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Cold Day In Hell: Fox News' Sean Hannity Apologizes To Jon Stewart
Ben Frumin | November 12, 2009, 8:30AM
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Fox News' Sean Hannity apologized last night for using footage of a much bigger 9/12 rally during a segment about Rep. Michele Bachmann's tea party rally at the Capitol last week -- apparently in an attempt to make the tea party look much bigger than it actually was. Jon Stewart called Hannity out on the video snafu on The Daily Show earlier this week.
Hannity's apology came at the end of his show.
"Although it pains me to say this, Jon Stewart, Comedy Central, he was right."
Hannity continued:
Now on his program last night he mentioned that we had played some incorrect video on this program last week while talking about the Republican health care rally on Capitol Hill. He was correct. We screwed up. We aired some video of a rally in September, along with the video from the actual event. It was an inadvertent mistake, but a mistake nonetheless. So Mr. Stewart, you were right. We apologize. But by the way, I wanna thank you and all your writers for watching.
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And in case you missed it, you can watch the original Daily Show video here.
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howie
November 12, 2009 8:49 AM
Inadvertent??????
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Dogger
November 12, 2009 9:21 AM in reply to howie
Yes. You can tell because it favored the GOP or hurt the Democrats, just like all "inadvertent mistakes" on Pox News.
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The Old Grouch
November 12, 2009 10:42 AM in reply to howie
What he meant was this: "We inadvertently got caught!"
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Overreach THIS!
November 12, 2009 2:40 PM in reply to The Old Grouch
Exactly, Grouch. Caught red handed.
Inadvertently I engaged in activity which resembled robbing a bank when I thought I was picking up my laundry. Congrats to those sharp-eyed coppers who first realized I had gotten the addresses mixed up since the bank sign was poorly lit and confusing; otherwise, I might not have realized the error till I got away and executed my hostage.
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LisB
November 12, 2009 2:55 PM in reply to Overreach THIS!
Yeah, but is your laundry clean?
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Overreach THIS!
November 12, 2009 7:08 PM in reply to LisB
Can't peacock in soiled threads, Lis!
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jeffgee
November 12, 2009 10:51 AM in reply to howie
Inadvertent. Rrright. Like the chyron that puts a D after an R's name when the R does something wrong.
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mikedrevguy
November 12, 2009 11:50 AM in reply to howie
X2 "Inadvertent?!!!!?!!!!"
Faux News = Al Jazeera of the West. (although I wouldn't be surprised if Al Jazeera had a higher "truth/propoganda" ratio
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bobatkinson
November 12, 2009 12:40 PM in reply to mikedrevguy
Al Jazeera is actually a damn good news broadcast. And did I mention that their female talking heads are drop dead gorgeous?
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JNagarya
November 12, 2009 7:58 PM in reply to bobatkinson
Al Jazeera is actually a legitimate news organization, unlike FOX's fraud-on-America.
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bobatkinson
November 12, 2009 12:43 PM in reply to mikedrevguy
Al Jazeera is actually a damn good news broadcast. And did I mention that their female talking heads are drop dead gorgeous?
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Cal Gal
November 12, 2009 12:50 PM in reply to bobatkinson
Yes, I believe you did. :-)
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midnight rambler
November 12, 2009 2:02 PM in reply to bobatkinson
People have claimed that the English-language broadcast is good, while the Arabic one is closer to Fox. No idea if its true or just something Fox made up; both are certainly plausible.
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LarsThorwald
November 12, 2009 12:02 PM in reply to howie
On the other hand, he's an advertent douchebag.
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ARG in Chicago
November 12, 2009 7:57 PM in reply to LarsThorwald
No, I'm pretty sure that's on purpose.
-- ARG
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JNagarya
November 12, 2009 8:00 PM in reply to ARG in Chicago
I just think he's a professional asshole who either has no alternative, or prides himself in being that.
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Economides
November 12, 2009 8:51 AM
Sean, we all know it was not a "mistake" and it was not "inadvertent." I mean you had to visually confirm the other lie you were telling: that there were 40,000 people in attendence when in fact there were maybe 4000. And it's not the first time that you have used video editing to mislead. It's your bread and butter. Telling lies to foment discontent and anger. I am thinking acknowledging this is probably a mistake on your part. Now let's see if the Daily Show or someone else puts together a compilation of your other fabrications.
