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Fox News Admits Stupidiy
Jan 19^th, 2015 at 10:00am

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Fox News and Andrew Bolt owned by the same man - Murdoch.

Fox News apologises for terror pundit’s ‘Birmingham totally Muslim’ comments

Steven Emerson was labelled ‘a complete idiot’ by Cameron and mocked on Twitter after saying city was no-go area for non-Muslims

US TV channel Fox News has made an on-air apology after a terrorism pundit described Birmingham as a no-go area for non-Muslims.

Steven Emerson, billed as an expert on terrorism-related issues, was described by the prime minister, David Cameron, as “a complete idiot” and was widely mocked by Twitter users after informing viewers the city was “totally Muslim” and was not visited by people of other faiths.

Emerson issued a string of apologies to British media outlets over his “terrible, inexcusable error” during a broadcast last weekend and has also donated £500 to the city’s children’s hospital.

Fox News presenter Julie Banderas told viewers: “Over the course of this last week we have made some regrettable errors on air, regarding the Muslim population in Europe, particularly with regard to England and France.

“This applies especially to discussions of so-called no-go zones, areas where non-Muslims allegedly aren’t allowed in, and police supposedly won’t go.

“To be clear, there is no formal designation of these zones in either country, and no credible information to support the assertion there are specific areas in these countries that exclude individuals based solely on their religion...

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/18/fox-news-apologises-terror-pundit-birmingham-muslim-comments

Birmingham a "no-go area for non-Muslims"? Tell that to the 78% of residents who are non-Muslim! Grin

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...Issuing the apology presenter Jeanine Pirro, who was interviewing Mr Emerson when he made the claims, said a guest had made "a series of factual errors that we wrongly let stand unchallenged and uncorrected."

"The guest asserted that the city of Birmingham, England, is totally Muslim and that it is a place where non-Muslims don't go," she said.

"Both are incorrect."

She went on to say census data from 2011 indicated 22% of the population of Birmingham identified themselves as Muslim.

"We could find nothing that indicated Birmingham is a so-called no-go zone.

"We deeply regret these errors and apologise to the people of Birmingham, our viewers and all who have been offended."

Mr Emerson's comments led to a Twitter backlash with the hashtag Fox News Facts trending with people inventing humorous "facts".

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-30870062

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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Fox News Admits Stupidiy Reply #1 - Jan 19^th, 2015 at 10:26am is that going against his FREEDOM OF SPEECH rights do you think?
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Reply #2 - Jan 20^th, 2015 at 9:40am

cods wrote on Jan 19^th, 2015 at 10:26am:

is that going against his FREEDOM OF SPEECH rights do you think?

He has the freedom to be an idiot.

Foxnews has the freedom to lose its credibility - the reason they apologised is because their credibility was at stake (not that they have much to start with).

In this case, other media outlets held them accountable, but they usually let a lot of Foxnews lies and misinformation pass under the radar.

Is telling lies more than 80% of the time OK for something that calls itself 'news'?

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/fact-checking-site-finds-fox-news-tells-truth...

Rupert Murdoch; screwing with your democracy since Andrew Bolt was in diapers.

Some of Foxnews' recent lies:

STEVEN EMERSON:
"There are actual cities" like Birmingham, England, "that are totally Muslim where non-Muslims just simply don’t go in."

JOHN STOSSEL:
"There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people."

GEORGE WILL:
Some doctors say Ebola can be transmitted through the air by "a sneeze or some cough."

PETER KING:
"In 2011, (the Islamic State) attempted to attack Fort Knox."

STEVE DOOCY:
"NASA scientists fudged the numbers to make 1998 the hottest year to overstate the extent of global warming."

JEANINE PIRRO:
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was "released by Obama in 2009."
(Pentagon says it was by Bush administration in 2004)

PETE HEGSETH:
Redskins is "used historically" as "a term of respect."

TODD STARNES:
Liberals have figured out a Facebook algorithm and "all the people getting banned from Facebook are somehow conservatives."

DICK MORRIS:
A North Carolina study proves that "probably over a million people voted twice in (the 2012) election."

ANN COULTER:
"There is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum amounts you should be exposed to are actually good for you and reduce cases of cancer."

