California governor’s office tries to get Fox News to correct ‘shocking mistake’

[alp227]

Source: Jim Romenesko

FoxNews.com reported last week that California’s 2012 budget deficit is projected to hit $28 billion.

“Completely false,” writes Gil Duran, Gov. Jerry Brown’s press secretary. “The error was actually pointed out to me by a reporter who thought it was a pretty shocking mistake.”

Duran tells Romenesko readers:

I wrote a request for a correction. Ignored.Unknown So it appears I’m going to have to campaign for a correction. Most news outlets are more than happy to correct an egregious error. Not Fox News, apparently. I’m not surprised by most of what they do. But — come on — you can’t just write fiction. I’m used to their relentless attacks and we generally ignore them … falsehoods are another matter!

Read more: http://jimromenesko.com/2012/12/27/california-governors-office-tries-to-get-fox-news-to-correct-shocking-mistake/

[SwankyXomb]

1. Pull their accreditation

for the next press conference. That'll get their attention.

[baldguy]

3. +1000

If only the White House would do the same.

[LiberalFighter]

10. They do something just as annoying.

Because Fox doesn't provide contact info they are not informed of press announcements at the WH.

[freshwest]

12. I thought they had, or at least Obama refused to talk to them anymore. Too O'Keefe-ist.

[Enrique]

2. credible figure is 1.9 billion

which makes the Fox error 1,555% if my math is right

http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/11/california-faces-19-billion-deficit.html

[Jenoch]

4. Playing devil's advocate here,

how can Faux News do a correction when the governor's press secretary does not provide the correct figure for the California budget deficit?

[Brother Buzz]

7. Perhaps that's the story a journalist from Fox should flesh out and make his bone

That is, if Fox employed genuine journalists. I'm just saying

[Hekate]

9. Hasn't the correct figure already been provided to one and all?

FOX just pulled that number out of its collective ass. "We distort. You deride!"

[Major Nikon]

13. That's easy. They just get on the air and say they were wrong.

[Posteritatis]

14. The governor's press secretary isn't the only one with the actual numbers. (nt)

[Jenoch]

21. I used to be in the news business.

I was attempting to make a point about how ridiculous the press secretary's news release was. The point was to discredit Faux News, not to get out the correct information. They don't want any stories reminding people about their budget deficit. (my posts here are from a news standpoint, not a political standpoint)

[RVN VET]

16. They don't need the correct answer to admit that their own number is wrong by a light year.

"Fox news apologizes for the error -- but how about telling us the real number, then, huh, Governor?" That's all they'd have to say -- and they would if they had a scintilla of integrity, which (of course) they don't.

[Berlum]

5. Fox (R) has shit for CRED among decent people

with constant lies and spin, they have totally undermined themselves. Sooo republican.

[JHB]

6. Gil, you have my permission to use the "L" word

Call a press conference and correct the "error" to the press at large, then call on the Fox reporter, NOT to take a question, but to ask HIM as to why his network is so unresponsive in correcting an egregious error.

[rhett o rick]

8. They are not to be mistaken for a fucking news organization. nm

[angry citizen]

29. Not a legit news org

I remember when the pres called fox news "not a legitimate new organization", and the corporate media came to their defense. Obama 1 corporate news 0

[LiberalFighter]

11. The governor's office should encourage the other news media

to report that Fox refused to correct their mistake.

[lobodons]

15. California Governor's office big mistake

California Governor's office big mistake was to referring to Fox News as a news organization.

[xxxsdesdexxx]

17. This misinformation is already out, but it doesn't hurt to have them correct the record. K&R.

[jaysunb]

18. It probably wasn't a mistake

More than likely it's just a sly way to try and discredit our, very blue, multicultural, secular, free thinking state.

[primavera]

25. Look up the Jane Akre case

The court held that it's perfectly legal for Fux News to lie through their teeth. Unfettered by any legal penalties, with a political agenda to promote, a public with a virtually nonexistent memory, and an incredibly gullible viewership, why on earth would they concern themselves with pesky things like facts?

[Angry Dragon]

19. I think Fox News is either a satire site or an entertainment station

[Historic NY]

20. FOX NEWS fairly unbalenced.

[marble falls]

23. Rupert Murdoch is fairly unbalanced.

[michigandem58]

22. Looks like it was $14B through November

if I'm reading this correctly.

The State ended the last fiscal year with a cash deficit of $9.6 billion. As of November 30, that cash deficit totaled $24.9 billion and is being covered with $14.9 billion of internal borrowing (temporary loans from special funds), and $10 billion of external borrowing.

http://www.democracyforums.com/showthread.php?p=1219981

Looks like they made the common error of confusing deficits with accumulated debt.

[olddad56]

24. Faux News knows what they are doing. It was intentional. That was the budget deficit that Arnold ..

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left the state with.

[aaaaaa5a]

26. Fox news lied. Color me shocked!

[Fantastic Anarchist]

27. Yes, they can write fiction and often do.

They called Westboro Baptist Church a "left-wing" organization, for fuck sake!

[libodem]

30. And when it is a 'R' sex scandal

There is usually a 'D' under the mug shot. Farging Bastages.

[dickthegrouch]

28. Constitutional Change, anyone?

Free speech does not have to allow lying.

There are many threads that all say the rule of law is disintegrating. IMHO that's because 'Integrity' has become a dirty word, just as willful ignorance seems to have become a virtue.

We need to demand better. Racing to the bottom is not something I support.