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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSwedish police behind Fox News report say filmmaker is a "madman"
http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/nyheter/swedish-police-featured-in-fox-news-segment-filmmaker-is-a-madman/Weve got to keep our country safe. You look at whats happening in Germany. You look at what's happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this? Sweden. They took in large numbers. They're having problems like they never thought possible.
Trumps comments about Sweden during his rally in Melbourne, Florida, raised many questions, especially among Swedes who were quick to point out that nothing terror-related had happened in the country. The president later took to Twitter to clarify his statements, saying that he was referring to a segment on Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News. The segment featured the xenophobic filmmaker Ami Horowitz, maker of an alarmistic movie about Sweden. The movie, titled Stockholm Syndrome, blames immigration as a direct cause of violence and rioting.
Two Swedish police officers were interviewed in the film. Anders Göranzon and Jacob Ekström answered questions about how weapons are becoming more accessible. Horowitz also asked the officers about how crime has spread through cities. But the police officers now say that their answers were taken out of context, and are very critical of how their comments were portrayed on Fox News Tucker Carlson Tonight. I dont understand why we are a part of the segment. The interview was about something completely different to what Fox News and Horowitz were talking about, says Anders Göranzon.
Why were you interviewed?
It was supposed to be about crime in high risk areas. Areas with high crime rates. There wasnt any focus on migration or immigration.
How did you react to the news segment?
We dont stand behind it. It shocked us. He has edited the answers. We were answering completely different questions in the interview. This is bad journalism.
Anders Göranzon continues: It feels like hell. The real questions should be shown along with our answers. We dont own the rights to the film, but the end result is that we dont want to talk to journalists after this. We cant trust each other.
Have you done anything to stop the news segment?
We just saw it. What can we do? One thing is talking to you. The excerpt they showed doesnt say anything, we answered a different question. We dont stand behind what he says. He is a madman.
DN has tried to reach Mr. Ami Horowitz for a comment. On Sunday he published a statement on Facebook in regard to the reception of his report from Sweden: I think every media outlet across the globe covering my interview with Tucker Carlson and attacking the President is missing the point. Sweden is under assault because of the open door policy to Islamic immigration.
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Swedish police behind Fox News report say filmmaker is a "madman" (Original Post)
Takket
Feb 2017
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JHan
(10,173 posts)1. The President's only source of knowledge are fox news segments...
...... how fricken lazy can he be??
Denzil_DC
(7,227 posts)2. Yeah, Fox is the go-to outlet for news about immigration in Europe
We in the UK are still trying to catch our breath after this outbreak of Fox lunacy from 2015:
Fox News man is 'idiot' for Birmingham Muslim comments David Cameron
The Fox News commentator who said the British city of Birmingham was a no-go zone for non-Muslims is a complete idiot, the prime minister, David Cameron, has said.
When I heard this, frankly, I choked on my porridge and I thought it must be April Fools day, Cameron said. This guys clearly a complete idiot.
Terrorism expert Steven Emerson claimed on US news channel Fox News that non-Muslims do not go to Birmingham, which he said had become a totally Muslim city. ...
Emerson later apologised for having made this comment about the beautiful city of Birmingham.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/12/fox-news-expert-ridiculed-over-birmingham-is-totally-muslim-city-claims
When I heard this, frankly, I choked on my porridge and I thought it must be April Fools day, Cameron said. This guys clearly a complete idiot.
Terrorism expert Steven Emerson claimed on US news channel Fox News that non-Muslims do not go to Birmingham, which he said had become a totally Muslim city. ...
Emerson later apologised for having made this comment about the beautiful city of Birmingham.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/12/fox-news-expert-ridiculed-over-birmingham-is-totally-muslim-city-claims
We ridiculed Emerson mercilessly at the time for what he'd said. This fake film sounds altogether more calculatedly sinister, even before Trump got hold of the wrong end of the stick.
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)5. And it wasn't just Birmingham, England.
Much of Paris was off-limits to non-Muslims.
malaise
(268,846 posts)3. Someone should have warned them about
Fox - the definition of fake news.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)4. A xenophobe named Horowitz!
A little bit of irony there.... wonder how many generations back his ancestors sought refuge in Sweden?
underpants
(182,730 posts)6. Sounds like an O'Keefe wannabe