Fox News displays old campaign footage to claim Palin is getting ‘huge crowds’ at her book signings.

[cal04]

This afternoon, Fox News host Gregg Jarrett proudly announced that Sarah Palin is “continuing to draw huge crowds while she’s promoting her brand new book. Take a look at — these are some of the pictures just coming into us.” But the pictures that the network chose to display on-air appeared to be old file footage of Palin rallies from the 2008 presidential campaign. Individuals in the crowd are seen holding McCain/Palin signs, and others are holding pom-poms and cheering wildly. “There’s a crowd of folks,” an enthused Jarrett observed, referring to the old footage. Watch it:

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/18/fox-crowd-shot-palin/


The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart recently caught Fox News’ Sean Hannity displaying crowd shots from a rally earlier this year to claim that a recent GOP health care protest drew a larger audience than it actually did. Hannity later acknowledged that he “screwed up.”

[tazkcmo]

1. Cool! Stewart can create a "continuing series" now!

Can't wait till 10!

[lob1]

2. Did you notice the telepompter in the last shot?

And the teleprompter says, "Sign your name on a book".

Edited to add K & R.

[MiniMe]

7. I did, made me laugh

edited to add:

Boy, they sure are slow getting the video if it just came into their newsroom.

[eleny]

3. kr

:rofl:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

4. Soon they'll be superimposing her image onto Charleton Heston's

parting the Red Sea ... and calling it breaking news.

[BlueJazz]

5. Damn...for once Fox is telling the truth.

[Bobbie Jo]

8. rofl

:rofl:

[Botany]

6. i wonder if they will go w/ "it was unintentional" or try to pretend it .....

.... didn't happen.