FOX News fact-checking in action

[badbabysitter]

So FOX and Friends found out about the LAPD's plan to buy 10, 000 Jetpacks ( yes, I said jet packs) costing 100 000 bucks a piece

do the quick math.. thats a billion dollars for jet packs...


jet packs... jesus fucking christ

and of course their source was...and you're going to love this

the Weekly World News.. the people who brought you batboy

and the best part is they ran with this story

untill it was discovered to be complete and absolute bullshit

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http://alttransport.com/2010/10/duped-fox-and-friends-nitwits-buzzed-by-la-jetpack-hoax/

This morning Fox News anchors were caught up in an on-air hoax, erroneously reporting during a televised broadcast that the city of Los Angeles put in a $1 billion order for 10,000 jetpacks costing $100,000 apiece. The jetpacks would be given to the Los Angeles Police and Fire Departments as well as paramedics and other first responders, the Fox and Friends anchors reported.

An individual in a jetpack could travel at up to 63 miles per hour and reach a height of 8,000 feet–more than a mile, they announced on the air.

The morning crew showed a video of a jetpack test pilot buzzing around a parking facility, while they commented on California’s fiscal irresponsibility for purchasing such expensive means of alternate transportation at a time of budget crisis.

“We certainly haven’t bought any jetpacks,” police chief Charlie Beck told the LA Times. “We haven’t bought [squad] cars for two years.” So no, that means that no jetpacks are coming to LA, at least not now.

After a segment break, the hosts came on air to say that they were the victims of a ruse. While they had questioned the logic of jetpacks, no one thought to ask about the veracity of the claims before running with the story.

Aren’t these some of the same guys who don’t believe in man-made climate change? I’m just sayin’
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but the Weekly World News' response was simply classic
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http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/23356/fox-friends-fires-hosts-hires-chimps/

NEW YORK – Fox News today fired the hosts of Fox & Friends and replaced them with chimps.
Fox & Friends is going bananas! Out go the monkeys, in come the chimps.

Why did Fox News toss aside their morning like a used banana peel?

Jetpacks.

The hosts of Fox News morning show, Fox & Friends, reported that Los Angeles is going to spend $1 billion on jetpacks that can fly a person up to 63 miles per hour and soar to heights of 8,000 feet.

The hosts of the show: Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade and Gretchen Carlson took credit for the story, but everyone in the nation knows that it was broken right here by WWN’s own, Frank Lake.

After doing a story about glazed donuts and how terrorists were using them to make people in New York City constipated, the hosts spent a half-hour talking about the jetpacks. Their reportage was filled with gaping holes including Kilmeade making a wild claim about LAPD Helicopters.

Kilmead said, “”It’s a bloodbath up there. Police choppers are shooting down Jetpack Law Enforcement Officers in the skies over L.A.” Kilmeade then spent five minutes making “machine gun sounds” with his mouth.




Roger Ailes, President of Fox News Channel couldn’t take his moronic morning hosts anymore, so he fired them late last night. Ailes wanted to hire Rick Sanchez to host Fox & Friends, but realized that Sanchez doesn’t have friends anymore.

Ailes came up with yet another brilliant “casting” idea… he hired 3 chimpanzees to take the place of the three fired hosts.

“I decided we should stick to our brand and hired hosts with small frontal lobes,” Ailes said.

Ailes did a test show with the three chimps in front of a live audience. “The audience couldn’t tell the difference. The audience thought the chimps had more intelligent things to say than Doocy, Kilmeade and Carlson – combined,” said Ailes.

To promote the new show with the three chimp hosts, Fox is bringing out the heavy guns this morning to sit on the Fox & Friends couch. Bill O’Reilly will discuss his new book, Foxes on Fox, with the chimps. Sean Hannity will be discussing President Obama’s bathing habits and Glenn Beck will explain to the chimps how evolution is nothing but a Progressive plot to take money and freedom away from all human beings – even the ones on Mars.

Kilmeade, Doocy and Carlson are still hosting their show in the backyard of Doocy’s New Jersey home. “Our kids love us,” Doocy said.

As for the chimps… they plan on taking over Fox News primetime by January 1, 2011.

 

[badbabysitter]

Jetpacks

for christsakes

 

[Devil'sChild]

Jetpacks

for christsakes

You watching fox is more surprising then the fact that they believe in jetpacks. Fucking let it go.

 

[mercury14]

Fox and Friends is fucking hideous.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Jetpacks

for christsakes

They're in development, believe it or not.

 

[Drixxx]

Hey! Where are all the wing nuts touting FOX News ratings and how they beat everybody else?

 

[firespin]

Hey! Where are all the wing nuts touting FOX News ratings and how they beat everybody else?

If they punk'd MSNBC, nobody would even notice.

 

[KRCummings]

So did they say what Batboy has been up to? He's disappeared from the headlines.

 

[kotori]

So did they say what Batboy has been up to? He's disappeared from the headlines.

He's working behind the scenes now. At Fox and Friends.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Jetpacks

for christsakes

They should've held out for the Mark III Armor instead.

http://www.movie-poster.ws/movies/action/images/ironman/ironman-flying.jpg

 

[pornstarwannabe]

Hey! Where are all the wing nuts touting FOX News ratings and how they beat everybody else?

