FOX News Caught Putting Fabricated Kerry Quotes on Website

[stewert]

(October 01, 2004 -- 04:48 PM EDT // link // print)

Okay some more details on that bogus Kerry story that ran this morning on the Fox News website. As we noted earlier, this morning the front page of the Fox website ran a story with a series of phony Kerry quotes (see post below). After questions were asked the offending material was quickly pulled from the site, without explanation.

So what happened?

Late this afternoon I spoke to Fox spokesman Paul Schur who told me the following ...

“Carl made a stupid mistake which he regrets. And he has been reprimanded for his lapse in judgment. It was a poor attempt at humor.”

So the Fox reporter covering the Kerry campaign puts together this Kerry-bashing parody right out of the RNC playbook with phony quotes intended to peg him as girlish fool and somehow it found its way on the Fox website as a news item.

Imagine that.

More to follow ...

-- Josh Marshall

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October 01, 2004 -- 05:08 PM EDT // link // print)

Fox News has now posted a retraction and apology for the piece with the fabricated Kerry quotes ...

Earlier Friday, FOXNews.com posted an item purporting to contain quotations from Kerry. The item was based on a reporter’s partial script that had been written in jest and should not have been posted or broadcast. We regret the error, which occurred because of fatigue and bad judgment, not malice.

The only retraction doesn't name the reporter in question, Carl Cameron, which was noted in the statement Fox News gave TPM this afternoon.

-- Josh Marshall

More Here:

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/

And this is supposed to be the objective reporter from FOX who is covering the Kerry campaign. Any bets O'Reilly never says a word about it ?

[Bluzmann57]

1. No way anyone will take your bet

Were not foolish in here. At least not crazy enough to bet on O'Lielly saying anything about a fox "news" lie.

[Kanary]

2. Isn't it interesting.... those who cloak themselves in "Patriotism" are

the ones putting most effort into destroying all this country stands for and is founded on???

Hatriots!

Kanary

[Dakkon]

3. wow

I know they despise us or Kerry but that was totally unprofessional and unnecessary thing for them to do that.. More reasons why I shouldn't trust fox news.

[Mr_Spock]

4. How does Carl Cameron keep from getting fired?

In the "Outfoxed" video he was caught carrying water for the Bush campaign, are there no standards at Fox? Did they actually criticize Dan Rather about his little fiasco? These guys have GOT to go - and at this point the method is irrelevant to me - these people are dangerous.

[stewert]

5. The Retraction......

Editor's Note

Earlier Friday, FOXNews.com posted an item purporting to contain quotations from Kerry. The item was based on a reporter’s partial script that had been written in jest and should not have been posted or broadcast. We regret the error, which occurred because of fatigue and bad judgment, not malice.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,134166,00.html

Note: And people with a brain are supposed to believe that ?

[tishaLA]

7. I want to know what PART of that partial script

is actually usable on the air. I'm sure Brit Hume found it so funny his eyes drooped slighly less than normal.

[Mr_Spock]

8. 'Ol droopy dome...

lol

[Cat Atomic]

6. Now what were they saying about Dan Rather again?

[peacetalksforall]

9. What was the earliest time this was found...because I am 99% positive

I heard some call-in person talking about a manicure and Bush's exhaustion on Washinton Journal. May not have been on the same call.

[stewert]

10. The Metrosexual and the Cowboy

Here is what Cameron actually wrote and what was put up on the foxnews.com web site. This is from the so-called objective journalist who is working for FOX news covering the Kerry campaign. He wrote this and it somehow accidently got on the foxnews.com web site, yeah right.

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The Metrosexual and the Cowboy

Rallying supporters in Tampa Friday, Kerry played up his performance in Thursday night's debate, in which many observers agreed the Massachusetts senator outperformed the president.

"Didn't my nails and cuticles look great? What a good debate!" Kerry said Friday.

With the foreign-policy debate in the history books, Kerry hopes to keep the pressure on and the sense of traction going.

Aides say he will step up attacks on the president in the next few days, and pivot somewhat to the domestic agenda, with a focus on women and abortion rights.

"It's about the Supreme Court. Women should like me! I do manicures," Kerry said.

Kerry still trails in actual horse-race polls, but aides say his performance was strong enough to rally his base and further appeal to voters ready for a change.

"I'm metrosexual — he's a cowboy," the Democratic candidate said of himself and his opponent.

A "metrosexual" is defined as an urbane male with a strong aesthetic sense who spends a great deal of time and money on his appearance and lifestyle.

http://www.masstort.org/fox/FOXNews_com%20-%20You%20Decide%202004%20-%20Trail%20Tales%20-%20BTrail%20Tales-B%20What's%20That%20Face.htm