Fox got caught this week with their hand in the cookie jar, or should I say the ham sandwich. They went on-air with a flat out made up story. The story involved a ham steak being placed in front of Muslim students as a prank in a middle school in Maine. Fox News Channel believed a parody site that said that an Anti-Ham Response Plan had been implemented at the school to fight against ham sandwiches – and ran with the story on-air.
You know they wanted to believe the story. They ran it because it's the kind of thing Fox eats up. They love to ham up these fake stories of political correctness. And this involved making fun of sensitive Muslims, even better. Fox was in hog heaven.
This is their silly "War on Christmas" type of story on crack. Instead of embellishing and making up stories on their own, this time they made the mistake of using an actual parody that could be proven to be fake. That was their real error. They're usually savvier than that.
I have called Fox, "Fake News Channel" before because of their penchant for putting so much bias in stories that they aren't representative of reality. That's actually a much worse transgression than this because there they convince the mainstream media to cover real stories with their false slant -- and the press usually falls for it. In this case, it's good to see that they lived up to the title of literally being the Fake News Channel.
I remember when Fox News demanded that all of the CBS producers and anchors be fired when they went with an uncorroborated story on-air. I am sure they will apply the same standard to their staff, right?
1. You know, most of what you write is so over the top that it is not worth responding to. Why do all liberals like yourselves hate Fox News so much? Is it because they dare to air views that are different from your far left liberal views? It seems liberals just can't stand to hear differing opinions from theirs. When faced with such heresy the usual response is not to counter the view with facts but to just attack it as being a lie, untruth or just more of those damned uppity conservatives crap. How dare they contradict your views. Or maybe it is just because liberal are always right about everything and conservatives are always wrong about everything? Everything that is reported from the liberal media is gospel and everything reported by the conservative media (what little there is) is outright lies, distortions or just plain stupid. Yeah, that's the ticket..
2. Mr. Tefft - He's not mad because Fox contradicted his views; he's mad because Fox contradicted the truth. Are you really defending Fox in this matter? Are you really saying that's OK? A news organization can run an erroneous report without checking? If so, why be mad at CBS for its error? If not, why not concede Fox was wrong in this case?
3. michael teft, i noticed the theological tone of your writing. so, i guess you are just another non informed christo-fascist full of wrong data, non facts opinion as truth and your always right cause someone told you you were. am i on the mark? do you even know what a liberal actually is? it isn't someone who disagrees with meth snorting married gay preachers, nor is it someone who disagrees with that propaganda called fox news. read a book for yourself sometime and don't just "watch the movie"
4. one more thing teft, a lie is a lie, if you don't, or,as i think, can't make the distinction you should start a ministry , run for office, or be a gay intern at fox news. i only said gay because so many of you hardcore freaks are closet ones anyway. no offense to the gays
5. Teft dribbles - " Or maybe it is just because liberal are always right about everything and conservatives are always wrong about everything?"
You COULD BE on to something there!
What part of the 6 years that this country has had conservative controlling all three branches of the government have seen the longest string of failures in the history of our country, doesn't penetrate?
If conservatism was sooooooo good...
We wouldn't be in this damn mess.
I borrowed this - but it's good:
* Conservatism fails because its hostility to government makes it incapable of governing well. It cripples and scorns the very government it proposes to lead. * Conservatism fails because its market fundamentalism incites the corporate excess that robs workers, consumers and communities. * Conservatism fails because it abuses government power to force its morals into people’s bedrooms, hospital rooms, and schools. * Conservatism fails because it believes that security is secured by tramping liberties and laws, not by protecting them; by breaking alliances, not by leading them.
6. So, what you're saying is that you're glad you finally actually can report on a fake story put out by a channel you have always called fake news anyway??? If it was always fake (as you call it) this is hardly big news right? You do make me laugh.
7. Fox run a story about a ham sandwich not true. Lets takem off the air. I watch them last night they said all the demi rats took separate jets to the debates. I know the green party can't do that. they said that rep. are going to debate with Chris M in charge on msmbc. I know thats not true to many hard question. They debate on fox. Mitt R says and time any where the libbys say no thanks.If this is the best you got get a life jerk off.
8. Today's conservatives have failed because they have abandoned true conservatism. They have just gotten power hungry and dishonest. You want a real conservative? His name was Honest Abe. His name was Ike Eisenhower.
Tefft - Everyone and Anyone is allowed to have their own opinion but facts are facts and you can't make up your own. You will see journalists at CNN and the BBC bend over backwards to be objective and play devils' advocate.
You complain of the stranglehold the MSM has had in this country but the only reason it has remained tremendously successful is because it was always presented itself as common sense because it is common sense.
Example - Common sense = People in America have varying degrees morals and even more variants of religion. Thus no one religion should dominate
Faux News = America is a Christian nation and everyone should abide by such notions.
10. For Joe O and all you others who true to their colors can't carry on a conversation where they don't immediately fall into name calling and personal attacks, the mark of a true liberal, read this article about Fox News mortal sin about falling for a parody. http://newsbloggers.aol.com/2007/04/27/cenk-strikes-out-again/
11. Can the use of this savage & terrifying culinary weapon, the ham sandwich, not be stopped? Who are these sickos? Don't they know all kids know that Wilbur is made of ham?
12. "Why do all liberals like yourselves hate Fox News so much? Is it because they dare to air views that are different from your far left liberal views?"
You just gave yourself away. Since when is any NEWS program supposed to air their "VIEWS" at all? I thought journalists were supposed to objectively report what happens and let the viewer decide how they feel about it. . You are correct, of course. FOX "News" is really nothing more than a continuous right-wing editorial rant. "Fair and Balanced" is where the real parody begins.
13. funny people, reminds me of dan rather. in fact it reminds of all the worthless news organizations. everybody puts spin on it. as far as ragging on republicans the last six years, I would like to rag on our government for the last , oh I dont know since Carter, since thats as far back as I could vote. Americans are pretty pathetic and easily led around, are the republicans the only party of liars? perverts and thieves?. america will never recover until americans wake up and see how worthless our government , both parties have become. Yes the last six years are a bunch of crap but then so were the 8 years prior and the four years before that and even reagon the great republican , remember Iran contra and where we are today with that country. North Korea. God how can anyone support either party I willnever know
14. Liberals upset with fox news?I guess they believe everything on abc,cbs,nbc,cnn,pmsnbc if you want to listen to rhetoric and things taken out od context just listen to the drive by media.and look at the democraps running for president they won't debate on fox news for one reason they will be asked questions that they don't want to answer.and if there afraid of Brit Hume what will they do went then confronted with a terrorist.
15. You liberals suck. Fox is Truth and George W. Bush will succeed in the conquest of Iraq in spite of the efforts by the traitor Democrats to stop him. Our president is a war hero himself, volunteered fot active duty in the military during Vietnam and has shown his personal courage by visiting the war zone in Iraq on more than one occasion. With the Lords help He will go down in history as one of our greatest, if not the greatest, President.
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Mo Rocca appears on a bunch of shows, including CBS News Sunday Morning (with
the indescribably wonderful Charles Osgood), The Tonight Show on NBC, and NPR's
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! He's a sometime judge on Iron Chef and was featured
on Telemundo's Amore Descarado. Last year he starred on Broadway in the 25th
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. His expose "All the President's Pets" was
published by Crown in 2004.
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 12)
1. You know, most of what you write is so over the top that it is not worth responding to. Why do all liberals like yourselves hate Fox News so much? Is it because they dare to air views that are different from your far left liberal views? It seems liberals just can't stand to hear differing opinions from theirs. When faced with such heresy the usual response is not to counter the view with facts but to just attack it as being a lie, untruth or just more of those damned uppity conservatives crap. How dare they contradict your views. Or maybe it is just because liberal are always right about everything and conservatives are always wrong about everything? Everything that is reported from the liberal media is gospel and everything reported by the conservative media (what little there is) is outright lies, distortions or just plain stupid. Yeah, that's the ticket..
Michael Tefft at 5:52PM on Apr 27th 2007
2. Mr. Tefft -
He's not mad because Fox contradicted his views; he's mad because Fox contradicted the truth. Are you really defending Fox in this matter? Are you really saying that's OK? A news organization can run an erroneous report without checking? If so, why be mad at CBS for its error? If not, why not concede Fox was wrong in this case?
MarkFromEburg at 6:05PM on Apr 27th 2007
3. michael teft, i noticed the theological tone of your writing. so, i guess you are just another non informed christo-fascist full of wrong data, non facts opinion as truth and your always right cause someone told you you were. am i on the mark? do you even know what a liberal actually is? it isn't someone who disagrees with meth snorting married gay preachers, nor is it someone who disagrees with that propaganda called fox news. read a book for yourself sometime and don't just "watch the movie"
joe o at 6:27PM on Apr 27th 2007
4. one more thing teft, a lie is a lie, if you don't, or,as i think, can't make the distinction you should start a ministry , run for office, or be a gay intern at fox news. i only said gay because so many of you hardcore freaks are closet ones anyway. no offense to the gays
joe o at 6:44PM on Apr 27th 2007
5. Teft dribbles - " Or maybe it is just because liberal are always right about everything and conservatives are always wrong about everything?"
You COULD BE on to something there!
What part of the 6 years that this country has had conservative controlling all three branches of the government have seen the longest string of failures in the history of our country, doesn't penetrate?
If conservatism was sooooooo good...
We wouldn't be in this damn mess.
I borrowed this - but it's good:
* Conservatism fails because its hostility to government makes it incapable of governing well. It cripples and scorns the very government it proposes to lead.
* Conservatism fails because its market fundamentalism incites the corporate excess that robs workers, consumers and communities.
* Conservatism fails because it abuses government power to force its morals into people’s bedrooms, hospital rooms, and schools.
* Conservatism fails because it believes that security is secured by tramping liberties and laws, not by protecting them; by breaking alliances, not by leading them.
http://home.ourfuture.org/conservativefailure/
Bushthwak at 6:51PM on Apr 27th 2007
6. So, what you're saying is that you're glad you finally actually can report on a fake story put out by a channel you have always called fake news anyway??? If it was always fake (as you call it) this is hardly big news right? You do make me laugh.
Mel at 7:55PM on Apr 27th 2007
7. Fox run a story about a ham sandwich not true. Lets takem off the air. I watch them last night they said all the demi rats took separate jets to the debates. I know the green party can't do that. they said that rep. are going to debate with Chris M in charge on msmbc. I know thats not true to many hard question. They debate on fox. Mitt R says and time any where the libbys say no thanks.If this is the best you got get a life jerk off.
average joe at 9:00PM on Apr 27th 2007
8. Today's conservatives have failed because they have abandoned true conservatism. They have just gotten power hungry and dishonest. You want a real conservative? His name was Honest Abe. His name was Ike Eisenhower.
Tefft - Everyone and Anyone is allowed to have their own opinion but facts are facts and you can't make up your own. You will see journalists at CNN and the BBC bend over backwards to be objective and play devils' advocate.
You complain of the stranglehold the MSM has had in this country but the only reason it has remained tremendously successful is because it was always presented itself as common sense because it is common sense.
Example - Common sense = People in America have varying degrees morals and even more variants of religion. Thus no one religion should dominate
Faux News = America is a Christian nation and everyone should abide by such notions.
Sadaqat at 1:16AM on Apr 28th 2007
9. Fox News has alway make up stories. But yet the far Right-Wing keeps watching.
Dancerpl2 at 3:16PM on May 19th 2007
10. For Joe O and all you others who true to their colors can't carry on a conversation where they don't immediately fall into name calling and personal attacks, the mark of a true liberal, read this article about Fox News mortal sin about falling for a parody.
http://newsbloggers.aol.com/2007/04/27/cenk-strikes-out-again/
Michael Tefft at 8:35AM on Apr 28th 2007
11. Can the use of this savage & terrifying culinary weapon, the ham sandwich, not be stopped? Who are these sickos? Don't they know all kids know that Wilbur is made of ham?
bushsbloodbath at 8:59AM on Apr 28th 2007
12. "Why do all liberals like yourselves hate Fox News so much? Is it because they dare to air views that are different from your far left liberal views?"
You just gave yourself away. Since when is any NEWS program supposed to air their "VIEWS" at all? I thought journalists were supposed to objectively report what happens and let the viewer decide how they feel about it. . You are correct, of course. FOX "News" is really nothing more than a continuous right-wing editorial rant. "Fair and Balanced" is where the real parody begins.
Bsmart at 9:12AM on Apr 28th 2007
13. funny people, reminds me of dan rather. in fact it reminds of all the worthless news organizations. everybody puts spin on it. as far as ragging on republicans the last six years, I would like to rag on our government for the last , oh I dont know since Carter, since thats as far back as I could vote. Americans are pretty pathetic and easily led around, are the republicans the only party of liars? perverts and thieves?. america will never recover until americans wake up and see how worthless our government , both parties have become. Yes the last six years are a bunch of crap but then so were the 8 years prior and the four years before that and even reagon the great republican , remember Iran contra and where we are today with that country. North Korea. God how can anyone support either party I willnever know
rowdy harger at 9:43AM on Apr 28th 2007
14. Liberals upset with fox news?I guess they believe everything on abc,cbs,nbc,cnn,pmsnbc if you want to listen to rhetoric and things taken out od context just listen to the drive by media.and look at the democraps running for president they won't debate on fox news for one reason they will be asked questions that they don't want to answer.and if there afraid of Brit Hume what will they do went then confronted with a terrorist.
robert kennedy at 9:48AM on Apr 28th 2007
15. You liberals suck. Fox is Truth and George W. Bush will succeed in the conquest of Iraq in spite of the efforts by the traitor Democrats to stop him. Our president is a war hero himself, volunteered fot active duty in the military during Vietnam and has shown his personal courage by visiting the war zone in Iraq on more than one occasion. With the Lords help He will go down in history as one of our greatest, if not the greatest, President.
Checkmoot at 9:49AM on Apr 28th 2007