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Originally posted by: Thump553
ProfJohn has succeeded in sidetracking this thread (again). What I really want to know is: (a) has Fox News publically acknowledged it's "error" and (b) if so, how did they handle the correction and explanation?

Assuming this was an honest error, how Fox News handled it will have great bearing on their credibility.
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Exactly. Reputable Newspapers, Magazines, and TV News make errors on occassion. They also publicly acknowledge them, apologize, and state the correction. Has Fox News done this yet?
 
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: Thump553
ProfJohn has succeeded in sidetracking this thread (again). What I really want to know is: (a) has Fox News publically acknowledged it's "error" and (b) if so, how did they handle the correction and explanation?

Assuming this was an honest error, how Fox News handled it will have great bearing on their credibility.
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Exactly. Reputable Newspapers, Magazines, and TV News make errors on occassion. They also publicly acknowledge them, apologize, and state the correction. Has Fox News done this yet?
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Who knows and who cares, its really not that big of a deal. Maybe they think that most normal people not blinded by their hatred towards Fox can see that it was an obvious mistake.
 
Meanwhile, the FBI has been looking the other way for months....

The Washington watchdog group that first published the inappropriate e-mails between Foley and a Louisiana teenager said Wednesday that it told the FBI in July about Foley's communications. Those messages were deemed by a congressman who oversees the page program inappropriate but not sexually explicit.

The FBI contends that Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington did not provide enough information -- including the pages' identities and e-mail addresses -- to pursue the case. The FBI reviewed copies of the messages, government officials said, but did not have enough information to move forward with an investigation or seek subpoenas.

CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan disputed that account, saying the FBI was given the teen's full e-mail address July 21. CREW received the e-mails that day from "a third party who had gotten them from a congressional staffer," she said. (Watch Sloan question why the inquiry took so long -- 1:44 Video)

Sloan said they were sent via e-mail to the FBI.

"The agent called me to follow up to say, 'So, these are e-mails from Mark Foley?' And I said, 'Yes.' And that was the end of our interaction," she said.

CREW has questioned whether the White House helped "cover up Rep. Foley's conduct and leave a potential sexual predator on the loose." The group also asked the Justice Department's inspector-general to investigate why the FBI didn't take further action.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/04/foley.scandal/index.html
 
Originally posted by: JD50
umm....what is your point?

I don't believe that he was saying that CNN did it intentionally, he was pointing out the fact that if CNN or any other left wing news media make a mistake like this, its no big deal, but if Fox does it then you guys cry and moan about some giant conspiracy. Give it a rest already, it was a mistake.

Anyone that knew about this guy and didnt do anything about it should be severely punished, Republicans and Democrats alike. Its quite obvious that the timing of this coincides with the election, its just as bad that the Democrats most likely knew about this behaviour and waited to release it, and the Republicans knew about this and didn't do a thing.
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No he is comparing a computer glitch to something that was keyed into by hand.

Now lets look at some history with Fox News..

a) they were banned a couple of years ago (or fined) in England for poor reporting
b) they have headlines like ""Blame liberals for high oil and gas prices!"
c) empoly the single biggest political hacks in the industry.

But when it comes down to it Fox does not really care or they would have issued a statement to the error like CNN did when it was just a glitch.

 
O'Liely isn't live, so they typed it in and let it run for an hour. Later airings did not put an (R), they just removed the graphic. Sounds like a Rovian trick to me.
 
Originally posted by: Todd33
O'Liely isn't live, so they typed it in and let it run for an hour. Later airings did not put an (R), they just removed the graphic. Sounds like a Rovian trick to me.
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ummm are you sure? I am pretty sure it is live on the east coast.
 
Originally posted by: Todd33
O'Liely isn't live, so they typed it in and let it run for an hour. Later airings did not put an (R), they just removed the graphic. Sounds like a Rovian trick to me.
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You mean they didn't put an R in its place? Funnay...
 
