaping chasm between mainstream media (television in particular) news and reality. They're talented readers, actors as it were ... they don't know journalism.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:54 pmHistory will come to know the period from the 1980's thru present as the "Bedarkenment" thanks to "the conservative movement" and its array of media appliances.....
America: "making ourselves dumber just as fast as we can"
April 27th, 2007 at 5:05 pmBruce Gorton,
Honestly, I'm just surprised by the outrage here. There have been PLENTY of news stations both tv and newspapers where mistakes have been made. Do you expect to hold every journalist, photographer, television station and newspaper accountable for a minor gaffe? It would put them all out of business!
The story was true. The comments about the "anti-ham policies" were not. Big deal. The outrage is many people probably believed they would institute that policy! When I heard it myself (yes, I'm a "Moron-Faux-Noise-Kool-Aid-Drinking" viewer) I actually rolled my eyes and said "it figures". That’s about what I expect from the public school system anymore. And you have to admit, you probably would have believed it yourself.
The real outrage here is that it's not that far off the mark. I'm actually surprised to hear the district didn't say that.
April 27th, 2007 at 5:14 pmTwo words: Dan Rather.
April 27th, 2007 at 5:22 pmcrazy aunt
Except we aren't really outraged. Most of us, upon reading the story laughed. Fox News isn't exactly known for reporting much in the way of real news anway.
If I was editor at Fox, probably a stern warning to my staff followed by a public acknowledgement of the error to the public. I would also check into that particular reporter's record to just make sure nothing worse slipped through.
Of course if I was editor over there the "Fair and Balanced" logo would actually mean something, but that is aside the point.
Let us have our fun, it is not like bashing Fox isn't something we don't do here normally.
April 27th, 2007 at 5:24 pmSave your brains. Stop watching mainstream news. It is all propaganda that the elite wants us to here. Most news outlets in the country are controlled by five corporations, whos heats have ties to the Tri-lateral commission, the CFR, and the ondestroy e world government elite who want to be programmed to think in ways that are in their best interest. They want to divide us into our own little groups and get us to hate each other. So while we are distracted fighting amoung ourselves, they can destroy our constitution, wipe out the middle class, and make us their slaves.
The Constitution ofd the Unites States was written to "Limit Government", not limit us. We are the Soveriegns, and we need to stand together and defend our constitution from all enemies, foriegn and domestic. But we can't do that if a ham sandwich can distract us and offend us. Fox new well what they were doing. So just turn them off.
April 27th, 2007 at 5:32 pm"I think that most students of psychology or sociology know that no person nor group can be perfectly 'fair and balanced'. This should be obvious, and there are literally thousands of tests that indicate we all have self-serving biases. Yet, many Fox Cable News staff members lie to millions of people every time they utter the deceptive slogan 'fair and balanced'. Since they do so day after day and year after year, it should give any observer pause to ponder what else they are consistently lying about. "
- Chris Aable, in the upcoming book: "What is Self-Evolution?"
April 27th, 2007 at 6:05 pmAssociated Content is not a 'parody site.' It's actually one of the bigger, new experiments in 'Citizen Journalism.' That this incident happened sort of gives an idea of how useful Citizen Journalism can be-- or, rather, how useless.
The MSM has it's own troubles with bad information and plagiarism, but a set-up like AC has the potential to highlight the worst of all possible journalistic worlds. (As seen in this story.) With no editor, no fact-checking, and no brake on irony that falls flat, you get... well, you get this type of story on the air.
April 27th, 2007 at 6:19 pmThat's Fox News for you spreading hate, misleading the naive, causing divisions in this country, and basically lying to the nation.
April 27th, 2007 at 6:22 pmThey are also megaphones for this dishonest White House.
Lou Dobbs just had a story on the same thing.
April 27th, 2007 at 6:37 pmIt's this kind of proffessional "fact checking" that got us into a war in Iraq.
April 27th, 2007 at 6:38 pmThere have been more posts here than Fox has viewers.
April 27th, 2007 at 6:42 pmhttp://www.sunjournal.com/story/209247-3/OurView/Hateful_screed_deserves_apology_and_retraction/
Hateful screed deserves apology and retraction
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Nicholas Plagman, of Atlanta, Ga., says he graduated from Birmingham-Southern College with a degree in biology, wishes to attend medical school or pursue a career in teaching or journalism.
