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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJournalistic Malpractice-Fox "News" story on House Benghazi report ignores the entire report
It's not news. It's Fox News:
"we've-been-lying-about-this-story-from-the-beginning-and-we're-not-about-to-start-telling-the-truth-now"
First, take a look at how the Associated Press covered the House report on Benghazi released Friday. The AP's headline is "House intel panel debunks many Benghazi theories." What follows are the first three paragraphs of their article:
WASHINGTON (AP) A two-year investigation by the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee has found that the CIA and the military acted properly in responding to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, and asserted no wrongdoing by Obama administration appointees.
Debunking a series of persistent allegations hinting at dark conspiracies, the investigation of the politically charged incident determined that there was no intelligence failure, no delay in sending a CIA rescue team, no missed opportunity for a military rescue, and no evidence the CIA was covertly shipping arms from Libya to Syria.
In the immediate aftermath of the attack, intelligence about who carried it out and why was contradictory, the report found. That led Susan Rice, then U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, to inaccurately assert that the attack had evolved from a protest, when in fact there had been no protest. But it was intelligence analysts, not political appointees, who made the wrong call, the committee found. The report did not conclude that Rice or any other government official acted in bad faith or intentionally misled the American people.
Debunking a series of persistent allegations hinting at dark conspiracies, the investigation of the politically charged incident determined that there was no intelligence failure, no delay in sending a CIA rescue team, no missed opportunity for a military rescue, and no evidence the CIA was covertly shipping arms from Libya to Syria.
In the immediate aftermath of the attack, intelligence about who carried it out and why was contradictory, the report found. That led Susan Rice, then U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, to inaccurately assert that the attack had evolved from a protest, when in fact there had been no protest. But it was intelligence analysts, not political appointees, who made the wrong call, the committee found. The report did not conclude that Rice or any other government official acted in bad faith or intentionally misled the American people.
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How, exactly, did Fox News cover the House Benghazi report? Fox's headline is "CIA gathered intelligence on weapons to Syria: Benghazi report." What the hell does that even mean? That's not burying the lede. That's changing the lede into a word salad. Here are the first three paragraphs from the Fox News article online:
A leading Republican wants to expand the House investigation into the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack by adding a Senate probe, as a new House Intelligence Committee report Friday concluded that the initial CIA assessment found no demonstrations prior to the assault and a primary purpose of the CIA operation in eastern Libya was to track the movement of weapons to Syria.
The report described the attack as "complex" with the attackers affiliated with Al Qaeda. It also said the initial CIA assessment concluded there were no demonstrations outside the State Department Consulate in Eastern Libya.
Referring to the House Select committee Chairman, and the Democratic ranking member, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, said the current House investigation should be expanded.
The report described the attack as "complex" with the attackers affiliated with Al Qaeda. It also said the initial CIA assessment concluded there were no demonstrations outside the State Department Consulate in Eastern Libya.
Referring to the House Select committee Chairman, and the Democratic ranking member, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, said the current House investigation should be expanded.
You can read the whole Fox story for yourselves. Nowhere in it does it say anything about the report's main findings regarding a lack of wrongdoing by the Administration or the State Department, as reported not only by the AP but by NPR, ("House Panel Finds 'No Intelligence Failure' Before Benghazi Attack" , CNN ("Republican-led report debunks Benghazi theories and accusations" , the Wall Street Journal ("House Report Finds No Attempt to Mislead Public Over Benghazi" , and every other article on the report I could find. Oh, and Fox News' TV coverage of the report also ignored the report, unsurprisingly.
more, plus links:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/22/1346743/-Fox-News-story-on-House-Benghazi-report-ignores-the-entire-report
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Journalistic Malpractice-Fox "News" story on House Benghazi report ignores the entire report (Original Post)
kpete
Nov 2014
OP
How about conspiracy to incite insurrection? How about treason? How about being assholes?
world wide wally
Nov 2014
#2
sawdust
(199 posts)1. Is there not a way to hold these bastards at faux nuze accountable
Some sort of class action lawsuit maybe.
think about it folks there has to be something that can be done to stop these lieing bastards.
world wide wally
(21,751 posts)2. How about conspiracy to incite insurrection? How about treason? How about being assholes?
There must be something.
sawdust
(199 posts)3. We need an aggressive attorney team
and to set up a donation fund to file suit against fox.
There is ample proof of journalistic lieing.
world wide wally
(21,751 posts)4. It is not simply lying either.
It is lying with the sole intention of undermining our freely elected president and inciting potentially violent actions against him.
meow2u3
(24,767 posts)7. What about seditious conspiracy?
You forgot to mention that.
BadGimp
(4,017 posts)5. no need to let a few facts get in the way of a perfectly good conspiracy..
Cha
(297,478 posts)6. Remember Shills Shouting "Benghazi!" questions at President & he had good sense to walk away?
Rex
(65,616 posts)8. But we can't call Foxnews viewers stupid, it might cause Jesus to fail.
Or something ridiculous like that.
world wide wally
(21,751 posts)9. Fox viewers are stupid
(I just wanted to see what would happen)
Rex
(65,616 posts)10. Wait for it...