It's been demonstrated before that Fox News does not keep its crap in the commentary. In fact, Jon Stewart did a hilarious segment that showed how easily Fox News' commentary finds it way into the regular news reporting.
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Originally posted by History049 View PostI'd tend to agree if it was an anchor (i.e. Megyn Kelly or Greta) who said it, but some pundit can't be seen as representative of the network. Same would go for MSNBC or CNN.“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
"Capitalism ho!"
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Originally posted by -Jrabbit View PostThe commentator/pundit in question, Steven Emerson, has a long history of Islamophobic claims. Basically, Emerson was a fairly legit investigator and reporter in the 1980s, but transitioned into the world of anti-terrorist fearmongering after his "Jihad in America" quasi-documentary around 1993-94. He famously blamed the Oklahoma City bombings (by Christian Timothy McVeigh) on Muslims back in 1993. More recently, he claimed the Boston Marathon bombing was done by a Saudi national, then after the Tsarnaevs were identified, claimed the Saudi connection was being covered up. He has repeated claimed a connection between both the Obama administration and the US academic left, and radical Islamists. The list of unsupported claims Emerson has spouted over the past 20 years is literally too long to detail here.
Basically, he's a guy who realized he could create a whole career by beating an anti-Islam drum, converting from journalist to pundit. Worse than inaccurate, his history is one of deliberate information and anti-Islam fear-mongering. The fact that Fox News continues to book Emerson as an "terrorism expert" is pretty damning.
Here's a fairly even-handed look at his his history: http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Emerson_Steven.
His Wikipedia article is actually more damning."Aha, you must have supported the Iraq war and wear underpants made out of firearms, just like every other American!" Loinburger
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Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostAt least Fox News keeps the crap in its commentary, whereas you have Wolf Blitzer running around during every crisis absolutely making **** up. Cable news sucks, but let's stay focused here--you're complaining about one of their opinion commentators, not their reporting."Aha, you must have supported the Iraq war and wear underpants made out of firearms, just like every other American!" Loinburger
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Foxnews: We distort. You deny.Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
Look, I just don't anymore, okay?
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More Faux News FACTS!!!
French show eviscerates ‘credibility of Fox News clowns’ for comparing Paris to Iraq
This one is worse than the Birmingham crap..."Aha, you must have supported the Iraq war and wear underpants made out of firearms, just like every other American!" Loinburger
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Originally posted by History049 View PostSo you're the last person left from 1998 here?Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
Look, I just don't anymore, okay?
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Originally posted by Dauphin View PostI've walked down Magenta innumerable times. Never knew it was a no-go area!Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
Look, I just don't anymore, okay?
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