FOX NEWS hatchet job on Hostage crisis: Identifies the wrong man
The way FOX handled the hostage crisis Friday at the Clinton campaign office was a travesty. Thanks to the The Huff Post, watch these two clips and be horrified.
Watch and listen as Carl Cameron repeatedly screams "The SWAT truck is moving!" back to Megyn Kelly in the newsroom. Don't miss Carl peering out of the vehicle, hand to forehead, trying to make out what's happening at the scene, and Megyn's statement, "This is incredible to watch!"
BraveNewFilms has a great article also:
As if being busted for being an entertainment channel masquerading as a news organization isn't humiliating enough. Now FOX has embarrassed itself once again by breaking nearly every journalistic standard imaginable in covering the hostage situation at the Hillary Clinton campaign office in Rochester, NH. And in doing so, they may just have put the public safety and law enforcement lives in jeopardy.
Cameron reported the release of the female hostage this way.
She fit's the description of your typical Clinton campaign volunteer.
What's that mean Carl?
At 5:50PM NBC and CNN reported that the suspects name which they responsibly said "they cannot confirm" was not Troy Stanely at all but one Leeland Eisenberg. At 6:16PM Leeland Eisenberg surrendered peacefully. FOX News had mistakenly identified an innocent man as a hostage taker and a paranoid schizophrenic. I wonder if Troy Stanley knows a good lawyer; does anyone remember Richard Jewell and the Atlanta Olympics?
An addendum to this story. CNN revealed afterwards that the suspect Leeland Eisenberg and a hostage had called CNN hours before, in the middle of the crisis. As responsible journalists they made the decision not to air anything. It's too bad that FOX didn't adhere to the same professional standards and decided to put lives in jeopardy by racing to be first on the air with information that turned out to be wrong.
I'm FRIST.
Now what else would you expect from Fox Entertainment channel? Any news they give is incidental to the misinformation they usually give out. Block Fox on your TV's so you don't accidently land on their channels. God, what a poor source for "news"! The are the Pravda of the RNC, nothing more.
When is this fourth rate, sad excuse for a news channel going to lose their license?
They truly are pathetic, and definitely not patriotic.
so when does fox news finally get the pipe for all the misinformation? From what i understand, never.
Thanks to that Florida ruling: http://crazyclipstv.magnify.net/item/C5CVDJH9NBHLDSMS
Interesting that Obama is challenging Hillary on her yes vote for the Kyl Liebermann amendment which Senator Webb called "tantamount to declaring war against Iran" John Edwards challenged Hillary early on and has been consistent about using diplomacy with Iran and Edwards is not taking PAC money.
Obama is just too slippery. Edwards is the real deal.
http://firedoglake.com/2007/12/02/obama-hits-clinton-on-kyl-lieberman-ahead-in-iowa-poll/#more-13300
Wow... the comments at Huff Post are about as insane as Eisenberg himself.
Troy Stanley, if you are reading this I'll tell you that you have an opportunity to take Faux News for beaucoup bucks. And Faux might be less likely to make shit up.
I canceled cable in the run-up to the 2000 election. No news is accurate news.
Wow. People are still shocked by stuff like this?
Honestly, won't somebody just burn down Fox News headquarters? There's gotta be a way. Give'em fair warning so that nobody gets hurt, at least 3 minutes worth.
Fox Noise believes that if you can capture it on video, then treat it like a video game.
Repulsive.
I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!
It's truly pathetic that Faux think dash cam footage and a head shot of a reporter racing to the scene is news worthy. What is this? America's wildest videos?
The SWAT truck is moving...the SWAT truck is moving.....zOMG.....
Do they get paid to act hysterically?
Of course, If it weren't for FauxNews, we would't know what a great President we have.
Oh yeah. Lies and damnable lies.
Did Carol Camern say "bitch" at the end of the second video?
Fox News lacks integrity just like it's owner Ruppert Murdoch.
fancy. new vid player...
Coffins Draped with Flags @ 15:
Oops - I meant to write Carl Cameron.
Yawn, another fox noise broadcast, another hatchet job...ssdd.
FUXs News F---s up. What a surprise. But they cater to the 30%ers who love to be told over and over how wonderful they are. These mindless drones want entertainment with their stroking, not news.
[Deleted. You're jealous-Sitemonitor]
Cameron is synomanous with dung!!
Lindy
Huffington Post shouldn't even be talking , as they ran with the wrong suspects name as well.
"Cameron reported the release of the female hostage this way.
She fit’s the description of your typical Clinton campaign volunteer."
Carl Cameron.
He fits the description of your typical FNN dick.
aaron @ 20:
oh i see,,you guys actually dig that "frist" crap..whatever..
HAHAHAHAHA
It played like a bad Simpson's episode. How fucked up is that?
Didn't fox admit they weren't a legit news organization? Isn't fox like the WWE of news broadcasting?
Damn please tell me how a democratic woman looks? What are all the dems wearing this season? I know it's fab!
Dumbasses
Can't fox employees be tested for steroid and meth use?
Why does this surprise anyone? It won't make a bit of difference to your typical Fox viewer; if they're dumb enough to support Bush they are pretty easily led anyway. To the rest of us, this is just more of the SOS. Who watches Fox anyway?
