Fox ADMITS story about "metrosexual" Kerry is FALSE

[Newsjock]

Time for that investigation, NOW.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,134166,00.html

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.

On edit, more info from Josh Marshall at http://talkingpointsmemo.com
...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 presidential campaign reporter put together this Kerry-bashing parody with phony quotes intending to peg him as girlish fool and somehow it found its way on the Fox website as a news item.

Imagine that.

[Stephanie]

1. Script?

Would that be one of their unbiased impartial reporters? Which one????

[Wat_Tyler]

2. Of course, had it happened at CBS.....

[RobertSeattle]

3. I demand resignations of Hume, O'Reilly, and Hannity NOW

:evilgrin:

[pdx_prog]

11. FrankenHume?

But he's got such a pretty face.......rofl

[elperromagico]

4. Great sense of humor over at Fox.

Now where's the report "in jest" about Bush having carnal knowledge of the pigs on his ranch?

[Eric J in MN]

36. I agree. The point isn't that a joke-story was posted

without being labelled 'satire,' but what Fox News finds funny.

Calling Kerry a woman.

Ha ha. Not.

[NYCGirl]

5. Sounds like they posted it accidentally on purpose.

:evilgrin:

[Jacobin]

6. Has he stopped beating his wife yet?

Those bastards. All you have to do is say it and then spread it more by saying its not true and then talking about how you messed up and the damage is done.

Fucking Rove is slime

[blueblitzkrieg]

Not malice MY ASS!!!!!

Are the other cable news shows going to gang up on Faux like they did CBS?

Yea, didn't think so.

[Phillycat]

7. Fatigue and bad judgement?

Is that their excuse every day for posting lies, misinformation, and bias? Maybe they should take naps...

[CornField]

16. Wait -- I thought those were the talking points for the debate

I'm so confused!

[tomfodw]

27. Not fatigue -

Fox news was worn out from having spent all day yesterday comforting hurricane victims in Florida - yeah, that's the ticket...

[KansDem]

8. More from "Talking Points Memo"

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. It Shows The Bias Of The Reporters...

We're a bunch of pussies if we don't make political hay out of this....

[Julien Sorel]

I would remind you that "malice" has a specific legal meaning

in journalism. Sounds like someone is afraid of a lawsuit.

[Bleacher Creature]

10. Has anyone mentioned who the reporter was?

Carl Cameron

SHOCKING! (not)

[jezebel]

15. That POS needs to be pulled from covering Kerry. He is the reporter that

is on the trail with Kerry. With such an obvious bias, how can they claim his reporting is "fair and balanced"?

[monchie]

19. Cameron was also prominently featured in "Outfoxed"

He was the reporter caught on camera during the 2000 election sucking up to Shrub before interviewing him, engaging in small talk about how much his wife enjoyed working for the Shrub campaign.

Yes, you heard right. The wife of a reporter covering the presidential candidates actually worked for Bush campaign.

That kind of conflict of interest would've gotten Cameron immediately reassigned by any legitimate news organization.

But we're talking about Fox.

[MikeG]

12. Where's Buckhead the fuckhead?

[Supersedeas]

13. LoL....not malice---nothing to read there but PURE malice (soar loserfaux)

[crispini]

14. Who do we write and when?

Effing FAUX. I would like to see someone get fired over this.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. LET'S HOPE THE OTHER STATIONS PICK IT UP

SORRY FOR THE CAPS BUT THIS IS HUGE


It's bigger than the National Guard brouhaha because it was deliberate....



Someone call CNN....

[PA Democrat]

20. Dan Rather at CBS should cover this

After all the self-righteous indignation spewed by the liars at Fox over Rathers and the TANG documents.

[Kilroy003]

24. Call CNN yourself!

Or e-mail.

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/

This one is up to you, don't let us down.

[Sagan]

18. Did they apologize to Kerry?

Seems appropriate.

