What do we have on Fox's "Not Convicted of Lying to FBI" Banner on Libby?

[David Zephyr]

Is there actual videotape? Is there a photo of the screen itself?

I have mentioned this to people and they all want to see it themselves.

Help me.

[Benhurst]

1. As requested ...

[snowbear]

2. And here's another one....

....

[razors edge]

3. I like this one better.

[agtcovert]

4. Hahaha

:rofl:

[Critters2]

5. ROFLMAO!! nt

[Kelly Rupert]

6. What's the problem? It's true. He was found innocent of that.

There were five charges. He was found guilty of making false statements, two of perjury, and one of obstruction of justice. He was found innocent of having made false statements to the FBI. The Fox News headlines seen there were immediately followed and preceded by what he was found guilty of.

Seriously, I hate Fox News, but this is stupid. We shouldn't be mocking them for getting a story right.

[EstimatedProphet]

7. You're kidding, right?

[Kelly Rupert]

9. No, I am not. He was found not guilty of lying to the FBI.

He was found guilty of the other four charges.

[EstimatedProphet]

10. Exactly

So out of FIVE charges, Fox reports him innocent of ONE, instead of guilty of FOUR.

The news was that he was guilty. Fox tried to make it sound like he was acquitted.

[Kelly Rupert]

11. Did you actually watch the broadcast?

Because I did. I switch between the three cable channels when I watch the news. They also said he was guilty of the other four. They reported that he was guilty of the four. Think about it: how could they not? They did the same wall-to-wall coverage that the other stations did. And they spent as much time on his guilt as the others did.

There's plenty to attack Fox on. We don't need to engage in hard spin to make them look bad. That's their game.

[David Zephyr]

14. They never ran a banner saying he was found guilty of lying to the FBI.

We watched all morning to watch Fox suffer as they reported the news.

To run a banner that says he was found "not guilty of lying to the FBI" and not to run a banner that says that he was also "found guilty of lying to the FBI" is typical of Fox.

[Kelly Rupert]

15. They did say he was found guilty of the other four charges.

Since two of them were "lying to the FBI," it would have just been confusing for people who didn't follow the case closely (that is, Fox's entire audience) to see "Libby found guilty of lying to FBI" followed by "Libby found not guilty of lying to FBI." Really, it's a minor thing. They made it clear that he had been convicted of four felonies. They did not spend excessive time on his acquittal on one charge. They aren't really at fault here.

Ah well. It doesn't really matter, I suppose. I better stop defending Fox before I start looking like a freeper.

[David Zephyr]

17. Yes, they "said" it, but their banner (subject of this post) said otherwise.

Where was a banner stating the fact that Libby was convicted of lying to the FBI? There wasn't one.

The fact that they "reported" it, but ran a banner that is clearly misleading and ran it all day long is the subject of this thread.

[EstimatedProphet]

16. I didn't. I refuse to watch Fox Noise

But, that's not the issue. The point is, by its own nature it is disingenuous to list the facts in the manner in which they did. It is a classic case of misinformation. People who listen to their entire broadcast may get a complete picture of what happened, but there are a lot of people that only pay partial attention, and they get skewed. Fox Noise knows there's a substantial portion of their potential audience who are not giving full attention - maybe they're flipping through the channels, or going through bills, or something else which takes away their attention - and screens like the one we're talking about are for them. So, I do believe that this is a case of Fox trying to mislead, and then claim innocence.

[Mugsy]

8. Funny because he WAS!

There were TWO counts of "Lying to the prosecution" and Libby was convicted of one of them, so the fact is, while he wasn't convicted of BOTH charges of "lying to the FBI", he was convicted of lying to Federal Investigators. Not much difference if you ask me.

[Lint Head]

12. I Contacted Faux News Directly

I went to the Faux news website and in the lower left hand corner I keyed in the news tip.

"Urgent News: Scooter Libby convicted of four felonies including lying to the FBI!"

After clicking submit I received a pop up that said they would get right on it and my anonymity would be protected.

Everyone at DU should do the same. Apparently Faux didn't get the news.

[Kelly Rupert]

13. Yes, he was.

And he was also found innocent of lying to the FBI on a different occasion. Seriously, this just makes us look stupid.