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Fox News Corrects Todd Starnes Headline Under Legal Pressure?

Posted by Priscilla -25.80pc on July 06, 2012 · Flag

In what appears to be a small victory for journalistic integrity, Fox management might have, under pressure, directed Todd Starnes to change one of his headlines. As reported by Mickey Weinstein, head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, "Fox News' Fundamentalist Barking Dog" Todd Starnes erroneously described the MRFF, in one of his headlines, as an "atheist group." As noted by the MRFF's attorneys, in a letter to Fox News' legal department, 96% of the group's membership are Christians. The MRFF lawyers indicate that they had previously sent another letter regarding another misleading Starnes headline. A request was made that the headline be "modified" and that Starnes issue a retraction. While no retraction was done, the headline changed from "Military Halts Use of Trademark on Bibles as Atheist Group Demands Their Removal" to "Group Calls Military Bibles a National Security Threat."  Good times.

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Aria Prescott commented 2012-07-06 23:58:11 -0400 · Flag
Fox News: So fair and balanced that they have to be threatened with a lawsuit to show it.

Pathetic.








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