Three Fox News employees sought to downplay criticism of Romney's statement by falsely claiming

[Laura PourMeADrink]

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/09/12/fox-scrambles-timeline-to-excuse-romneys-embass/189849

Three Fox News employees sought to downplay criticism of Romney's statement by falsely claiming it was issued before anyone knew than an American had been killed during a single segment on Fox News' Happening Now this morning.

Contributor Mary Katherine Ham said Romney has "a fine line to walk" and called the Egyptian embassy's statement "pretty appalling." She then said of Romney: "He responded to that before we had heard anything about anybody being killed in Benghazi. And I believe that is the timeline." Anchor Jon Scott later read a portion of the statement issued by the U.S. embassy in Cairo and said, "That is what Governor Romney then criticized saying, look, our embassies are under attack. It later turns out four of our people were killed. And the United States is apologizing." And Juan Williams, asked if Romney's statement was "inappropriate," commented that "the death took place later."

In fact, the Romney statement issued last night specifically referenced "the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi":

"I'm outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi. It's disgraceful that the Obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks."

[OneGrassRoot]

1. K&R n/t

[Vincardog]

2. Lies are all they have. If they had to run on their discredited "ideas and ideals" they would only

be run out of town.

[pepperbear]

3. at best it might have been issued before he knew the consulate worker was, in fact, our envoy.

Again with the LIES.

[Panasonic]

4. The U.S. Supreme Court needs to revisit the "lying on the airwaves" issue that Fox won

so it can reverse itself and order Fox shut down, and Rupert Murdoch persona non grata in the United States, revoking the citizenship of the Aussie, deported back to Australia, where he will face prison time.

[Bandit]

8. I did not know Fox News was EVER broadcast over the air waves.

It is on cable and therefor subject to entirely different rules..

[RandiFan1290]

11. They broadcast "news" over the radio

Clear Channel uses Fox "news" to inform radio listeners of their latest spin.

[barbtries]

5. they probably meant

an american who mattered.

[jberryhill]

6. There were four deaths

One death of a "consulate worker" was initially reported.

A later report indicated that the Ambassador was among the victims.

It's a minor hair split, though.

[StrictlyRockers]

7. Real lies.

From Faux News. That station is pure propaganda now.

[lpbk2713]

9. There must be a weekly prize awarded by Ailes.

To whoever gets away with the most audacious and preposterous line of bullshit.

The competition is always heavy.

[Supersedeas]

10. Juan Williams?? NPR should be proud...