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Fox News pulls a "Diane Sawyer". (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Jul 2014 OP
Could you explain a bit? CurtEastPoint Jul 2014 #1
Sawyer showed pics of alsame Jul 2014 #6
Got it. CurtEastPoint Jul 2014 #11
As expected as the sun rising in the East malaise Jul 2014 #2
Its troubling because anyone Ichingcarpenter Jul 2014 #4
It is troubling but rational folks know that Fox makes up stuff 24/7 malaise Jul 2014 #5
rational folks? navarth Jul 2014 #13
Can't blame you malaise Jul 2014 #17
East? EAST? ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2014 #21
oh this would be laughable, if we weren't in the midst of a huge tragedy - since ellenrr Jul 2014 #3
Another day, another Fux News lie - what's surprising about that? InAbLuEsTaTe Jul 2014 #7
I suppose it will be in Israel, eventually n2doc Jul 2014 #8
I have a huge grudge against Diane Sawyer betsuni Jul 2014 #9
LOL about David Muir - underwear dancing to disco! RKP5637 Jul 2014 #10
Nice dream. Nice arms! CurtEastPoint Jul 2014 #12
He caught my attention! RKP5637 Jul 2014 #23
I like David Muir, too, underwear dancing and all of it. LuvNewcastle Jul 2014 #25
don't look at this too narrowly ellennelle Jul 2014 #14
So both ABC and Fox lie about the conflict Ichingcarpenter Jul 2014 #15
Not a mistake - that is the point klook Jul 2014 #22
Ha! sakabatou Jul 2014 #27
good point. Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #16
Just more American Propaganda, in this case in the interests of the United States and Israel. EEO Jul 2014 #18
I wanted to post this on Facebook sulphurdunn Jul 2014 #19
K&R NealK Jul 2014 #20
"since when do viewers associate a caption with an image?" *in before the chasbots* MisterP Jul 2014 #24
Malcolm Ichingcarpenter Jul 2014 #26

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
4. Its troubling because anyone
Sun Jul 13, 2014, 09:07 AM
Jul 2014

viewing this or walking by in the thousands of places fox news TV is shown at businesses would assume that this was an Israeli place that was hit.

malaise

(269,006 posts)
5. It is troubling but rational folks know that Fox makes up stuff 24/7
Sun Jul 13, 2014, 09:21 AM
Jul 2014

I don't know how they're allowed to use the word News. Fox Fugging Fiction would be a better title

navarth

(5,927 posts)
13. rational folks?
Sun Jul 13, 2014, 10:08 AM
Jul 2014

where are they to be found? Fox Alternate History Channel is successful for a reason.

just sayin'...not feeling optimistic about my fella murkans this morning.

ellenrr

(3,864 posts)
3. oh this would be laughable, if we weren't in the midst of a huge tragedy - since
Sun Jul 13, 2014, 09:06 AM
Jul 2014

no Hamas rocket has caused anything like this, nor would it,
whereas Israeli rockets routinely destroy homes.

I don't think these are 'mistakes'. I think they are testing to see if the majority of Americans who watch abs or fox news are stupid enough to believe them.

betsuni

(25,531 posts)
9. I have a huge grudge against Diane Sawyer
Sun Jul 13, 2014, 09:44 AM
Jul 2014

and her right-wing boyfriend Jonathan Karl, whom she always slobbers over, thanking him for this OMG-OBAMA-BAD propaganda. David Muir, on the other hand, I feel comfortable with, although I can't help imagining him in underwear dancing to disco music because he's so sexy. I respect you for your brains, David, but I can't help the underwear dancing to disco in my brains.

ellennelle

(614 posts)
14. don't look at this too narrowly
Sun Jul 13, 2014, 10:11 AM
Jul 2014

i mean, the comparison is apt for this very narrow, specific event, but - in broader terms - would you not have to say it's the other way 'round? that diane sawyer pulled a fox news when she misidentified the palestinian destruction as israeli? given how many times fox has misidentified republican scandaleers as democrats, as just one example, and misidentifying those polls with ridiculously skewed and even erroneous numbers? etcetcetc, ad infinitum, ad nauseam.........

this is the fox way; no love lost for diane sawyer here, but let's call a spade a spade. this is the way fox news does things, and they have set the tone and the pace.

klook

(12,155 posts)
22. Not a mistake - that is the point
Sun Jul 13, 2014, 11:26 AM
Jul 2014

College broadcasting students would not make such a fundamental mistake. If it's ineptitude it's awfully convenient -- like putting &quot D)" after the name of any Republican caught doing something egregiously offensive and/or illegal.

I don't think ABC has sunk so low as to label Republican miscreants as Democrats YET, but labeling an Israeli war crime as a Palestinian war crime is disgusting.





and my favorite...

 

sulphurdunn

(6,891 posts)
19. I wanted to post this on Facebook
Sun Jul 13, 2014, 11:06 AM
Jul 2014

but cannot find independent verification that it is true. Has anyone got something?

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