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jadez
November 12, 2009 9:31 AM in reply to Economides
not to mention that all film is titled ,dated, etc.etc.
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Jaybird
November 12, 2009 8:51 AM
I had the sense that Sean was lying (surprise, surprise) when he said it was "inadvertent." I think he meant to say he's sorry he was caught.
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mans_best_friend
November 12, 2009 10:50 AM in reply to Jaybird
I had the sense that Sean was lying when I saw his lips moving.
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JNagarya
November 12, 2009 8:03 PM in reply to mans_best_friend
There are two forms of lying:
1. Commission: telling a known fasehood.
2. Omission: withholding a known truth.
Often both are intermingled.
You can tell Hannity is lying when --
1. His lips are moving.
2. His lips are not moving.
Often both are intermingled.
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AdAbsurdum
November 12, 2009 8:53 AM
Hannity's long awaited moment of airtime coprophagy. Kudos to Stewart.
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RAM
November 12, 2009 8:56 AM
Well, it’s all pretty simple. They just left the film in one of their cameras from, you know, the tea party earlier this year and then filmed the new event on the end of the roll of film and then they developed it and so the two bits of footage were on the same roll of film and so one accidentally got mixed up with the other one when they were splicing, you know, the film for the b roll for Hannity’s show. It was an accident. Really. And nobody noticed the difference. Really.
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VivaAmerica!
November 12, 2009 9:01 AM
Don't say sorry to Stewart, apologize to your viewers who trust you, you lying sack of shit.
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dswx
November 12, 2009 9:37 AM in reply to VivaAmerica!
Thank you. That's exactly what I was thinking. He is such a coward that he can't even apologize to his viewers.
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preachy
November 12, 2009 10:57 AM in reply to VivaAmerica!
No use in that. His viewers will believe it was unintentional.
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DrBB
November 12, 2009 11:32 AM in reply to VivaAmerica!
You win the thread. That's is the precise, necessary and sufficient response to this whole piece of Sean Idioty.
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WaitWut?
November 12, 2009 12:52 PM in reply to VivaAmerica!
His viewers don't care if he was inadvertently lying or not. They've already begun their counterattack against Jon Stewart. How dare he point out a blatant lie! Unfortunately, none of these morons have a clue what the Daily Show is about. Here's a hint to you adorable little wingnuts...it's like Glenn Beck except with intelligence, humor, sarcasm, research, facts, integrity, and a much better looking host. You should try it sometime. I know it's saved a few of my formerly Right Wing Nut friends.
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hychka
November 12, 2009 9:10 AM
Makes you wonder just how much of this goes on at FUDGE NEWS....
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DonDavis
November 12, 2009 9:12 AM
Here's the One FOX News 'Tea Party Distortion' MISSED by The Daily Show
http://satiricalpolitical.com/2009/11/11/the-one-fox-news-tea-party-distortion-missed-by-the-daily-show/
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de TOQUEville
November 12, 2009 9:48 AM in reply to DonDavis
Spammer......
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restore4u
November 12, 2009 9:13 AM
Fair and Balanced!!?? Sean Hannity is one of the single biggest douchebags on the planet. I hope that someone takes the time to go back through his "news" stories and find more of these "journalistic illusions". I'm sure this wasn't the first time they've done something like this. I wouldn't have caught it!
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lousgirl84
November 12, 2009 9:17 AM
What a moronic asshole
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Saint Augustine
November 12, 2009 9:17 AM
I notice that the "apology" came at the very end of his program after most of his regular viewers had fallen asleep!
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ogliberal
November 12, 2009 9:42 AM in reply to Saint Augustine
Yeah....have to get some early shut-eye so they can get up at 4:30am and make sure they are first on line for the Seniors' Special breakfast buffet at the local Shoney's. Scrambled eggs, grits, corn bread and some peach cobbler, served with a side of hate and fear. Yum!
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fsudirectory
November 12, 2009 10:10 AM in reply to ogliberal
Country kitchen buffet? Better watch out when all he seniors get on the road! Don't be at the farmers market.
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wye
November 12, 2009 9:23 AM
"An inadvertent mistake" my ass. I'm pretty sure it's worse to directly lie about the intent than it was to put it out there in the first place. The only way to have done this was to have done it intentionally. And of course it's in their interest to do it, and they have a pattern of similar conduct. I hope Stewart runs a follow-up.
