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99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
Fri Dec 26, 2014, 08:28 PM Dec 2014

Fox Affiliate Apologizes for Editing Innocent Protesters to Sound Like Bloodthirsty Cop Killers

Fox Affiliate Apologizes for Editing Innocent Protesters to Sound Like Bloodthirsty Cop Killers
Caught red-handed, an affiliate of the conservative news outlet apologizes for manipulating video to make protesters seem violent.

A Baltimore Fox station has apologized for what it calls “an honest misunderstanding.”

Gawker caught the broadcast Sunday, which cut a protester short, making her words difficult to understand. The actual chant was, “We won’t stop. We can’t stop. Till killer cops. Are in cell blocks.” But Fox45 reported that the woman, Tawanda Jones, leading the chant was saying, “We won’t stop. We can’t stop. So kill a cop!”

Below (at this link) videos of the unedited chant, the edited version and a follow-up interview with Jones.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/fox-affiliate-apologizes-editing-innocent-protesters-sound-bloodthirsty-cop
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Fox Affiliate Apologizes for Editing Innocent Protesters to Sound Like Bloodthirsty Cop Killers (Original Post) 99th_Monkey Dec 2014 OP
The feedback loop accepts all phases seveneyes Dec 2014 #1
Mind if I ask - are you owed beer? Travel money? elehhhhna Dec 2014 #4
Well, I am on the positive side of the equation seveneyes Dec 2014 #13
This is a regular practice on TV news daredtowork Dec 2014 #2
This Boreal Dec 2014 #5
I was totally surprised by the apology 99th_Monkey Dec 2014 #6
It wasn't a real apology. They claimed that it was an honest mistake, but what she Chakab Dec 2014 #11
K & R nt okaawhatever Dec 2014 #3
FOX NOOZ---The Eternal scumbags nikto Dec 2014 #7
fuck this station heaven05 Dec 2014 #8
Apology not accepted Kalidurga Dec 2014 #9
FCC should take away their license, immediately. Octafish Dec 2014 #10
"We are deeply sorry, toddwv Dec 2014 #12
Yes, that's why they are "sorry". 99th_Monkey Dec 2014 #14
 

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)
1. The feedback loop accepts all phases
Fri Dec 26, 2014, 08:34 PM
Dec 2014

Even a negative wave has a positive harmonic. To outfox the Fox, one must know the desired frequency and modulation of the target path. Prediction means knowing what to say and when.

 

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)
13. Well, I am on the positive side of the equation
Sat Dec 27, 2014, 10:31 AM
Dec 2014

But I am not that person you mention. He or She seemed a bit detached from reality most of the time and besides, balancing life while in debt reduces the harmony.

daredtowork

(3,732 posts)
2. This is a regular practice on TV news
Fri Dec 26, 2014, 08:37 PM
Dec 2014

They just rely on not getting caught and regular people not having the power to get them to do anything about it.

There needs to be some sort of monitoring organization that people can appeal to when they catch real whoppers.

 

Boreal

(725 posts)
5. This
Fri Dec 26, 2014, 10:22 PM
Dec 2014

I've seen it done on all three "news" networks for gross misrepresentation and manipulation. This is the first I've heard of any apologizing.

 

Chakab

(1,727 posts)
11. It wasn't a real apology. They claimed that it was an honest mistake, but what she
Fri Dec 26, 2014, 11:27 PM
Dec 2014

was saying was clear given the full context of the unedited video.

Whoever edited the tape did it with the intention of misrepresenting what was going on at the protest.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
8. fuck this station
Fri Dec 26, 2014, 10:50 PM
Dec 2014

and the people that run it. And I see CNN and the rest of the MSM still haven't mentioned this story or retracted their stories/pieces based on this story/station's yellow journalism. But then I am not surprised in this day and time in amerikkka.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
10. FCC should take away their license, immediately.
Fri Dec 26, 2014, 11:26 PM
Dec 2014

In exchange for using the public's airwaves, FOX has an obligation to tell the truth.

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