Fox News apologizes for the dishonest splicing of a video clip from Joe Biden about the economy
By John Amato Wednesday Mar 18, 2009 10:00amFOX News got busted splicing a six month old video clip to make a compilation clip appear Biden said the "fundamentals of the economy is stong."
MacCALLUM: Yesterday during a segment on the recent change in tone from President Obama’s economic team, we inadvertently used a piece of video of Vice President Biden saying “the fundamentals of the economy are strong.” This video was from the campaign trail when the vice president was a candidate and was actually quoting Sen. John McCain. When we get something wrong we admit it. We did so yesterday, and for that we apologize.
Nope, when you get busted lying you recognize it. But that's what we expect from the Roger Ailes run operation. They are on a mission to destroy President Obama. Just try to watch one full day of their coverage. I dare you.
Dave N: I dunno about this, John. As the guy assigned to cover Fox for our readers, I can testify that watching Fox causes brain damage. I've lost 4 IQ points just since January! Not to mention the creeping paranoia. Daring anyone to watch them for a full day is like triple-dog-daring Flick to stick his tongue on that frozen flagpole -- you know it's not going to turn out well.
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"When we get something wrong we admit it. We did so yesterday, and for that we apologize."
They should have a weepfest with Glenn Beck.
Props to Dave for having to watch Faux as a career. I hope the stain this leaves on your brain can be erased somehow, but you'll probably need therapy.
I liked that one too. They need to apologize for the mistake of saying that they apologize when they get something wrong, because that, in itself, is wrong.
A non-denial denial.
Speaking with Cheney: Stuff happens.
saw this the other day. I was actually surprised that they apologized for it, seems a little un-Foxlike to me. I wonder how much of this stuff slips by without notice though. Kinda like them putting up D's instead of R's when a republican does something bad to try and associate them with the other party. I'm sure that their regular viewers don't know the difference. Keep it up Dave and you'll be as dumb as them.
I have a feeling that Mr. Aile's himself got called on the carpet by either the Vice-President or the President himself, which is very rare. Of course, the new FCC Chairperson could have called and warned that Fox News could be under investigation real quick.
Murdoch too!
not really....
more accurately stated:
"when we get caught in an deceptive and blatantly deceitful attempt to try to smear the vice president--ironically *cough* by using a statement by the man we supported as president--we will be sure to play down our willful deceit and chalk it up to simple oversight"
I'm sorry I shot you yesterday. My bad.
I shot you with intent to kill, unfortunately I only wounded you...forgive me, here's a band-aid.
I guess they "accidentally" edited the booing from the crowd that ensued a milisecond after Biden made the statement. Funny how they "accidentally" tripped and also edited out the previous part where Biden set the statement up as having come from McCain. Those hacks don't regret "the mistake". They regret getting caught.
That shows right there that it was intentional. Of course, Fox viewers don't know that 2 + 2 = 4, so, they wouldn't have noticed it anyway.
Waitferit
Some doofus will come on thread and say we should ignore them.
(FAUX, not the doofus.)
I can then add that doofus to my ignore list.
a lot of that lately.
if we ignore them, how can we ridicule them?
I'm glad you're watching Faux and not me - you probably have a surplus of IQ points whereas I'm dangerously low. Thank you for your service, sir.
just to carry the apologies for everything they say on FOX
How about an apology for the last decade of calling yourselves a NEWS station!
(crickets...)
"Fair and Balanced"?
(still crickets...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQiIMuOKIzY
"The Corporation", the documentary where the Fox employees were trying to get whistleblower status over Fox changing their story about Monsanto doing something that put chemicals in milk? The court ruled that the news did not have to be true or something like that.
... of New York Times v. Sullivan, which holds that there only has to be an absence of malice in regards to criticism of a public entity (corporation or individual).
Of course, the best defense against libel is that your statement is provably true in the first place.
heard of that case before. This was on that documentary and these Fox employees wrote a story about something that was being done along the line in milk production that was causing some chemical to be present. I think it was that cows were being injected with rBGH. Fox sent in lawyers and made them rewrite the story until it didn't even resemble their original story. They refused to go with it and were fired. They tried to file a suit against Fox and obtain whistleblower status, but the judge ruled that "falsifying news wasn't necessarily against the law."
I found the link, that part is at about 9:20 - end. The whole thing is pretty good though.
FOX didn't accidentally get something wrong. There is simply no excuse for a tape from before November being mistaken as taking place within the last couple of days. If it was on an actual tape, it's labeled. If it was on a media server, it's dated.
FOX deliberately misrepresented old video as being current video of now Vice-President Biden speaking about the economy.
Next, we'll hear it was an intern's fault.
It won't involve a blue dress willit?
they've had that tape on a shelf or in a file just waiting for a chance to try and make Biden look stupid.
Unfortuantely in our local news they think we're oh so interested in yet another boosh update.
Anyone else notice that when there is a post critisizing Fox or Billo, Beck or Hannity, TBT is a no show?
He's in his bunker practicing his Howard Beale comedy routine.
Every time I see someone promoting right-wing ideology or just being arrogant in general, the word "truth" usually appears in their user name. It pretty much demonstrates the black-and-white mentality they have.
I'll watch BillO every now and then, and I'll tune in to see a few minutes here, a few minutes there of other shows; but 24 hours????
Give me a bottle of very fine Scotch Whiskey, and maybe I'll do it.
