Fox Passed Off GOP Talking Points As Their Own Reporting


	Fox Passed Off GOP Talking Points As Their Own Reporting

ratilfar

2-11-2009 8:13 AM

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faux, news, gop, talking, points, idiots, propaganda

ratilfar says:

So, in short, Fox News received a press release from a GOP outpost, and rather than reporting it out or applying even the teeniest bit of critical scrutiny, they cut-and-pasted the whole kit and kaboodle into a slideshow just as quickly as their tiny mouse-clicky hands could go, the end.

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2-11-2009 9:19 AM

dmegivern

I think this has been the modis operandi of the Fox Network since its inception.

2-11-2009 9:37 AM

ratilfar

Indeed.

2-11-2009 11:43 AM

debbyski

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

2-11-2009 2:10 PM

ratilfar

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