This is all we know about the person who has embroiled Lewiston in turmoil.
Plagman posts writing on "associatedcontent.com," which allows users to contribute, well, whatever they wish. His forte is embellishing legitimate news stories, allegedly to inject humor into what he perceives are farcical situations.
So, he took creative license with an article about the recent "hate incident" at Lewiston Middle School, where a student took a hunk of on-the-bone ham and used it to harass five Somali boys sitting around a lunch table.
Islam, like Judaism, declares pigs unclean, and forbids contact with the animal.
For a community seared by national spotlight for cultural friction, this incident was absolutely deplorable. School officials then took appropriate action, suspended the perpetrator, and considered the issue closed.
So did we. Until Plagman.
He concocted quotes attributed to Leon Levesque, Lewiston's school superintendent, Stephen Wessler, of the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence, and a Somali boy who spoke to the Sun Journal about the incident. Plagman also turned the hunk of honey ham, scoured from Easter dinner, into a ham sandwich.
His "article" quoted the Somali boy as equating the incident to dodging bullets in Somalia, Levesque saying "Ham is not a toy," and Wessler calling the act worthy of a Nazi concentration camp.
The joke from Plagman's pitiful satire is now on Lewiston. A national television program, Fox & Friends, glommed onto his screed as truth and mocked the city's school department Tuesday morning, triggering an avalanche of hate mail, telephone calls, and other ignorant forms of communication to descend on the city.
They called from New York, California, Florida, Connecticut, Hawaii and elsewhere, rushing to spread bile into a community assaulted by hateful and childish writings, so eagerly spewed across the airwaves by a reckless program seemingly more interested in sensationalism than facts.
To see this incident victimized by idle bigotry of an Internet poster, then catapulted onto the national stage, opens wounds here that should stay closed. Lewiston is not a "poster child" for intolerance, racism, bigotry or prejudice, as others around the nation so easily brand us.
We have come far and, admittedly, still have far to go. Single incidents, like the ham, should not be considered isolated. They represent an undercurrent that still needs to be explored, to ease remaining tensions.
Fox & Friends is also a victim and needs to broadcast a retraction saying it was duped.
Plagman, however, is isolated - a single action by a wannabe writer trying to be funny, but coming off sadly bigoted, so unable to conjure clever words of his own that he's forced to rewrite news stories as a foundation for a close-minded diatribe against a minority group.
If he's got any guts, he'll own up to what he's done.
Lewiston deserves his apology.
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April 27th, 2007 at 6:58 pmI think it's funny as hell. Who gives a fuck if they were offended. If they have an issue with it, take your ass to an all muslim school. This is America, get over it.
April 27th, 2007 at 7:09 pmStupid Fox. Without the Simpsons, Fox is nothing.
April 27th, 2007 at 7:11 pmI guess The Onion couldn't corraborrate the story?
April 27th, 2007 at 7:14 pmNo kidding. If there had been this much debate and discussion on the failure of the two party system before the last presidential election, we might have saved this democracy.
April 27th, 2007 at 7:15 pmApparently Fox News does not do very good research. This is dangerous; a large sydicated nationwide media outlet that can not pass a low level research test to validate a piece of information. A high school kid could do better research than this.
Anyone...I repeat...Anyone who watches FAUX News is a total moron!
April 27th, 2007 at 7:17 pmI LOVE STEVE DOOCY!!
April 27th, 2007 at 7:24 pmGood God, now why doesn't O'Lylly report this story and what idiots are on his network?
They are ridiculous and shameful. These fools made another mistake recently, oh yea the madrassa story about Barack.
I am beginning to wonder if there isn't someone on their staff who is purposely sabatoging them?
April 27th, 2007 at 7:26 pmwell faux me!!!
April 27th, 2007 at 7:37 pmsadly the 30% still watching this losing news station are also the 30% backing the president---
hail god
The name "Doocy."
April 27th, 2007 at 7:38 pmInterested in learning more about the level of contempt and hatred Fox is interested in generating? Raise your hand if you've tuned in after midnight to catch Fox's "Redeye." Well y'all already know what I'm talkin' about.
The rest of you, check it out any weeknight. Glenn Beck, whose reruns are offered as competition, is unwatchable, but his schtick is just look-what-I've-discovered fake outrage--pretty tame stuff. "Redeye" is non-stop puke-inviting verbal pornography, made extra-smarmy by it's presentation as funny. Like in Ann Coulter funny.
April 27th, 2007 at 7:44 pmGrow up, whiners!
I'll tell you this much, It takes a helluva' lot more than a goddamned HAM SANDWICH to offend ME! (unless it gives me heartburn....or the Hershey-squirts) In fact, I think the whole stinking mess about "my god can beat up your god" is just too funny....considering that God, ALL GODS, and ALL RELIGIONS are man-made.
April 27th, 2007 at 7:58 pmDoes anyone have the URL for the FCC where complaints of this nature can be filed? Though not likely to make a difference, the chances of the FCC doing anything are nil if no one submits a complaint.
April 27th, 2007 at 8:05 pmI used to have the emails for Adelstein and Copps from the FCC but I can't find them now.
April 27th, 2007 at 8:54 pmTry the FCC.gov
As a parody/satirist, I am personnally offended! (That Fox News didn't use MY articles instead).
April 27th, 2007 at 9:09 pmRight, because http://www.sunjournal.com/story/208385-3/LewistonAuburn/Hate_incident_in_city/ and other news media reporting it is fine eh? and fox even said they got the report from newssources,
A spokesman for Fox News Channel told NEWS CENTER that she was checking to see if any content from the parody article aired on the Fox and Friends morning show, but said to her knowledge the story was based on the original Sun Journal report on the incident.
But it's easier to blame fox eh?
and guess what, the story isn't completely false, The controversy stems from an incident at Lewiston Middle School in which a non-Muslim student, goaded by peers, allegedly placed a ham steak on a table where a some Muslim students were eating lunch. Pork is considered offensive to Muslims.
and we all know the PC police act completely reasonable when it comes to offending muslims... No more Holocaust history classes in the UK, no more farm stories in Holland - oh no those must be fake too!
April 27th, 2007 at 9:44 pmYes, it's silly fox fell for the parody, but it was a parody NOT of the article you cited, but a previous article in the same paper. And except for a couple of quotes, the real story is almost as funny as the parody.
For example, you note the "anti-ham response plan", here is the original article's paragraph:
"The school incident is being treated seriously as "a hate incident," Levesque said. Lewiston police are investigating, and the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence is working with the school to create a response plan."
So they are working on a "response plan" to handle incidents of people leaving ham steaks near the somali students. The parody simply points out what this response plan is.
There's also this from Wessler in the original, real story:
"Placing ham where Muslim students were eating was "an awful thing," said Stephen Wessler, executive director of the Center for Prevention of Hate Violence. "It's extraordinarily hurtful and degrading" to Muslims, whose religion prohibits them from being around ham. It's important to respond swiftly, Wessler said."
But the truly funny thing wasn't in this story, but in the "related story", about a man who rolled a pig's head into a mosque. You will notice in the article linked above, it mentions a man who committed suicide last saturday. Here's what that man said last year after rolling a pig's head into a mosque:
"Matthews said he was running down Lisbon Street planning to put a severed pig's head in front of the place where "dark people" congregate, not knowing it was a mosque, the place where local Somali Muslims worship."
That town has some problems.....
April 27th, 2007 at 9:45 pmKind of reminds me of when Tom Delay used some Colbert quotes to his favor, not realizing the show is a joke...
April 27th, 2007 at 10:11 pmInteresting to see so many feeding off of a Fox News blunder. Still, it doesn't come close to using forged documents or doctored film footage ... does it
April 27th, 2007 at 10:29 pmDon't you realize that all the Muslims want to kill you and your children and that Saddam Hussein organized 9/11. Wake up sheep, Fox is telling the truth.
April 27th, 2007 at 10:39 pmso when thinkprogress.org uses Foxnews as a source for its stories, is thinkprogress.org not also liars? So, if thinkprogress.org thinks that Foxnews is a joke, why has it use it as source to back up its stories.
April 27th, 2007 at 10:51 pmProving once again that the only thing dumber than a FOX news viewer is a FOX news anchor person.
April 27th, 2007 at 10:53 pmdid thinkprogress make fun of CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, and its other liberal news networks when a few years back they reported as fact and showed pictures of a supposed American GI under the hands of the terrorists? Upon closer look and study of the picture being circulated it was found out that the "American GI" being used in the pictures was actually a doll.
thinkprogress.org, as always being a hypocrite and completely disingenious. But what else can we expect from the left, but lies, lies and then......more lies. Everyone knows that the left wing in American lies. Well everyone that is educated, well informed and has an IQ over 100.
