Media Matters: What Earthquake? Steve Douchey Erases His Own Show's Reporting

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"What Hawaiian earthquake?" Fox News again runs with Internet falsehoods to attack Dems

March 18, 2010

Fox & Friends perpetuated the false claim advanced on right-wing blogs that President Obama was incorrect in stating during a Fox News interview that Hawaii suffered an earthquake in 2006 -- a disaster Fox News itself reported on at the time. In a 2007 memo, a Fox News executive reportedly warned staff that "seeing an item on a website does not mean it is right. Nor does it mean it is ready for air on FNC."

Obama cites earthquake in Hawaii during Fox News interview

Obama: Medicaid fix "also affects Hawaii, which went through an earthquake." During an interview that aired during the March 17 edition of Fox News' Special Report, Obama discussed certain provisions in health care reform legislation that would affect various states and said of a proposal to adjust Medicaid reimbursement rates for states affected by natural disasters, "It also affects Hawaii, which went through an earthquake."

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit Hawaii on October 15, 2006. As Media Matters for America's http://mediamatters.org/blog/201003170072">Adam Shah noted in response to right-wing bloggers who claimed Obama was "making up" an earthquake, http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fearthquake.usgs.gov%2Feqcenter%2Feqinthenews%2F2006%2Fustwbh%2F">the U.S. Geological Survey states that Hawaii suffered a magnitude 6.7 earthquake on October 15, 2006.

Right-wing blogs: "What earthquake in Hawaii?"

Jim Hoft: "Um... What earthquake in Hawaii?" At 6:54 p.m. on March 17, right-wing blogger Jim Hoft wrote a Gateway Pundit post that stated, "Either Obama's completely making up stuff now or we all missed some horrible devastating earthquake in Hawaii." He later wrote: "In 1868 there was a major earthquake in Hawaii that killed 77 people. In 1975 an earthquake in Hawaii killed 2 people."

More: http://mediamatters.org/research/201003180032

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WE all know their network is just a propaganda arm of the reich wingers. This is no surprise. And I'm sure it just skated past their brain dead audience.

I believe that was the one he was referring to.

Thanks for posting! :hi: