Fox Latin America Apologizes For Poll Asking If Jews Are Responsible For Death Of Jesus Christ

Someone at Fox Latin America apparently thought that asking whether or not the Jews killed Jesus Christ was a good way to drum up interest in an upcoming National Geographic Christmas special.

As Mediaite reported, a Fox Latin America staffer set up a poll on Facebook asking, "Who Do You Think Is Responsible For The Death of Christ?"

The choices were:

A. Pontius Pilate
B. Jewish People
C. High Priests

Not surprisingly, the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Buenos Aires was outraged at Fox, as AP reported, for "perpetuat(ing) an idea that the Vatican annulled back in 1965."

A Fox Latin America spokeswoman has apologized, said the poll has been removed and that "measures have been taken to prevent such incidents in the future."

I don't know what "measures have been taken" for the future but I do know that bigotry is regularly tolerated, if not encouraged, on Fox News. So It's no surprise that such obvious bigotry would pop up on another Fox outlet.

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commented 2011-12-31 23:15:26 -0500 · Flag

Use this against them. Send to all Simon Wiesenthal Centers nationwide, and remind them that Nixon-trainee Roger Ailes takes full responsible for all content on Fox “News”, Fox “News” Radio, Fox Nation, Fox Latin America, etc. Tie his name to all scandals related to these networks.

commented 2011-12-31 10:30:25 -0500 · Flag

D. None of the above.

commented 2011-12-31 00:30:47 -0500 · Flag

The absolute falsehood is the implication that religious Jews killed chose in an organized fashion, and represented the Hebrew Nation. The actual reality is that it was probably just a mob, like in any other country would be under the heading of whatever their traditional cultural historical religion was. Many people in this people claim to be Christian but they are from every spectrum of the good to the bad. It could have been the regular “Crucify Him” mob that was there at every public trial. It is virtually certain that in that mob, there were some people who were not of the general Hebrew faith. It is very plausible that there were agitators, like Pharisees that disliked Jesus, etc., for all we know. ]

commented 2011-12-30 16:11:05 -0500 · Flag

Answer D: Marxist-Socialist-Black Nationalist Barack Obama. Afterall, he’s at fault for just about everything.

commented 2011-12-30 15:07:08 -0500 · Flag

This is low even for Fox. OMFG those people are, well, real real creeps.

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Fox Latin America Apologizes For Poll Asking If Jews Are Responsible For Death Of Jesus Christ