Fox News Anchor was an FBI Mole. Anybody here surprised?

[TalkingDog]

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/investigation/fox-news-anchor-was-fbi-mole-234501

Turns out ABC wasn’t the only television outfit to have an FBI mole in its ranks during the 1990s, according to bureau memos.

A “Fox Network News Anchor” was enlisted by New York agents in mid-1992 to obtain the name of a confidential source being used by fellow Fox journalists who were then preparing a story about Jimmy Hoffa’s murder for the syndicated tabloid show “A Current Affair,” records reveal.

The “A Current Affair” source was claiming to have participated in the murder of the former Teamsters boss. A July 24, 1992 memo notes that federal investigators believed that the program should make the “individual’s identity known to the FBI for purposes of helping resolve pending investigation.”

[LiberalAndProud]

1. Quel surprise.

I wonder if I could sell a fake story to "A Current Affair" ... if I could just think of a compelling lie ...



The tabloid appears to be a lucrative outlet for compulsive storytellers.

[musette_sf]

2. "A Current Affair?"

Hey, I remember the competing tabloid show real well!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXZj4Wy58Pk

[Pab Sungenis]

3. Misleading headline.

Fox News didn't exist in 1992, and the Fox Broadcasting Company has never had a network newscast. It may have been an anchor at WNYW-TV where "A Current Affair" was produced, but it was not a "Fox News Anchor" or "Fox Network News Anchor."

[TalkingDog]

4. Yeah... I was just using their wording. But it could have been more clearly explained.

n/t