It's been done. I saw a chart on GB in another thread. They beat all other news channels, combined.

 

[KRCummings]

They should've held out for the Mark III Armor instead.

http://www.movie-poster.ws/movies/action/images/ironman/ironman-flying.jpg

Iron Man rocks. It's too bad they sorta fucked up the second one. Not so much they can't get back on track though. I do wish they'd drop that whole Avengers thing. I'm not interested and don't want it intruding on movies I am interested in.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Iron Man rocks. It's too bad they sorta fucked up the second one. Not so much they can't get back on track though. I do wish they'd drop that whole Avengers thing. I'm not interested and don't want it intruding on movies I am interested in.

You didn't like the second one? I thought it did okay as far as continuing the first and keeping the same vibe on top of introducing new things. Favreau kept it gravy and avoided the sophomore jinx.

ScarJo as the Black Widow was weak, though. Really didn't do much of anything and should've been more dynamic. The Avengers will be dope as long as they keep things tight. So far, the major characters have been solid in their solo efforts. Now, if Thor goes over well, the tune for the Avengers movie will be looking sweet.

 

[pointless]

You didn't like the second one? I thought it did okay as far as continuing the first and keeping the same vibe on top of introducing new things. Favreau kept it gravy and avoided the sophomore jinx.

ScarJo as the Black Widow was weak, though. Really didn't do much of anything and should've been more dynamic. The Avengers will be dope as long as they keep things tight. So far, the major characters have been solid in their solo efforts. Now, if Thor goes over well, the tune for the Avengers movie will be looking sweet.

scarlett johanson can't act, so they did pretty much all they could with her.

 

[KRCummings]

You didn't like the second one? I thought it did okay as far as continuing the first and keeping the same vibe on top of introducing new things. Favreau kept it gravy and avoided the sophomore jinx.

ScarJo as the Black Widow was weak, though. Really didn't do much of anything and should've been more dynamic. The Avengers will be dope as long as they keep things tight. So far, the major characters have been solid in their solo efforts. Now, if Thor goes over well, the tune for the Avengers movie will be looking sweet.

She was weak, Rockwell was really weak and they pushed the Avengers too much. Let Iron Man and the others stand alone. That way those of us who really don't give a flying rat fuck about the rest don't have to deal with it. And the Captain America thing they threw in. Come on.

 

[curious_me]

So FOX and Friends found out about the LAPD's plan to buy 10, 000 Jetpacks ( yes, I said jet packs) costing 100 000 bucks a piece

do the quick math.. thats a billion dollars for jet packs...


jet packs... jesus fucking christ

and of course their source was...and you're going to love this

the Weekly World News.. the people who brought you batboy

and the best part is they ran with this story

untill it was discovered to be complete and absolute bullshit

-----------------------------------------------------------

http://alttransport.com/2010/10/duped-fox-and-friends-nitwits-buzzed-by-la-jetpack-hoax/

This morning Fox News anchors were caught up in an on-air hoax, erroneously reporting during a televised broadcast that the city of Los Angeles put in a $1 billion order for 10,000 jetpacks costing $100,000 apiece. The jetpacks would be given to the Los Angeles Police and Fire Departments as well as paramedics and other first responders, the Fox and Friends anchors reported.

An individual in a jetpack could travel at up to 63 miles per hour and reach a height of 8,000 feet–more than a mile, they announced on the air.

The morning crew showed a video of a jetpack test pilot buzzing around a parking facility, while they commented on California’s fiscal irresponsibility for purchasing such expensive means of alternate transportation at a time of budget crisis.

“We certainly haven’t bought any jetpacks,” police chief Charlie Beck told the LA Times. “We haven’t bought [squad] cars for two years.” So no, that means that no jetpacks are coming to LA, at least not now.

After a segment break, the hosts came on air to say that they were the victims of a ruse. While they had questioned the logic of jetpacks, no one thought to ask about the veracity of the claims before running with the story.

Aren’t these some of the same guys who don’t believe in man-made climate change? I’m just sayin’
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

but the Weekly World News' response was simply classic
----------------

http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/23356/fox-friends-fires-hosts-hires-chimps/

NEW YORK – Fox News today fired the hosts of Fox & Friends and replaced them with chimps.
Fox & Friends is going bananas! Out go the monkeys, in come the chimps.

Why did Fox News toss aside their morning like a used banana peel?

Jetpacks.

The hosts of Fox News morning show, Fox & Friends, reported that Los Angeles is going to spend $1 billion on jetpacks that can fly a person up to 63 miles per hour and soar to heights of 8,000 feet.

The hosts of the show: Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade and Gretchen Carlson took credit for the story, but everyone in the nation knows that it was broken right here by WWN’s own, Frank Lake.

After doing a story about glazed donuts and how terrorists were using them to make people in New York City constipated, the hosts spent a half-hour talking about the jetpacks. Their reportage was filled with gaping holes including Kilmeade making a wild claim about LAPD Helicopters.

Kilmead said, “”It’s a bloodbath up there. Police choppers are shooting down Jetpack Law Enforcement Officers in the skies over L.A.” Kilmeade then spent five minutes making “machine gun sounds” with his mouth.




Roger Ailes, President of Fox News Channel couldn’t take his moronic morning hosts anymore, so he fired them late last night. Ailes wanted to hire Rick Sanchez to host Fox & Friends, but realized that Sanchez doesn’t have friends anymore.

Ailes came up with yet another brilliant “casting” idea… he hired 3 chimpanzees to take the place of the three fired hosts.

“I decided we should stick to our brand and hired hosts with small frontal lobes,” Ailes said.

Ailes did a test show with the three chimps in front of a live audience. “The audience couldn’t tell the difference. The audience thought the chimps had more intelligent things to say than Doocy, Kilmeade and Carlson – combined,” said Ailes.

To promote the new show with the three chimp hosts, Fox is bringing out the heavy guns this morning to sit on the Fox & Friends couch. Bill O’Reilly will discuss his new book, Foxes on Fox, with the chimps. Sean Hannity will be discussing President Obama’s bathing habits and Glenn Beck will explain to the chimps how evolution is nothing but a Progressive plot to take money and freedom away from all human beings – even the ones on Mars.

Kilmeade, Doocy and Carlson are still hosting their show in the backyard of Doocy’s New Jersey home. “Our kids love us,” Doocy said.

As for the chimps… they plan on taking over Fox News primetime by January 1, 2011.

This is just too funny!
Lmao!

 

[pornstarwannabe]

Jetpacks

for christsakes

As bad as it sounds, I can think of something worse. Rick Lazio and Hillary Clinton were debating for the NY Senate seat. Someone asked a question asking how the candidates felt about the USPS charging a fee to the sender of an email.

That was a hoax. Lazio, a sitting Congressman, and Hillary, aspiring to be Senator, both had NO idea it was a hoax.

 

[KRCummings]

As bad as it sounds, I can think of something worse. Rick Lazio and Hillary Clinton were debating for the NY Senate seat. Someone asked a question asking how the candidates felt about the USPS charging a fee to the sender of an email.

That was a hoax. Lazio, a sitting Congressman, and Hillary, aspiring to be Senator, both had NO idea it was a hoax.

That's not worse. They would have had no chance to check it out and it's unreasonable to expect someone to know everything that's going on like that. With a tiny bit of thought it's obvious that there's something wrong with the question but in a debate or Q&A where they aren't given any time and are expected to simply answer then things like that can be forgiven. In their case it would be better to answer and be wrong than to claim ignorance.

 

[pornstarwannabe]

That's not worse. They would have had no chance to check it out and it's unreasonable to expect someone to know everything that's going on like that. With a tiny bit of thought it's obvious that there's something wrong with the question but in a debate or Q&A where they aren't given any time and are expected to simply answer then things like that can be forgiven. In their case it would be better to answer and be wrong than to claim ignorance.

The News guy asking the question said referred to it as Bill HR <then some number> so he made it sound like a bill already in Congress. Of the two, Lazio should have known it was a hoax.

I agree, simple math tells ya something is wrong with the jet pack story.

 

[KRCummings]

The News guy asking the question said referred to it as Bill HR <then some number> so he made it sound like a bill already in Congress. Of the two, Lazio should have known it was a hoax.

I agree, simple math tells ya something is wrong with the jet pack story.

No way does every Congressman know every bill being introduced. It's totally unfair to think they would. It would be very unethical to try and trip them up that way. Nobody votes for a person based on whether or not they can memorize the hundreds and hundreds of bills introduced.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Iron Man rocks. It's too bad they sorta fucked up the second one. Not so much they can't get back on track though. I do wish they'd drop that whole Avengers thing. I'm not interested and don't want it intruding on movies I am interested in.

I disagree. I like the fact that the Marvel movies are all building to something and all the characters exist in the same universe.

I do agree that Iron Man 2 was not as strong as the 1st.

 

[pornstarwannabe]

No way does every Congressman know every bill being introduced. It's totally unfair to think they would. It would be very unethical to try and trip them up that way. Nobody votes for a person based on whether or not they can memorize the hundreds and hundreds of bills introduced.

While no one will know all the Bills, they should know the hot button ones. Charging for every email seems like a hot button issue to me.

EDIT: I just googled it. On average, about 10,000 bills per term. So you may have a point there.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

She was weak, Rockwell was really weak and they pushed the Avengers too much. Let Iron Man and the others stand alone. That way those of us who really don't give a flying rat fuck about the rest don't have to deal with it. And the Captain America thing they threw in. Come on.

There was Captain America stuff in the 1st movie.

 

[KRCummings]

I disagree. I like the fact that the Marvel movies are all building to something and all the characters exist in the same universe.

I do agree that Iron Man 2 was not as strong as the 1st.

That's fine, they can make an Avengers movie for you. They can even throw in the little things here and there to give you a nerdgasm. That's ok. But let the damn movies stand alone.

 

[KRCummings]

There was Captain America stuff in the 1st movie.

Never noticed it. Couldn't miss the shield they threw in my face for like 5 minutes in the second one though.