Kudos to FOX

[billvon 3,132]

In a rare show of conscience, FOX has apologized for their anti-Islamic claims. Good for them, and let's hope this is the beginning of a change in the FOX News team from political tool to news reporting organization.

From Mediaite:

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Fox Formally Apologizes for Claiming Muslims Have Taken Over European Cities
by Tina Nguyen
12:04 am, January 18th, 2015 Videos 2665

This evening, Fox News formally apologized for a false claim about Muslims that was so egregious, even the Prime Minister of Great Britain and all of French television had to step in and call them out for it.

“Over the course of this last week we have made some regrettable errors on air regarding the Muslim population in Europe – particularly with regard to England and France,” anchor Julie Banderas said during tonight’s newscast. “This applies especially to discussions of so-called ‘No Go Zones’ areas where non-Muslims allegedly aren’t allowed in and police supposedly won’t go.”

To recap: once upon a time last week, Fox’s terrorism commentator Steve Emerson claimed that there were certain neighborhoods and towns completely overrun with a Muslim population so fierce that even police wouldn’t enter them: according to him, there are “actually Muslim religious police that actually beat and actually wound seriously anyone who doesn’t dress according to religious Muslim attire.”
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[jclalor 12]

The only reason they apologized was not to piss off GB. I'm watching Jindal in London right now, he's making the same claim about the "no-go" zones on CNN, it's very funny.



http://youtu.be/dABSw4FgvpM

[wmw999 2,600]

I think Fox has now figured out just how far they can go with facts before being called on it

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[billvon 3,132]

>I think Fox has now figured out just how far they can go with facts before being called on it

Pessimistic - but probably accurate.

[wmw999 2,600]

Regardless of whether it was intended that way, it's the new metric

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[rushmc 23]

Interesting where this has gone since you posted this huh Bill........

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[BleuCiel 0]

wmw999

I think Fox has now figured out just how far they can go with facts before being called on it

CNN too:
"Anderson Cooper Owns Up To 'No-Go Zone' Blunders At CNN"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/22/anderson-cooper-no-go-zone-owns-up-to-blunders_n_6524924.html

[rushmc 23]

BleuCiel

***I think Fox has now figured out just how far they can go with facts before being called on it

CNN too:
"Anderson Cooper Owns Up To 'No-Go Zone' Blunders At CNN"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/22/anderson-cooper-no-go-zone-owns-up-to-blunders_n_6524924.html

Actually they were not blunders
Exagerations from some but not blunders

All CNN and FOX are doing is bending over to the politcal correctness police
Very brave of them huh.....

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[wmw999 2,600]

They were fucking wrong. That's a blunder

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[rushmc 23]

Dont think so

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/01/21/europes-muslim-no-go-zones-documented-on-video/

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[rushmc 23]

Dont like the other link
How about this one?

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/5128/france-no-go-zones

This is about the PC crowd freaking out and people bowing to their bull shit
Period

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The American cable television channel Fox News has also issued at least four apologies for referring to Muslim no-go zones in Europe, after one commentator erroneously claimed that the entire city of Birmingham, England, was Muslim. Had he simply said that "parts" of Birmingham are Muslim, he would have been correct.

Despite such politically correct denials, Muslim no-go zones are a well-known fact of life in many parts of Europe.

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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wmw999

They were fucking wrong. That's a blunder

Wendy P.

Must be a slow day for you to be using f bombs.

[turtlespeed 226]

wmw999

They were fucking wrong. That's a blunder

Wendy P.

They were just taking risks.

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[jakee 1,610]

rushmc

Actually they were not blunders
Exagerations from some but not blunders

Hey rush, did you know that the entire Republican Party is made up of racists and Nazis?

I'm not wrong, just exaggerating!

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All CNN and FOX are doing is bending over to the politcal correctness police
Very brave of them huh.....

If political correctness means reality... Yeah! Rush, you've already admitted that you don't have the first fucking clue about anything that is happening in Europe and that you have no way of finding out, so unless you actually come and visit Paris or Birmingham and see for yourself how much utter, unadulterated bullshit the Fox remarks were I would suggest you keep quiet.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[Niki1 2]

jakee

***Actually they were not blunders
Exagerations from some but not blunders

Hey rush, did you know that the entire Republican Party is made up of racists and Nazis?

I'm not wrong, just exaggerating!

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done.
Louis D Brandeis

Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

[rushmc 23]

jakee

***Actually they were not blunders
Exagerations from some but not blunders

Hey rush, did you know that the entire Republican Party is made up of racists and Nazis?

I'm not wrong, just exaggerating!you forgot women haters and homphobes but I am sure you will catch on

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All CNN and FOX are doing is bending over to the politcal correctness police
Very brave of them huh.....

If political correctness means reality... Yeah! Rush, you've already admitted that you don't have the first fucking clue about anything that is happening in Europe and that you have no way of finding out, so unless you actually come and visit Paris or Birmingham and see for yourself how much utter, unadulterated bullshit the Fox remarks were I would suggest you keep quiet.

of course I dont have a fucking clue
At least when trying to have a conversation with a flaming liberal
but that is normal

Oh

as for keeping quiet!

You know where you can put that suggestion

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[jakee 1,610]

But that's what you said! You said you didn't know anything and that thee was no way that you could find out because there are no reliable news sources.