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
November 12, 2009 9:24 AM
Right. Just like it's totally accidental that any Republican in government who's caught in a scandal or just showing his or her ass invariably accidentally gets identified as a Democrat in the text overlay.
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jadez
November 12, 2009 9:33 AM
what choice did he have?
so his regular viewers couldnt care a rats ass anyway and the middle of the roaders will think "what a good guy he apologized".
he losses nothing and he kills the issue.
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calbearinillinois
November 12, 2009 10:24 AM in reply to jadez
If he actually fessed up, yes. But in lying about the process - nothing goes on a program like Hannity's without at least several people vetting it, and the continuity issues were flagrant (different weather, trees green vs no leaves) - actually torpedos the entire effort. It's the ultimate non-apology and just invites Stewart to do a follow up pointing out how "inadvertant" anything like this is. Especially with Hannity, who has repeatedly been caught engaging in selective editing in a way that completely misrepresents the statements of the subject.
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Kenneth Thomas
November 12, 2009 1:05 PM in reply to calbearinillinois
I can't wait until Stewart blows him out of the water tonight.
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planetsean
November 12, 2009 9:36 AM
It was an inadvertent mistake
Manatee's "inadvertent mistake" is challenged by FOX's manipulation of the September video by using a production device to 'zoom into' the identical footage as was clearly shown in Stewart's split screen of the September and November tapes. FOX, by the proof contained in their video manipulation, intended to deceive.
Liars lie...
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agio
November 12, 2009 9:37 AM
Inadvertent, my left nut.
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wpamos
November 12, 2009 9:38 AM
What bothers me most is that no other mainstream news outlet seemed to notice the 'inadvertent mistake' or, noticing it, said nothing. What Fox News did was a serious breach of journalism ethics, I should think, regardless of whether it was committed by a pundit or a real journalist.
Hold on, scratch that last remark. Fox News has no real journalists.
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The Old Grouch
November 12, 2009 10:40 AM in reply to wpamos
Nor ethics.
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JNagarya
November 12, 2009 8:08 PM in reply to wpamos
One can't breach ethics that don't exist.
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thomas1
November 12, 2009 9:38 AM
Cold day in hell, I always knew Hannity was a 9th Circle kind of guy.
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JZ
November 12, 2009 9:41 AM
I think the only reason he apologized is it was an easy one (whoops, some production assistant made an innocent mistake) and makes him look good to his viewers and the media elite. He doesn't have to admit any of the other countless distortions, such as editing Obama's Cairo speech to sound like the exact opposite of what he said. He gets to call this a simple error, pat himself on the back and move on.
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KenZ
November 12, 2009 9:46 AM
I'm surprised it wasn't one of those "I'm sorry if ..." apologees where you imply that the recipient is irrational so you are apologizing to shut them up.
Also, shouldn't he apologize to viewers for making stuff up instead of Jon Stewart. As soon as he apologizes to one of the elite liberal media types, Fox viewers know that it's not serious.
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fitley
November 12, 2009 9:47 AM
I guess when the video editor reached into the grab bag of un labeled video tape he accidently grabbed one that was two months old. Why did he need two tapes instead of one? The first clip was correct.
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Jackster
November 12, 2009 9:56 AM
Well there's a start, Now they can apologize for the other 98% of the BS and flat out lies they peddle as "news" Inadvertantly fire the video files guy.
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theone718
November 12, 2009 9:57 AM
Common folks, it's inadvertant, just like whenever a Republican gets caught in a sex scandal, or doing something ethically wrong and Fox places a "D" next to their names instead of an "R".
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Winston Smith
November 12, 2009 10:01 AM
This was simply a chance to lie to their viewers that it was "inadvertent" because they got busted and had to address it. Lies upon lies upon lies.
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Plan 9 Studios
November 12, 2009 10:06 AM
Clearly Sean is relying on his viewers to know nothing about video library management or cataloging. Mistakes like this aren't accidental. The editor/producer had to know exactly where and how to find the footage. It can't be reasonably imagined as someone grabbing one of the tapes lying around that someone forgot to label. Million to one odds. What is more statistically likely is that it was intentional and he thought no one would notice. This is called propaganda. Was his claim that 20k to 45k+ people came also an inadvertent mistake?
