Fox outrage over Brian Williams

Recently NBC anchor Brian Williams was called out when he embellished a story of his reporting in Iraq back in 2003. Williams claimed he was on board a military helicopter when it was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade (rpg) only to have his story reputed by the pilot of that helicopter who didn’t recall the NBC reporter on board his craft.

This falsehood brought instant reactions from FOX viewers who claim Williams used a standard FOX news strategy to deceive viewers. “My FOX network may alter the facts to push my buttons” one supporter of the right-wing station stated, “but that’s their right and for NBC or any other liberal media source to do the same is to infringe upon FOX’s patented method of reporting.”

It could be that Williams was trying to get a share of the nearly 34% of FOX regulars to switch brands by employing a method that has found FOX viewers to be the most poorly informed news viewers in the U.S. “If I wanted to be lied to”, Roger Swornhog declared, “I wouldn’t get the distortions I crave from those lefty, socialist networks at NBC, ABC, CBS or PBS. They leave too much fact and truth in their reports to satisfy my fantasies”

Both Williams and the NBC brass have apologized for Williams’ misrepresentation of the facts to which Swornhog responded by saying, “FOX would never wimp out like that if caught in such a bald-faced lie.” Mr. Swornhog was reminded that just recently the Rupert Murdoch owned network had to apologize after one of their guest told FOX’s Jeanine Pirro earlier this month that Muslim “no-go zones” existed in England, Sweden, Germany and France.

Yea, well it couldn’t have been too big a lie” Swornhog retorted, “because it didn’t even make page one in my daily newspaper here in Podunck, Georgia

http://woodgatesview.com/2015/02/07/fox-news-viewers-express-outrage-over-brian-williams-stealing-fox-news-trademark-of-lying/

a little humor...but really why isn't there this kind of outrage when someone on Fox lies? Have we just accepted it and hold other journalists to higher standards?

There's a big difference between comedy/commentary/opinion and broadcast/reporting of news.

But I doubt I could explain it to you.

Williams lied. Nuf said. He is no longer credible as a news reporter.

PkrBum wrote:There's a big difference between comedy/commentary/opinion and broadcast/reporting of news.

But I doubt I could explain it to you.

No, please explain why Fox news is exempt from outrage for lying.

KarlRove wrote:Williams lied. Nuf said. He is no longer credible as a news reporter.

yep, he messed up big time and has been suspended

Suspended wasnt enough.

Did he lie or not? Nuf said.

"This falsehood brought instant reactions from FOX viewers who claim Williams used a standard FOX news strategy to deceive viewers. “My FOX network may alter the facts to push my buttons” one supporter of the right-wing station stated, “but that’s their right and for NBC or any other liberal media source to do the same is to infringe upon FOX’s patented method of reporting.”

LOL! It must be a God given right to alter the facts.

Dear Governor Walker:

I was both surprised and bewildered last week when I saw a news clip of you stumping in Iowa about Megan Sampson, whom you called “The [2010] Outstanding Teacher of the Year in my State.” This was baffling to me since in 2010, I was named Wisconsin High School Teacher of the Year (Maureen Look-Ainsworth, Middle School Teacher of the Year; Peggy Wuenstel, Special Services Teacher of the Year; and Michael Brinnen, Elementary Teacher of the Year). In a most humbling ceremony, we were each surprised at our respective schools by State Superintendent Tony Evers and later honored at the State Capital as the Wisconsin Teachers of the Year. [...]

Verified by multiple news sources, it turns out that Megan Sampson did win an award in 2010, but it was the Nancy Hoefs Memorial Award given by a relatively small organization of Wisconsin English teachers (WCTE) for “an outstanding first year teacher of language arts.” She was one of less than a dozen teachers across the state who self-nominated for this award.

You failed to mention these details as you used Sampson’s lay-off from her first year teaching position as an opportunity to bash Wisconsin schools on the national stage. You blamed the seniority system for Sampson’s lay-off when, in good conscience, you should have done some serious soul searching and placed the blame squarely on your systematic defunding of public education to the tune of $2.6 billion that you cut from school districts, state aid to localities, the UW-System and technical colleges.

.....

Your tenure as Governor has demonstrated nothing less than a systematic attempt to dismantle public education, the cornerstone of democracy and the ladder of social mobility for any society.

How our paths have diverged from that August afternoon in 1986. True story: it was freshman orientation just outside Memorial Union. We were two of a couple thousand new Marquette University freshman wistful about what our futures held. Four years later, I graduated from Marquette and later became Wisconsin High School Teacher of the Year. You never graduated, and you became the Governor of the State of Wisconsin bent on dismantling public education. Ironic, isn’t it? Situational irony at its best. I’d laugh if its ramifications weren’t so utterly destructive for the state of Wisconsin.

Sincerely,

Claudia Klein Felske
2010-2011 Wisconsin High School Teacher of the Year
Marquette University Class of 1990

https://marquetteeducator.wordpress.com/2015/02/09/an-open-letter-to-governor-walker/

Sal wrote:

Joanimaroni wrote:[size=15]

Looks like typical Brian Williams footage - after a few minutes in the editing booth.

During their appeal, FOX asserted that there are no written rules against distorting news in the media. They argued that, under the First Amendment, broadcasters have the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on public airwaves. Fox attorneys did not dispute Akre’s claim that they pressured her to broadcast a false story, they simply maintained that it was their right to do so.

polecat wrote:During their appeal, FOX asserted that there are no written rules against distorting news in the media. They argued that, under the First Amendment, broadcasters have the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on public airwaves. Fox attorneys did not dispute Akre’s claim that they pressured her to broadcast a false story, they simply maintained that it was their right to do so.

ROFLMAO!

Where do you get your "faux" news?

That old story has long been discredited by Snopes.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/foxlies.asp

Leftists don't give a damn when their politicians and govt flat lies to them... and sure as hell don't care if their media does.

So do the democrats.

Bs... you see the sources that the leftists use on here. Hell... msnbc is too far right for most of you.

Sal wrote:I really don't care much for Brian Williams or Hillary Clinton.

I never watched NBC News, and the only way I'll vote for Hillary Clinton is if she runs against a Republican.

LOL how about if she runs against a human? Seriously do you think Fox News will make Williams an offer?

KarlRove wrote:Williams lied. Nuf said. He is no longer credible as a news reporter.

Steve Doocy admits lying. Why is this lying weasel of a human still working for Fox News after having admitted he lied about Obama?  

Fox operates under a double standard.

http://www.examiner.com/article/fox-news-admits-on-air-to-lying-about-president-obama