Why Can't Something Be Done About Fox Dam It

[Jon8503]

FOX Chief Political Correspondent Who Interviewed Bush in 2000 and Bragged that His Wife was Volunteering for George, Now -- in 2004 -- Made Up RNC Message Point Quotes That John Kerry Never Said
October 2, 2004

A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS

The indefatigable journalist and blogger, Josh Marshall, revealed in a series of postings that FOX News had recently posted an article on its Internet site that contained false quotes attributed to John Kerry .

Now, these weren’t just any made-up quotes; they were fabricated remarks that were completely consistent with RNC message points that try to portray Kerry as effeminate and indecisive (that’s their gender bias, not ours). And they were written, as FOX has admitted to Marshall, by none other than the Chief FOX Political Reporter, Carl Cameron.

Marshall, in astonishment, notes that Britt Hume, Fox's Washington managing editor, told the Pro-Bush Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz: "Our day-in, day-out coverage by Carl Cameron has been extremely fair to Kerry, and the Kerry campaign has recognized this," he says. You see, Cameron is not just the Chief FOX Political Reporter, he is the FOX/GOP hatchet man assigned to slice and dice John Kerry on the campaign trail.

Cameron made up the following quotations that he put in Kerry’s mouth as being uttered at a Tampa rally:

"Women should like me! I do manicures."
"Didn't my nails and cuticles look great? What a good debate!"
"I'm metrosexual — a cowboy."

And FOX published them in a story on their Internet site! They are so cheap, sleazy, and phony that a freshman cub reporter in high school would get fired for coming up with such nonsense.

But for such an amateurish fraud, FOX News’s Carl Cameron just gets a big heap of praise from Bush Dynasty Court Reporter and Loyalist, Britt Hume. FOX now claims it was all just some sort of mix-up that Cameron now "regrets." (As he snickers, snickers, and yowls!)

http://www.buzzflash.com/buzzscripts/buzz.dll/content

[Mizmoon]

1. I've sent emails and will contact all advertisers

we need to make a list of advertisers with contact info. The only thing that REALLY matters to them is money. Politics to them is simply a means to get more money. So let's him them where it really hurts.

[Jon8503]

3. Right, it seems like this would be every bit as bad as CBS or

thing else. They are supposed to be a news organizations which we know they are not (Only State TV) and should have to follow the guidelines as everyone else does. They should not be allowed to out and out lie. If it is known they did this and Hume knew it was not true they should have to answer for it.

[polmaven]

13. I think it is worse!

Granted, this didn't make it on the air, but it was on the web site.

CBS did not fabricate those documents themselves, and the story behind them has not been disputed. Carl Cameron did fabricate the story himself. It is not plausible that FOX didn't know how false it was.

They should be taken to task for it by the other networks, but so far, not even the comedians are on it. Has Drudge or Newsmax mentioned it?

If ANYONE on the left had come close to this kind of thing, we could cancel the election and save the cost, 'cause it would be a waste of time and money. Look how much coverage the purple heart band-aids got.

[WiseMen]

2. Blast all the main outlets about it. Lets pretend to be "SHOCKED, SHOCKED"

[newsguyatl]

12. i don't think there's any "pretending" to it.

this is outrageous.

[madrchsod]

4. don`t watch.

but more to the point.how many people watch fox "news"? what is far more damaging is the right wing shills on the radio. every person in this country can turn on the radio and listen to a right wing talker spew hatred of everything that is "liberal" in their eyes. this is where the real damage to this country is being done. try it-turn on the am dial where you are at and there will be a talker spewing hate...

[Mizmoon]

5. My AM dial is always tuned to Air America

Okay, once in a while I switch to 1010 News to hear the local traffic report.

[Jon8503]

6. You are right, I can't find a good radio talk show here other than NPR

and I don't watch Fox News other than channel surfing so really they are just an idiot box for their Fox Cult anyway so the people that heard it only live by lies anyway.