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Silence
November 12, 2009 10:15 AM
Don't pay any attention to the TEA party people. In the big picture, they mean nothing. Keep pushing "the agenda" along at warp speed until the unemployment rate hits 25%. That's a nice, round number filled with hope and change. Only then will the people see the real utopia of socialism.
I can't wait...dancing in the streets, people drinking fine wine and feeding each other grapes. It's going to be just grand.
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agio
November 12, 2009 10:34 AM in reply to Silence
Lookie here, a new troll.
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Kuyleh
November 12, 2009 11:14 AM in reply to agio
Not new. He/She has been around for awhile. Don't bother to try and engage it either. It spouts all the GOP talking points and tries to throw you off with totally unrelated stuff when it has nothing to counter what you say.
In other words, typical troll.
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davcbr
November 12, 2009 10:55 AM in reply to Silence
Seeing as how we got your attention and you seem to be concerned about thos tea-baggers, I want to ask you what you think about Sean Hannity showing those 9/12 videos and exclaiming that 'ther must be 20-30,000 people there.
Isn't that also what the DC police and everybody BUT Hannity and Fox said about the 9/12 crowd. I mean, why didn't he look at that footage and say it looked like 200,000?
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Silence
November 12, 2009 11:10 AM in reply to davcbr
It is of no consequence to me. Why is it of any importance to you?
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JNagarya
November 12, 2009 8:13 PM in reply to Silence
It is of no consequence to those who immorally reject truth on the self-illuded grounds that doing so is moral.
Lying is immoral. And the first harmed by the lying is the liar.
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Duck Stab
November 12, 2009 1:27 PM in reply to Silence
You're right, no one should pay attention to idiotic angry bitter rubes who think "Obama iz a tarrists Muzlim traytor"
Let me know when that unwashed mob wins any elections for your ever shrinking, failed political party.
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JEP07
November 12, 2009 3:55 PM in reply to Duck Stab
When does that ever-diminishing "crowd" become a "mob?"
Probably as soon as they realize what a small majority they really represent, and they figure out their only remaining recourse is to be loud and gross and stupid in PUBLIC.
If you can't be the majority, at least make some noise on your way out the door.
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AJM
November 12, 2009 8:30 PM in reply to JEP07
TPP is already fighting TPE -- with all those millions demonstrating they want to know where all the money went!
I'll consider conceding that Fraud Noose is a news organization when they report the suit against Amy.
Silence sounds like he lives on C Street -- it's okay for his side to lie as long as their hearts are pure.
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planetsean
November 12, 2009 10:18 AM
Aren't "inadvertent" mistakes the hobgoblins of smaller minds and our beloved ruling class of ivy league law/econ/polisci frat boys???
2000 election...inadvertent mistake
911...inadvertent mistake
No WMD...inadvertent mistake
Katrina...inadvertent mistake
Banking collapse...inadvertent mistake
and
Ft. Hood's crazy Major...inadvertent mistake
It's good to be part of the clubby club.
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JNagarya
November 12, 2009 8:16 PM in reply to planetsean
Ah, yes: the anti-elitist elite!
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PaulieGooner
November 12, 2009 10:22 AM
"Thanks for watching"
Hey douchebag, I love to rain on your parade but they weren't watching for the insightful commentary!
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yellowdogfox1
November 12, 2009 10:33 AM
I still want to know what the shtick is with Hannity's perpetual pen-in-hand: Bob Dole tribute, proof that he's not illiterate? BTW I listened to the first hour of Hannity's radio thing yesterday, and counted 21 "you know"s but I may have missed several; almost seven minutes of air time were given over to promoting his TV show, his Freedom Concerts or his forthcoming interactive Republican Victory in 2010 website. On the bright side, that would mean that seven minutes could have been but weren't necessarily free from lies.
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JNagarya
November 12, 2009 8:23 PM in reply to yellowdogfox1
His viewers perceive it as a symbol of intellectuality. Anyone who can actually write . . .
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superking
November 12, 2009 10:46 AM
And of course he phrases his 'apology' in such a way that anyone who hasn't already seen the Daily Show clip (i.e. all FOX viewers) will have no idea what he's talking about.
"inadvertent wrong video" = "falsely inflating crowd numbers"
And FOX viewers will have no idea, they will be comfortable in their alternate reality where the Bachman rally had 40,000 people.
Which of course is the point.