April 27th, 2007 at 10:54 pmI would just like to state that Associated Content itself did not write the parody article that was mistaken for fact by Fox News. Additionally, there are literally tens of thousands of independent freelance writers that compose the content published at Associated Content - not to be confused with the author of the parody article. Finally, a very small percentage of the articles published on Associated Content can be considered "satirical" or "parody". Of course, if this author of this article had done any fact-finding of their own, they would already be aware of that and would not have made sweeping generalizations that affect tens of thousands of freelance writers at Associated Content.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:41 pmThe writers of AC have worked hard to maintain a standard of quality work. It is unfortunate that Nick has abused his intentions at AC for personal gain. I can only say there is legit quality work, and a majority of the work published is from a broad spectrum of content. There was an error on many parts, but AC as a whole should not be judged soley on the account of one persons actions.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:51 pmFAUX is a bullshit channel for idiots.
April 28th, 2007 at 12:14 amEveryone knows that the left wing in American lies. Well everyone that is educated, well informed and has an IQ over 100.
Comment by valientthehater — April 27, 2007 @ 10:54 pm
You have the wrong site. This is thinkprogress not fox news. We wouldn't want to scar you with facts now. Some food for thought. Why is it that most intellectuals vote liberal? Why is it that most prestigious schools are liberal? simple, open minded people will always learn more while close minded fools like you continue to drown in your cesspool of hate and ignorance. Nietzche (sic) said it best "Conservative are adventageous liars".
April 28th, 2007 at 12:15 amBill OLielly still thinks Stephen Colbert is a Republican.
Faux Gnus, we're not laughing with you and we're not laughing at you either because we're not watching you at all!
April 28th, 2007 at 12:53 amA point regarding the veracity of Anne Coulter's books, and a point for BeeSting on writing writing research papers.
1. Bob Somerby, who writes the Daily Howler, has catalogued many of Anne Coulter's lies and/or misrepresentations. The latter are more nefarious and often more troubling. For example, I would recommend you read this (long) post:
http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh042205.shtml
His site also allows searches for those interested.
2. BeeSting: You may be mis-remembering what your professor said. The whole point of reading and digesting many sources is that when you finally sit down to write, original words appear on the paper. As a college instructor myself, I note that paraphrasing and plagiarism (often unintended) tend to show up in writing when students use too few sources (and write papers in a hurry).
April 28th, 2007 at 12:55 amFox fell for the parody because the shoe fits. Multiculturalism is as stupid as a "anti-ham response plan."
April 28th, 2007 at 2:05 amhttp://www.fundooforums.com
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April 28th, 2007 at 3:49 amThey did that by using Herr Karl Kammeron during the last election. He go over to the EH and make shot of a news flash about Gore and the Az temple scam. It was months old.
April 28th, 2007 at 8:03 amduh
April 28th, 2007 at 8:05 amI'm amazed that there's so much excitement and agitation over this.There sure are a bunch of Fox News haters on this site!
April 28th, 2007 at 8:22 amThis Country definitely needs healthy debate.So far we have the Extremists on both sides of the Political Debate...Extreme Right Wing, Extreme Left wing.
No moderates.John McCain? vs. Hillary/Obama? God help us all. PS:Cable isn't "Airwaves",it's beamed up to a Satellite, and down from a Satellite to receiving Dishes."Over the Air" is your hometown station you pick up with an antenna. I'm a Libertarian...less Government.
I just did a search of the Onion and could not find any story about anti ham response plan. I searched for many different key words that were mentioned in the Fox News report, and none of them produced any Onion spoof of the Maine Muslim ham sandwich event. Anyone have an explanation for that?
April 28th, 2007 at 9:13 amCmon, FauxNews fact check? Why start now?
April 28th, 2007 at 9:15 amMichael,
If the country needs a "healthy debate", then we could do a lot better than a station reporting on events that did not happen.
We're talking about the same station that gave 12 times more coverage to Anna Nicole Smith than the Walter Reed veteran’s hospital.
People hate Fox news because it cheapens the debate.
