Fox News mislabels party affiliations AGAIN

[Judi Lynn]

Entirely predictable, unfortunately. More fine work from a Republican "news" agency:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/10/9/142958/336

[helderheid]

1. OH GOOD GOD.

[NNN0LHI]

2. Expect a lot more of that before election day

By next month people who watch Fox won't know who they are voting for.

Don

[ThomCat]

3. That is an interesting new tactic they are trying out.

And I'm sure they will succeed in fooling some people to some extent. But I hope the damage to their credibility is greater than any benefit the republicans gain from this.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

9. There's no way ...

these are ALL mistakes. I believe they've ALL been planned to confuse their reality challenged viewership.

[Pacifist Patriot]

19. Once is a mistake, twice is stupid, three or more times is a tactic.

This is just ridiculous as a propaganda tactic.

[ArbustoBuster]

40. Once is a mistake, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action.

Invade Fox now.

[bunny planet]

13. they had credibility?

[ThomCat]

15. Among some small, and hopefully shrinking

portion of the population. Yes, unfortunately, they do.

[libnnc]

4. Wow.

Lying assholes!

[mom cat]

5. Oh drat. Looks like the republicans will win the Senate in RI!

That Democrat Chaffee is going down!

[kwolf68]

6. LOL

They never fail to amaze. Are they actually working over there at FauxNews? I mean are they WORKING...to make the information accurate that they pump into millions of living rooms. How hard can it be to verify whether a dude is a "D" or an "R"?

I can't tell if FauxNews is mostly propagandists or just sloppy. Sure, they are propagandists, but some of this shit doesn't really matter much, it's just shoddy journalism.

[juajen]

14. Don't think so.

I can't remember them ever mislabeling before, and this is extensive. Also, t'was a very long time before a correction, in this electronic age.

[kwolf68]

23. Yea...and ya know

I can't remember any station doing this ONCE, let alone twice within a week. Sure, no doubt over the 50 year history of CBS or whatever channel you like they probably botched something, but Faux has taken incompetence and put it on the fast track.

They seem to combine blatant propaganda with haplessly absurd incompetence. Supposedly, in the marketplace companies that produce shoddy products vanish...if the market economy is worth its salt then we can only hope FauxNews goes the way of the DodoBird.

[David Zephyr]

7. I hope Jon Stewart or Conan pick this up.

Jeez.

[beyurslf]

8. You'd think their viewers would start to wonder why they are smarter

than their news station.... of course, most of their viewers aren't any smarter....

[Pacifist Patriot]

10. To me it is a sign of desperation. How pathetic!

[tenshi816]

11. Heh. Maybe it'll cause some

misinformed FOX viewers (is there any other kind of FOX viewer?) in that constituency to vote for Whitehouse by mistake, thinking he's the Republican.

[progressoid]

12. Oh Sweet Jesus. Those people are amazing.

[tsuki]

16. I wonder if Billionaire Saudi Prince al-Walid bin Talal has

bought himself another FOX Headline for his buddy George.

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=18497

[Marr]

17. Why would they do that here? I don't get it.

If the Democrat is in the lead, far ahead of the Republican candidate- and they label the Democrat a Republican...

I mean- wouldn't this only hurt Chafee? Fox's viewers are Republicans, after all.

[cboy4]

26. Here's why. So they can show they're little misinformation campaign, umm

I mean, mistakes, are not isolated to only Democrats!!

FAUX: See! We made a mistake with a Republican. So nobody can accuse of only misidentifying Democrats.

However, look the hell who they chose:

Lincoln Chafee.......a moderate who votes against the idiot in the White House most of the time. So of course they hate him.

They may be fooling some people, but not everyone.

[Old and In the Way]

18. Quite a news organization that got going there.

If they can't properly ID someone in Congress, why would I think they could get any facts correct? How stupid do you need to be to get your 'news' from Fox?

[skypilot]

20. Couldn't this backfire on them?

In this most recent example it seems to me that if the Repubs think that the Democrat is losing then they might get a bit complacent. There is already fear in the party that Repub voters might stay home on election day. Does a stunt like this help them? Am I missing something?

