Pushing "Solyndra Scandal," Fox Distorts George Kaiser Speech

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http://mediamatters.org/blog/201109200008

September 20, 2011 1:53 pm ET by Shauna Theel

After falsely insinuating that Obama campaign donor and oil tycoon George Kaiser personally stood to profit from investments in Solyndra, the now-bankrupt California solar company that received a federal loan guarantee, Fox is trying to gin up more controversy. Fox Nation is promoting a video clip from 2009, which it claims shows the "Solyndra Investor," Kaiser, "bragging about how he was trying to get as much of Obama's giant stimulus payout as possible."



While Fox suggests that the video shows Kaiser bragging about getting money for Solyndra, the video clearly shows Kaiser was discussing his foundation's efforts to help Oklahoma entities attract federal funding. Kaiser didn't say, as Fox's headline claimed, "We're trying to get as much stimulus money as we possibly can." He said we're trying to get "as much of it for Tulsa and Oklahoma as we possibly can."