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Fox & Friends Saturday criticized President Obama for offering to personally pay for a "museum of Muslim culture" during the government shutdown, a claim that originated from a satire website.
On October 5, the co-hosts of Fox & Friends Saturday discussed the closure of the World War II Memorial, which resulted from the Republican-led shutdown. During the discussion, co-host Anna Kooiman claimed that while the memorial is closed, "President Obama has offered to pay out of his own pocket for the museum of Muslim culture."
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Unfortunately for Kooiman, the claim that Obama offered to pay out of pocket for a "museum of Muslim culture" originated from the satirical website the National Report. As the fact-checking site Snopes.com points out, a now-removed disclaimer on the National Report noted: "National Report is a news and political satire web publication, which may or may not use real names, often in semi-real or mostly fictitious ways. All news articles contained within National Report are fiction, and presumably fake news."
Fox has a history of passing off satirical stories as actual news.
watch the video here:
http://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2013/10/05/fox-falls-for-fake-story-about-obama-personally/196304
Roland99
(53,342 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)My right wingers believed it hook, line and sinker. They really think Obama is a Muslim and trying to hide it. That's ODS on a grand scale.
I could tell it was satire right off the bat. Never heard of that site before either. I could just tell by the Obama "quotes." Nothing Obama would ever say. The Obama of some right wingers' minds is a complete fiction.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)with which to inflame their droolers.
Remember that a goodly number of those hearing this story will never hear that it was a put-on, and wouldn't believe it was a put-on if told so. The story will reverberate for years among those still blaming Obama's 2012 victory on the non-existent ACORN.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)and a retraction is about as effective as saying "they jury will disregard the last statement"- that never works.
bunnies
(15,859 posts)RWNJs all over the internet a probably freaking out over it right now. Wonder what the retraction will look like.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)that spewing lies works. It's the initial report that people listen to and not the debunking. The idiots believe what they want to. The Faux Friends are dupes.
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)give a shit about the truth. They shut their ears to the truth long ago. They are fucking idiots that we must fight 24-7.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)aaaaaa5a
(4,667 posts)Vox Moi
(546 posts)They didn't care whether it was true or not.
They probably had a good laugh over it.
They got to play the story and have a fig leaf (however thin) if they need it.
They know that even if they had to retract, the story would be out there and that retractions neve change that.
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)dsharp88
(487 posts)They don't care how they mislead - only that they get their bogus message across to adequately scare like-minded, low-intelligence, easily frightened, gullible hate-mongers.
iloveObama12
(421 posts)Rebellious Republican
(5,029 posts)Cha
(297,723 posts)in the immortal words of Jon Stewart..
"BULLSHIT MOUNTAIN".
Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)bluestate10
(10,942 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)so this "nooz" is perfectly in line with their usual claptrap.
Rebellious Republican
(5,029 posts)Not with Faux news, sounds good run with it!
iandhr
(6,852 posts)Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)They're all trying to out-lower themselves every time the hosts on Faux appear on the air.
iandhr
(6,852 posts)4bucksagallon
(975 posts)So it became a "news item" for them.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)The RWer posted information on HR 3200, they are very easily fooled. Unfortunately they are unable to determine reality, their loss but they continue to report bad information.
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)Last edited Sun Oct 6, 2013, 08:26 PM - Edit history (1)
in the footer. Which strongly suggests that Fox News didn't even TRY to check out the story, let alone try to confirm it.But in the interest of fairness and balance, I must also point out that this site features very poorly done satire. Look at the "related" story titles on the page: if it weren't for the first one, I would wonder if NationalReport.net even knows the meaning of the word. The others come across as either rumors, insults, or just plain bad taste:
Hillary Clinton Thanks House GOP with Hillary 2016 T-shirts
Obamacare Leaks Personal Information Of Its Applicants
Newt Gingrich Thrilled with Government Shutdown of Panda WebCam
Why Isnt Obama Paying Attention to 2012 Exit Polls to Repeal ObamaCare?
Obama Declares November National Muslim Appreciation Month
rocktivity
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)I'm sure of it.
William769
(55,148 posts)Blue Owl
(50,513 posts)n/t