April 28th, 2007 at 9:17 amSeveral people have pointed out that there might be grounds for suing Fox. They're "not making this up"? They have to take some responsibility for defaming both people and organizations without fact checking. And a suit would be well-timed to reinforce the growing suspicion among the average viewer that Fox is a trojan horse for the GOP.
April 28th, 2007 at 9:47 amI had never seen this Think Progress web site before I read this article about Fox News, and if Think Progress is reporting about sources that they haven't checked themselves, how can they point a finger at Fox? I don't watch Fox or any TV for that matter, by the way. But after I didn't find the article in The Onion, a paper I have great respect for, I lost respect for Think Progress and wouldn't recommend it to anybody. But I do recommend The Onion.
April 28th, 2007 at 9:57 amBruce Gorton,
I agree, the kid in question was a "jerk" (your word). Jerkitude does not a 'hate crime' make. And in this particular case, the item of offense was something _totally benign_ (indeed, something positively good!) in North American culture.
I am reminded of the Egyptian rioter at the Danish embassy who was quoted as saying, "If someone in Egypt drew a cartoon of Jesus, can you just IMAGINE what the response would be in the West?" To which the West's response is, Get a life.
As another poster said, the original story was almost as funny as the parody. In this case art is only imitating life.
Cheers,
Ben
April 28th, 2007 at 10:16 amI noticed that this article has corrected its source error. It's lucky that the error wasn't on film so that someone could make fun of Think Progress and watch their error over and over again. There are plenty of things Fox News could probably be criticized for, but in the future, if you're going to criticize them, make sure you're not doing the same thing that you criticize them for doing!
April 28th, 2007 at 10:18 amBaobab,
Do you need someone to explain the difference between the terms:
“The Onionâ€
And
“A publication similar to The Onion�
April 28th, 2007 at 10:35 amNo. Think Progress changed their story after posting Fox as Quoting The Onion. Several other websites pulled the story long before Think Progress realized their error and changed it. You are reading the story evidently after they changed it. If you had read it before the correction, you would have seen what I was talking about.
April 28th, 2007 at 10:47 amI don't think I'm going to comment on this site anymore. I want to find one that's less emotional and more accurate. Bye
April 28th, 2007 at 10:50 amFoxNews did no such thing. This is childish attempt to slander the news agency. To those of you who fell for this: it might be a good idea to do a little research for supporting facts before you believe crap like this in the future. Unless, of course, you happen to be an emotional two year old as appears to be the case with the person that posted this fake story.
April 28th, 2007 at 11:34 amFox did not strike out , they are spreading their hate , BS , lies and propaganda in order to divide this country and support the illegal actions and policies of the President , Vice president and the republican party...
These Lies , BS and propaganda is destroying our nation , and bringing down our democracy , freedom , rights and economy of our country.....
The answer is IMPEACHMENT NOW , take it out of the closet and on top of the list on the table.>>>>
April 28th, 2007 at 12:40 pmFrom the network that is convinced "Happy Holidays" is an assault on Christianity.
April 28th, 2007 at 3:25 pmBut remember--"happy holidays" is an assault on Christianity. No joke.
April 28th, 2007 at 3:27 pmwow - that's as bad as THINKPROGRESS misreporting that Associated Content is a "parody site".
April 28th, 2007 at 4:05 pmThis is incredible. So what if it were a ham steak or a ham sandwich this was a harmless prank by some 6th graders. If there was a mormon student sitting there and someone threw coffee at them would that be considered hate? How about a jewish student and a piece of bacon? This is th United States of America isn't it? These are their beliefs not the law. I don't believe in Homosexuality being forced on my students on the day of silence but does stop the school system from doing it. NO on in America should be allowed special rights. When is this going to end. What would a piece of ham do to the students anyway. Is it like holy water?
April 28th, 2007 at 4:45 pmHere is some REAL news (not Fox obsessed TP's news but news just the same )
April 28th, 2007 at 5:05 pm"Polling data just released (April 24, 2007) in a rigorously conducted face-to-face University of Maryland/ WorldPublicOpinion.org interview survey of 4384 Muslims conducted between December 9, 2006 and February 15, 2007—1000 Moroccans, 1000 Egyptians, 1243 Pakistanis, and 1141 Indonesians—reveal that 65.2% of those interviewed—almost 2/3, hardly a “fringe minorityâ€â€”desired this outcome (i.e., “To unify all Islamic countries into a single Islamic state or Caliphateâ€), including 49% of “moderate†Indonesian Muslims. The internal validity of these data about the present longing for a Caliphate is strongly suggested by a concordant result: 65.5% of this Muslim sample approved the proposition “To require a strict [emphasis added] application of Shari’a law in every Islamic country.â€
Fox noise and their brainless viewers strike again.
