Fox News under fire for False Ad

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Fox News is under fire for a newspaper ad they purchased Friday that inaccurately accused its competitors, including CNN, of failing to cover last weekend's Tea Party protests in Washington.

"How did, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, and CNN miss this story?" Fox's newspaper ad asks.

The answer: They didn't.

CNN provided live coverage of the rally in Washington on Saturday, dispatching more than a dozen personnel, including multiple camera crews and the CNN Express Bus, to cover the event. Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser was live at Freedom Plaza; Correspondent Kate Bolduan reported live from the Capitol and throughout the crowd; All Platform Journalist Jim Spellman provided live hits all day after traveling for weeks on the Tea Party Express Bus; and CNN Correspondent Lisa Desjardins was live for CNN and CNN Radio from the National Mall.

CNN's Rick Sanchez weighs in on Fox's ad

CNN's coverage also included numerous live reports and interviews with protesters and newsmakers, including rally day speaker Sen. Jim DeMint and activist Art Gerhart, who was on the set with anchor Don Lemon to discuss the event.

In addition, CNN.com provided a live stream of the rally throughout the day.

ABC referred Friday to a statement by Matt Kibbe, president of FreedomWorks — the group that organized the event – characterizing the network's coverage that day as "fair and honest." The rally story was featured on the network's morning shows, nightly news broadcast, in extensive radio reporting and online.

MSNBC also pointed to its own reporting. "Just like every other network mentioned in the ad, MSNBC covered last Saturday's protest," the network said in a statement.

CBS detailed its coverage of the event in a statement issued Friday afternoon.

"CBS News had multiple crews on site with our Congressional Correspondent Nancy Cordes reporting," the network said in a statement. "It was the lead story on the CBS EVENING NEWS; CBS Radio News provided hourly reports during the day and CBSNews.com had the story in its rotating lead all day. They also processed the Nancy Cordes video and linked it throughout the site."

And CNN criticized Fox for its inaccurate statement. "Fox News' ad released today is blatantly false regarding CNN's coverage of the 9/12 rally," CNN said in a statement.

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Right wing nuts always think that there's a conspiracy.
 
Rick Sanchez ranting on this right now.
 
Wted and insulted with the republican party's stance on everything.......they contunuelly berate americans as too retarded to catch on to thier blatant lies.....
it is really pathetic...
but you know there will be some idiots there to contest anything we say.........that is what they are rellying on....rellieing? ack sic......the point is that it is really getting old and insulting. But go ahead....be an idiot front liar for the dumbasses agian...come on.....let's hear it. smh. ridiculous liars with lockstepper support. morons!!!
it really is pathetic ..especially in light of how yo all see yorselves as so wholesome and religious and better than others...truly pathetic.
go ahead....show us how to lockstep
idiots
 
Why doesn't this surprise me? Oh yeah, it's Fox News.
 
I think the Tea Party folks are more disenchanted with Obama than anything else.

Worst of all, where were they when the Patriot Act passed, etc?

If it takes a black president to get you all upset, then that's just pathetic and screams of racism.
 
Nah, they're fed up with the running deficit of $2 trillion that quintupled Bush's own deficit in 2008, tired of seeing an expanding govt believing there are money growing on trees, more taxes for all, seeing a less and less secure country, etc..etc...

Nothing about racism. Using that is a sign of desperation.
 
BradB08 said:
I think the Tea Party folks are more disenchanted with Obama than anything else.

Worst of all, where were they when the Patriot Act passed, etc?

If it takes a black president to get you all upset, then that's just pathetic and screams of racism.
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Welcome back to AD.

Agreed with you, man.
 
kokonut said:
Nah, they're fed up with the running deficit of $2 trillion that quintupled Bush's own deficit in 2008, tired of seeing an expanding govt believing there are money growing on trees, more taxes for all, seeing a less and less secure country, etc..etc...

Nothing about racism. Using that is a sign of desperation.
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They should have been protesting YEARS ago.

Excuses, excuses, excuses. :roll:
 
People have...only this time the dear messiah is pushing everything all at once.

Either you agree that fiscal responsibility is paramount or you do not.
Either you agree that there should be limited govt instead of constantly expanding govt which require more and more money.
Either you agree that there should less taxes or favor higher and more taxes for everybody.

People have been protesting over these things for awhile.
 
BradB08 said:
They should have been protesting YEARS ago.

Excuses, excuses, excuses. :roll:
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They have been. They were largely ignored by the media. Interesting, isn't it?
 
Or, in the case of Faux News, either you tell the truth, or you don't. Either you encourage responsible journalism, or you don't. Either you play the partisan game in an attempt to line your coffers, and get caught and busted out on it, or you don't. Obviously, They Do!
 
kokonut said:
People have...only this time the dear messiah is pushing everything all at once.
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You're the only one in here that refers to him as a messiah. Sounds more like you have a problem.
 
BradB08 said:
I'm not a Teabagger.

I'd rather teabag the tea party folks than protest with them.
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That's your excuse? That you despise those on the right so much that you would rather dump your principles than have to admit "Gee, maybe they have a point"? Are you now cool with government corruption because they're also protesting against that as well?
 
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