Conservative cable television commentators are dropping like flies. Earlier this week, Tucker Carlson’s show, Tucker, was dropped from the MSNBC lineup. FOX News Channel canceled John Gibson’s program, The Big Show.
(Hat tip: Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report)
FOX News reported in a teaser that Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) made a five year old girl cry. However, when they actually reported the story, it turns out that was not the case at all. In fact, Senator Obama helped the girl stop crying by answering her questions.
On the November 2 edition of Fox News’ America’s Newsroom, co-host Megyn Kelly teased an upcoming story by saying: “Well, in other news, Barack Obama makes a little girl cry. What? That story … in five minutes.” Kelly added, “He’s made me cry many times.” However, as the Associated Press reported on November 2, Obama, at a campaign event in North Carolina the previous day, spoke with the young girl because she had “shed a few tears.” According to the AP: “That’s how Hadassah Jones, of Durham, got Barack Obama to answer questions Thursday after the campaign initially denied such requests from reporters.” When co-host Bill Hemmer later reported on the story and correctly noted that Obama took “questions from a five-year-old girl after she shed a few tears and got his attention,” Kelly said: “So he didn’t make her cry. She was crying, and then he — and then she stopped crying.” Hemmer replied, “I didn’t say he made her cry.” Kelly then stated, “We said in the tease — I was waiting to see how he made her cry.” Hemmer responded: “That’s why they call it a tease.” [emphasis added]
Shorter Bill Hemmer: News organizations can, and should, lie about stories in teasers.
(Hat tip: Logan Murphy, Crooks & Liars)
Brave News Films produced a new video that shows just how FOX News is beating the drums for war with Iran just as they did with Iraq four years ago. Watch the video below.