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Frankly, Im surprised that Fox ripped the information off this blog and repeated it on air, Stelter said on Sunday. And later in the day, Fox did find its own anonymous source, and publish its own story. And every one of Foxs primetime hosts picked up on it.
After all, this seemed like it changed the whole story, casting the officer as the victim of a dangerous aggressor, a dangerous black aggressor.
(snip)
Stelter pointed out that the most public officials had ever confirmed was that the officer had a swollen face. And in fact, a CNN source refuted the broken eye socket claim.
I have yet to see any firm evidence of an eye socket injury, Stelter said. But that does not seem to matter because these claims have spread all over the place, sowing doubt in peoples minds about what happened that terrible day in Ferguson.
video at link
Red News/Blue News
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/24/cnn-host-rips-fox-for-sowing-doubt-with-baseless-report-on-officers-fractured-eye-socket/
CNN's Reliable Sources Slams Fox For "Rush To Report Anonymous Claims" About Questionable Ferguson Officer Injury
http://mediamatters.org/video/2014/08/24/cnns-reliable-sources-slams-fox-for-rush-to-rep/200530
Fox Report On Darren Wilson Eye Injury Cited Conservative Blogger Jim Hoft
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)but obviously they are spineless and boneless...
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)refer to it as a "news source", it is owned by Jim Hoft, who I swear that geeky, lying, moral free, crazy internet guy on VEEP is based on.
CNN is now officially entertainment on par with Fox.
War Horse
(931 posts)A notorious liar posted a fake image, and not only did it go straight to Fox, but the "MSM" ran with it there for a while. Chilling.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)spanone
(135,874 posts)SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)trust to tell me the truth.
and CNN needs to own their bullshit too
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)Not sure what a hypocrite fish would look like, but since it was CNN that started pushing the lie among Big Media, they deserve it most.
RandiFan1290
(6,243 posts)During their "news" breaks Fox was repeating the bs all over the radio.
UTUSN
(70,740 posts)Plus in his castigating Faux today, he managed to work in the phrase, I agee with HANNITY..." (about not jumping to conclusions!1)