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johnnypro
November 12, 2009 10:53 AM
The White House calling out Fox News provoked mostly a negative response from the pundit crowd and MSM scribes. I thought it was risky but smart. Now it may be paying off. In just the last week Fox News has fact-checked Sarah Palin ( who would have ever thought ), Brit Hume corrects Bill O'Reilly telling him the vast majority of Americans do indeed like the Public Option, and now Hannity, caught with his pants down, has to apologize to his audience for essentially not being honest. Perhaps the Whites House has forced Fox News to now make an effort at " Fair and Balanced."
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JNagarya
November 12, 2009 8:21 PM in reply to johnnypro
The White House's critique of FOX gave "permission" to others in the media to do the same by showing it's safe to do so. That there's no real risk in it becasue it puts FOX on the defensive by pressing on its guilty conscience.
That began the momentum of going after the previously mis-perceived "invulnerable" FOX for being what it is: a prapaganda mill for the far-right America-hating lunatic fringe, led by a white supremacist subversive foreigner.
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Milton Wiltmellow
November 12, 2009 10:55 AM
Next Daily Show spot should catalog their apologies for inadvertent mistakes.
Then offer a montage of clips showing their war advocacy and ask when they'll apologize to the dead.
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Nowukkers
November 12, 2009 11:01 AM
Of course the Daily Show watches Hannity. Not only is finding lies and distortions like shooting fish in a barrel, it's the biggest screwball comedy on TV. Except for all the other Fox "News" shows. Where to begin?
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Cal Gal
November 12, 2009 1:13 PM in reply to Nowukkers
I think the Daily Show writers watch Faux TV like hawks. Stewart's Glenn Beck was SPOT on, and friggin' hilarious. Besides, it's a quick and cheap source of material ... hardly any actual writing necessary.
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DonDavis
November 12, 2009 11:17 AM
In Apology For False Footage, Hannity Labels Himself a 'Democrat'
http://satiricalpolitical.com/2009/11/12/in-apology-for-false-footage-hannity-labels-himself-a-democrat/
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MarinCoUSA
November 12, 2009 11:21 AM
After the recent and breathless bloviating about the WH war on FAUX, would the MSM please beat this story to death.
Ferchristsake, the facts speak- no scream, shriek- for themselves. If SH were a surgeon, he just amputated the wrong leg! If he were a used car salesman, he would be in jail! Get out the shiv Robert Gibbs; paging Anita Dunn. Bonus extra irony points: the Comedy Central clowns discovered it. Snap!
Sidebar: SH is lately using the "thanks for watching" snark, for all dissenting calls on his radio show. Push back mem for dissenting callers: "If a sewer pipe were broken in you neighborhood (or there was a fascist Klan rally on you block) wouldn't you notice.
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Silence
November 12, 2009 11:22 AM
It's not Hannity. It's not Limbaugh. It's unemployment. Unemployment is the thermonuclear weapon that will destroy this administration in the coming elections.
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agio
November 12, 2009 11:31 AM in reply to Silence
I'm sorry you don't have a job, but maybe if you spent some time looking instead of trolling TPM your fortunes will return.
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Silence
November 12, 2009 11:41 AM in reply to agio
Thank you for your concern, but I don't need a job.
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Cal Gal
November 12, 2009 1:16 PM in reply to Silence
You may not need a job but you could sure use a heart.
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Duck Stab
November 12, 2009 1:29 PM in reply to Cal Gal
Or a brain. Or a girlfriend.
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Silence
November 12, 2009 2:37 PM in reply to Cal Gal
Hearts do not create jobs.
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WaitWut?
November 12, 2009 5:43 PM in reply to Silence
Uhhhhhh...what?
Are you saying that you, being "heartless" as Cal Gal insinuated, could create jobs? So...wtf are you waiting for?!
Wait...that's right. You're heartless, so wouldn't create jobs even though you have the ability. No wonder you're on the "other" side. Being capable of making positive changes in the world that could benefit society, but refuse because it might cost you a buck or two. Yep. You fit in quite nicely on that side.
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JNagarya
November 12, 2009 8:26 PM in reply to Silence
You're paid to be an asshole? I'd thought you did it for free.
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Clavis
November 12, 2009 11:34 AM
I'd give Hannity (or rather, his producers) credit for this, but it's clear that they're just using this embarrassment as an opportunity to keep lying -- specifically, to suggest that it was inadvertant instead of deliberate.
