Fox hosts revive Fox-manufactured Obama "apology tour"

[Mr. Ected]

Pointing to President Obama's current overseas trip during the June 3 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Gretchen Carlson asserted that "ast time" Obama went to Europe and the Middle East, "a lot of people said, Steve , that he was on an apology tour of sorts." Prominent among those "people" who characterized his April trip as "an apology tour" were many Fox News hosts, contributors, analysts, and regular guests, who often took out of context remarks Obama made during his trip to support their claim. Moreover, Fox News has trotted out its smear for Obama's current trip to Europe and the Middle East, baselessly promoting "another apology tour."

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In anticipation of Obama's current overseas trip, Fox News has returned to its "apology tour" smear, again distorting remarks Obama made during his Strasbourg speech and suggesting that his second trip will be "another apology tour." In a June 2 segment on Happening Now, co-host Jon Scott asked if "the president's upcoming trip be what conservatives might call another apology tour," and on-screen text aired during the segment advanced the "apology tour" smear. Additionally, supporting the baseless claim that Obama's prior trip was an "apology tour," both Scott and co-host Jane Skinner aired cropped clips of Obama's remarks from his Strasbourg speech to falsely suggest that Obama criticized only the United States.

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And as of 5:26 p.m. ET on June 3, The Fox Nation featured a front-page headline, "Humiliating a Superpower? Obama's Top 10 Apologies," which linked to a Fox Nation page that provided a link to a June 2 Heritage Foundation memo and text of that memo's first paragraph. From the memo, "Barack Obama's Top 10 Apologies: How the President Has Humiliated a Superpower," as quoted by The Fox Nation:

A common theme that runs through President Obama's statements is the idea the United States must atone for its past policies, whether it is America's application of the war against Islamist terrorism or its overall foreign policy. At the core of this message is the concept that the U.S. is a flawed nation that must seek redemption by apologizing for its past "sins."

Is this how we treat our Commander in Chief at a time of war?

[Drunken Irishman]

1. Ha! Looks like the famous FOX question mark is back.

[spanone]

2. they are some twisted parallel non-reality network..

[underpants]

3. Oh no! they aren't criticizing the President when he is out of the country are they?

That was a huge talking point for them whenever W ventured out of the bubble

[bluestateguy]

4. I will not criticize the commander in chief while he is out of the country

Patriotism, God, Country, Flag, President Obama.

[lpbk2713]

5. Fair & Balanced, huh?

They obviously get their orders from OxyRush LameBoy, just like all the rethuglican members of Congress.