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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 01:24 PM Dec 2012

Fox News White House Correspondent: Maybe We Overdid It With the Benghazi Coverage Just a Wee Bit

Fox News White House Correspondent: Maybe We Overdid It With the Benghazi Coverage Just a Wee Bit

Fox News White House correspondent and actual reasonable person Ed Henry told the AP recently that Fox News probably over-covered the Benghazi attacks just a wee bit:

I wouldn’t lie to you. I see that we’re covering Benghazi a lot, and I think that should be something that we’re asking about. … We’ve had the proper emphasis. But I would not be so deluded to say that some of our shows, some of our commentators, have covered it more than it needed to be covered.

Henry also emphasized that it was an important story to cover since four Americans were killed and there’s still some mystery about what the administration knew and when they knew about the attack, and he asserted that other news outlets (ahem, MSNBC, he’s looking at you) have under-covered the story.

http://www.thedailydolt.com/2012/12/07/fox-overplayed-benghazi/

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Fox News White House Correspondent: Maybe We Overdid It With the Benghazi Coverage Just a Wee Bit (Original Post) The Straight Story Dec 2012 OP
Funniest part of this article: "actual reasonable person Ed Henry..." alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #1
If you read his quote, he's saying the opposite of what the headline claims... TroglodyteScholar Dec 2012 #2
I think he's hedging. FredStembottom Dec 2012 #3
Bottom Line is he STILL repeated their BS dballance Dec 2012 #4
Ya think? xxxsdesdexxx Dec 2012 #5

TroglodyteScholar

(5,477 posts)
2. If you read his quote, he's saying the opposite of what the headline claims...
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 01:36 PM
Dec 2012

"I would not be so deluded to say that some of our shows, some of our commentators, have covered it more than it needed to be covered."

The words say he would consider it delusional to state that Benghazi was covered too much. To make the headline true, there would have to be a "not" between "have" and "covered."

Was that his intention? I don't know. But the literal meaning of the quote would suggest that he thinks it was covered appropriately.

FredStembottom

(2,928 posts)
3. I think he's hedging.
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 01:43 PM
Dec 2012

Getting an actual criticism out there but with immediate walk back for job security reasons.

 

dballance

(5,756 posts)
4. Bottom Line is he STILL repeated their BS
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 01:51 PM
Dec 2012

"Henry also emphasized that it was an important story to cover since four Americans were killed and there’s still some mystery about what the administration knew and when they knew about the attack, and he asserted that other news outlets (ahem, MSNBC, he’s looking at you) have under-covered the story." He used the tried and true Watergate phrasing "what the administration (President in Watergate) knew and when they knew..." Keep throwing the crap against the wall FAUX network. It's still not sticking.

The other news outlets haven't under-covered the story because there's no mysterious intrigue going on at the White House or State Department about it to cover.

xxxsdesdexxx

(213 posts)
5. Ya think?
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 02:18 PM
Dec 2012

I would flip to Fox News from time to time just to confirm my notion that they were talking about Benghazi yet again. I'd say that 90% of the time Benghazi was the topic being covered, the other 10% of the time was split between pro-gold investment commercials and Hannity throwing footballs on the "Great Great Great American Panel" segment of his crappy show.

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