FauxNews "Mistakes" John Conyers for William Jefferson

[jefferson_dem]

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[Double T]

1. More like 'intentionally replaces' John Conyers for William Jefferson.

[NJmaverick]

35. When viewed from the right, they all look alike

Seems to the republican news network all the black congressmen look alike.

[Fridays Child]

2. I have a bridge to sell to anyone who believes that this was inadvertant...

...on the part of Fox.

[flyarm]

3. thanks lets get this kicked up!! k&r!!!

[aquart]

4. Mistake, my ass.

[erpowers]

5. No Mistake

I do not think this was a mistake. John Conyers has been very criticial of this administration. In addition, recently Conyers announced that he had planed to suponeoa some other administration figures. I think he also recently came out in support of impeachment of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. I contend Fox News is hoping that its audience is just stupid enough to not know the difference between William Jefferson and John Conyers. Seeing John Conyers's picture with William Jefferson's name will make Fox News watchers think that John Conyers, the guy going after Bush and his administration is being indicted. This will make Fox News viewers say "see that Democrat going after President Bush is a big hypocrite because he was breaking the law while he was trying to get President Bush impeached."

[Olney Blue]

6. Oh my. That is shameless. At least they got the "D" right after his name....

:eyes:

[cui bono]

7. Unbelievable. And why does it say "Cong William Jefferson"

instead of Rep William Jefferson?

What a bunch of goons they are.

[Divine Discontent]

18. alright, DAMMIT this is getting beyond acceptable

Obama needs to attack them over this and say how cowardly it is they "mistakenly" put a very honorable black Congressman in the place of one who is indicted for dirty dealings, and then to put CONG! my God, help us... why didn't they just go ahead and be totally obvious and put a K instead of the C... who puts Cong instead of Rep.?????

I really hope this gets brought up with all their other 'mistakes'...

www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable <<-- check it out, top '08 stuff

[kay1864]

27. Well, it's simple, really...

On FauxNews, if you're a Republican, you get "Rep." since you're a Representative.
If not, you get "Cong" since you're just a Congressman.

I mean, they certainly don't want to put "Rep." before a Dem...their low-IQ viewers might think it stands for *gasp* Republican!

[Wabbajack]

39. I don't get it, what's wrong with Cong?

[DBoon]

40. short for "congo"

the wild jungles where Africans came from.

The sort of slip-up that leads to Beavis and Butthead snickers

[Eugene]

8. Mistake, my foot! This is outright journalistic fraud.

If Faux were a real news agency, this would be a firing offense.

K & R

[glitch]

9. Sad, pathetic morons probably think it's clever. nt

[ContraBass Black]

10. Hey now, it's not their fault that all of those black people look alike.

:sarcasm:

[marmar]

11. Just like Mark Foley, D-Florida, was a mistake.....

These sewer rats have no shame. :argh:

[annm4peace]

12. Seriously, what can we do

So is this something that we complain to the FCC about ?

[MikeNearMcChord]

13. And yet the Congressional Black Caucus wants to sponsor

Democratic Presidential Debate with them? Scotty Beam Me Up!

[annm4peace]

16. Black Caucas should publicly call a boycott of Fox News

Rep Conyers is too much of a hero and statesman for America to be treated like this.

[LynneSin]

23. Instead the Black Caucus teams up with Fox News to host the Dem Pres debates

I hope something thinks about ending this relationship real soon

[DFW]

14. Fox has editors, and no, this was no mistake

And yes, they are hoping their viewers are stupid enough, not to
know the difference, and the sad thing is, they are probably correct.

The truth hasn't provided Fox with enough material to their liking
for quite a while, now. To them, this just means "use something
else, then." The "News" part of their name is a gross violation
of the Truth in Advertising law, but not much else. It would be
ironic if, after all the complaints progressives have had about
this propaganda station, they were finally brought down by
a successful suit by Consumers Union.

[rpannier]

15. It's understandable. To Faux News all Black Congressman look the same.

nt

[Lisa]

17. they might as well just put a photo of Harry Belafonte up there, and have done with it!

Do they even realize how this kind of mistake makes them look? Or care?

[WCGreen]

19. Anybody still the Dem's should consider Fox a viable news outlet...

[rodeodance]

20. recall when Cameron put up the 'joke' about Kerry being gay?

