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Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot foot... - 1/9/2012 6:44:53 AM

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News bulletins around the world have been following Russia's election rallies. But one channel stands out - America's Fox News has been showing streets ablaze, violent clashes and firebombs thrown at security officers, but with one major problem - the images are not from Russia, they're from Greece!

"...The lack of awareness of the journalist themselves, many of them completely uninformed about the world. They have opinions that have no factual basis to them but it doesn’t stop them because it’s what looks good that matters more than what really is true."

Danny Schechter, Media Analyst

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

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 7:12:34 AM

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Not sure if people realize it or not but fuxnews veiwers WANT to be fed bull-shit.......hourly.

That`s the whole purpose.

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 7:23:01 AM

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Kinda reminds me of those 'Union Thugs in Minnesota" last winter that were wearing shorts and tee shirts and had palm trees in the background.

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 7:28:47 AM

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Surely it was "just a mistake" "an error", an "oversight", .."one of those things" a "technical glitch" a "new editor" a "gremlin"??????????????????
Is it april yet? no?
hmmm leftist media attack or .........even more insidiously, Obama is trying to discredit them?
GASSSSSSSSSSSSSP

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 7:42:49 AM

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Update December 8, 12:17p.m.: Fox called to say that John Stack, vice-president of newsgathering, "confirmed that an error was made and that the video has since been removed and measures will be taken to prevent this from happening again."

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2011/12/fox-news-made-moscow-riots-look-riotier-athens-footage/45901/

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 7:46:04 AM

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am I good or am I good?

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 7:47:56 AM

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Damn near perfect!

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 7:49:18 AM

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LAFFIN MY ASS OFF
Im goin to bed before I turn into the amazing Kreskin or sumfin

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 7:50:45 AM

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If he said "happening for the twelfth time"......he/they MIGHT have been believable.

Remember news used fake footage to make the fake tea-party rallys look bigger and Jon Stewert skewered them for it?

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 7:56:56 AM

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Does no one at Fox fact check videos?

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 8:11:30 AM

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well they did once:)
I personally think they should have won an award for their honesty

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 8:20:25 AM

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 8:23:39 AM

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quote:

Remember news used fake footage to make the fake tea-party rallys look bigger and Jon Stewert skewered them for it?

Vid and commentary here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/11/jon-stewart-catches-sean_n_353447.html

The tea party protests continued last week, as Congresswoman Michele Bachmann held an anti-health-care-reform rally on the steps of the Capitol. While she estimated that 20,000-45,000 people attended the event, the Washington Post reported it was actually more like 10,000.

Still, that is a sizable number of Americans exercising their right to free speech and assembly, and that warrants news coverage. But Sean Hannity and his team did more than cover the event. They not only inflated the number in attendance with their words, but actually used footage from a heavily-attended protest this summer to make this health care rally appear more popular. Hannity even pointed out that this was a huge crowd for a Thursday, when the protest footage they used was from a Saturday.

Jon Stewart and his team caught this discrepancy and ran with it, pointing out neither the color of the leaves nor sky in the tacked-on video matched that of the actual footage. They went on to mock Fox by adding more video to the interview, this time from Woodstock and the movie "300."

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 11:25:13 AM

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"The reason most Americans cant find Russia on a map " ~~ Miss Teen Foxnews 2012.

Good spot Kaik, yet again.

Personally I couldnt read the bank name, it was all Greek to me.

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 12:03:46 PM

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For those who didn't watch the video, that's a reference to the "Russian protests" footage including the Greek National Bank sign.

< Message edited by kalikshama -- 1/9/2012 12:05:36 PM >

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 12:59:50 PM

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Eeekkkk I should have explained, then again i foolishly assumed the Fox viewers on here would do the same as me........... And watch the video !!

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 1:11:25 PM

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I can barely read any Cyrillic whatsoever, but the last word there is Ellenos. IOW, Hellenic. That is NOT difficult and anyone with international experience should have caught that.

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 1:58:00 PM

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There were also palm trees in the video - not something I associate with Russia

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 1:59:25 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: kalikshama

There were also palm trees in the video - not something I associate with Russia

Siberia, perhaps........Global Warming.......think about it......

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RE: Fox News fakes Russian election coverage with riot ... - 1/9/2012 1:59:42 PM

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Eeekkkk I should have explained, then again i foolishly assumed the Fox viewers on here would do the same as me........... And watch the video !!

As my company's business depends on "click through" I am very aware that many people do not bother to click on links :)

That's why I always include a blurb.

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