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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnother "scandal" at Faux "news" goes poof.
And as usual, they say zilch about the debunking.
Another Fox Voter Fraud Story Dies
Seventeen months after Fox News became briefly fixated on Republican claims that hundreds of dead voters had cast ballots in South Carolina, those allegations have been completely debunked by an investigation by law enforcement that found no evidence of voter fraud.
Fox frequently pushes dubious allegations of widespread voter fraud that fall apart under scrutiny.
The South Carolina "dead voter" claim sprang from testimony from Kevin Schwedo, the director of the state's Department of Motor Vehicles, who said on January 11, 2012, that more than 950 residents were recorded as having cast a vote after their reported death date. Schwedo made clear that this could have been the result of data errors or voters dying after casting an absentee ballot, but the state's Republicans, led by Attorney General Alan Wilson, seized on the report as evidence of widespread voter fraud.
Wilson took his campaign to Fox News, where he received a platform for softball interviews from several anchors. The network used the "dead voter" story to promote South Carolina's voter ID law, which had been blocked by the Justice Department.
Again, these claims were always dubious - deceased voter fraud claims are often revealed as unfounded, the result of data errors or other explanations.
Indeed, on July 3 the public release of an investigation by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) provided the answer we anticipated: No voter fraud was found, no charges filed. As of noon E.T. on July 8, Fox had not reported on those findings.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/07/08/another-fox-voter-fraud-story-dies/194757
EdwardSmith74
(282 posts)mwooldri
(10,303 posts)Comic Relief actually does some good, and raises actual money for charity. The aforementioned television channel is not amusing but bewildering. And a complete joke unto itself.
If I wanted to get news, I'd watch a news channel that actually puts out news. Not "talking heads".
EdwardSmith74
(282 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)railsback
(1,881 posts)Propaganda is propaganda. Their job is to produce Faux outrage.