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Post by weltschmerz on Jan 18, 2015 13:01:44 GMT -5
US TV channel Fox News has made an on-air apology after a terrorism pundit described Birmingham as a no-go area for non-Muslims.
Steven Emerson, billed as an expert on terrorism-related issues, was described by the prime minister, David Cameron, as “a complete idiot” and was widely mocked by Twitter users after informing viewers the city was “totally Muslim” and was not visited by people of other faiths.
Emerson issued a string of apologies to British media outlets over his “terrible, inexcusable error” during a broadcast last weekend and has also donated £500 to the city’s children’s hospital.
www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/11/fox-news-steven-emerson-birmingham-muslims
To add insult to injury, Emerson said that watching himself on TV is "just like waterboarding".
Yeah, that's exactly what waterboarding must be like.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jan 18, 2015 13:28:22 GMT -5
So much for Fox's fact checking.
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Post by b2r on Jan 18, 2015 16:04:57 GMT -5
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Post by Jaguar on Jan 18, 2015 16:11:05 GMT -5
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Jan 18, 2015 16:32:40 GMT -5
So much for Fox's fact checking.  |
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jan 18, 2015 16:42:42 GMT -5
Again Fox "noise" proves it isn't a news source. Just an entertainment network.
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Post by EVT1 on Jan 18, 2015 17:02:19 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2015 22:34:40 GMT -5
Isn't "Fox News" (already an oxymoron, in and of itself) + "Expert" an oxymoron?
Interesting thought: What do you call it when you make an oxymoron using at least one term that's also an oxymoron?
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Post by tallguy on Jan 18, 2015 23:29:59 GMT -5
Oxymormoronic?
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Post by mmhmm on Jan 18, 2015 23:33:36 GMT -5
There's a lot of that going around. It appears Tamiflu is useless against it. |
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Post by deziloooooo on Jan 19, 2015 0:54:55 GMT -5
I never have watched Fox unless accidently found myself on their site..While I usually go to CNN, even they recently, actually more then just recently, seem to gone to producing news rather then just reporting it and seem to also like to promote incidents over blown just so they can have something to talk about...I find the Public broadcasting news is the best...Charlie Rose superb for guests and discussions, even Fareed Zakaria has got on my nerves lately..
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