I get the impression that Fox just isn't trying anymore. My very last post was on the subject of Hannity running footage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests last April alongside footage of Rep. Michele Bachman's so-called Super Bowl of Freedom to give viewers the impression that Bachmann's event was much larger than it actually was.
Just a few days later, Fox was at it again. This time they conveniently, "accidentally," aired footage of Palin's infamously hysteric campaign rallies from last year.
I'm almost positive that if you read this blog, you probably don't also watch Fox News, which makes their numerous--I'm not even going to call them mistakes--lies, so much more insidious. The viewers eagerly gobbling up Fox's nonsense are more and more living in their own paranoid reality, and these kinds of mistakes simply strengthen the delusion. The frequency with which they mince footage like this makes it hard to believe that they are honest mistakes. Fox has precious little credibility left and would be wise to err on the side of caution when splicing footage like this.
In case you're wondering, Fox did release a statement calling it a "production error," and also issued an on-air apology later that afternoon.
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haha yeah i saw the clip on jon stewart of him mocking them for using footage from one story to appear like it was a more recent one...super lame and fucked up. i'm not looking forward to going home for winter break and having to sit in my family room with my dad for hours on end while he watches fox news :/
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