When Blame Knocks on the Wrong Door - Fox News Screwup

[Jon8503]

Since Fox News wrongly identified a La Habra home as that of a terrorist, its five- member family has faced an angry backlash.
By H.G. Reza, Times Staff Writer

Randy and Ronnell Vorick thought La Habra was about as far away as one could get from terrorism. They were wrong.

For the last 2 1/2 weeks, the lives of the couple and their three children have been plunged into an unsettling routine of drivers shouting profanities, stopping to photograph their house and — most recently — spray-painting a slogan on their property.

An article in Thursday's California section reported on statements made by John Loftus, a commentator for Fox News, describing grocery store owner Iyad K. Hilal as a terrorist. Although the article accurately quoted Loftus' expression of his opinion, The Times wants to make clear that Hilal has not been charged with any illegal activity and The Times is not aware of any law enforcement agency or official that has identified Hilal as a terrorist. In addition, a previous story on Hilal, which ran in some editions of the California section on Wednesday, said that Omar Bakri Mohammed, a Muslim cleric formerly based in London, had identified Hilal last year in an interview in a newsletter as "leader of the U.S. branch" of an organization known as Hizb ut-Tahrir. Mohammed's interview actually identified a man named Iyad Hilal as the leader of a splinter group of Hizb ut-Tahrir that includes only "a few individuals." The Times regrets any ! confusion that may have resulted from these articles.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lahabra25aug25,1,5510970,full.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=1&cset=true

[napi21]

1. I saw this family several times on CNN programs yesterday!

I think FOX should pay for a headline in all the Calif. papers, info on all the local radio stations and also on the other TV network, boldly announcing how wrong they were, and that they have fired this guy! Now, I did hear that they terminated his contract, but that's obviously not good enough, if this poor family is still being harrassed!!!

[Cobalt Violet]

5. I saw it on MSNBC yesterday.

They spray painted "terrist" on his house. Typical spelling of a fox bot.

[tanyev]

2. They should sue.

[YDogg]

4. Fox doesn't make mistakes.

:sarcasm:

[cornermouse]

3. Sounds like a future lawsuit to me...

[koopie57]

6. I hope they sue

and I hope that instead of money, this family recieves the FOX news network for compensation.

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. I hope they press charges against FAUX and Loftus

should never be allowed in front of a camera again, unless of course, it's filming his perp walk.

[EnfantTerrible]

8. "Fair and Balanced"

:sarcasm:

[Bucky]

9. "Hizb ut-Tahrir"? Is that a joke? Sounds like "his butt terror"... aka...

Bush with diarrhea

[Jon8503]

10. I meant to add I heard the guy on Left Radio coming home from

work & the guy asked him if he knew who put out the satellite image of him home, listing their phone number, names, etc. He said all he knew was that it was a right wing group, Free Republic or something like that.

[Surya Gayatri]

11. Ed Schultz interviewed this guy

last night on his show. His family's life is a frightening hell and he's thinking of moving for the sake of his kids. 'Fair and Balanced', riiigggght. The inept bastards! He should sue their asses off if possible.