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Fox passes off GOP press release as its own research—typo and all

By Michael Ditto - Feb 10th, 2009 at 7:54 pm EST

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In purporting to "take a look back" at how the economic recovery plan "grew, and grew, and grew," Fox News' Jon Scott referenced seven dates, as on-screen graphics cited various news sources from those time periods -- all of which came directly from a Senate Republican Communications Center press release. A Fox News on-screen graphic even reproduced a typo contained in the Republican press release.

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So they were lazy.

By User from Knoxville, TN Feb 18th 2009 at 12:57 pm EST (Updated Feb 18th 2009 at 12:57 pm EST)

Was the information in the GOP press release incorrect?

Does it matter?

By Michael Ditto Feb 18th 2009 at 4:19 pm EST (Updated Feb 18th 2009 at 4:19 pm EST)

The press's job is not to regurgitate press releases from any party, organization, person, politician, or otherwise. Nobody's press release should be trusted on face value.

Re: So they were lazy.

By AZPADDY1 Feb 21st 2009 at 6:03 pm EST (Updated Feb 21st 2009 at 6:03 pm EST)

To understand Fox niose, er, news, you must first understand the Fox network and affiliates operate as a republican T.V. network. If you doubt this, take an objective look at what Fox puts out.

The supposed "Fair and balanced" O'Rielly is anything but fair and balanced. Ditto for Sean Hannity. Fox was the brainchild of Rhupert Murdock, the billonaire neoconservative as a counter to what he sees as a ":liberal" bias in the media. If you believe there is a liberal bias in the M.S.M., I've got some land in Rainbow City you should buy.

Lazy?? Hardly. Dishonest??.....You bet!!