E&P: AP issues correction on labeling Foley a Dem; O'Reilly doesn't

[DeepModem Mom]

Editor&Publisher: O'Reilly Show, AP Fix Mislabeling of Disgraced GOP Pol in Different Ways
By E&P Staff
Published: October 06, 2006

NEW YORK -- Did the "The O'Reilly Factor" air a correction after mislabeling Republican Mark Foley a Democrat under a photo of the disgraced ex-Congressman?

"Once it came to our attention, we removed the incorrect chyron immediately," said David Tabacoff, executive producer of the Fox News Channel show hosted by Bill O'Reilly, who also does a newspaper column distributed by Creators Syndicate. "We didn't run a correction per se."

Foley was mislabeled on O'Reilly's Tuesday show. When the program was rebroadcast, the Democrat label was scrubbed but not replaced with a Republican one.

Soon after the Tuesday show aired, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting asked: "ssuming it was an honest mistake ... how come when the show was re-aired, the lower third was removed entirely -- rather than replaced by one with the correct information? If it was important to identify Foley by party when he was thought to be a Democrat, why isn't it just as important to correctly identify him as a Republican?"

Tabacoff told E&P late Thursday that "everyone knows" Foley -- who resigned his House seat after revelations that he sent sexually charged messages to teen Congressional pages -- is a Republican....An Associated Press story Wednesday also erroneously called Foley a Democrat. AP issued a correction about three hours later, according to BradBlog.com.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003221594

[BootinUp]

1. "everyone knows"

Not if they can help it. F@ck!

[SpiralHawk]

3. "everybody knows" Bush went AWOL from the Texas Air National Guard

so he could go sniff cocaine.

and everybody knows Bush was AWOL on 9/11, ignoring the attack on the USA to read "My Pet Goat"

And everybody knows the corrupt republicon cronies are sexual deviants.

Common knowledge.

[zoeb]

2. OMG, Faux, fair and balanced doesn't play fair? n/t

[LeftHander]

4. When was the last time A (D) under scandal was labeled a (R)

Never.

Fucking lying bastards.

[seabeyond]

5. "everyone knows" Foley ... is a Republican. except

it seems,.... fox employees

[KansDem]

6. This "mistake" was sophomoric at best...

The Associate Press should have know better. For something like this to get through its "editors" (you know, the ones who rile at the thought of "unprofessional bloggers" publishing the news) is inexcusable. This was propaganda, pure and simple.

And the "when it came to our attention" excuse should read, "When we were caught lying..."

Notice there was no apology or redefining Foley as "Republican..."

I expected this kind of abuse of the public trust from FAUX, but not the AP.