Seems to me that we the public have grounds for lodging complaints with the FCC against FOX's deceptions, disinformation and propaganda in this incident. Probably grounds to complain against criminal fraud also, being that they are representing themselves as journalists in order to manipulate the public.
No competent person turns on Fox news for anything but chuckles, and doesn't take anything they say seriously, so why the big brohaha?
Fox Fu*ked-Up.
When the normal happens, is that news?
I am not surprised...FOX "News" lacks any ethical standards to speak of, but CNN, MSNBC/NBC, ABC, and CBS are not far behind in this category. For example, 60 Minutes really sucks now as well and turns out its own propaganda these days as well...
Can't figure out why nothing is showing up on my page in terms of the video. Only the accompanying text.
Something has changed? ...and it isn't working in my Firefox browser!
Cufford
Fresno, CA
Cufford @ 30:
I had the same problem. I had to enable Java for brightcove. Hope it helps.
Fox news is crap News but to say this "Watch and listen as Carl Cameron repeatedly screams “The SWAT truck is moving!" is a monumental exaggeration. I heard no screaming. If you going to go after people for being sensationalist try not to do the same yourself.
"the freedom of speech is the freedom to lie"
I know Troy went to high school with him.Grew up in Rochester. He was a good dude I hope he sues the crap out of those morons.
Are they going to have that fat ass Loftus on and out the guy's home address?
Fox News is the supermarket checkout tabloid of cable television. I expect O'Reilly or Hannity will soon be talking about space aliens having Bill Clinton's baby.
HILLARY SUPPORTS INVASION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN FOR POSSESSING FAKE WMD
funny enough that it was breaking news that a van was driving down the street, but to see Bozo looking bravely on from the safety of his news van
AF_Comm_Guy @ 10:
No. No. They aren't worthy of such a quick fate. Let the all-mighty market speak. Let them continue to expose themselves for what they truly are until only the mouthbreathing 30% are the only viewers. Someday the 30%'ers will realize that they are watching Pravda and Cavuto porn. Although some will stay for the Cavuto porn.
Let falling viewership be their downfall. Justice.
"live and unfolding before our eyes . . ."
wow, that was exciting!!! i think i'm going to have to relieve myself now . . .
I saw part of CNN's live coverage of this online, and they were making a big deal about repeatedly telling viewers that they had consciously decided not to broadcast any footage or report any information about the police's movements.
I assume now that the Fox News truck had simply beat CNN to the best spot.
Yeah I'm just getting a huge blank spot on the page
Fox thinks stereotyping and being "frist!" is more important than the facts
Using "FOX" (noise) and "professional standards" in the same sentence?
What are you thinking?
Kathleen @ 5:
Is anyone challenging Obama on his decision to not even show up to vote on this "very important" issue? Probably not. He's all talk & no action when it comes to "very important" votes. He votes like the others except when he chooses not to even show up regarding the tough issues. He could've vote "present" but no, even that was too difficult.
As for Fox Noise getting it all wrong about the HRC campaign hostage-taker, this is exactly why I depend on Fox Noise for entertainment when there's a breaking story. I watched the whole "Troy Stanley" thing go down & knew there was a 99% chance they'd ID'd the wrong person. It's happened too many times before with raw unedited footage that Roger wants to get on the air FIRST before anyone else, before any of it is checked out even a little bit. Cavuto even interviewed some guy who was a good friend of the WRONG person. Unbelievable stuff & I sure hope the guy sues their butts. WTG, Fox Noise! Keep airing on the side of no ethics.
If they don't leave this shit alone, I am going to start thinking it was staged
jr @ 43:
dont you dare mock the "Frist" lest you be edited by the master sitemonitors...pffft
aaron @ 47:
Still bitter eh? lol
Appealing to the voyeurs waiting for spectacular blood splatter. FNC is like a front seat to the Roman Coliseum.
Micko @ 32:
ya who wrote carl screamed? i can't hear it, please
Carl Cameron is the most disgusting slug in the Noise lineup, no doubt about it. His whiny, sappy delivery makes me want to puke.
Thank God for live "election link" vehicles!! Fox noise is a fucking joke..
"This is exactly why the election link vehicles are going to deployed by Fox News in New Hampshire and Iowa."
Really?
No, REALLY?
Personally, I think that Fox was trying to exacerbate the situation, with that hopes that someone would be killed.
Fox would love for such a thing to happen. 'Think about the ratings!', is probably what they would say.
They don't give a damn about human life. If they did, they would talk honestly about the wars in the mid-east, and wouldn't promote so much hate and propaganda.
Fox News has some of the most morally bankrupt people on the planet working for them.
Fixed?!? A news organization? This is a microcosm of what is wrong with "the media" today. Under a corporate "bottom-line profit" structure, they don't do their jobs, don't have ethics, don't follow journalistic standards and want to blame the blogosphere for their failings. Let me ask everyone here this one question. When was the last time fox "news" actually broke a real news story? The answer is never. CNN you need to rescue yourself from the gutter because you are quickly becoming fox "news" junior.
Please sue the hell out of Faux Noise so we never have to hear the complete ignorant and mentally challenged morons on this this All Reslug news channel again.
Comments are closed on this entry