Fox News accused of repackaging old news yet again

[ck4829]

For the second time in just over a week, Fox News is coming under fire for misusing old news footage. The latest flap is leading some people to charge that the cable news network is intentionally misleading its audience, while Fox claims a "production error."

Wednesday's incident occurred when Fox News host Gregg Jarrett mentioned that a Sarah Palin appearance and book signing in Grand Rapids, Michigan had a massive turnout. As footage rolled of a smiling and waving Palin amidst a throng of fans, Jarrett noted that the former Republican vice-presidential candidate is "continuing to draw huge crowds while she's promoting her brand-new book,'' adding that the images being shown were "some of the pictures just coming in to us.... The lines earlier had formed this morning."

The current mishap comes on the heels of a controversy sparked last week when footage from a conservative rally held over the summer was played on "Hannity" during a segment on a more recent rally. During the clip, host Sean Hannity marveled over the large turnout for a Washington, DC protest. The Daily Show later pointed out that there seemed to be some inconsistencies with the video shown on Hannity's show, namely that the atmospheric conditions seemed to vary from shot to shot

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

[marmar]

1. FAUX, the rest of America isn't as dumb as your core audience.

nt

[JuniperLea]

2. +1

[guitar man]

3. Production error my ass!

I've worked in TV for 10 years and I can tell you beyond any shadow of a doubt that was no "error", they knew exactly what they were doing when they did it, the only "error" involved was getting caught at it....puh-leeze! :eyes: