Fox fooled by "Muslim ban on padded bras" hoax

[Douglas Carpenter]

from salon.com

Monday, Mar 14, 2011 07:01 ET

Fox fooled by "Muslim ban on padded bras" hoax

By Justin Elliott

A Fox News website has picked up a hoax story about an Islamic council in Pakistan protesting the use of padded and colorful bras and presented it as fact.

snip:

The problem is, if one takes the time to track the story back to its source, the whole thing is an obvious Onion-style satire -- a fact first pointed out by Arif Rafiq of the Pakistan Policy Blog.

The sify.com story linked by Fox cites a "report" from yet another site called Roznama Jawani.

Roznama Jawani, in turn, appears to be a Pakistani version of the Onion, featuring such stories as "Karachi Preparing a Huge Ass Bat to Beat the Shit Out of Kamran Akmal," "Altaf Hussain Challenges Imran Khan to a Rap Battle to Settle Differences," and "Man From Peshawar Sues Red Bull. Says he has no wings!"

Fox Nation commenters, for their part, reacted to the bra story with outrage. "If I was a woman--anywhere in the world, I'd be taking a close look at Islam and what it meant for me," wrote commenter rebubinca. A "louisiana_mom" replied:

"How can anyone in their right mind defend this religion/cult is beyond me. The silence of NOW and other women's rights organizations speak volumes as to where their true loyalties are (and it is not for the rights for women).I cannot believe anyone in the 21st century would even entertain the thought of allowing Sharia Law into any Western county."

link to full article on salon.com :

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/03/14/fox_nation_pakistan_padded_bras&source=newsletter&utm_source=contactology&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Salon_Daily%20Newsletter%20%28Not%20Premium%29_7_30_110

[Arctic Dave]

1. At least you kinda know what person commited suicide when they heard War of the Worlds

on radio.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

2. Dup

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x640533

still pretty funny though

[snot]

3. They're not fooled; they just don't care.

[lfairban]

4. Let me get this strait.

Telling a woman that she can't wear a padded bra is reprehensible, but telling her she can't have an abortion is a cause worth defending with their lives.

Right

[RagAss]

5. What's next FOX ?. .. "Midget Astronaut Trains in Washing Machine"