April 28th, 2007 at 5:38 pmwow - that’s as bad as THINKPROGRESS misreporting that Associated Content is a “parody siteâ€.
Comment by blah — April 28, 2007 @ 4:05 pm
Beat me too it blah!
April 28th, 2007 at 6:07 pmUmm...I know Bush can do and say what he wants without impeachment but does anyone know if Fox news is actully considered as a department of the Bush Administration or is that just some left-wing activist rumour that I read on some website somewhere
April 28th, 2007 at 6:56 pmFox News is a Hate Crime
April 28th, 2007 at 7:03 pmSo what? 50% of what FOX News reports is NOT actual news. It's always been this way. They make the National Enquirer look like National Geographic! This is just another day at FOX.
April 28th, 2007 at 7:23 pm"I hope we're not being duped," says the guy who looks like Muammar al-Gaddafi's love child . . .
April 28th, 2007 at 10:35 pm"We're not being duped . . . I checked it out in a couple of local newspapers," squeaks in the blond guy (he'd look great in a black uniform with death's head badges on the collar). In the meanwhile, the Annie Coulter look-a-like blond skank lolls in the background chortling, looking deperate for a Tarleton -- c'mon people, this is FOX fer chiminey sakes.
These people and the pinheads who watch it are probably your neighbors.
We are you neighbors so watch out. We are out their totin our guns just waitin for the next MOOSLIM to come down the pike so we can throw a ham steak at them.
April 29th, 2007 at 12:26 amLiberalism is certainly a mental disorder. I have not seen or heard such crap in a long time. I guess I ought to spend more time surfin for libs, this is the funniest shit I have ever read.
Let's take a vote raise your hand if you think Bush or the evil Jews blew up the twin towers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Funny how the anti hate crime act HR 1592(unconstitutional) is to be voted on by the house on May 3rd....here is the last paragraph of that bill
April 29th, 2007 at 6:12 amSEC. 9. SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and the application of the provisions of such to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.
Funny this subject should come up days before the House vote on the anti hate crime act HR1592 (unconstitutional) The last paragraph of the bill says:
SEC. 9. SEVERABILITY.
April 29th, 2007 at 6:16 amIf any provision of this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and the application of the provisions of such to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.
Ahhh FAUX NOISE...anchors are all graduates of the Homer Simpson School of Broadcasting.
April 29th, 2007 at 9:44 amAtadOff,
"wow - that’s as bad as THINKPROGRESS misreporting that Associated Content is a “parody siteâ€."
I think you might be confusing "Associated Content" with "Associated Press".
From the top (all caps, bold font) of the page that is linked in this article:
"EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN ACTUAL NEWS STORY. IT IS A PARODY."
Fox news reported a fictional event, to rile up it's viewers, without checking it's sources. Fox news is not news, it's shock-jock TV. The evidence could not be more in your face.
I encourage any reader who is being swayed by these trolls to check the links provided.
April 29th, 2007 at 10:09 am"Associated Content" - a famous news agency. lol...
Kind of reminds me of when I was about 8 years old and I kept seeing this show in the TV listings called "To Be Announced," but every time I tried to tune in to see what it was, some other show was on.
April 29th, 2007 at 10:58 amWhat is lost is the fact that school officials think that putting ones own ham steak in front of Muslims students is a CRIME! That is patently absurd. I am a liberal Democrat and I worked the phone banks in Lewiston for Kerry when I visited my brother who lives up there. I am truly offended that such a thing was reported to the authorities and that any disciplinary action is even being contemplated.
April 29th, 2007 at 11:02 amWe DO have freedom of speech and we all do NOT have to love those who we disagree with. I guess the next step will be to BAN bikinis from the beach if there are ANY MUSLIMS there. They find THAT to be even MORE offensive to their sensibilities. There is NO freedom to be free from being offended. Neither the school, nor the state have ANY business in prosecuting any such things that are NOT crimes.
Since I am 6'5" tall and 250#, I suppose next I will be prosecuted for expressing my opinions forcefully because somebody might feel intimidated by me. This is absurd!