[frylock]

21. drawing the fatigue card like bushco..

what is it with the cons and fatigue? I didn't think the undead required rest. Mix in some methamphetamine for fucks sake.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

22. Whoever gave permission to have that crap posted should be fired.

[Joanne98]

23. We make mistakes because we WORK SOOOOO HARD! whinneee

[sonicx]

25. [e-mail]

let him have it

[RetroLounge]

29. My Letter

Your so-called joke about Senator John Kerry is inexcusable and childish. No way this was just a mistake. You need to resign immediately. And then publicly apologize to Senator Kerry, his family, and the American people. Your bias was never hidden, but this is just unprofessional and malicious.

After you resign, take a long vacation and work off that fatigue. You won't be missed.

Here's hoping Dan Rather covers this story, as he is more of a true journalist than you will ever be.

RL

[Rooktoven]

40. Mine:

Your Kerry story was interesting...

You know, the one where you called him effeminate?

Interesting because unlike John Kerry (a war hero), you are a gutless punk, who wouldn't be able to get a journalism job that didn't require constantly fellating the White House.

That's why you boys* are called Faux News.

*boys being a colloquial term indicating lack of manhood, not representing any actual masculinity.

[tomfodw]

26. I'm sure all Republicans are demanding an immediate investigation

After all, we can't have members of the press thinking they're entitled to lie - that's a Presidential prerogative!

[TheWebHead]

28. TELL Olbermann!

apparently this is the type of e-mail missives the Faux News folks send out to each other...

[HEIL PRESIDENT GOD]

30. My letter to C. Cameron, just sent

Mr. Cameron:

I am disgusted to hear of your fabrication of "remarks" by John Kerry last week. You are neither a journalist nor a good crafter of fiction. I hope your career ends before the coming week is out, and I will be doing my part in contacting all major media outlets to ensure this.

You should be ashamed of yourself. I am sure you are not. Fine with me: let the punishment come from without, if indeed there is nothing within--no conscience, no mind, no soul.

Yours truly
xxx

cc: [e-mail]

[KayLaw]

31. Well, gosh darn son of a gun!

Don't these suckers who follow Rush, Hannity, Fox, etcetera, ever, ever get sick of being lied to by these propagandists?
The truth shall set you free, y'all. Don't you want to be free?

[H2O Man]

32. unreal.....

just unreal.

[Fleshdancer]

33. Carl Cameron is the Chief political correspondant for cryin' out loud!

This isn't some junior level idiot doing this. This story better have legs.

[Rose Siding]

37. Yeah, I'd like a peek at his Bush quote "parody"

him being all fair and balanced and everything. What a JOKE of a journalist.

[Renew Deal]

34. Send this to Howard Kurtz and also FAIR and Media Matters

http://www.fair.org/contact.html

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[AgadorSparticus]

35. the OUTRAGE! the OUTRAGE of it all!!!

yea, right. maybe in a half sane world there'd be equal opportunity outrage.

[genius]

38. So why was Rather hassled by anyone. He's a saint comparatively

[Shopaholic]

39. Why aren't CNN & MSNBC and every other broadcast media

outlet and the newspapers all over this the way they were over CBS & Dan Rather? This is far, far, far worse than anything CBS did (which by the way, as we all know, was just that they made the mistake of using a bad source)--this man LIED. Flat-out fabricated statements out of the air and posted them for TRUTH.

[henslee]

41. Yeah, its outrageous but this is not worth attacking and heres why....

1st, it was only on the net and for a short while and an apology was already extended for the error. I doubt this is going to a grand jury.

2nd, it is such a stupid irrelevant tidbit and we will only be echoing the metrosexual label by protesting.

3rd, we should use our "silver bullets" sparingly. Lets save rapid response blasting for when we really need it -- for real issue and avoid a "cry wolf" syndrome. Lets not make rapid responses "trite".

Finally, everyone knows Fox is biased. So like who cares?