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Stewart catches Fox News falsifying footage to make GOP protest look bigger

source: http://rawstory.com/2009/11/hannity-falsifies-footage-gop-protest-bigger/

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How many protesters were in attendance at Republican congresswoman Michelle Bachmann's tea party healthcare protest?

"I climbed the Capitol steps just before the event started so that I could get a good view of the whole crowd," the Washington Post's onetime White House reporter and columnist Dana Milbank wrote Friday. "I divided it into sections and counted. That's where I came up with 5,000. It's possible more came after I did my count, but nothing near 10,000."

A few dozen Republican House members attended, aimed at stirring up a crowd against Democrats' healthcare reform bill. Fox News' Sean Hannity interviewed Bachmann following the event.

"20,000+ people showed up," Hannity said. "Were you as surprised as I was?"

Bachmann smiled and replied.

After showing the clip, Stewart said: "Anywhere between 20 and 40,000 people. Or, as the Washington Post put it, 10,000."

Stewart then showed two clips Fox News employed to underscore the size of the event. He pointed out that the clips appeared to have been from two entirely different protests.

"I'm sorry, can we get back again," Stewart remarked. "That was weird. Because when that clip started, it was a clear fall day in Washington, D.C. Not a cloud in the sky, the leaves have changed.

"All of a sudden, the trees turn green again, and it's cloudy, and it looks like thousands and thousands of more people arrived," he continued. "If I didn't know any better, I would think they just put two different days together and acted like they didn't."

The bogus footage, Stewart found, actually came from a Sept. 12 protest two months ago, and was used on Fox News' Glenn Beck program two months ago.

This video is from Comedy Central's The Daily Show, broadcast Nov. 10, 2009.


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7 comments // Stewart catches Fox News falsifying footage to make GOP protest look bigger

  • FoosMaster
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      FoosMaster  

    • I think we need a 24hr TV news channel that gets its news from All the news agencies then has an army of researchers that checks the stories for documented facts before airing the story and they should ban the opinions of the news anchors that report the stories. They should also not allow comments by the people in the stories to be aired until their comments can also be checked for facts. The stories may take a little longer to be aired but then the people will finally be able to hear the truth. It is Far better to be delayed in reporting than to be first to report without checking facts.
      They should also report on stories that have been proven false and name those responsible for the lies. If a story is found to be false it should be reported as such multiple times in multiple time slots so that all watchers of the program are informed of the deception.
      I think there would be a Huge audience for that type of conscientious reporting and it could change the way news is reported to the public.
      Yeah, I know, I’m living in a dream world, but it’s nice to dream sometimes.

    • 2 years ago
  • tangibleparadox
  • endovenoso
  • SleepDirt
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      SleepDirt  

    • YOU LIE!
      Noticeably absent from this post is the swarm of Fox acolytes too embarrassed to comment.
      32 page views and only four comments. LOL
      Yet on another post somewhere some clown is surely citing 'librul media' as we speak.

    • 2 years ago
  • Gravity_Man
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      Gravity_Man  

    • Winter coats suddenly in short sleeve shirts by the THOUSANDS needing sunscreen! You can depend on Sean Hannity Super Catholic Defender of the Faith (over the wall nutball [liar] fabricator).

    • 2 years ago
  • neocongo
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      neocongo  

    • Stewart and other organizations have repeatedly caught Fox news using every trick in the book to distort and propagandize political news in favor of the right wing. Their excuses are "MSNBC does it (not true,) all media except Fox has a liberal bias (not true,) or Fox is entertainment not news (half true.)" People wonder why America is so divided politically.

      I blame Fox news.

    • 2 years ago
  • WakeUpPeople
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