In the world of "I Shit you Not": I post they'll do it and 4 hours later Faux News Does it

[LynneSin]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3696192&mesg_id=3696192

At 1:04pm EST yesterday I started a poll questioning which Cable News channel would be the first to label Ted Stevens as a Democrat. I know that Faux is the renowned leaders in mis-labelling corrupt republicans but I do know that MSNBC once slipped one on us too.

Sure enough at 5:13pm EST yesterday:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3698213

[Phillycat]

1. Holy fuck!

I swear, this surrealist nightmare we live in gets weirder and weirder...

[Sheets of Easter]

2. Astounding.

I've never seen a news outlet make as many "mistakes" as Fox News has.

In the end, it's as if it doesn't matter what disinformation they make; it's all noise.

[Fire Walk With Me]

15. One wonders if there is the possibility of intention involved in such things.

[Critters2]

24. This one doesn't wonder. There's no way these are coincidences. Fox is evil. nt

[BarenakedLady]

3. Hahahaha

:rofl:

[kay1864]

4. And do they EVER make that "mistake" the other way?

Such an honest mistake it is by the captioners too...after all, R and D are typed by two different fingers, and are on two different rows, but OTHER THAN THAT...

What a buncha transparent aholes.

[BrotherBuzz]

13. Once in a while

and only if the Democrat does something good.

[NanceGreggs]

19. They actually DID do it the other way 'round ...

... on Election night in 2006.

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) was far in the lead against his Republican opponent. So they simply switched the (D) and (R) when showing the results for each candidate as they came in - hopefully to dispel the "rumour" that Republicans were losing seats to Democrats across the board.

:rofl:

[AwakeAtLast]

5. Did you post this in GD?

Did you send it to KO?

It is no longer an 'accident'! :grr: :grr: :grr:


Great catch, BTW! :hi:

[racaulk]

6. Unbelievable!

:wow:

[libnnc]

I'll be goddamned.

I got nothing...

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. They do it EVERY frickin time. Do we have screen caps of the Foley and Craig ones available?

I told my hubby about this and he thinks I am being a crazy leftist again.

[racaulk]

9. Here's one for Foley...

I understand how it could be an accident the first time. But when there's a pattern that is developing, it cannot be written off as careless or accidental. This is being done on purpose.

Can we get rid of the "liberal media" lie YET? :mad:

On edit: Here is a second one where the "suggestion" that Foley is a Dem is quite clear:

[LynneSin]

10. The fact that we can start threads joking about them doing it

and then they do it - well, this really isn't accidental anymore

[NewJeffCT]

8. Holy shit - it's like clockwork. I asked the question here, too

that is friggin' unreal.

[Deja Q]

11. Once was an honest mistake. Twice? Mmmmmmmaybe. Thrice? Nuh-uh.

[SarahB]

12. I wish this was a surprise.

Unfortunately, this is just par for the course now. :(

[QueenOfCalifornia]

14. You should

post this in GD.

Excellent catch. How did you force yourself to watch FoxNews? I haven't got the stomach for it.

:D

[Lex]

18. I think another DU'er did the screen grab

detailed here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3698213

[LynneSin]

25. No the other link was from someone ELSE who watched Faux news

I don't have the stomach to watch it!

[malaise]

16. Dems should sue Fox

This is no longer an accident. It is deliberately lying to the public.

[SIMPLYB1980]

17. Happens every time.

:freak:

[islandmkl]

20. where's my $100 from the pool?

i believe i had the time right on the money....


pay up...

[NMDemDist2]

21. I voted in that poll and cracked up when I saw the screenshot later

:yourock:

[helderheid]

22. You get a gold star and a rec from me!

Hot damn, they did it again

[TroglodyteScholar]

23. Note, however, that the above picture is of a local Fox affiliate.

Not the cable Fox News Network. Still, pretty unsurprising.

[elehhhhna]

26. k&r

[Kutjara]

27. Isn't that precious?

The same old "honest mistake" from Faux. Again.

My all time favorite piece of "fair 'n balanced" is still the one from last year, where they cut from a story about an Obama rally to some live footage, which turned out to be protesters outside the trial of an alleged pedophile. The "Obama Rally" banner across the bottom of the screen was displayed correctly, of course. Oops.