Fox News again accused of airing misleading video

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Source: Yahoo News Blog

For the second time in just over a week, Fox News is coming under fire for misusing old news footage. The latest flap is leading some people to charge that the cable news network is intentionally misleading its audience, while Fox claims a "production error."

Wednesday's incident occurred when Fox News host Gregg Jarrett mentioned that a Sarah Palin appearance and book signing in Grand Rapids, Michigan had a massive turnout. As footage rolled of a smiling and waving Palin amidst a throng of fans, Jarrett noted that the former Republican vice-presidential candidate is "continuing to draw huge crowds while she's promoting her brand-new book,'' adding that the images being shown were "some of the pictures just coming in to us.... The lines earlier had formed this morning."

However, the video used in the segment was from a 2008 McCain/Palin campaign rally. In response to the minor uproar that arose after clips of Jarrett's report hit the Internet, Fox senior vice-president of news Michael Clemente issued an initial statement saying, "This was a production error in which the copy editor changed a script and didn't alert the control room to update the video."

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he current mishap comes on the heels of a controversy sparked last week when footage from a conservative rally held over the summer was played on "Hannity" during a segment on a more recent rally. During the clip, host Sean Hannity marveled over the large turnout for a Washington, DC protest. The Daily Show later pointed out that there seemed to be some inconsistencies with the video shown on Hannity's show, namely that the atmospheric conditions seemed to vary from shot to shot. Hannity later apologized on the air for what he called "an inadvertent mistake."


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[louis-t]

1. This is SOP for faux. At least someone is calling them on it.

Keep the pressure up. Just because they won a court case doesn't mean you have to stop calling them on their lies.

[Qutzupalotl]

2. Not even a credible excuse. Not even close.

There is no credible reason to change the copy to say, "Here's an example from last year of the type of crowds Sarah Palin can draw." Why would they do that? No, this was intentional and they got caught.

[FatDave]

3. Funny how their production errors always favor republicans, isn't it?

Like when they put a D by Mark Foley's name. Oops. If bank errors are consistently in the bank's favor, it's ridiculous to believe they are errors.