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marc2oni asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Why does Fox News Lie and call it an 'error'?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts988

what is that? the 3rd time fox has used misleading footage?

i bet they were all on, 'accident.' haha.

Update:

look at all of you. i so much as touch your precious 'fox news' and the uproar begins. maybe you guys should spend a little less time absorbing the gops channel. and a little more time watching all news channels so you can come up with an informed and intelligent opinion yourself.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Fox sued to be able to lie. They won.

    The truth is now negligible on all newscasts.

    You have been warned.

  • WallyZ
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    They have been doing that for years. It is just that they are getting caught. Haven't you noticed that everything a democrat says or does is wrong, bad or even illegal while the republicants can do no wrong?

    As far as calling it an error, if a suit entails, they would have to pay significantly more in damages if it is proven to be intentional and it might even be considered criminal, slanderous at the least. z

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    What - are you suprised? FOX FAKE "News" has lied for the past 20+ years. They're one of the reasons we're fighting stupid, needless wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. "Conservative" lies are used to feed money to the people who build the weapons - so these people beat the drum of war - all for nothing.

    the people who own FOX FAKE "News" need to spend some time in Federal Prison - Murdock needs to be deported - and FOX needs to be seized and sold at auction. Why should OUR AIRWAVES be used to pump out "conservative" lies, hate and racism???

    Do we really have to put up with this?

  • Bert
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Why is this so important to Yahoo users that I've seen this question about 20 times in the past 5 minutes? Has this ordeal effected our nation greatly or something?

    Does anyone care what our govornment is doing?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If people really are showing up in large numbers for her book signings, then it isn't a lie. But the use of footage that has nothing to do with the report is IMO unethical. But not a lie

  • 1 decade ago

    "Truth is the first causality in war." - Hiram Johnson, isolationist Republican Governor and US Senator from California

  • TAT
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    The same reason MSNBC lies and calls it a fact. The same reason Obama's administration doles out money to districts that don't exist and down play it by calling it a clerical error. The same reason Obama's lie count is not over 120 and the media does not hold him accountable.

  • 1 decade ago

    If they admit that they lied, it detracts from their "fair and balanced" BS mantra.

  • 1 decade ago

    The same reason Puerto Rico has 99 districts now!!

    Source(s): Whoops-a-b0ner!
  • 1 decade ago

    Are you saying Fox is perfect? If they can't have errors they must be perfect. All stations have errors. None are perfect.

    I will send Fox an e-mail with you avatar name telling them you believe them to be perfect.

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