You'll recall that the WH changed its story 2-3 separate times about the "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" banner after each story was subsequently debunked. These people have absolutely no shame.
They cry "WOLF". When it's determined that there's no wolf, they cry "COYOTE". When it's determined that there's no coyote, they cry "FOX" (well, they cry *on* Fox, but...). When it's determined that there's no fox, they cry "WOLVERINE".
And the Villagers never catch on...
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ubeeno
November 12, 2009 11:40 AM
ROTFL, like anyone with a single ounce of common sese would believe anything on Fox. LOL, too funny.
Jess
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ohyeathatsright
November 12, 2009 12:31 PM
"We inadvertently doctored evidence to support our claims."
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EddyKilowatt
November 12, 2009 12:46 PM
I think Jon will take the high road and accept this apology like a gentleman.
Although the opportunity to snark on "I wanna thank you and all your writers for watching" seems too good to pass up... maybe we'll see something really deft in reply.
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Waltz
November 12, 2009 1:43 PM
I appreciate that he apologized, that must have been really ard for him. But Sean, we all know it was no mistake.
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monet768
November 12, 2009 1:58 PM
even the fixed news viewers are starting to see the fixed news lies.
OMFG......thanks goodness the W.H. did a straight up mode and called these ruppert muddock pigs out on national t.v.
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Silence
November 12, 2009 2:50 PM in reply to monet768
Congress witnessed Nov. 5 first hand. What will converge on DC next year could very possibly dwarf all other political rallies in US history.
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JNagarya
November 12, 2009 8:29 PM in reply to Silence
"could very possibly".
But probably not.
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falafelboy
November 12, 2009 2:00 PM
"Doctored" footage. Maybe these are the doctors Hannity interviews for his BS polls showing lack of support for health reform.
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WoodyD
November 12, 2009 2:09 PM
Best job on the planet = writing for TDS or Colbert.
Worst job on the planet = watching Faux News all day for material for TDS and Colbert.
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WaitWut?
November 12, 2009 2:30 PM in reply to WoodyD
HA!! I never thought of it that way before!
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GTFOOH
November 12, 2009 2:35 PM
We screwed up = We got caught!
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readytoblowagasket
November 12, 2009 3:40 PM
Why didn't TPM catch this? You guys look at video footage all fucking day. How is it that Comedy Central scooped TPM?!!!
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Bill From PA
November 12, 2009 4:07 PM
I'm still waiting for the Fox 'mistake' that makes a Dem look better or a repug worse than is actually the case. Funny how all the GOP pedophiles, men's room sword swallowers and diaper kings end up with a D after their names on Fox.
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shooter242
November 12, 2009 5:29 PM
Here's why Bush would never apologize. The commentariat doesn't have the maturity to appreciate it. Tsk.
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QuoterGal
November 12, 2009 6:02 PM in reply to shooter242
I'm not convinced 1) Bush couldn't apologize for that reason - I imagine it was a more macho "can't ever look vulnerable 'cause it's weakness" motive, nor 2) that this kind of apology - occurring only because their "mistake" was caught - requires a whole lot of "appreciation."
And on a more general note:
Dear Sean - you know, of course, that the only one at "The Daily Show" that watches your show is an intern, whose sole job is no doubt to catch your lies, exaggerations, and inadvertent funnies. If there's a really good one, I'm sure it's also their job to pass it around so the whole staff can laugh at will.
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akcoins
November 12, 2009 8:14 PM
Silence- You must be too young to remember the Vietnam War rallies. No way are there enough tea baggers to come close to the crowds against the war. Just remember that all the talking points, info, etc. you get from Fox is from a network owned by a foreign born naturalized citizen, who only became a US citizen so he could own a tv station. Any country where he has bought a media outlet he has insinuated himself in the local politics. Any thing he does is to advance his own agenda. Liberals are the patriots. We want what is best for the USA, not what some foreigner wants. You keep helping him to try to bring this country down. We liberals will keep defending it.
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GregorZap
November 13, 2009 1:05 AM
To Jon Stewart. I apologize. To the viewers who have no problem with being provided false and misleading information, just another turn on the merry-go-round at FOX.
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parx24
November 13, 2009 11:58 AM
Cool day in hell! Hannity "apologized" by saying that someone else (the editorial "we") screwed up....not much integrity here!
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