Fox News ‘Clarifies’ Bogus Obama Apology Story

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As we noted a few days ago, the entire right wing media and blogosphere — all of them — fell for yet another fake outrage: the false claim that President Obama had offered to apologize to Japan for the bombing of Hiroshima in WWII.

Fox News, of course, quickly spread the bogus anti-Obama story far and wide before anyone could notice that it was a complete fraud, thereby ensuring that it would become a right wing article of faith, impervious to logic or facts.

When Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher contacted them about their deceptive coverage, Fox News decided to have dim bulb Steve Doocy “clarify” the issue.

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I hope no one’s holding their breath waiting for the rest of the right wing universe to own up to their part in circulating a completely false story.

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1 (I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was)  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:28:16am
I hope no one’s holding their breath waiting for the rest of the right wing universe to own up to their part in circulating a completely false story.

The more likely scenario: The wingnuts trashing Fox for "wanting to be part of the establishment" and "sucking up to the Lamestream Media and the Obama regime".

2 (I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was)  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:32:10am

We'd like to clarify… We want to make sure this is very clear… What we reported having happened actually never happened… Shoulda been clearer about this… and we're sorry for any confusion

I don't even know what to call this without using scare quotes.

3 HappyWarrior  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:37:53am

We'd like to clarify that we're just pitiful journalists which is saying something because there's a lot of pitiful journalists out there.

4 Kronocide  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:38:14am

We did nothing wrong but we're sorry.

5 kirkspencer  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:40:05am

What, no "We're sorry you feel that way" apologies?

6 wrenchwench  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:43:14am

re: #2 000G

I don't even know what to call this without using scare quotes.

We lie with impunity. Shoulda been more clear about that.

7 Killgore Trout  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:44:59am

C'mon guys. Talk. I have a good OT but don't want accusations of derailing the thread.

8 Obdicut  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:46:01am

re: #7 Killgore Trout

Page it-- the solution to OT.

On topic, I'm confused by Fox apologizing, no matter how lame, given that they run stories this factually inaccurate all the time.

9 Tumulus11  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:46:17am

. Fox knows it can't un-ring the bell that sets the dogs to salivating.

10 lawhawk  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:46:29am

re: #7 Killgore Trout

Your honor. I demand a sidebar!

11 wrenchwench  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:46:50am

re: #7 Killgore Trout

C'mon guys. Talk. I have a good OT but don't want accusations of derailing the thread.

If you see a two minute interval between comments, I'd say go for it. Or use the previous thread. Or what Obdicut said.

12 jamesfirecat  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:47:29am

Fox News! Not intended to be a factual statement....

13 Kronocide  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:47:34am

re: #5 kirkspencer

What, no "We're sorry you feel that way" apologies?

That's an iteration of 'we're sorry if we caused offense.'

So if nobody is offended, we're not sorry.

More mealy mouthed rhetorical feign fu from the Real Lamestream Media.

14 Killgore Trout  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:47:35am

re: #11 wrenchwench

If you see a two minute interval between comments, I'd say go for it. Or use the previous thread. Or what Obdicut said.

I'll wait. I have some chores to do anyways.

15 darthstar  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:49:33am

Too true.

16 Gus  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:49:44am

FLASH: Obama, in letter to Congress, authorizes deployment of small # of U.S. combat forces to central Africa to assist fight against LRA

17 (I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was)  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 10:58:58am

How about debate on Matt Taibbi's excellent advice to OWS?

18 dragonfire1981  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:01:40am

re: #16 Gus 802

FLASH: Obama, in letter to Congress, authorizes deployment of small # of U.S. combat forces to central Africa to assist fight against LRA

OH MY GOD! That crazy commie bastard has thrown us into another WAR!!

19 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:02:14am

re: #17 000G

How about debate on Matt Taibbi's excellent advice to OWS?

I think you can actually run candidates on something like that--create legislation--and appeal to a broad range of people. What remains to be seen is whether this wave of protests can morph into something like that.

20 Kragar  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:03:59am

re: #16 Gus 802

FLASH: Obama, in letter to Congress, authorizes deployment of small # of U.S. combat forces to central Africa to assist fight against LRA

[Link: talkingpointsmemo.com...]

Two days ago, the U.S. deployed combat troops to central Africa to serve as advisers to regional forces battling the Lord's Resistance Army. News of the deployment came a few minutes ago in a letter dated today from President Obama to John Boehner (R-OH), speaker of the House, and Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI), president pro tempore of the Senate. The letter was released publicly by the White House.

A total of 100 combat-equipped troops will eventually be deployed, with the rest being dispatched in the coming days, according to the letter. "However, although the U.S. forces are combat-equipped, they will only be providing information, advice, and assistance to partner nation forces, and they will not themselves engage LRA forces unless necessary for self-defense," Obama writes.

We'll have more on this surprise move and what exactly the LRA is shortly.

21 Gus  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:05:21am

re: #20 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

[Link: talkingpointsmemo.com...]

Yep. I put a page up already from Reuters.

22 (I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was)  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:06:26am

re: #19 SanFranciscoZionist

I think you can actually run candidates on something like that--create legislation--and appeal to a broad range of people. What remains to be seen is whether this wave of protests can morph into something like that.

That's what I always liked about Taibbi's writing: Even though he is clearly agitating, he always stays focused on the actual details of the issues he is reporting on and he always stays as pragmatic as possible in his approach. I don't think he has all the answers, but having at least some is more than most other people who usually just whine.

23 Kragar  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:09:55am

Herman Cain mocks "Princess Nancy", Democrats for not wanting to lay off teachers

CAIN: You heard about the $26 billion bailout of teeeeachers. Didn’t want to lay off teeeeachers. Here’s what I want to share with you in this segment tonight. It’s called, “beneath the $26 billion bailout.” [...]

What I want to do this segment is peel back the onion on the $26 billion bailout that they rushed back to Congress in an emergency session called by “Princess Nancy!” “This is an absolute national congressional emergency!” They rushed back to pass this $26 billion emergency jobs bill. It was a $26 billion spending bill.

Yes Herman. The government spends money, to keep people working and to provide essential services. So good of you to notice.

24 Feline Fearless Leader  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:11:13am

re: #20 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

[Link: talkingpointsmemo.com...]

And pundits should be forced to watch _Children of War_ before making further comment about this move and the LRA in general.

25 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:12:59am

My favorite recent story was Paula Dean's comment that Mrs. Obama ate more than her usual guests.

Her usual guests are Hollywood actors and actresses, aren't they? Hollywood people live on air and an occasional leaf, so that's not too hard.

I will admit I have never watched this show.

26 kirkspencer  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:16:30am

re: #25 EmmmieG

My favorite recent story was Paula Dean's comment that Mrs. Obama ate more than her usual guests.

Her usual guests are Hollywood actors and actresses, aren't they? Hollywood people live on air and an occasional leaf, so that's not too hard.

I will admit I have never watched this show.

Actually, I think Paula was lying her ass off given she had an episode with some football players - and talked about how they cleaned their plates and came back for more, over and over.

27 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:18:13am

re: #25 EmmmieG

My favorite recent story was Paula Dean's comment that Mrs. Obama ate more than her usual guests.

Her usual guests are Hollywood actors and actresses, aren't they? Hollywood people live on air and an occasional leaf, so that's not too hard.

I will admit I have never watched this show.

Isn't Paul Deen the one who puts whole sticks of butter into everything?

Anyway, wake me up when Michelle actually gets fat. The woman has made it to nearly fifty, given birth to two children, and is svelte as a svelte feline thing I won't be specific about, because if I say 'panther', the wingnuts will panic in unison.

28 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:18:40am

re: #26 kirkspencer

Actually, I think Paula was lying her ass off given she had an episode with some football players - and talked about how they cleaned their plates and came back for more, over and over.

Yes, but they're men. They're allowed to be big and eat hearty.

29 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:18:42am

re: #26 kirkspencer

Actually, I think Paula was lying her ass off given she had an episode with some football players - and talked about how they cleaned their plates and came back for more, over and over.

Okay, yeah she was stretching things.

30 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:19:15am

re: #28 SanFranciscoZionist

Yes, but they're men. They're allowed to be big and eat hearty.

Ashley Wilkes says he likes a girl with a hearty appetite.

31 zora  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:22:01am

re: #26 kirkspencer

the comment about michelle eating a lot on her show doesn't appear to be facetious. I think it was one of those, "she's a regular woman" kind of statements. she praises michelle for encouraging people to garden and moderate their diets.

[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]

I guess the headlines have to be catty anyway.

32 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:22:14am

re: #30 EmmmieG

Ashley Wilkes says he likes a girl with a hearty appetite.

"What gentlemen says and what they thinks is two different things."

33 HappyWarrior  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:23:27am

re: #23 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Herman Cain mocks "Princess Nancy", Democrats for not wanting to lay off teachers

Yes Herman. The government spends money, to keep people working and to provide essential services. So good of you to notice.

What a dick. Just the guy for the Republicans.

34 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:24:09am

re: #27 SanFranciscoZionist

Isn't Paul Deen the one who puts whole sticks of butter into everything?

Anyway, wake me up when Michelle actually gets fat. The woman has made it to nearly fifty, given birth to two children, and is svelte as a svelte feline thing I won't be specific about, because if I say 'panther', the wingnuts will panic in unison.

I think we are totally messed up about food.

Our natural, evolution-produced impulses are attuned to a time when food was hard to come by, especially fat and sugar, and yet the modern ideal silhouette is one of a woman who eats lettuce all day and works out three-four hours a day.

Not a healthy contradiction, and so we have endless media stories about healthy eating and food, yet we are stuffing down the ho-ho's behind the pantry door.

35 (I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was)  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:24:49am

re: #25 EmmmieG

My favorite recent story was Paula Dean's comment that Mrs. Obama ate more than her usual guests.

Her usual guests are Hollywood actors and actresses, aren't they? Hollywood people live on air and an occasional leaf, so that's not too hard.

I will admit I have never watched this show.

It's good:

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36 kirkspencer  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:25:08am

re: #31 zora

the comment about michelle eating a lot on her show doesn't appear to be facetious. I think it was one of those, "she's a regular woman" kind of statements. she praises michelle for encouraging people to garden and moderate their diets.

[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]

I guess the headlines have to be catty anyway.

Except she also made the remark about eating more than any of her other guests. If it hadn't been for that I'd have agreed it was the tabloids, not Paula.

Heck, I keep wondering if the part they cut out included "bless her heart."

(You have to be familiar with southern culture to get that. It's code that always means the comment is an insult. As in, "She can't help that her daddy's poor, bless her heart.")

37 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:26:05am

re: #34 EmmmieG

I think we are totally messed up about food.

Our natural, evolution-produced impulses are attuned to a time when food was hard to come by, especially fat and sugar, and yet the modern ideal silhouette is one of a woman who eats lettuce all day and works out three-four hours a day.

Not a healthy contradiction, and so we have endless media stories about healthy eating and food, yet we are stuffing down the ho-ho's behind the pantry door.

My mind was blown about ten years ago, by a letter to Ann Landers or one of them, by a thirteen year old girl whose father was, I'm not kidding, threatening to make her give up being on the soccer team if she didn't lose weight.

38 zora  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:26:44am

re: #32 SanFranciscoZionist

"What gentlemen says and what they thinks is two different things."

[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

Paula Deen Named Hottest Female TV Chef By 'Maxim'

39 (I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was)  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:28:35am

Michelle Obama and food, or the Obamas and food in general is a very weird obsessive wingnut meme, btw.

Recent example, pre-Paula-Deen: [Link: tammybruce.com...]

40 HappyWarrior  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:30:20am

I think it's pretty lame how they go after the first lady. Limbaugh's probably been the biggest but what do you expect from a drug addict who once called a thirteen year old girl the White House dog?

41 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:30:54am

re: #38 zora

[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

Paula Deen Named Hottest Female TV Chef By 'Maxim'

Gentlemen like butter. What can I say?

42 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:32:20am

re: #39 000G

Michelle Obama and food, or the Obamas and food in general is a very weird obsessive wingnut meme, btw.

Recent example, pre-Paula-Deen: [Link: tammybruce.com...]

They're deranged.

43 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:37:07am

re: #41 SanFranciscoZionist

Gentlemen like butter. What can I say?

There's a scene in one of Diana Gabaldon's books, where the time-travelling heroine has introduced potatoes early to eighteenth-century Scotland. They've grown them, but people are a little nervous about eating them, so her husband, the laird of the estate, digs in.

The heroine is standing with the women, who are really dubious. The men are eating them, 'but men would eat horse droppings if you put enough butter on them'. OTOH, the laird has just eaten five, and they don't seem to be affecting him badly.

44 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:39:46am

re: #38 zora

[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

Paula Deen Named Hottest Female TV Chef By 'Maxim'

Nit-picking. She's cooking with long sleeves. Not just long, but long and loose enough to look like she would have to worry about her sleeves getting into stuff...melted butter, batter, open flame, you know...stuff.

Does anyone else here cook with long, loose sleeves? I usually push mine up, or wear short.

45 SanFranciscoZionist  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:42:14am

re: #44 EmmmieG

Nit-picking. She's cooking with long sleeves. Not just long, but long and loose enough to look like she would have to worry about her sleeves getting into stuff...melted butter, batter, open flame, you know...stuff.

Does anyone else here cook with long, loose sleeves? I usually push mine up, or wear short.

Ditto, but then again, I don't cook on TV.

46 zora  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 11:54:16am

re: #41 SanFranciscoZionist

and bacon.

47 efuseakay  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 12:11:01pm

Something else the TeaPublicans will get all riled up about:

[Link: www.cnn.com...]

What? A Christian terrorist group responsible for the rape/murder/kidnappings of thousands of people? They must be seegrit moslem marxist commies!

48 mikec6666  Fri, Oct 14, 2011 12:59:42pm

Oh, oh shit, I just came. Sorry, I've never seen shit like that before on Fox.

49 labman57  Sat, Oct 15, 2011 8:28:40am

When informed by FOX News management (which had recently come to the realization that their unabashedly biased, propaganda-promoting commentators had become an industry joke) that they would have to issue a clarification, the Three Stooges of F&F replied: "Since when ...?"


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