Fox News airs apparently altered photos - Page 4

Chanda · 07-09-08, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by GottaHurt

Here, I even went to "liberal holy ground" to get you the transcript.

Media Matters - Fox News airs altered photos of NY Times reporters

Thanks. According to Media Matters, "Fox News gave no indication that the photos had been altered."

Chanda · 07-09-08, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Sir Loin

the best the "Fox News is" crowd can come up with, again, is that Fox News what? Showed doctored photos of people they were making fun of at the same time as they were making fun of them? OMFG!!! That Fox News once for thirty seconds had an "R" where a "D" should have been? That Fox News is guilty of a CNN/Eason Jordan/Baghdad sized actual example of journalism put on hold for profits sake?

These are neither isolated nor trivial incidents. There is a consistent pattern of deception. Leaked Fox News internal memos show that news writers were instructed how to set the tone for each day:

Moody on George W. Bush: "His political courage and tactical cunning ar[e] [wo]rth noting in our reporting through the day"

Fox internal memo on day of Democratic wins in Congress: "Be On The Lookout For Any Statements From The Iraqi Insurgents who must be thrilled At The Prospect Of A Dem Controlled Congress"...

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Something on the level of the Dan Rather/CBS evening news airing forged documents that their own staff doubted were real?

Even though the documents were widely assumed to be forged, that accusation was never proven. Furthermore, Dan Rather was completely honest with his viewers when their authenticity was questioned. He interviewed secretary Marian Knox who stated that the documents were not the same, but identical to documents she had typed. She verified that even if the documents were not authentic, the story was true.

Here's something on the level of "forged" documents: The completely discredited claims of the Swift Boat veterans group were given air time and credibility by Fox News:

"(Brit)Hume and Fox News were among the first to jump on the charges by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth about Sen. John Kerry's Vietnam record, with Hume pushing the controversy day after day.

As the lead panelist on "Fox News Sunday," Hume said in August 2004 that the book by the Swift Boat Veterans "is a remarkably well-done document. It is full of detail. It is full of specifics. The charges that are being made of Kerry, of irresponsible and indeed in some cases mendacious conduct in his service in Vietnam, are made by people who were there."

Moving to the Right

Reverend_Hellh0und · 07-09-08, 12:00 PM

Chanda,

If you accuse FOX of this, how can you make excuses for EVERYONE else?

Seems rather partisan to me.

John Hobbes319 · 07-09-08, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by independent_thinker2002

Are you seriously trying to say that Fox & Fiends is like The Daily Show?

No it's more like Regis and Kelly IE it's less hard hitting than the Daily Show.

Sir Loin · 07-09-08, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Chanda

These are neither isolated nor trivial incidents. There is a consistent pattern of deception. Leaked Fox News internal memos show that news writers were instructed how to set the tone for each day:

Moody on George W. Bush: "His political courage and tactical cunning ar[e] [wo]rth noting in our reporting through the day"

Wow, ya really proved your case there.

Bozo the clown on Fox News: “People with a hard on for Fox News have the focus of Pee Wee Herman in a darkened adult theater”.

Actual admissions by Eason Jordan of CNN detail why CNN utterly failed their journalistic duty in Iraq, for over a decade. So they could have a Baghdad bureau. CNN: The most TRUSTED news source. By asses of incredible size, but small mental capacity.

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Originally Posted by Chanda

Fox internal memo on day of Democratic wins in Congress: "Be On The Lookout For Any Statements From The Iraqi Insurgents who must be thrilled At The Prospect Of A Dem Controlled Congress"...

OMFG, that is some real proof of….....................what? The truth? Oh the bias that stopped honest reporting from occurring!

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Originally Posted by Chanda

Even though the documents were widely assumed to be forged, that accusation was never proven. Furthermore, Dan Rather was completely honest with his viewers when their authenticity was questioned. He interviewed secretary Marian Knox who stated that the documents were not the same, but identical to documents she had typed. She verified that even if the documents were not authentic, the story was true. "

Wow. I only had to come to an internet debate board to learn that the reason Rather had to resign, was because he was innocent and the documents were not fake. Hey honey, what flavor is that Kool-Aid? Meanwhile, Fox News? Evil and misleading, ya once watched “Outfoxed”.

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Originally Posted by Chanda

Here's something on the level of "forged" documents: The completely discredited claims of the Swift Boat veterans group were given air time and credibility by Fox News:

"(Brit)Hume and Fox News were among the first to jump on the charges by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth about Sen. John Kerry's Vietnam record, with Hume pushing the controversy day after day.

As the lead panelist on "Fox News Sunday," Hume said in August 2004 that the book by the Swift Boat Veterans "is a remarkably well-done document. It is full of detail. It is full of specifics. The charges that are being made of Kerry, of irresponsible and indeed in some cases mendacious conduct in his service in Vietnam, are made by people who were there."

Moving to the Right

Naturally an actual case of lying ala CNN for over a decade? Trivial. Fox News graphics and so called “leaked” memo complaints? Very important and a consistent pattern of deception! Only not for like, ya know, a decade. Chuckle.

One thing is for sure, it really helps if the sheeple ya dupe are willing and braying…..bah bah…….bah…Fox News bahhhhhhhd.

Chanda · 07-09-08, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Reverend_Hellh0und

Chanda,

If you accuse FOX of this, how can you make excuses for EVERYONE else?

Seems rather partisan to me.

Where did I make excuses for EVERYONE else? All of the so-called "mainsteam media" have a corporate bias, IMO.

Sir Loin · 07-09-08, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Chanda

Where did I make excuses for EVERYONE else? All of the so-called "mainstream media" have a corporate bias, IMO.

So you are waxing philo-sophic about Fox (again) because why? You've a fair and balanced sense of news media over the last decade, just not the ones before and since? Do 'splain.Oy veh, all the news media are biased, just Fox is bahhhhhd?

independent_thinker2002 · 07-09-08, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by John Hobbes319

No it's more like Regis and Kelly IE it's less hard hitting than the Daily Show.

Regis & Kelly doctor photos of people who the public don't recognize without announcing it? I knew there was a reason I didn't watch that show.

YouTube - Fox News Doctors New Times Photos

independent_thinker2002 · 07-09-08, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Sir Loin

So you are waxing philo-sophic about Fox (again) because why? You've a fair and balanced sense of news media over the last decade, just not the ones before and since? Do 'splain.Oy veh, all the news media are biased, just Fox is bahhhhhd?

That's a pathetic defense for the network that claims to have the most integrity and is constantly attacking the other networks.

Sir Loin · 07-09-08, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by independent_thinker2002

That's a pathetic defense for the network that claims to have the most integrity and is constantly attacking the other networks.

Pathetic is braying about Fox News despite the real world history of their competitors. Week after week, month after month, year after year. For a decade. Ya know, the same amount of years the so called "most trusted" news network performed just as Fox detractors claim Fox does, everyday? Thread after truly pathetic thread.

Call Nell Carter and give me a break.