On Fox, Hannity, North, and Hasselbeck claimed Pelosi may go to Iran, despite her denial

[babylonsister]

This is pathetic...

http://mediamatters.org/items/200704130015?src=other

On Fox, Hannity, North, and Hasselbeck claimed Pelosi may go to Iran, despite her denial

On the April 12 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, co-host Sean Hannity, Fox News military analyst Oliver North, and ABC's The View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck all repeated the false claim that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) would consider a diplomatic trip to Iran, even though the Associated Press had reported her spokesman's statement the previous day that Pelosi has "no intention of going to Iran." The claims continued despite co-host Alan Colmes' noting that Pelosi "never said she was going to Iran." Later, Colmes noted, "er spokesperson says she has no intention of going to Iran."

During an April 10 press conference, shortly after returning from a trip to Syria, Pelosi and House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Tom Lantos (D-CA) were asked by reporters if they were interested in extending their diplomacy to Iran. Lantos replied, "Speaking just for myself, I would be ready to get on a plane tomorrow morning." He added: "Speaking for myself, I'm ready to go -- and knowing the speaker, I think that she might be." Although Pelosi did not respond to the question or to Lantos' statement, the San Francisco Chronicle published an article headlined, "Pelosi, Lantos may be interested in diplomatic trip to Iran." Conservative Internet gossip Matt Drudge linked to the article on his website, the Drudge Report, with the headline "Pelosi may go to Iran ..."

However, throughout Hannity & Colmes, Hannity, North, and Hasselbeck repeated the claim that Pelosi may be interested in traveling to Iran without noting the statement by Pelosi's spokesman. In the first segment, Hasselbeck said, "You know, people now are saying, should Nancy Pelosi be -- you know, should she have gone over to Syria? Should she have been in Iran? Will she go to Iran?" Colmes responded by saying, "She never said she was going to Iran," to which Hasselbeck replied, "No, she didn't say she was going to Iran, but the potential is there. We all know that." Later, Hannity told viewers that "the embattled San Francisco speaker hints at an impending visit to the rogue nation of Iran," and North said that Pelosi is "now willing to at least consider going to Iran."

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[SharonAnn]

1. See, men do know best. Women never know what they're going to do.

Men have to tell them.

(Snark!)

[IsItJustMe]

2. The Trash (Faux) network has to keep its lunatic base worked up. You think Fox is any better than

the National Inquiry? Has alot of nut jobs watching it.

[Gato Moteado]

3. i'm glad to see fox has credible and knowledgeable experts like....

elisabeth hasslebeck and ollie north to talk to their credible, knowledgeable hosts like sean hannity.

fox is a joke.

[Evergreen Emerald]

4. This is what they did to the Clintons for 12 years

And some of it stuck--as evidenced by the dislike of her on this board. As long as the neo-cons are in charge of the propaganda, we will have to constantly fight these lies.

[Warren Stupidity]

5. How did some idiot from survivor become a pundit?

I'm really curious how that transformation took place. I understand that North got his credentials by dealing drugs and arms and violating laws on a regular basis, and if anyone would know about underhanded deals with Iranians, certainly he would. And Hannity has been pundocritized for ages, but Hasselbeck? I don't get it.

Oh yes I forgot what's his name.

[madrchsod]

6. here`s how she rose to the level of pundit-hood

"Previously Ms. Hasselbeck exhibited her flair for fashion as host of the Style Network's "The Look for Less," where she helped viewers find designer styles at bargain prices."

being a good dad i`m proud to say that i watched this program with my daughter and ms hasselbeck was on camera for about 5 minutes out of a half hour.

[mvd]

7. I guess..

anyone's who's popular and regurgitates the RW talking points of the day can be a pundit on FAUX. But she's not smart enough to hold her own with the lies/propaganda when challenged.