Cameron's fake Kerry story capped FOX commentators' manicure fixation

[dennis4868]

Cameron's fake Kerry story capped FOX commentators' manicure fixation

http://mediamatters.org/items/200410040006

After FOX News Channel chief political correspondent Carl Cameron wrote a fake news story mocking Senator John Kerry that was published October 1 on FOXNews.com, blogger and journalist Joshua Micah Marshall posed a question to the network: "Why did comments very similar to Cameron's fabrications come up again and again from FOX commentators on debate night?"

As Marshall noted on October 1, the story as it originally appeared -- part of a FOXNews.com "Trail Tales" report containing several other items -- falsely attributed quotes to Kerry in an attempt to ridicule him over a manicure, which Cameron reported he received on September 30. Later that day, FOX News Channel issued a retraction and an apology, and the fake story was removed from the "Trail Tales" report. According to a New York Times article, FOX News Channel spokesman Paul Schur said: "This was a stupid mistake and a lapse in judgment, and Carl regrets it."

Following are some of the fabricated quotations appearing in Cameron's fake story:

"Didn't my nails and cuticles look great? What a good debate!" Kerry said Friday.

"Women should like me! I do manicures," Kerry said.

"I'm metrosexual -- he's a cowboy," the Democratic candidate said of himself and his opponent.

But Cameron's fake news story was not the first sign of FOX's fixation on the purported manicure. Prior to the first presidential debate, Cameron reported on Special Report with Brit Hume that Kerry got "a pre-debate manicure." FOX News Channel hosts and contributors quickly picked up on Cameron's report, discussing the reported manicure five separate times in the three hours preceding the debate. No other cable news channel mentioned the topic.

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[AIJ Alom]

1. fox news channel is pathetic. I'm going use media matters to email them !

[sontec]

2. email FOXNEWS

Cameron should go...This is
the guy from "OUTFOXEd".

[Supersedeas]

3. a pattern of deceipt--but Rather should be fired for this

[KlatooBNikto]

4. How many low lifes can we expect Judith Miller to make room for in her

"embedded" crowded bed?

[Shopaholic]

5. Countdown to do a story on this tonight (8pm & 12 Midnight Eastern)

Go get 'em Keith!

Also, I posted a story from TV Newser.com in the General Discussion section about Fox's new policy regarding the posting of articles to their website. Suddenly, it's a fireable offense, but only AFTER they're two screw-ups. I say they need to make the policy retroactive!

[Gabi Hayes]

6. thx for headsup.....should have known he'd do it....he has a nice

bee in his bonnet over Fox

good for him