[KharmaTrain]

7. It's Time To Out The Cameron & Kurtzes

Howie the Whore iritates me no end these days. First, he never discloses his own conflicts, and there are many...and then attempts to play judge and jury on the rest of the media. He'll dismiss things without investigating or amplify a Rovian spin (such as the slime boaters) in his "Story behind the story" crap. At one time they had Bernard Kalb to throttle this goon, when he "retired", Kurtz lost any concept of being even the slightest bit objective and got caught up in being a "TV star"...attempting to outshout the other "TV stars" in the beltway. The truth takes a back seat to ego and greed.

Since I avoid Faux, I rarely see Cameron, other than to know he's a weaseldick and his wife works (or worked for) the RNC. Honestly, no biggie as at least we know the stripes this skunk wears and one woul think the Kerry campaign handles him and Candy-bar Crowley at arm's length.

We have to be careful as to playing into the Rove echo chamber. While Josh was right in bringing out these latest Faux games, best we just make the point and move on...add it to a list that hopefully will be addressed at a future point and not talk up these goons and their stories that can get in the way of getting the message out of the incompetence and evils of this regime.

[undercover_brother]

8. wasting your time

Fox News Channel has a select demographic. They cater to Republicans. The slander that was posted by Cameron was the kind of red meat many Republicans love to digest. The fact that it was all fabricated does not matter to Fox News Channel's viewership base.

Fox has survived this long because their viewers are flocking to hear "news" which reinforces their beliefs. Fox viewers are not interested in hearing fair and balanced. They want reinforcement.

Fox News is comfort food for Republicans.

Fox will never be brought into line with professional journalistic standards unless the other media outlets start to play hardball and call Fox on their lack of integrity, or if Congress passes laws mandating integrity which is nearly impossible due to the First Amendment protections allowed to all those who promote the Republican agenda.

Fox News Channel and Drudge and others of their kind are highly successful because Republicans need reinforcement in order to feel comfortable in many of their beliefs. Take the debate for example. Kerry clearly won and the Republicans got very very nervous. Thanks to the comforting voices of Fox News and Drudge and the like the Republicans are now convinced their man did well and even held his own. Comfort food. Same goes for the Patriot Acts provisions which strip civil liberties. Same goes for the removal of Habeus Corpus from Cuba detainees. These issues are very unsettling for most Americans including Republicans, but the Republican agenda promoting Fox News channel and the like spin issues to comfort the citizens.

Fox News is comfort food for Republicans.

[sendero]

9. Absolutely...

....I agree and have been tooting that horn forever.

I'd quibble only slightly with your analysis. It's not just Rebublican comfort food, it is uninformed-American comfort food.

In FOX-World, the US can do no wrong. The war is going great. The economy is about to bust out of its seams.

In FOX-World, Bush* won the debate because he is "resolute". In FOX-World, we don't need no wonky intellectuals like Kerry around.

Lots of Americans cannot deal with the fact that there are two sides to every story. The want a simple story, "America (and our President) is right and everyone else is wrong". America and Americans will eventually pay a very heavy price for this media-drug induced stupor.

But for right now the pain of reality is not high enough to force the issue. That will change soon.

[undercover_brother]

10. you read my mind

I am very concerned about how many more American soldiers are going to end up dying over the next 10 years if Bush gets reelected. Many Americans are feeling that our country is invincible. They have this "Bring it On" "With us or Against Us" mentality. Kerry uses phrases like "pass a global test" and they pound their chests and say they don't need the approval of the French or Germans or Spanish or Russians or now Polish in order to do whatever they see fit. This selfish, short sighted mentality gives them immediate satisfaction but is so dangerous for our future. Deficit spending, go it alone international policy, curbing scientific research to appease the religious right, etc are policies geared towards next month's election instead of geared towards the next few decades' security.

[sendero]

11. Exactly...

.... and welcome to DU. :toast: