Fox had Foley emails, chose not to run

[brettdale]

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Fox_had_Foley_emails_chose_not_1003.html


Fox News had copies of emails written by Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) to a Louisiana boy, but chose not to run the story, according to a passage in an Associated Press report.

The relevant excerpt follows:

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The FBI has begun an inquiry into Foley's computer contact with pages, and Hastert wrote a letter to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush asking for an investigation into whether state laws were broken

[kansasblue]

1. It seems to be the emails are kind of mild it's the IM that are bad.

Some newscast make the seperation. Did Fox have only the emails or the IMs?

[MADem]

2. SHOCKED, SHOCKED I say!!!!!!!!! Who could have EVER imagined...

No one could have forseen........!!!!!

Meanwhile, Florida newspapers — who were leaked copies of the e-mail with the Louisiana boy last year — defended their decision not to run stories. Both The St. Petersburg Times and The Miami Herald were given copies of the e-mail, as were other news organizations, including Fox News.

"Our decision at the time was ... that because the language was not sexually explicit and was subject to interpretation, from innocuous to 'sick,' as the page characterized it, to be cautious," said Tom Fiedler, executive editor of the Herald. "Given the potentially devastating impact that a false suggestion of pedophilia could have on anyone, not to mention a congressman known to be gay, and lacking any corroborating information, we chose not to do a story."

Yeah, we chose not only to DO a story, we also chose not to even INVESTIGATE the story. What a bunch of lame, muthafuckin' TOOLS.

[Double T]

3. fox won't bite the hand that feeds it BS

[City Lights]

4. "We report, you decide."

Nevermind.

We don't call 'em Faux News for nuttin'!