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On October 5th, Kooiman attempted to call the President out for personally funding the Muslim Museum
but failed to check her sources.
But who was the source of her information?
Satirical website National Report, which is similar to the other famed news site The Onion who is also known for its satirical content.
The fake storys headline, Obama Uses Own Money to Open Muslim Museum Amid Government Shutdown, stated that Obama held a press conference announcing that he would reopen the International Museum of Muslim Cultures in Jackson, Miss., out of his own pocket.
Kooiman juxtaposed the fake story against another (below) on how vets were denied access to a World War II memorial:
The Republican National Committee is offering to pay for it to keep it open so that the veterans from Honor Flight are going to be able to go and see this because who did it honor? It honored them, Kooiman said on Fox & Friends Saturday morning. It really doesnt seem fair, especiallyand were going to talk a little bit later in the show too about some things that are continuing to be funded. And President Obama has offered to pay out of his own pocket for the museum of Muslim culture out of his own pocket"
http://newsone.com/2735972/fox-news-anna-kooiman-apologizes/
FarPoint
(12,467 posts)Another thought...the news editor clears such a story.....yea...not a mistake.
damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)It's a joke.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)plenty of people buy this shit hook, line, and sinker.
FarPoint
(12,467 posts)I live in Dayton Ohio...Faux News runs 24/7 on AM radio here 1290 was a CBS channel with some diversity a few years ago but now, news reports all sight Fox News ....The listeners I meet in daily life, all think I'm the crazy one. They don't ever research any other source for facts.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)And you can find plenty of knuckle-walkers here whose only news "source" is Faux News.
pa28
(6,145 posts)Pushback is the only thing these people seem to understand. Now they should apologize on air.
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)Too bad he didn't call on Ed Henry so he could call him a numskull in public and make bigger fools out of FOX News.
Turbineguy
(37,383 posts)since most of their news is fake.
dlwickham
(3,316 posts)hell must have frozen over