GLENN BECK:
John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, "has proposed forcing abortions and putting sterilants in the drinking water to control population."

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Dnarever Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 58622 Here Gender:	Re: Fox News Admits Stupidiy Reply #3 - Jan 20^th, 2015 at 9:44am cods wrote on Jan 19^th, 2015 at 10:26am: is that going against his FREEDOM OF SPEECH rights do you think? No he had every right to say what he did but then the response he got was what he deserved and apologies were issued because he had lied. Freedom of speech does not give protection in cases of false statements.
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Pantheon Gold Member Offline Woke Posts: 1256 Gender:	Re: Fox News Admits Stupidiy Reply #4 - Jan 20^th, 2015 at 9:54am Mis-leading article and post... Fox News didn't say it..someone they bought on said it, and they apologies and Fox News apologies for his comments and if you like his "Stupidiy".
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Reply #5 - Jan 20^th, 2015 at 9:57am

Pantheon wrote on Jan 20^th, 2015 at 9:54am:

Mis-leading article and post... Fox News didn't say it..someone they bought on said it, and they apologies and Fox News apologies for his comments and if you like his "Stupidiy".

They only apologised because they were caught out. An intelligent unbiased host would have instantly called him out on that BS, but its a Fox News host so they didn't./

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No evidence whatsoever it can be attributed to George Orwell or Eric Arthur Blair (in fact the same guy)

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Reply #6 - Jan 20^th, 2015 at 11:57am

Pantheon wrote on Jan 20^th, 2015 at 9:54am:

Mis-leading article and post... Fox News didn't say it..someone they bought on said it, and they apologies and Fox News apologies for his comments and if you like his "Stupidiy".

If it were a one-off, I would agree with you. However, Foxlies keeps wheeling out these "pundits" who have who have propensity to spew out misinformation.

Seems to be a Foxlies tactic.

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Reply #7 - Jan 20^th, 2015 at 12:18pm

Julius Abbott wrote on Jan 20^th, 2015 at 9:40am:

cods wrote on Jan 19^th, 2015 at 10:26am:

is that going against his FREEDOM OF SPEECH rights do you think?

He has the freedom to be an idiot.

Foxnews has the freedom to lose its credibility - the reason they apologised is because their credibility was at stake (not that they have much to start with).

In this case, other media outlets held them accountable, but they usually let a lot of Foxnews lies and misinformation pass under the radar.

Is telling lies more than 80% of the time OK for something that calls itself 'news'?

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/fact-checking-site-finds-fox-news-tells-truth...

Rupert Murdoch; screwing with your democracy since Andrew Bolt was in diapers.

https://watchingthedeniers.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/news_out.gif

Some of Foxnews' recent lies:

STEVEN EMERSON:
"There are actual cities" like Birmingham, England, "that are totally Muslim where non-Muslims just simply don’t go in."

JOHN STOSSEL:
"There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people."

GEORGE WILL:
Some doctors say Ebola can be transmitted through the air by "a sneeze or some cough."

PETER KING:
"In 2011, (the Islamic State) attempted to attack Fort Knox."

STEVE DOOCY:
"NASA scientists fudged the numbers to make 1998 the hottest year to overstate the extent of global warming."

JEANINE PIRRO:
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was "released by Obama in 2009."
(Pentagon says it was by Bush administration in 2004)

PETE HEGSETH:
Redskins is "used historically" as "a term of respect."

TODD STARNES:
Liberals have figured out a Facebook algorithm and "all the people getting banned from Facebook are somehow conservatives."

DICK MORRIS:
A North Carolina study proves that "probably over a million people voted twice in (the 2012) election."

ANN COULTER:
"There is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum amounts you should be exposed to are actually good for you and reduce cases of cancer."

GLENN BECK:
John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, "has proposed forcing abortions and putting sterilants in the drinking water to control population."

Totally correct: no i haven't read the rest as of yet, just supporting these comments from the get-go!

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Reply #8 - Jan 20^th, 2015 at 12:20pm

Julius Abbott wrote on Jan 20^th, 2015 at 9:40am:

cods wrote on Jan 19^th, 2015 at 10:26am:

is that going against his FREEDOM OF SPEECH rights do you think?

