On yesterday's Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace aired an edited video of President Obama's September 12 remarks on the deaths of four Americans in Libya the day before. Wallace claimed the video was edited "to show that there was quite a gap between various things that he was discussing." In other words, it was edited with the express purpose of "showing" that President Obama was not referring to the Libya attacks when used the words "acts of terror." Yet, Wallace did not show the remarks in their actual context.

Here are President Obama's words immediately before and after he said, "acts of terror."

Of course, yesterday was already a painful day for our nation as we marked the solemn memory of the 9/11 attacks.  We mourned with the families who were lost on that day.  I visited the graves of troops who made the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan at the hallowed grounds of Arlington Cemetery, and had the opportunity to say thank you and visit some of our wounded warriors at Walter Reed.  And then last night, we learned the news of this attack in Benghazi. 

As Americans, let us never, ever forget that our freedom is only sustained because there are people who are willing to fight for it, to stand up for it, and in some cases, lay down their lives for it.  Our country is only as strong as the character of our people and the service of those both civilian and military who represent us around the globe.

No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for.  Today we mourn four more Americans who represent the very best of the United States of America.  We will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act.  And make no mistake, justice will be done.

But we also know that the lives these Americans led stand in stark contrast to those of their attackers.  These four Americans stood up for freedom and human dignity.  They should give every American great pride in the country that they served, and the hope that our flag represents to people around the globe who also yearn to live in freedom and with dignity.

Clearly, Obama was including the American deaths in Libya within the context of 9/11 and terrorism. But Fox edited the video in a way that deceptively conveyed the impression that when Obama used the phrase "acts of terror," he was only speaking generally about terrorism and not calling Libya a terrorist attack. Video below via Media Matters.

Of course, the only real reason Fox News cares about this is to bolster their dog whistle attacks on President Obama as soft on Muslims. And, maybe even more importantly, to help rehab their man Mitt's blunder in the last debate. Otherwise, who cares when President Obama said the Benghazi attacks were terror or not? The crucial question is how he handled the attacks and, even more importantly, what he's doing to keep our overseas personnel safer in the future. Despite all the foaming at the mouth, I haven't heard a peep of concern from those Fox "patriots" about the safety of any living Americans serving abroad.