If it’s on Faux Noise, we can depend on Foul and Biased coverage. In this case, Sean Hannity used video from the 9-12 rally in coverage of the recent GOP “news conference” to make it appear the Bachmann’s debacle attended by more than just a few wing-nuts.
Fox Opinion News, as America's Tea Party news room, seemed to be on board with the teabagger mythology that hundreds of thousands of proud pitchforkers attended the 9-12 march in September. And it also seems that they have no problem with the latest iteration of the mythology which claims that Saturday's astro turfed insane clown posse gathering on the steps of the Capitol brought in 20,000 to 40,000 teabaggers when the actual number seems to be smaller. So it was no suprise that Fox fave and conspiratorialist Congresswomen Michele Bachmann promoted the propaganda while being interviewed on Fox Opinion News. Problem was that the film footage, which purportedly showed vast hordes of pissed off populists, was taken at the September rally which drew far greater numbers than Saturday's party…
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You can see video of Jon Stewart calling them on it here.
How can they call themselves a news channel when the intentionally falsify the news?
4 comments:
Hannity has since gave a no-hearted 'my bad,' which begs the question, is he the next target of the purification brigade? Hell, they turned on Newt, and he was once the poster boy for these lunatics.
What choice did he have, Randal? There was no way to weasel out of that one.
Hannity would be fired if it were a news netork.
So would most of their crew.
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