Now I guess you meant there are no reliable news sources except Breitbart, which really speaks for itself, huh?

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[rushmc 23]

jakee

But that's what you said! You said you didn't know anything and that thee was no way that you could find out because there are no reliable news sources.

Now I guess you meant there are no reliable news sources except Breitbart, which really speaks for itself, huh?

I posted other that Breithbart
Which is about as honest as they get
Did FOX screw up?
Sure
The person said the whole town
Which was incorrect
But saying there are no such places is incorrect to according to many sites and organizations
So flame down my friend
All I did was put the topic in the proper perspective but that does not work for Fox bashers
You still need to get over yourself

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[Anvilbrother 0]

Before this was their expert steve emerson ever suspected of not being truthful, or had a history of not getting a situation right? If not I don't see how taking him at his word to be a fault for FOX. Once they found out they corrected and apologized.

If CNN had a financial guy that was a respectable straight shooter, but spoke past his knowledge and got something horribly wrong I would not blame the entirety of CNN's credibility on a correspondent. Especially if they came back and changed it.

He was their on staff terrorism expert, unless he was known as a nut in the past I wouldn't see anyone checking the story of your top guy all the time beforehand.

Postes r made from an iPad or iPhone. Spelling and gramhair mistakes guaranteed move along,

[jclalor 12]

rushmc

***But that's what you said! You said you didn't know anything and that thee was no way that you could find out because there are no reliable news sources.

Now I guess you meant there are no reliable news sources except Breitbart, which really speaks for itself, huh?

I posted other that Breithbart
Which is about as honest as they get
Did FOX screw up?
Sure
The person said the whole town
Which was incorrect
But saying there are no such places is incorrect to according to many sites and organizations
So flame down my friend
All I did was put the topic in the proper perspective but that does not work for Fox bashers
You still need to get over yourself

"Which is about as honest as it gets"?

You make that claim after you quote the fucking Gatestone institute? You really need to do some very minor due diligence before you post.

But it was good laugh none the less.

[rushmc 23]

jclalor

******But that's what you said! You said you didn't know anything and that thee was no way that you could find out because there are no reliable news sources.

Now I guess you meant there are no reliable news sources except Breitbart, which really speaks for itself, huh?

I posted other that Breithbart
Which is about as honest as they get
Did FOX screw up?
Sure
The person said the whole town
Which was incorrect
But saying there are no such places is incorrect to according to many sites and organizations
So flame down my friend
All I did was put the topic in the proper perspective but that does not work for Fox bashers
You still need to get over yourself

"Which is about as honest as it gets"?

You make that claim after you quote the fucking Gatestone institute? You really need to do some very minor due diligence before you post.

But it was good laugh none the less.

I am glad you found some humor
Very few liberals have any anymore

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[billvon 3,132]

>I posted other that Breithbart
>Which is about as honest as they get

Funny standard. A guy who admits to a goal of "depriving [the media] of information" is about as honest as they get. By your standard, Bill Clinton must be the most honest guy on the planet. After all, all he wanted to do was deprive some lawyers of information.

[jakee 1,610]

rushmc

Sure
The person said the whole town
Which was incorrect
But saying there are no such places is incorrect to according to many sites and organizations

The whole city. A city of 1M people within the boundary of Birmingham itself, well over 2M in the metropolitan area. All Muslims. It's so absurd it doesn't even make sense as intentional misinformation.

And as for your other sites, they all distort and twist the criteria. They say there are places 'the police won't go' and support it with a link that says there are places where some crimes aren't reported to the police. Totally different thing. The sites say there are places where sharia law has taken over and support it with a few random instances of Muslims shouting at non-Muslims. There's no pattern demonstrated. There's no attempt to show the continuous presence if these people. Just throw out a few instances of street crime and let the reader's paranoia do the rest. If it were true then every council estate in the UK would be 'controlled' by some criminal element, be it white, black or Muslim.

Your 'proper perspective' is just the desire to defend any conservative against any liberal, no matter what.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[jakee 1,610]

Anvilbrother

Before this was their expert steve emerson ever suspected of not being truthful, or had a history of not getting a situation right?

Yes.

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If not I don't see how taking him at his word to be a fault for FOX. Once they found out they corrected and apologized.

Well it's not 'if not'. So...?

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If CNN had a financial guy that was a respectable straight shooter, but spoke past his knowledge and got something horribly wrong I would not blame the entirety of CNN's credibility on a correspondent. Especially if they came back and changed it.

Even if he said something utterly crazy?

Fox don't employ Emerson because he's a straight shooter, they employ him because he's rabidly anti Islamic terror organisations (before it became fashionable, to his credit) and it fits their narrative perfectly. But when you give a platform to someone who sees ghosts in every shadow it is partly your responsibility when he starts talking about them.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[rushmc 23]

billvon

>I posted other that Breithbart
>Which is about as honest as they get

Funny standard. A guy who admits to a goal of "depriving [the media] of information" is about as honest as they get. By your standard, Bill Clinton must be the most honest guy on the planet. After all, all he wanted to do was deprive some lawyers of information.

Your assurtion must have came from this?

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"We deprived them of information," Breitbart explained, "so that they couldn't come up with a vile, kill-the-messenger attack with the media doing the groundwork for them."

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln