Hannity 'Apologizes' for Falsifying Footage of Tea Bagger Rally

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Hannity 'Apologizes' for Falsifying Footage of Tea Bagger Rally

After The Daily Show busted the Fox 'News' anchor attempting to inflate the apparent attendance for a recent D.C. Tea Bagger rally by using old footage from two months ago, Sean Hannity offered an "apology" of sorts on tonight's show.

Having no choice but to cop to it, Hannity admitted getting busted, though claims it was "an inadvertent mistake". How one can inadvertently go fetch footage from two months ago, and "inadvertently" edit it into a report on an event that took place earlier on the same day is not entirely clear.

He also failed to explain to his viewers the context in which the "incorrect video" actually was shown. Neither did he run Stewart's report from last night explaining clearly how Hannity had attempted to fool them. So, as usual, Hannity's viewers remain largely both in the dark and misinformed.

Here's the transcript and the video of Hannity's statement, which came at the very end of his show tonight, about an hour ago...

STEWART VIDEO, HANNITY 'APOLOGY' VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7516

Read more: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7516

[DesertRat]

1. He's just sorry that he was caught. n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

16. EXACTLY!!!!

[BluDemocratGirl]

22. And he put on quite a show, didn't he? LOL

Sean Insanity is a lying, ignorant S.O.B!

[Farzan]

32. "Inadvertently", but always in Fox's favor

[beac]

99. I'm surprised there wasn't a "(D)" next to "inadvertent mistake" in the transcript.

Hannity acts like he accidentally pulled a black and a blue sock out of the clean laundry basket. :eyes:

[ShockediSay]

44. Propaganda paid for by the right wing neoFascists

is all it is

[tblue]

72. Fox News: We distort. You deride.

Whatta buncha clowns.

[curiousdemo]

64. Caught his punkass red handed......

Good thing we have the only reliable news source in Jon Stewart to police Fox and CNN. I think CNN is getting the picture by firing Lou "Crazy Man" Dobbs. Being at the bottom of the barrel is not good. FOX NOISE IS NOT NEWS!

[Beartracks]

106. That was the "inadvertent" part. nt/

[GrantDem]

2. This is not likely to change in the foreseeable future.

Hannity's viewers remain largely both in the dark and misinformed.

[bulloney]

61. Hannity & Faux viewers are like mushrooms--kept in the dark and fed a bunch of shit.

[ThatsMyBarack]

73. Spot on!

:thumbsup:

[pauldg0]

109. (Read this) Fox news can legally be taken down......

COMPARE....

ORWELL'S "WAR OF THE WORLDS"..

. Free Speech...Yes! Was the story true?....No!
. Did the broadcaster want to have an effect to the audience?...Yes! Did they expect what would happen?...No!
. What happened: a broadcaster interupted a show with a news flash of flying saucers/martians taking over to end life on earth.
. The result....People tragically reacted to the story as if it was real news. Many committed suicide throughout the U.S.
. What resulted after?...FCC removed this type of broadcasting and regulated future presentations to the public.


TO....

FOX NEWS PROPOGANDA (EXAMPLES...OBAMA IS A NAZI, COMMUNIST, ARAB EXTREMIST...THIS NATION IS GOING TO COME UNDER COMMUNIST RULE).

. Free Speech...Yes! Is the information true?...No!
. Does the broadcaster want to create an effect to the audience?...Yes! Are they expecting results?...YES!
. Projects themselves as a News station.
. What's happening?....Uninformed people have reacted to dis-information causing CIVIL INSTABILITY & DANGER TO THE PUBLIC.
. The result should be this.....BASED ON THE PARALLELISM HERE, OUR GOVERNMENT MUST REACT TO THIS IMMEDIATELY as they did above!!

Think about it.....The FCC immediately and justifiably corrected the mistake made in the 1930's. This is the absolute reason to stop Fox now! My God, Fox is owned by a foreigner. It is much more serious and would make sense for authorities to take action now. This is TREASONOUS when U.S. employees who know what they are doing under the direction of a foreign owner, are MOTIVATED TO CAUSE HAVOC IN OUR NATION !!!

[USA_1]

3. Dan Rather Was Fired

If reichsters had any integrity, they would demand the same for Shamnnity.

[No Elephants]

24. Rather did not falsify anything deliberately and the facts of Rather's story were accurate.

[K8-EEE]

102. So obvious that Rove & Co. did the forgery n/t

[crikkett]

55. Dan Rather was a journalist, not a spokesmodel. n/t

[AspenRose]

4. Hannity, you are a lying piece of shit, asshole.

And thank you, Jon Stewart, et. al. :patriot:

[K8-EEE]

5. I would like to know how it is possible for the old footage to

Just JUMP IN THERE with that day's (apparently disappointing) footage?

[Turborama]

7. When Faux was covering the event live they used that footage too

Not just when Hannity was interviewing Bachmann after it.

[zbdent]

37. not specifically Faux, but didn't Repugs use footage/photos of the inauguration

to bolster their claims of Beck's 9/12 march's crowd size?

[rurallib]

48. I am pretty sure it was FUX using the 'million man march' vids

at least in some of their long views.

[Alcibiades]

53. it was the "promise keepers" rally

If I recall correctly.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

6. That's a shocker. Usually Fox just pretends they didn't lie and never mention it again.

[K8-EEE]

8. Scream Lies, Whisper Retractions

That should be their motto.

[mrcheerful]

9. Fuxs might have done that except for the fact that the trees were in fall bloom

and clearly the trees were green in the 9/12 tape. Jon kept pointing out the fall leaves in the first part and summer leaves from the 9/12 tape. Mother nature just doesn't favor wing nuts.

[No Elephants]

25. "Facts have a liberal bias." Colbert nt

[TheEuclideanOne]

42. If only she would use lightning more often

[K8-EEE]

10. He's so so sorry he can't get that shiteating grin off his mug

God what a maroon.

[Farzan]

34. "shiteating grin"...such accurate description of these guys.

[orbitalman]

11. Anyway, this is not the 1st time he's lied is it?

He can just go fuck himself.

[Gregorian]

12. And the FCC will do what about it.

It seems to me this should be a criminal act. I'm sorry if that violates the spirit of the 1st Amendment, but...

[Ghost Dog]

13. Pull Fox's license?

Not holding my breath.

[MidwestRick]

92. They are on cable

they don't have a license.

[Downwinder]

14. Are you sure he is not a Bush?

[earcandle]

15. The new innocence: admit your errors, be human. Cute, huh?

[DeSwiss]

17. Arguing their stupidity is always.....

...Faux's first line of defense.

- Because everyone always takes it as a given....


K&R

[Lautremont]

18. I'll have to check out what Archbunker Stevens has to say about all this before I can really comment

[oldtime dfl_er]

19. "inadvertently" my ass

NOBODY believes you, you lying sack of ...

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

39. I've done some video editing in my life....

and there's nothing "inadvertent" about it. It's not like slipping on a fucking banana peel.

What's more, his "inadvertent" error was in the larger context of LYING about the size of the rally.

[Beartracks]

107. What, did they accidentally grab old attendance numbers, too? n/t

:eyes:

[IHR]

20. Although it pains me to say this

Go fuck yourself Hannity. You smug condescending piece of shit.

[Divine Discontent]

23. meh, don't feel so bad, he brings out that acidic response in millions! lol

he's a twisted person.

[garybeck]

21. thank you Brad, k/r n/t

[No Elephants]

26. Faux News. It's not just a snark. nt

[Name removed]

27. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[NecklyTyler]

28. And the next time Hannity is in confession

"Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. I lied to the whole world today ... "

[bulloney]

63. The priest ought to keep him on a confession retainer with all the lying he does.

[namvet73]

29. Er, uhm, so, when are they.....

going to apologize for "accidentally" putting a 'D' next to misbehaving Republican's names?

When are they going to apologize for forgetting to put "opinion" in a subtitle under the names of "reporters" who ridicule Democrats in an alleged "news" piece?

Sorta like CBS News Sunday Morning puts up a huge. 3 foot high, sign, which says "OPINION" just before Ben Stein talks about how everything is OK, Nancy Giles talks about how everything is NOT OK, etc. piece.

How about renaming the station "Fox Commentary" channel and the company name "Opinioncorp."

How about an extra, slowly rotating animated block above the spinning (1 RPM) Fox Logo in the lower left hand corner of the screen, that says "Commentary."

[Botany]

33. oh those little mistakes?

[TroglodyteScholar]

49. WOW, never saw this one n/t

[Botany]

56. google Fox News Chyrons ...... there are hundreds of them

http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=Fox%20news%20chyrons&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=w


http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/11/04/fema_narrowweb__300x468,0.jpg

But one can see the Michael Brown mistake was easy to miss.

[jimshoes]

51. Heck of a job Fox!

They are shameless.:wow:

[republicansarewhores]

30. Hannity's sorry alright...

Sorry he got caught. Does anyone think he would have performed this on air mea culpa if John Stewart hadn't revealed what a filthy liar he is?

RAW

[Botany]

31. It "just happened" sure it did Sean

D.C. Trees Summer



D.C. Trees Fall

That old film just jumped from some sort of storage into and edited itself in a different news piece.
You are just sorry your were caught.

[mstinamotorcity]

35. what do you expect

from a lying network with lying host and lying programmers and lying entertainment directors and lying owners and management. liars and cheats should be their network slogan. Glad the world is paying attention. Because the liars think we are not. Hey Sean, LIAR, LIAR pants on fire???????:evilfrown: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[zbdent]

36. SFauxP ... Standard Faux Procedure ...

lie lie lie ... they've got the court order saying they could ...

"and now, the weather ... it will be 95 degrees and 3 feet of purple snow with pink polkadots. Anybody who disagrees is a far left looney terrorist-loving America hating faggot."

[NewJeffCT]

38. I'm surprised he admitted it, but

they took the usual Republic way - he is basically saying it was a low level staffer who inadvertently put in the wrong footage.

[tclambert]

40. I am shocked, shocked that ANYONE on Fox News would ever, EVER

admit an error.

[workinclasszero]

41. Fire the lyin prick now Faux "news"

Handjob's deception is proof that fox is nothing but a front for reich wing propaganda.

Gotta love that astroturf teabagger horseshit Fox! :rofl:

[Maestro]

43. *uck off!

You are no sorry! You seething mad that you were caught you lying P.O.S.

[tonekat]

45. Maybe he can get with Dobbs - there's a couple of tools!

"The Hannity-Dobbs Report" - not a shred of truth!

Thanks to the Daily Show, Jon Stewart and his staff for doing what the MSM can't/won't do.

[marmar]

46. Another non-apology apology.....

nt

[Hubert Flottz]

47. What does FOX news have to do with the "TRUTH"

The very same thing that the GOP has to do with the truth...NOTHING!

"A republican that don't lie, ain't got nothin' to say," My Dad

The GOP is not a reality based crew!

[City Lights]

50. The majority of the Fux Kool-Aid drinkers won't care.

I'm glad he was forced to own it though.

Thanks, Jon Stewart! Keep it up! :patriot:

[TwentyFive]

69. Won't care? Or unable to figure it out?

Perhaps a few won't care...but the majority are too stupid to see through Hannity and his lies.

[euphoria12leo]

52. Washington Post was wrong

they said 10,000 according to Jon Stewart. DCFD and Police Department said under 5,000. Fixed News also lied about the attendance of the September crowd over and over again. But I have to ask, couldn't the idiots that attended the MB rally look around and figure out the numbers and know that Hannity was lying without being told? Hannity must know alot of people watch Jon Stewart. :rofl:


:think:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

57. what amazes me is that part of the capitol as GREAT video coverage 24/7

where the hell is that video feed? It would clearly show crowd size. Every square inch of that plaza is under surveilance.

[euphoria12leo]

85. Camera tricks

I think the cameras were focused on the steps where the batshit crazy Republicans were speaking most of the time. The cameras moved to the crazy teabaggers to show the posters thinking no one would have a problem with it. They were wrong. If they did have a problem with it they certainly wouldn't speak out about it. Heck I don't know about the video at all and you're right about the video footage.


:shrug:

[namvet73]

54. Don't forget...

how Rose Mary Woods "accidentally" had her left foot on the record button and her nose on the "play" button when she "accidentally" erased the Nixon tapes.

[hootinholler]

97. Nose?

I thought it was her ample breast.

:shrug:

-Hoot

[Faygo Kid]

58. News flash: His viewers don't care. They are dittoheads.

They care nothing for journalistic integrity. They only want reinforcement for their hatred, and he provides it, while lining his pockets with big $$$$.

[kag]

59. I'm shocked.

You mean it wasn't a full-throated mea culpa? Gee, I'm so surprised.

[Lerkfish]

60. no one inadvertantly edits video, its a very deliberate process

to even suggest that is evidence of more lying.

[Jefferson23]

62. I love it, the WH is vindicated once again for calling Fox not a real news organization.

WAY TO GO JON STEWART!!!!!!!!!! I love that guy.

[Love Bug]

65. The real shame here is it takes a COMEDY SHOW to uncover this kind of thing

Where was CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC in uncovering Fox? God knows there are enough examples out there of Fox's deliberate misinformation. Yet it takes a comedy show and bloggers to do the research and uncover this.

[redqueen]

78. They don't want to uncover anything.

Didn't the other networks react with shock and horror when Gibbs called FOX out? Wasn't that the perfect opportunity to uncover FOX?

[bdamomma]

111. It takes Jon Stewart to point out the facts, geesh.

thanks to him.

[Bigmack]

66. What is WRONG with the dems....

Why does it take a fake news show to blow the whistle on these assholes? Jon regularly uses tape clips to expose Repub hypocrisy and lies.
This story is getting no traction on any MSM outlet. Why doesn't CNN jump all over it and blast Faux?

