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May 30, 2012
Fox & Friends' Anti-Obama Attack Video Is Loaded With Dishonest And Misleading Claims-
CLAIM: The Debt Has Increased By $5.7 Trillion Due To Obama's Policies
CLAIM: Obama Responsible For Higher Unemployment Rate Than When He Took Office
CLAIM: The Number of Americans Using Food Stamps Went From 28.2 Million To 46.2 Million During The Obama Administration
CLAIM: Gas Prices During the Obama Administration Increased From $2.50/gallon to $3.68/gallon
http://mediamatters.org/research/201205300004
06/04/2012
When did the video get on the air? Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Fox managers let the segment air twice/ available on the "Fox & Friends" website as late as 4 p.m. ET.
Fox News Channel airs a nearly four-minute video, that is critical of President Barack Obama's record- resembles a campaign attack ad.
When the video concluded, "Fox & Friends" anchors took the unusual step — not unprecedented, but unusual in TV news — of crediting offscreen producer Chris White.
"Great job putting that together," said Brian Kilmeade. "Took a tremendous amount of research," added Gretchen Carlson. "Good job, Chris."
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Wednesday afternoon, Fox Executive Vice President of Programming Bill Shine issued a statement disavowing the video. He said it slipped by senior managers,
who would never have aired it. An associate producer was responsible, and he was getting a talking to.
Conservative blog Hot Air said its airing gives too much ammunition to people who believe Fox can't cover the campaign fairly.
Liberal advocacy group, Media Matters for America- "What is such a blatantly opinionated segment, doing on a news program ?"
Baltimore Sun television writer David Zurawik- "....any news organization that puts up this kind of video is rotten to the core."
On June 1, 2012, Friday afternoon, Fox Executive Vice President of Programming Bill Shine said White would remain employed at Fox News.
Fox & Friends' Anti-Obama Attack Video Is Loaded With Dishonest And Misleading Claims-
CLAIM: The Debt Has Increased By $5.7 Trillion Due To Obama's Policies
CLAIM: Obama Responsible For Higher Unemployment Rate Than When He Took Office
CLAIM: The Number of Americans Using Food Stamps Went From 28.2 Million To 46.2 Million During The Obama Administration
CLAIM: Gas Prices During the Obama Administration Increased From $2.50/gallon to $3.68/gallon
http://mediamatters.org/research/201205300004
06/04/2012
When did the video get on the air? Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Fox managers let the segment air twice/ available on the "Fox & Friends" website as late as 4 p.m. ET.
Fox News Channel airs a nearly four-minute video, that is critical of President Barack Obama's record- resembles a campaign attack ad.
When the video concluded, "Fox & Friends" anchors took the unusual step — not unprecedented, but unusual in TV news — of crediting offscreen producer Chris White.
"Great job putting that together," said Brian Kilmeade. "Took a tremendous amount of research," added Gretchen Carlson. "Good job, Chris."
VS
Wednesday afternoon, Fox Executive Vice President of Programming Bill Shine issued a statement disavowing the video. He said it slipped by senior managers,
who would never have aired it. An associate producer was responsible, and he was getting a talking to.
Conservative blog Hot Air said its airing gives too much ammunition to people who believe Fox can't cover the campaign fairly.
Liberal advocacy group, Media Matters for America- "What is such a blatantly opinionated segment, doing on a news program ?"
Baltimore Sun television writer David Zurawik- "....any news organization that puts up this kind of video is rotten to the core."
On June 1, 2012, Friday afternoon, Fox Executive Vice President of Programming Bill Shine said White would remain employed at Fox News.
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