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riversedge

(70,239 posts)
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 10:28 AM Jul 2017

Fox and Friends admit they were 'mistaken' on Comey memos report the president gleefully tweeted

Source: DailyKos



Tuesday Jul 11, 2017 · 8:01 AM CST


Yesterday Fox News breathlessly reported James Comey’s detailed memos of his conversations with Donald Trump contained ‘top secret’ information.

The segment was tweeted from the Fox and Friends account and shortly thereafter, the Tweeter-in-Chief gleefully chimed in:

The story fell apart and this morning, Fox and Friends host Steve Doocy admitted they were “mistaken”:

Read more: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/7/11/1679606/-Fox-and-Friends-admit-they-were-mistaken-on-Comey-memos-report-the-president-gleefully-tweeted



fox and friends lies were debunked:


How Trump took a misleading story on James Comey and turned it into a total fabrication


https://thinkprogress.org/trump-fake-attack-james-comey-explained-5fe05611c7bb

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029309420





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NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 17: Seen through a window, (L to R) hosts Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade broadcast 'Fox And Friends' from the Fox News studios, February 17, 2017 in New York City. President Trump, a frequent consumer and critic of cable news, recently tweeted that Fox and Friends is 'great'. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
A rare moment of apology from Fox News



Trumps gleeful tweet:







Tony Posnanski?Verified account @tonyposnanski Jul 10

Replying to @realDonaldTrump

I see we are watching Fox and Friends this morning.

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Tony Posnanski?Verified account @tonyposnanski Jul 10

It baffles me that you could get any intelligence info you want and you decide to watch talk shows. So can't wait for this to be debunked.

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Fox and Friends admit they were 'mistaken' on Comey memos report the president gleefully tweeted (Original Post) riversedge Jul 2017 OP
And the White House apology will follow, right? Chasstev365 Jul 2017 #1
FAKE NEWS! Shell_Seas Jul 2017 #2
Fox News might now start trying to put the toothpaste back into the tube* Botany Jul 2017 #3
Same as always awesomerwb1 Jul 2017 #4
yes indeedy 90-percent Jul 2017 #8
I'd bet they are actually very happy and proud of this. They are entertainers GusBob Jul 2017 #5
Too late, the minions have taken the red meat and run with it. GAH iluvtennis Jul 2017 #6
Why is it... obamachangetheworld Jul 2017 #7
If memory serves me.. Permanut Jul 2017 #9
that's what happens when the resident in the w.h. listens to FAKE NEWS n/t orleans Jul 2017 #10
On Monday, they were all over this fake story instead of covering the TrumpJr/Russia meeting wishstar Jul 2017 #11

Botany

(70,510 posts)
3. Fox News might now start trying to put the toothpaste back into the tube*
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 10:42 AM
Jul 2017

Fox helped to weoponize the Russia/Wiki leaks information dumps.

Russia hacked into the DNC and HRC computers.

Russia edited the information and then passed it onto Team Trump and places like Breitbart.

After Breitbart and Infowars put the inforamtion "out there"

The Fox News picks it up and "runs w/it."

____________

* As team Trump and the republicans sink under the wieght of the Russian act of war and
collusion Fox will be in damage control 24/7.

awesomerwb1

(4,268 posts)
4. Same as always
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 10:52 AM
Jul 2017

Fox trash knew what they were doing. That channel does this all the time.

When one of their own "employees" isn't spouting the BS (which may then need a "correction&quot they simply invite the right nutter guests to do it for them.

Fuck them. The lie's already out there and millions of right wing nutters have already spread it. Mission accomplished.

90-percent

(6,829 posts)
8. yes indeedy
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 11:29 AM
Jul 2017

Thanks to a local Florida Fox affiliate back in the early 2000's, a Court determined it is perfectly legal to knowingly LIE on your news broadcasts. The principle here is that the average viewer is supposed to make a consumer decision to pick the most credible news source. If the consumer chooses FOX fabricated manipulative sometimes treasonous and usually false PROPAGANDA AND BELIEVE THEIR BULLSHIT, that is merely a "consumer choice'.

It's too bad most of our MSM has been shopping CORPORATE FRIENDLY PROPAGANDA for at least the last thirty years. Real easy to hang to title "fake news" on our MSM because they usually only produce info friendly to their corporate owners. Fracking is good. Renewables are bad. Global warming is a hoax. Regime change is good. Our military needs and deserves a larger share of the budget, and ex-goldman sachs crooks at the highest levels of our gov't will all work together to help Joe Sixpack lead a happier life, mexicans are stealing your jobs and raping your women. All muslims want to kill all Americans. And so on.

Even Rachel side stepped the TPP issue completely. I saw TPP as an orgy of corps. coming up with a means to sue countries over future expected profits if they make laws that inhibit their right to extract as much money from everywhere and if it's against the law, fucking legalize it!

-90% Rambling Jim

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
5. I'd bet they are actually very happy and proud of this. They are entertainers
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 10:55 AM
Jul 2017

not legit newscasters. They are absolutely over the moon they can influence the president of the US. and sell tires and razor blades!!

7. Why is it...
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 11:01 AM
Jul 2017

That if you work at Fox News you are either a crazed sexual predator or a complete and total idiot? I guess they ran the numbers and realized that's what their Republican audience likes to see.

wishstar

(5,269 posts)
11. On Monday, they were all over this fake story instead of covering the TrumpJr/Russia meeting
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 05:51 AM
Jul 2017

They convinced lots of people that the big story was Comey in trouble for leaking classified info, instead of the real big story about Trump campaign collusion with Russia

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