“TOO BUSY FOR ISRAEL / PRESIDENT FINDS TIME FOR PIRATE, LETTERMAN,” Fox and Friends’ screen read Thursday. “This pirate got a sit-down in the Oval Office yesterday,” Fox and Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade said on-air. “So much for the Middle East peace. The White House doesn’t even have time to meet with Israel, but the president got a private sit-down with a pirate yesterday in the Oval Office. Sorry, Bibi,” Steeve Doocy added.
One small problem: the photo was taken in May 2009 for use as a joke during the White House Correspondents’ dinner.
To read more of this at Talking Points Memo: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/fox-obama-pirate-israel.php?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
My note: Brings back memories, not of pirates, but of Foxy moves like this one: Fox has been known to distort facts, make up their own "facts" and even alter video footage to suit its purposes. Remember some march they promoted that didn't get anywhere near the expected turnout, and they just used crowd shots from a bigger event? (Was that Glenn Beck? Can't remember the details but well remember that video was edited in that way!)
When people believe my not wanting to talk politics is because my viewpoint differs from theirs, I have to correct that assumption: In fact, I welcome civil, informed discussion on political issues. But I'm unwilling to engage in dialog with anyone who watches Fox Cable News on a regular basis. Sadly, Fox is the primary or sole source of information for a large swatch of the American populace. Most of them adults who will vote. Breaks my heart. But, no, debating someone who's that poorly informed, or totally misinformed,is a waste of time.
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