Fox News abruptly cuts away from Tucson vigil after mourner mentions Sarah Palin

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Fox News abruptly cuts away from Tucson vigil after mourner mentions Sarah Palin

By Stephen C. Webster
Sunday, January 9th, 2011 -- 12:39 am

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/fox-news-abruptly-cuts-tucson-vigil-mourner-mentions-sarah-palin/

The Fox News Channel abruptly cut to commercial after a mourner attending a Tuscon, Arizona vigil for those killed in Saturday's shootings mentioned Fox employee Sarah Palin as one of the culprits behind a rising tide of violent rhetoric in US politics and media.

As they awaited the beginning of a Pima County Sheriff's Department press conference, Fox News host Shep Smith cued a live video from the vigil for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), who sustained a bullet wound to the head and was among a total of 19 shot in a sudden attack outside a grocery store.

At the vigil, which was carried live by some -- including CNN's website -- a man stepped up to the microphone holding a candle and implored those in power to ask themselves why they actually want to be in such a position.

"And I say to you, Sarah Palin," he began, just before Fox News abruptly cut the feed.

In video that seemed to be unavailable late Saturday, the man continued, calling for violent rhetoric in politics and the media to be toned down. His sentiment was seemingly echoed by Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik.

"I think it's the vitriolic rhetoric that we hear day in and day out from people in the radio business and some people in the TV business and what we see on TV and how our youngsters are being raised, that ... This has not become the nice United States that most of us grew up in, and I think it's time that we do the soul searching," he said.

[Kingofalldems]

1. No way--he was mentally ill and Sarah didn't do anything bad--

and we have to wait for the facts and and.....:sarcasm:

[spanone]

2. the must protect their employees

[madrchsod]

3. never seen a cut so fast in my life....

someone must have been waiting for certain key words....

[lonestarnot]

4. I wouldn't give them the satisfaction of wasting juice on their shitty channel.