He has the freedom to be an idiot.

Foxnews has the freedom to lose its credibility - the reason they apologised is because their credibility was at stake (not that they have much to start with).

In this case, other media outlets held them accountable, but they usually let a lot of Foxnews lies and misinformation pass under the radar.

Is telling lies more than 80% of the time OK for something that calls itself 'news'?

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/fact-checking-site-finds-fox-news-tells-truth...

Rupert Murdoch; screwing with your democracy since Andrew Bolt was in diapers.

https://watchingthedeniers.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/news_out.gif

Some of Foxnews' recent lies:

STEVEN EMERSON:
"There are actual cities" like Birmingham, England, "that are totally Muslim where non-Muslims just simply don’t go in."

JOHN STOSSEL:
"There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people."

GEORGE WILL:
Some doctors say Ebola can be transmitted through the air by "a sneeze or some cough."

PETER KING:
"In 2011, (the Islamic State) attempted to attack Fort Knox."

STEVE DOOCY:
"NASA scientists fudged the numbers to make 1998 the hottest year to overstate the extent of global warming."

JEANINE PIRRO:
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was "released by Obama in 2009."
(Pentagon says it was by Bush administration in 2004)

PETE HEGSETH:
Redskins is "used historically" as "a term of respect."

TODD STARNES:
Liberals have figured out a Facebook algorithm and "all the people getting banned from Facebook are somehow conservatives."

DICK MORRIS:
A North Carolina study proves that "probably over a million people voted twice in (the 2012) election."

ANN COULTER:
"There is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum amounts you should be exposed to are actually good for you and reduce cases of cancer."

GLENN BECK:
John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, "has proposed forcing abortions and putting sterilants in the drinking water to control population."

Now this is the really important bit...

followed up by a killa question : well done sir!

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Prime Minister for Canyons Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26906 Canberra Gender:	Re: Fox News Admits Stupidiy Reply #10 - Jan 20^th, 2015 at 12:43pm Yes
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... Gold Member Offline Posts: 23673 WA Gender:	Re: Fox News Admits Stupidiy Reply #11 - Jan 20^th, 2015 at 12:44pm Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jan 20^th, 2015 at 12:43pm: Yes question 2: Does anyone watch it?
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Reply #12 - Jan 20^th, 2015 at 4:42pm

... wrote on Jan 20^th, 2015 at 12:42pm:

Who cares? Do we even have fox news in this country?

Yes. Also relevant is that the person who owns and runs Foxnews also owns 70% of Australian newspapers and 100% of Australian cable tv news networks. If you have cable, half of the news networks available on it are owned by him.

Oh, and his favourite employee has the only political show on commercial free-to-air networks in Australia.

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Reply #13 - Jan 20^th, 2015 at 4:44pm

Julius Abbott wrote on Jan 20^th, 2015 at 4:42pm:

... wrote on Jan 20^th, 2015 at 12:42pm:

Who cares? Do we even have fox news in this country?

Yes. Also relevant is that the person who owns and runs Foxnews also owns 70% of Australian newspapers and 100% of Australian cable tv news networks. If you have cable, half of the news networks available on it are owned by him.

Oh, and his favourite employee has the only political show on commercial free-to-air networks in Australia.

still know one watches it Shocked

(lol

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Reply #14 - Jan 20^th, 2015 at 4:57pm

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Jan 20^th, 2015 at 4:44pm:

Julius Abbott wrote on Jan 20^th, 2015 at 4:42pm:

... wrote on Jan 20^th, 2015 at 12:42pm:

Who cares? Do we even have fox news in this country?

Yes. Also relevant is that the person who owns and runs Foxnews also owns 70% of Australian newspapers and 100% of Australian cable tv news networks. If you have cable, half of the news networks available on it are owned by him.

Oh, and his favourite employee has the only political show on commercial free-to-air networks in Australia.

still know one watches it Shocked

(lol

)

The Bolt report? The ratings for each half hour on November 17:
Quote:

The Bolt Report: 104,000 / 79,000

http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/11/soft-sunday-viewing-hints-at-summer.html

As for owning 70% of Australia's newspapers...a far more destructive influence on our democracy.

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