'Fox and Friends' falls for ruse alleging purchase of $1 billion of jetpacks for LAPD, Fire Departme

[kpete]

Source: Los Angeles Times

'Fox and Friends' falls for ruse alleging purchase of $1 billion of jetpacks for LAPD, Fire Department
October 5, 2010 |

It's a story that, by all accounts, shouldn't have flown.

Anchors at the Fox News national morning news show "Fox and Friends" reported Tuesday that the city of Los Angeles had ordered 10,000 jetpacks for its police and fire departments. The price tag: a whopping $100,000 per unit.

For those doing the math at home, the cash-strapped city of Los Angeles, which is regularly sending its police detectives home because it can't pay all their overtime, allegedly shelled out a billion dollars on space-age transportation that it has never used in an emergency situation, much less tested.

"We certainly haven't bought any jetpacks," said LAPD Chief Charlie Beck. "We haven't bought cars for two years."

Read more: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/10/fox-and-friends-falls-for-ruse-alleging-purchase-of-billion-dollars-of-jetpacks-for-lapd-la-fire.html

[hedgehog]

1. The headline we'll never see: "Fox newsanchors retract story

alleging purchase of $1 billion of jetpacks for LAPD, Fire Department"

[greiner3]

2. I remember watching a Buffalo Bills game;

Maybe 40 years ago. During halftime some dude either entered or left, memory IS the first thing to go, the stadium via jet pack. The announcers were thoroughly impressed and wondered if this type of transportation would take over from airplanes. fox news reports that it does, decades later.

[COLGATE4]

3. The three little Fux stooges demonstrate once again that their

collective IQ isn't quite at the level of the ambient outside air temperature.

[fascisthunter]

4. professional liars... welcome to the Fascist Network Syndicate

they sure admired Soviet Russia's handle on media, didn't they. Ironic...

[Dappleganger]

5. Fox News: We are our own Twitter. nt

[PoliticAverse]

6. Apparently it's not called "Fox and Brains" for a reason. n/t

[The Uncola]

7. To quote Forest Gump:

"My momma always said, stupid is as stupid does.

[KeepItReal]

8. Cops flying in jetpacks up to 8000 feet!

LOL!

[gratuitous]

9. Well, come on

A story this good, complete with all sorts of whiz-bang, and you expect someone to pick up the phone and call the LAPD for verification and comment? As noted philosopher Luke Skywalker famously intoned, "You want the impossible."

[Qutzupalotl]

15. ALLEGED philosopher.

There's good evidence that Luke Skywalker never really existed! And 'the Force' is an asshole!

/sarcasm

[bullwinkle428]

10. Are you trying to tell me that those three brain-trusts that host the

"Fox & Friends" show were not clever enough to see through the ruse?

:rofl: :rofl:

[Iggo]

11. D'oh!

I almost hid this thread 'cause it had "fire" in the OP.

I'm gettin' a little quick on the trigger...lol.

[Bozita]

12. The jetpack story is so typical of FauxNews reporting, I'm sure the anchors never batted an eye.

[The Uncola]

13. As a matter of fact...

.. no they didn't, check this out:

http://laist.com/2010/10/05/the_lapd_is_buying_10000_jet_packs.php

[Bozita]

14. Thanks for the video. Those folks sure are gullible!

[The Uncola]

16. You're welcome...

.. and even when shown, their true believers will deny it. There's no fixin' stupid.

[Mikeystyle]

17. Fox News: terrorist Snidely Whiplash on the loose

A reputed terrorist mastermind managed to escape capture from Canadian Mounted Police and could be on his way to the U.S., according to a Friday report by Fox News.

The terrorist, known as Snidely Whiplash, apparently enjoys tying women to railroad tracks, robbing banks and attacking CMP forts in the wilderness. The information was first reported by Fox Newsmodel Gretchen Carlson on the “Fox & Friends” morning show.

“I’m not sure what channel I was watching, it must have been a Canadian network, but this guy Whiplash sure seems dangerous. In the report I was watching, he tied three innocent women to railroad tracks,” Carlson said. “In keeping with Fox news guidelines, I haven’t bothered to verify this information before putting it on the air, but it’s time for all of you to be very afraid. After all, we’ve got an election coming up.”

(continued….)

http://www.thechicagodope.com/2010/10/08/fox-news-terrorist-snidely-whiplash-on-the-loose/