[Gregorian]

86. Could it be that they share the same advertisers?

Everyone is so tied together through the corporate money scheme. No one can be honest without losing their support.

Just a guess.

[shadowknows69]

67. Mistake my ass. I guarantee that any footage shot by Fox is time/date stamped.

[TwentyFive]

68. Picture is priceless. Easy to see. Most Hannity lies require THINKING to refute.

Tea baggers are tea baggers because they can't engage in critical thinking. Hopefully, their feeble brains can figure out a picture...without exploding from overload.

Hannity is evil. Hannity, Limbaugh, Beck, Savage, Coulter, Drudge, etc, etc...should not be allowed to make a living off lying.

[Faygo Kid]

70. Separated at birth: Sean Hannity and Lou Costello.

[barbtries]

89. you know you can submit that to Huffington post right?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/12/separated-at-birth-10-pol_n_354188.html?slidenumber=3jRJ03ZMzks%3D

[hadrons]

71. "Hannity's viewers remain largely both in the dark and misinformed."

says it alll

[derby378]

74. Uh, Brad? You said "tea bagger"

Therefore, I submit the official Tea Party anthem for your listening pleasure. Enjoy! :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qAEdi68caM

[Ferret Annica]

75. Give this creep the Dan Rather style retirement

Especially as this incident in no way could possibly be an honest mistake.

[Kingofalldems]

76. The RW lies about everything---Why would any DUer want to

be pals and work with them?:shrug: :shrug:

[L0oniX]

77. What an ASSCARROT extraordinarie.

[itsrobert]

79. Fox News is going down!

Not likely. The sheep will continue to watch.

[CoffinEd]

80. Like his viewers really care

Lies, distortions, and slander is the main reason why they tune in to his show. That's what they want to hear.

[itsrobert]

105. Exactly

You are on the mark.

[TK421]

81. What a non-apology...of course he had to throw in the "thanks for watching" cut in the end

dirtbag....

[newtothegame]

82. Why does Stewart care, or us?

Aren't we constantly posting about how Fox's ratings are tanking and their sponsors are leaving?

[Joszef Pelikan]

84. I care

I care as long as they have a significant audience.

[fascisthunter]

87. hahahaha

yeah, leave Fox News alone!

[defendandprotect]

91. Because Americans have to wake up to FAKE VIDEO . . .

and while Fox will be the primary offender -- there is this capability to fool the

public and the public has to be watching closely and wondering more often if what

they see on TV is real . . . !!!!!

An important thing to think about --

[Joszef Pelikan]

83. inadvertent

Just like the guy who inadvertently grabs his gun, inadvertently loads it and returns to the fight.

[Don Davis]

88. In Apology For False Footage, Hannity Labels Himself a 'Democrat'

http://satiricalpolitical.com/2009/11/12/in-apology-for-false-footage-hannity-labels-himself-a-democrat/

[defendandprotect]

90. Okay, folks . . . so keep FAKE VIDEO in mind as we watch TV . . .

While FOX is probably the most blatant and vicious offender, it may not only be FOX?

[defendandprotect]

93. Thank you . . .FOX needs to be shut down . . . but Americans also need

to wake up to the various ways that they are being lied to by their TV --

and fake video is one of them. It may not only be happening on Fox?

[TheCowsCameHome]

94. Hannity is a fake, Fox is fake as well.

[clapnot1]

95. FOX really stands for...

FOX really stands for Flat Out Xtreme lies...

And to thing that the other FOX channels has shows like 'Family Guy' and the like...

[chemenger]

96. "Hannity's viewers remain largely both in the dark and misinformed."

Now there's an understatement for you!!!

:rofl:

[happygoluckytoyou]

98. words hannity only ever hear from men.... "BOY WHAT A DICK"

[Zorra]

100. All RW talking heads are liars. If they didn't lie, they'd have nothing to say.

The entire RW platform is a bullshit scam designed by corporate propagandists for the purpose of deceiving illiterate and/or gullible people into voting for republicans in order to insure that corporations retain control of our government.

[MrsCorleone]

101. Didn't Hannity also show faux Cuban hospital footage during an interview w Michael Moore? nt

[mckara]

103. Inadvertent, My Ass!

There are differences between news agencies and propaganda outlets.

Fox airs propaganda, not news stories.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

104. Yeah, and I inadvertantly have feet at the end of my legs.

Cop to the lie Sean, make history.

Riiiiiiight. :rofl:

[taxjustice51]

108. LOL

Watching, Always Watching ........................

[hadrons]

110. Dumbest of the dumb