DISQUS

Symphony · 2 years ago

How can you apologize by not stating what you did wrong? "We mistakenly aired the wrong video?" What, you meant to air the video of him performing a walk of shame? Tapdancing? Talking on the phone?


They could not care less so I don't know why they bothered.

Symphony · 2 years ago

Fox News: We're sorry, again
The Associated Press

Published on: 06/06/07



New York — Fox News Channel issued a second on-air apology Wednesday for mistakenly running tape of a different congressman while reporting on the indictment of Rep. William J. Jefferson on bribery charges.



House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers of Michigan, whose picture aired while Fox anchors talked Monday about Jefferson's indictment, had been unhappy with Fox's apology Tuesday. Both congressmen are black.



Conyers was reportedly upset that Fox's first apology was nonspecific and didn't mention he was the victim.



On Wednesday, Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum explained to viewers that a production assistant picked up a tape that had been identified as a meeting about Jefferson. The picture showed Conyers.



"We regret this mistake," MacCallum said. "We in no way meant to suggest that there was any connection between the Jefferson indictment and Congressman Conyers. We have extended our apology privately to the congressman and we do so here as well."



A Conyers spokeswoman had no comment about the second apology.



http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2007/06/06/0606bizfoxnews.html

Anonymous · 2 years ago

Of course they don't mean that. And we all know that Conyers did not intentionally not respond to their first attempt to contact him to get more grip to this complaint. As a matter of fact, I was watching today and saw them (Fox) show a video of that majic-actor-dude Thompson while talking about another candidate(don't remember who but he was white). Obvious mistake, or conspiracy to mislead their own base audience?Hmmm

rikyrah · 2 years ago

Their apology is so phony. Too phony, and I'm glad John Conyers sounds like he has a true clue about Fox.

The Christian Progressive Libe · 2 years ago

Fox keeps on making these "mistakes".


::rolls eyes::



What I want to know is if Conyers is going to get that Bennie Thompson letter begging Obama to support that Fox Noise Debate and scratch his signature off of it.



And obviously, the 22 year old kid (Joe Scarborough tried to imply that kid was African-American, but no pic has been seen) didn't get the meme about not screwing with CBC Members until the Debate was over...

Ronnie B · 2 years ago

I think the only reason that FOX News "apologized" at all, was so that they and their loyal viewers to can continue to have plausible denial of their bigotry.


Can't afford to make it too obvious.

Villager · 2 years ago

Rep. Conyers is the subject of the Village Movie on my blog today!


peace, Villager

brantl · 2 years ago

You know they keep talking about Thompson (the fat, jowly R candidate) as though he's some 'uberman'. Maybe these people can't get their brains out of the locker room mindset.