Source Of Fake Fox Flag Story Is Carl Cameron!

[Gold Metal Flake]

McCain Plays the Cameron Card

According to a article just out from Huffington Post, the story about flags from the Democratic National Convention being thrown away is simply false. The story was jumped on and apparently authored by the McCain campaign. But the real tell is down in the Huffpo piece where it traces the story to none other than Fox News' Carl Cameron.

Longtime readers of TPM will remember that back in October 2004 this site caught Cameron publishing a series of fabricated quotes attributed to John Kerry on the front page of the Fox News website.

After I placed a series of calls to Fox News inquiring about the story, the story was eventually pulled, and Fox was forced to issue an apology and retract the fabricated story. Fox spokesman Paul Schur told TPM: "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."

Why anybody would believe anything this joker says is difficult to fathom. But he's good enough for McCain.

[Kber]

1. I remember that!

So the flags in the trash is just another example of republican humor, I guess?

These guys really crack me up. Not.

[liberalmuse]

2. Well, I called it.

I knew it was bullshit. Fuck, how I hate being cynical, but right. The right is nothing but evil.

On edit: many people here on DU knew this story was false as soon as it was released.

[KittyWampus]

3. excuse me... my head just exploded. Sue Carl Cameron, he knowingly LIED. Frankly, he should

be held liable.

[Arugula Latte]

13. ...

At Fox, he'll probably get a promotion and a raise. :eyes:

[azmouse]

4. Humor?! Excuse me if I don't laugh.

What a slimy piece of crap...

But what else should we expect from Rep mouthpieces?

[demobabe]

5. Um, "News" is "Humor" on Fox?

I mean we already knew that. But for them to actually SAY it?

[zbdent]

18. Actually, their "news" is the joke ...

[whistler162]

6. Depending on how many flags where stolen....

someone might, hopefully, face felony charges!

[jazzjunkysue]

7. The internets are our best protection: The truth is out there.

Right here on DU. :hug:

[...of J.Temperance]

8. I fucking hate Carl Cameron, he's such a nasty little bitch

He's one of the biggest GOP whores in the media, so I'm not surprised he's been caught lying like the snake he is.

[cui bono]

9. McSame used the humor excuse for his celebrity ad too. n/t

[Marsala]

10. We should demand that Fox sack him

Or otherwise say they will lose all credibil-oh wait, never mind.

[Douglas Carpenter]

23. EXACTLY!!! I'll NEVER trust Fox News again!

[C_U_L8R]

11. A proven confabulator

These libelous liars on Fox News are absolutely shameful... yuck puke

[Sanity Claws]

12. Original story is still online

No retraction yet.

[la la]

15. just heard it again,

while channel surfing.

[azmouse]

14. kick

[peaches2003]

16. Faux still broadcasting the story

Just watched the 7 PM news show and they showed the whole flag story again, pictures of the 12,000 flags at the McCain rally and said they had been discarded by trash dumps in Denver by the Dems. Carl Cameron did the story. They did give the Obama side that these flags were not being thrown out, but left it all as if the McCain story was right and at the end said to stay tuned that "this story just will not die".

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

17. Good ole' Kampaign Karl (With assist from Drudge, who highlighted the story)

[MattBaggins]

19. Will they be able to track down the Thief?

Or did they cleverly get the Boy Scouts involved enough to cover their tracks?

[DeadEyeDyck]

20. So who watches FOX?

[NYC_SKP]

21. CBS now calling it fake, too!

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/06/politics/animal/main4422762.shtml

[judasdisney]

22. Rumor: Carl Cameron attended RNC pedophile parties where hired children dressed in bondage gear

I can't seem to track down a link but the rumors are flying.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. More dirty tricks from the power-first party. They don't care about the truth. . . nt

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

25. Pathalogical Liar

Anybody remember the video of his pre-interview chat with candidate Bush in 2000 when he discussed how hard his wife was working on the Bush campaign. I think it part of it was on Outfoxed. He told Bush that he had been an All-American basketball player in college! He said something like "it was only division 3 but still..." It made Bush drool "Whoa, Camerones!" What a crock! I think this is the link to the video. www.moveon.org/r?539 Forgive me if it doesn't work, the Dread Pirate Roberts has been at sea a long time. Being a former Division 3 athlete prior to my pirating days, I naturally went to see if I could find evidence of the "accomplishments" of this contemporary of mine. Dean Wormer said it best..."Daniel Simpson Day. Has no grade point average. In fact, there's no record of you ever having attended Faber" While he may have attended Bates, he was no All-American. In fact he doesn't even register in their all time statistical leaders. If he played, he played on a bunch of less than mediocre teams. But in his zeal to impress the Great Decider, he couldn't help but to spin a little yarn. Arrgh. There's a name for people like that and it ain't Journalist. www.healthyplace.com/Radio/articles/pathological_liars....


edited to try to make the links work. Arrgh. Also, I just looked at the video again and he said he played "Division 2". No self-respecting Division 3 scholar-athlete (especially at a school like Bates) misidentifies the level of play. Every single person is proud to play at the D3 level.