Fakes News at war with WorldNutDaily

[ck4829]

The Drudge Report on Wednesday published an internal memo to employees of Fox News Channel from Chairman Roger Ailes denying a report that appeared earlier in the day on the conservative WorldNetDaily website, which Ailes said "claims we paid $2 million in hostage money during the Centanni & Wiig kidnapping crisis. The story is absolutely 100 percent false. Not a cent of hostage money was paid, and it was never considered." Joseph Farah, who runs the site, immediately shot back that Ailes misrepresented what the article had said. "Nowhere in our story did we ever allege, as Ailes' statement said, that Fox News paid $2 million for release of the terrorist hostages. ... What we reported is 100 percent accurate -- that some of those believed to be involved with the kidnappings say they received money. Period. No one in the story even suggested the money originated with Fox. ... Further, Fox News executives and spokesmen had two weeks to provide a response to WND before the story was published ... and refused to make a statement on the record. Off the record, they did not deny it was possible money was paid by another party."

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/fnc%20ailes%20dukes%20it%20out%20with%20fellow%20conservative%20farah_16_11_06

[Buzz Clik]

1. LOL! That was quite a strong reaction from Ailes.

I wonder why he was suddenly so defensive?

[davidinalameda]

2. the wingnuts are eating each other

couldn't happen to a better group of people

[Vogon_Glory]

3. Agreed

I agree. Seeing NewsCorp's Faux News and Whirled Nertz Daffy at each other's throats is delightful. I hope that their mutual rancor continues.

[FVZA_Colonel]

4. When I first saw this, I thought it reffered to a satire site that had gone to war with WND.

This is still quite amusing.

[spoony]

5. Well, in a way you're still right :) n/t