Fox is simply doing the exact same thing that CBS,NBC,ABC, and all the other Mainstream media did for the last 8 years when it came to making Bush look bad. Regardless of what side your on, the media is just Biased BS anyway you look at it these days.
on your suggestion that Fox is the "exact same thing" as the others. You OBVIOUSLY don't even give a glanceing look at SIXTY MINUTES (from CBS) or consider that NBC has "mothered" the development of Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow thru their cable arm, MSNBC.
I've looked... and I can't find any such "shining lights" from FOX. They are off the scale when it comes to dirt-bag journalism pushing an obviously SKEWED point of view. OPEN YOUR EYES AND EARS.
... even a 25-year old Glenmorangie won't make Bill-O palatable.
Waste of a good Scotch.
maybe I'll just take some cheap Scotch and do it for a cheap Faux News.
... you're not only abusing your brain, but your palate and liver to boot.
It dun did a number on my pancreas.
They don't do that at Gitmo anymore....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulVDM0a49Lw
Are you insane? I try to mix in a few minutes here and there but I have to tell you with only a few minutes I have to be very careful not to kick the dog. A whole day? I don't think Fido could handle it.
On another topic I went off topic and indicated that the stock market was down and it was Obama's fault. Well now the stock market is up so I guess that Bush must have made a speech today? Just guessing.
She says they're sorry, that the mistake was made "inadvertently".
Inadvertently, my ass! We all know Faux News deliberately inserted that segment--and that is what they should be coming clean about--once again, they "inadvertently" reveal that they are pure scum.
Spare me the bullsh*t apology. As one commenter already remarked, the only thing Faux regrets is getting caught. The fact that ALL their "accidental errors" favor the Rethugs and slime the Democrats makes them nothing more than the propaganda arm of the GOP.
Accidentally, like a martyr.
About 90% of the Fox lies are in the cadigory of making opinion sound like fact. If you dig just a little you will normally find that the opinion is based on a lie but still it was an opinion and not really a fact. Any time they are caught they can back peddle and use the opinion out just like Limbaugh and his ilk use the "im an entertainer" out. This was not inadvertent and I am sure we will hear in the future about how Fox corrects its mistakes now that they have an example. Much like tobacco companies spend $100,000 doing some good deed and spend $1,000,000 telling everyone about it.
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Just like their KIRONS...
... FOXPRAVDA continues to NOT employ a proof reader.
So the ten seconds surrounding the Biden's speech that the sound bite was used from didn't get reviewed?
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You need to watch Rachel Maddow or some other suitable antidote immediately following exposure to Fox News. The threshold limit values for Fox exposure are quite low and failure to detoxify can result in permanent IQ degradation. It's bad for the digestion too. I'm hoping the Obama administration will get OSHA off its ass and start regulating this exposure more rigorously seeing as the FCC seems helpless.
As much as most Americans don't like Hugo Chevas of Venezuela, the reporting of the riots before he was ousted actually show the full clip and the edited clip that made Hugo supporter look like the bad guys in the shooting spree, when in fact that the full version showed the Hugo supporter trying to protect both side of the crowd from a lone gunman in the building shooting at both crowd. The company that edited the video were subsidiary of Disney corporation. After Chevas regain his power he acquired the news station and declare it the property of the public. Most of the supporter of the coup fled to Florida and they also clean out the national treasury, and people wonder how Florida stole the election?
If Hulu.com can melt your brian, I wonder what effect FOXnews has on the brain? they should rehash the old say "no to drugs" commercial, and replace it with "say no to FOXnews" this egg is your brain, this is on foxnews *crack, sizzle* this is your brain on foxnews!
BTW I wanted add that some of the people at Disney wrestle control back to the original interest of the board and ousted the former CEO that had strong political agenda. Pixar came back to Disney and I think they are of a different flavor now. even though some of the old battleaxe are still there.
this is how fox and others do it. stretch the truth/slice the truth. all for deception. NOW they come out
after the damage is done. THANKs for watching so I don't have to.i can't watch fox and i'm reducing my cNBC with their ongoing negative Obama administration regarding how they're handling the financial crisis and economy crisis that was handed to them.
Got to keep planting the anti Obama seeds into the fucktard Fox crowds heads. Then they say OOPS and all is forgotten.
"Daring anyone to watch them for a full day is like triple-dog-daring Flick to stick his tongue on that frozen flagpole -- you know it's not going to turn out well."
No way! I have never, and will never even allow our TV to stop on that channel. If I want brain damage, I put my head down on the train tracks in front of a freight train.
Any apology for something they said wrong/lie actually, comes out from the 'other end' and ain't worth hearing.
First off, that's not a mistake, that's a purposeful smear, and of course, they know it. If they were serious, they'd fire the team who did it.
Secondly, the propaganda made it to the intended audience. It changed the way millions feel about Joe Biden and the administration. Mission accomplished. I'm certain more people saw the clip than saw the apology.
“...the recent change in tone from President Obama’s economic team...”
I think there is a shift in tone, which has come after China expressed concerns over the large amount of US debt it holds. When Hillary was dealing with the Chinese, human rights was off the table - it's all economy. If I was the Chinese, I would be concerned about having too many eggs in the U.S. basket. I wonder what has been communicated privately to the U.S.
Also, I think the Obama team might be figuring an upbeat tempo will spark consumer spending, and a downbeat tempo may curtail spending, which will aggravate the recession.
One thing for sure - as advocacy journalists for the GOP, Fox will spin their agenda around any story they cover.
Geez Dave N - I hope you get danger pay and full health benefits :)
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