Randy Erb ,
“What is lost is the fact that school officials think that putting ones own ham steak in front of Muslims students is a CRIME!â€
From the link that you did not bother to read:
“Lachappelle said the student regrets the incident and his parents have supported the punishment meted by the school district.â€
All of this is much ado about nothing. There was no “anti-ham-response planâ€, the kids were not prosecuted for a crime. The school administrators contacted the DA after the Somali students filed a complaint. Are you arguing that the administrators should not have contacted legal support under such circumstances?
This is not about ham sandwiches or multiculturalism. This is about Fox news reporting on made-up quotes, and events that did not happen.
I’ve never seen so many trolls on a single post before. Either this story is linked from a right-wing site, or someone (Fox?) is getting paid to draw attention away from what’s really going on, here. Lots of people are getting paid to blog these days.
April 29th, 2007 at 11:48 amI just wanted to add one correction to your article. Associated Content is not a parody website. The article was a parody and submitted as real news either mistakenly or maliciously by the writer. The hundreds of good writers, and even a few of the crappy writers are terribly concerned that AC writers will be discredited merely by their association.
We hope one bad writer has not spoiled it for everyone.
April 29th, 2007 at 6:33 pmBest comment from the story:
Faux guy on the viewers right: I hope we're not being duped here.
Faux guy on the viewers left: We're not being duped. I looked it up on a few news sites from the area.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
April 30th, 2007 at 12:54 amCOME ON WHO CARES....WHY DO PEOPLE MAKE THE ISSUES THERE LIFE.....ITS A FREAKEN SHOW..WHETHER ITS REAL OR FAKE....GET A LIFE...THERES BETTER THINGS TO DO THEN SIT HERE AND ARGUE ABOUT A SHOW.....GET OFF THE COMPUTER....GO OUTSIDE...GET SOME FRESH AIR.....IF I WASN'T AT WORK ID BE OUT THERE!!
April 30th, 2007 at 11:24 amFox actually is spreading its own and creating renewed hatred and misunderstanding within its own multi-ethnic culture of its country, the one that I remember( or thought it was) long ago was a hallmark of USA.
April 30th, 2007 at 12:42 pmForgotten are the days when tolerance and understanding was promoted amongst the general population. Now, it is OK to outrightly express and display anger at other segments of American society, and feeling good about it.
Has anyone ever wondered why they hype up all these fake stories? They KNOW these things are untrue. They have hundreds of people doing research for that FAKE FOX NEWS station. They cause a big stink over things they KNOW are LIES to cover up something else we as Americans should be aware of. Who knows what "those TRUTHS" might be, because they NEVER report what's really going on. They make up LIES to cover up the TRUTH! Slight of hand... the media have become magicians. Cause a hugh diversion over here, and the American people won't look over there where we should be looking. We as Americans have become sheep. Most of us take their word for it. WHY? Because the truth of what our government is doing to other countries is horrifying! WAKE UP AMERICA! ALL THEY DO IS COVER THE TRUTH WITH DISTRACTIONS! If you want the truth listen to 570AM KLIF- The Savage Nation. He is a conservative, but he doesn't lie, unlike FAUX FOX NEWS.
April 30th, 2007 at 3:10 pmLooks like the parody was taken down. However, it's worth noting that while it was up there was a capitalized, bold disclaimer to the effect of "THIS IS A PARODY, NOT A REAL NEWS STORY." While presumably this was placed there in response to the frothing and slavering of the wingnut population, the caption to the photo of the offending sandwich characterized it as a "predator". You would think that would have given it away, but then you'd be thinking again....
May 1st, 2007 at 2:38 pmThis is great now Fox can join all the other news networks in reporting lies!At least the cons have 1 on their side. Seriuosly I am going to the store right now to get a shitload of ham for the "war on terror". I can win it myself.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:57 pmWhy not call for a boycott of advertisers who sponser Faux News?
May 8th, 2007 at 10:07 amF.O.X. must mean: "F"ascist "O"bvert "X"enophones. The real NEWS that they FAILED to report is "What would make Kids show a lack of respect toward fellows student by pulling a bad prank that bluntly mocks their personal Religious practice? "
May 11th, 2007 at 4:24 amWarning!! Watching Fox News is dangerous to your intelligence!
I wish every car had this bumper sticker.
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