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blkmusclmachine

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13. We deceive you

Reply to Octafish (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 11:04 PM

Dec 2014

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WBFF (FOX 45) apologizes for misleading edit on videotape of protest chant [View all] hexola Dec 2014 OP

WTF(x1000), this is the second time in two nights.....and CNN and others ran with it and have yet to Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #1

The real problem that prevents action here is really the fact Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #11

Manufacturng consent malaise Dec 2014 #21

Nothing like a corrupted media to kill democracy. Octafish Dec 2014 #2

We deceive you blkmusclmachine Dec 2014 #13

Corporate Owned News = CON Octafish Dec 2014 #27

A quote from the station managers "apology" 90-percent Dec 2014 #3

Who can understand what "those" people say anyway? dawg Dec 2014 #5

I heard Wolf Blitzer run with this unverified Fox lie and confront folks with the lies...two Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #6

Thought maybe they'd say rpannier Dec 2014 #14

yeah I bet they're sorry. rbrnmw Dec 2014 #4

Sorry? angry citizen Dec 2014 #12

"misleading" ta fuck? What's next "We made a boo boo"? They fucking intentionally lied! L0oniX Dec 2014 #7

^^^^^^^THIS -- "misleading" deserves a prize for deliberate understatement. nt eppur_se_muova Dec 2014 #9

Fuck apologies. Apologies are for children. Adults make amends. Iggo Dec 2014 #8

If it weren't for the web they'd have gotten away with this..... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #10

Apology? Heads should roll. Someone in that newsroom should be shown the door. wolfie001 Dec 2014 #15

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. spanone Dec 2014 #16

exception to freedom of speech Nonfatmocha Dec 2014 #17

Exactly. And when does calling yourself a 'news' organization become fraudulent? Chemisse Dec 2014 #22

Needs to be oversight on comment splicing daredtowork Dec 2014 #18

Is there any way this can be an honest mistake? Helen Borg Dec 2014 #19

Those responsible for these "edits" to change the chant of protesters need to be fired, at the very drynberg Dec 2014 #20

There is a petition posted mwyn8 Dec 2014 #23

^^^^^^^^This is truly unbelievable. How can anyone let this go? I have reviewed all the tapes, the full Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #24

+1 lunasun Dec 2014 #25

the only thing management is sorry about is getting caught. niyad Dec 2014 #26

Right, how much air time did the lie get.... daleanime Dec 2014 #28

BREAKING! Baltimore News Crew Fired after "Let's Kill a Cop" Story RockaFowler Dec 2014 #29

You must read DCRTV, because mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2014 #31

I just saw this on NBC last night. WTF?? Chemisse Dec 2014 #30

reminder of the truth of media duplicity samsingh Dec 2014 #32

Wonder how many people across the nation were actually physically harmed after this lie? nt kelliekat44 Dec 2014 #33

If I was a journalist or had the drive 90-percent Jan 2015 #34

So let me see if I understand this, a affiliate network with Fox lied and apologized? cstanleytech Jan 2015 #35

FOX 45 fires 2 sacrificial lambs to save news director Mike Tomko JMR Jan 2015 #36

Welcome to DU and thank you for the enlightening info. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #37