TPM: Don't Jump to Conclusions about Fox News DHS Report of Racism in AZ Shooting Spree!

[KoKo]

01.09.11 -- 1:59PM // RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (1)
Don't Jump To Conclusions

A lot of attention has been paid today to a Fox News report about what was originally described as a leaked "DHS memo" that tied Jared Loughner to an anti-immigration, racist group called American Renaissance.

But Fox has walked back its initial description of the memo as coming from the Department of Homeland Security. Now it uses a labored description: "a law enforcement memo based on information provided by DHS."

That's not the same thing as a DHS memo, and it suggests somewhat less certainty about whether Loughner's reference to the group in his internet ramblings is getting special attention from law enforcement.

--David Kurtz
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/

[Enrique]

1. Enrique: don't jump to conclusions about anything from Fox News

especially when it's not being reported anywhere else.

[still_one]

2. or cnn or any other so-called news organization in this country /nt

[itsrobert]

3. Could be an attempt to put something out there to later discredit it

DHS is seen as part of the problem to anti-immigrant and racist groups. If the right can put something out there that can be discredit then that can be the story. The story is no longer Sarah Palin and the TP's rhetoric, the story becomes Obama's DHS trying to place blame on a righty hate group.