[uberllama42]

21. I just heard a guy on my local talk station say that Barrack Obama is a Muslim

These people are FOX-affiliated, and apparently never saw the CNN investigation of the madrassa story. There is not enough critical thinking anywhere on the political spectrum, but the blind acceptance of propaganda by these yokels is maddening. This is why people supported the War in Iraq: they get their news from Rupert Murdoch's prolefeed channel.

[LynneSin]

22. Did you see the pink 'Resign' sign?

That was for Alberto Gonzales not 'William Jefferson' aka John Conyers

[Dernitt]

24. This FUCKING pisses me off

Way too many instances for anyone to consider this to be a mistake.
100% propaganda and still the freakin' backwash eats it up.
:banghead:

[goclark]

25. Fox :"African Americans ~ you all look exactly alike"

That was sinful and as low as they can go.
It was absolutely intentional.

So where is their " Sorry" response?

:mad:

I better stay out of their way, they will say I am Jefferson

[sonias]

26. I saw this on TPM yesterday

I think Fox is pretty clueless on reporting but I think they actually did this one on purpose. They want people to think Conyers is a crook. This is bait and switch and it's not very subtle either.

Sonia

[Demeter]

28. I Would Think This Was an Open and Shut Libel Case

Damages ought to be enough to shut down Fox....

[go west young man]

29. can Conyers sue Faux for misrepresenting him I wonder?

[SemperEadem]

36. sure, he can sue. Can he win? He's a public figure and would have to prove

actual malice.. fux can say "oops our bad..." I think they needs to be snatched up for letting it ride and not broadcasting a correction, but to whether that would pass muster for actual malice is hard to say.

fux is not interested in showing black people in a positive light because would turn off their viewer base, which are white christian males predominately, who need to believe all black people are bad, want to rape their wives and daughters, take their jobs and move into their neighborhoods. That is a fact about fuxnoise.

[nc_gadfly]

30. okay, not to play devil's advocate, because they don't deserve it

but did anyone follow up to see if they ran a correction?

[Cobalt-60]

32. i can't actually bear to look at Faux

But if they do retract, rest assured it will be only once at 4:45am Sunday morning.

[ladywnch]

31. so, FAUX, which would rather have us believe

that you are totally incompetent in your profession or you shamless shill for the GOP?....only one can be true......so which is it.......stupid or irrelevant?

[tblue]

33. Hideous! FraudNews is an abomination. Racist liars. nt

[Faygo Kid]

34. What do you expect, the lead story on their web site today is "Diana Photo Furor"

If you look really, really hard, you can find something small on their web site about Libby.

They never make this "mistake" involving Republicans, do they? Yet, they are constantly doing this to Dems.

They report. I've decided. They suck.

[The Wizard]

37. To Pox viewers

It's just another colored guy.

[mnhtnbb]

38. Awww, Faux will say 'we're only human. we make mistakes" unlike Bushie boy

who can never think of any mistake he's ever made.

[MLFerrell]

41. Lemme guess...

Roger Ailes' (or his successor's) defense is going to be:

"Well shit, they all look alike anyway!"

Just when I think that Faux can't disgust me anymore, I'm flabbergasted yet again. I need to treat Faux like a virulent allergy: Avoid at all costs, under penalty of immediate death. Or at the very least, under immediate penalty of my head exploding...

How is it again that Janet Jackson's tit can cause such a stir, but Faux is allowed to slander with impunity? And yes, I know about the FCC's purview, and broadcast licenses, and so forth, but FUCK! There must be some Non-Civil (I.E. CRIMINAL) penalty for wilfully lying to an audience, isn't there?

Never mind... I already know the answer to my query.

I just thought of a new, and eminently appropriate signature line: Every day in this country makes me hate it more and more.

[defendandprotect]

42. Conyers is great -- Fox is for racist idiots

Sadly, these attacks do hurt and harm people and I've seen a few clips of Fox News where they were making purposeful efforts to do harm.

There's really something wrong with these people--
and, yes, they do like their little name games --

Sent a few e-mails and hope others will do the same.

[yojon]

43. Man what a bunch of shameless fucks they are

over at Faux. This is so poor.. even for them.