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No Comment From Fox & Friends About Its Disgraced Anti-Obama Video

Posted by Ellen -7842.60pc on May 31, 2012 · Flag

Although Fox & Friends received widespread criticism for airing a four-minute, blatantly anti-Obama video that was more Romney-campaign material than anything close to news, and although Fox suits pulled the video from its website and disavowed the video by blaming the associate producer, there was no word of apology or explanation regarding the controversy from the curvy couch this morning.

As Media Matters wrote in its post noting the omission:

The video, which was loaded with misleading attacks on President Obama's economic record, drew widespread criticism. Baltimore Sun television critic David Zurawik wrote that "[a]ny news organization that puts up this kind of video is rotten to the core." The Associated Press described it as "a format that looked similar to a campaign advertisement." Even conservative blogger Ed Morrissey, while noting that he wouldn't "disagree with much, if anything," in the video, asked, "Should a news organization produce and publish attack ads like this?"

By the way, doesn't Fox News' "rogue producer" excuse (“The package that aired on FOX & Friends was created by an associate producer and was not authorized at the senior executive level of the network. This has been addressed with the show’s producers.”) remind you of News Corporation's "rogue reporter" excuses for the phone hacking scandals?

 

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Kent Brockman commented 2012-06-01 03:42:44 -0400 · Flag
- remind you of News Corporation’s “rogue reporter” excuses for the phone hacking scandals? -

An old ploy. When you examine the record of Nazi Germany you will find most citizens believed any attrocities uncovered were executed by “rogue agents” unknown to Hitler. The RW never accepts responsibility.
Kent Brockman commented 2012-06-01 03:37:32 -0400 · Flag
Fux Nuze is diving ever deeper into the cesspool. Should all Catholics be profiled a degenerate, vile, pieces of diarrhetic effulence? No matter, the path through the putrid piles of poop is clear. Fux Nuze will sink to even lower lows as the months go by. The Vatican must be complicit since there has never been any mention of the iniquitous and violent projections from Fux Nuze, even though it features all manner of Vatican-ordained officials who have seen Fux Nuze close-up – their very presence is both ulgy and disturbing.
truman commented 2012-05-31 15:58:25 -0400 · Flag
Neither Daddy Douchebag, Retchin Carlson nor Brain Kilmeade saw anything wrong with that vile anti-Obama attack ad being presented as real news.
doors17 commented 2012-05-31 15:39:04 -0400 · Flag
Howard Kurtz on the Fox News attack ad
scooter commented 2012-05-31 14:34:22 -0400 · Flag
These people are f*cking liars & frauds. How they can continue to operate is beyond belief. Oh wait, this is America where the ALMIGHTY DOLLAR rules all. I forgot for a second that money trumps everything, especially truth.
NewsHounds posted about No Comment From Fox & Friends About Its Disgraced Anti-Obama Video on NewsHounds' Facebook page 2012-05-31 14:12:18 -0400
Doesn't Fox's "rogue producer" excuse sound a lot like the "rogue reporter" excuse Murdoch used in the phone hacking scandal?








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