[calico1]

21. This is so stupid.

I'm sure they can fool the people of RI into thinking that Chafee is the Democrat and Whitehorse the Republican.

[longship]

22. Three times is not a mistake.

What the f*ck are they doing?
Somebody needs to call them on this...

Oh Keith!!!

[IChing]

25. This is four times

[longship]

30. I stand corrected.

It looks like Roger has his tech people lying for him.

[Bandit]

24. Republicans are just plain incompetent

Whether they are propagandist or politicians.

[Gregorian]

27. With a name like FOX, it's got to be...

Vicious and inaccurate.


My grandma, what big teeth you have.
What big lies you create.
What a long nose you have.

The Pinocchio of news.

[genie_weenie]

28. This is Awesome!

The IO/Psyops campaign continues...

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. And the Propaganda channel strikes again

[SiouxJ]

31. What's next? A "D" after Bush's name?

I wouldn't put it past them.

[kwolf68]

32. D for Dumbass

but otherwise, I think even they couldn't go that far...I think!!!! Aint gonna' bet my life on it.

[salinen]

33. Yep

until they get some "unpleasentness" from us, they'll keep this up. Faux is the RNC corporotist propaganda machine, not an inept news service.

[RobertSeattle]

34. Fox Motto: "If it Misleads - It Leads"

[The Backlash Cometh]

35. They're obviously desperate. And, since they believe it's their

First Amendment right to lie, who's going to stop them?

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

36. K&R

[BlooInBloo]

37. Headline on Fox Nov 8th: "Historic Republican Landslide Victory!"

That's some hardcore up-is-down-ism.

[Sensitivity]

38. I guess Chafee is more a Dem than Lieberman ever was.

[gully]

39. Can't the FCC get involved? Or can't we at least give them hell?

I say we slam fox news with emails and the FCC as well?

http://www.fcc.gov/contacts.html

FOX News Channel
1-888-369-4762
[e-mail]
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036

Better yet, call the corporate line 1-212-301-3000

Call FAUX and tell them you're reporting them to the FCC.

[Karenina]

41. You can surround their offices

AND STUDIOS with torches and pitchforks. THAT IS what's required.

[gully]

49. That's a good idea.

I wish I lived near their local offices, perhaps a picket is in order?

[lonestarnot]

44. Put the whole wad in a broom closet. Still laughing over Jebbie.

[Zensea]

42. Maybe they just need a decent proofreader

I work near their offices on 48th street and 6th Avenue.
The Fox news ticker that they have on the building constantly is full of typos.
Constantly.
And then they stay up for a day or two at a time without ever being fixed.

I'm inclined to think that this recent stuff is intentional though, but it's hard to say for sure.

[EstimatedProphet]

43. Awww! Fox must be ashamed that they are Republican whores!

It's about time too. Catch up with the rest of us already.

[proud patriot]

45. despicable rat bastards

[ecstatic]

46. I suspect the viewers who would fall for that

don't have any idea what D or R stand for anyway...

[Downtown Hound]

47. This is beyond stupid

I mean, if this is really all they have left, then they really must be desperate.

Fuck you Faux! You suck, have always sucked, and always will! And this is beyond pathetic, even for you.

[boolean]

KICK KICK KICK KICK KICK KICK KICK KICK

Un-fucking-believable.

This is beyond coincidence now.

[boolean]

48. KICK KICK KICK KICK KICK KICK KICK KICK

Un-fucking-believable.

This is beyond coincidence now.

[bpeale]

50. that's pretty bad

when even FOX doesn't want to claim their republican cohorts. that should tell you everything you want to know about them & what kind of "news" they deal in. they know people will be voting against republicans, so they are mislabeling on purpose to swing the election the other way. they should be fined by the FCC,

[greeneyedboy]

51. I smell desperation n/t

[BootinUp]

52. Someone at Fox must have gotten a promotion

for coming up with this idea.