The other day, John Stewart aired a clip from Fox News' coverage of the "Superbowl of Freedom" Anti-healthcare rally. Ok two things, one - look at the title to that. Anti-healthcare? They hate healthcare? I know, I know...they hate a government option healthcare but couldn't they have specified? Anyways, to point two: This is what was aired on the Daily Show:
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200911100063
Interesting. So Fox News fabricated something, aired it on national television, and then commented on it. How many times have they done this? Seriously, I don't understand how they continuously shoot themselves in the foot and continuously refer to themselves using things like "No-spin zone," and "We report, you decide." Even more shocking...they actually apologized this time for the "error" - take a look at Fox's response:
Wow. That would have been impressive. If it wasn't so condescending and patronizing. An "Inadvertant" mistake? What a bunch of bullshit. How can you air footage like that from 2 months ago on a national network with a staff of editors, producers, and "reporters." It has to work it's way through at least a few people before getting to viewers, right? One would also think that their video archives are labeled with dates? Maybe have some folders on a computer that organize these videos? There's no way you're a major news organization working with hundreds or thousands of video files without a organizational system. With that in mind, how can someone accidentally get a video from a professional organizational video filing system, have it approved by producers, editors, and journalists (all "professionals" mind you), make it onto a national screen, then have active commentary on the faulty footage. That's a lot to have happen "inadvertantly."
More realistic? Someone was like "oh this clip is of the same place...different day but it looks like a lot of people so let's air it...no one will notice! And bonus - there's more people on this one!" Too bad they're even bad at falsification...and John Stewart (or his writers/producers) picked up on that. Fox News rarely holds iteself accountable for these falsifications and what's scary is that people frequently formulate opinions, make judgements, and take action based on what they see aired. They need to stop being irresponsible bags of suck and start acutally reporting news. That won't happen however until individuals start holding Fox accountable and stop swallowing the spoonfed crap they dish out.
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