Originally posted by: ProfJohn
Originally posted by: Todd33
O'Liely isn't live, so they typed it in and let it run for an hour. Later airings did not put an (R), they just removed the graphic. Sounds like a Rovian trick to me.
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ummm are you sure? I am pretty sure it is live on the east coast.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_O'Reilly_Factor
The program is done "live to tape", meaning that unlike other Fox News Channel programs at night, The O'Reilly Factor is prerecorded. The program is live for breaking news or special events. The show usually tapes between 5 and 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, although some guests are interviewed before the "live to tape" period and are slotted in the program as appropriate. (Some guests have suggested that interviews are edited after taping, although O'Reilly's producers insist that editing happens only when an interview exceeds the available length in a program of which the total is 43 minutes for an hour-long slot, once commercials and news breaks are added.
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Originally posted by: Thump553
ProfJohn has succeeded in sidetracking this thread (again). What I really want to know is: (a) has Fox News publically acknowledged it's "error" and (b) if so, how did they handle the correction and explanation?

Assuming this was an honest error, how Fox News handled it will have great bearing on their credibility.
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find out and get back to us. the burden is on you to get those results.
 
Originally posted by: 1EZduzit
Come on FOX, let's hear your apology. The world is waiting for at least a decent explanation.
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no, they're not. don't lump people with common sense in with the likes of you.

Trust me, those of us with real concern over real issues don't care about this.

Just like the idiots who complained about the X over cheney, if you're going to get your panties in a twist over a letter on a screen, you have more pressing issues to deal with. :laugh:
 
Bill O'Reilly is just pissed. He had his book THE O REILLY FACTOR FOR KIDS and was working on a second edition called THE O REILLY FACTOR FOR KIDS WITH CONGRESMAN FOLEY.
Oh well...
 
Originally posted by: JD50
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: Thump553
ProfJohn has succeeded in sidetracking this thread (again). What I really want to know is: (a) has Fox News publically acknowledged it's "error" and (b) if so, how did they handle the correction and explanation?

Assuming this was an honest error, how Fox News handled it will have great bearing on their credibility.
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Exactly. Reputable Newspapers, Magazines, and TV News make errors on occassion. They also publicly acknowledge them, apologize, and state the correction. Has Fox News done this yet?
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Who knows and who cares, its really not that big of a deal. Maybe they think that most normal people not blinded by their hatred towards Fox can see that it was an obvious mistake.
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Oh yeah and the lack of a correction and an apology was also an obvious mistake. Thou art gullable

 
Originally posted by: daveymark
Originally posted by: 1EZduzit
Come on FOX, let's hear your apology. The world is waiting for at least a decent explanation.
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no, they're not. don't lump people with common sense in with the likes of you.

Trust me, those of us with real concern over real issues don't care about this.

Just like the idiots who complained about the X over cheney, if you're going to get your panties in a twist over a letter on a screen, you have more pressing issues to deal with. :laugh:
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You're right. We need to get back to banning gay marriage, prohibiting internet gambling, saving Terry Schiavo, and banning flag burning. :roll:
 
Originally posted by: daveymark

Trust me, those of us with real concern over real issues don't care about this.
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Ah yes, the clinically brain-dead demographic who are never going to vote (D) anyway.

 
I must conclude from the lack of response or remedial action from Fox News to their "error" that Fox News places no value in the accuracy of their reporting and has an absolute lack of quality control.

If Fox News was a drug manufacturer I would conclude that their quality control deficiencies make their products unfit for human consumption. They place themselves in the infotainment arena.
 
Sure, it *could* have been a mistake.

So why wasn't it fixed properly?

I'd love for at least one of the shills out there to take an honest crack at this one.
 
anyone know if o'reilly mentioned this on his show the next day?

didn't Drudge Report make a big deal when Cheney had an X? Did he have this on the site?
 
Originally posted by: 3chordcharlie
Sure, it *could* have been a mistake.

So why wasn't it fixed properly?

I'd love for at least one of the shills out there to take an honest crack at this one.
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Good luck getting an explanation from them.
 
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