Fox News Retracts Debunked Story on Murdered DNC Staffer Seth Rich

[Chicago1980]

Source: Variety

Fox News said it had retracted a story about the murder of Seth Rich, a former Democratic National Committee staffer who was killed in Washington, D.C. last July and which has provided fodder for Sean Hannity, the network’s longest-serving primetime host. Hannity has in recent days promoted a debunked theory that Rich was killed in exchange for providing internal documents to Wikileaks, prompting statements of outrage from his family.

“On May 16, a story was posted on the Fox News website on the investigation into the 2016 murder of DNC Staffer Seth Rich. The article was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting. Upon appropriate review, the article was found not to meet those standards and has since been removed,” the network said in a posting online Tuesday. “We will continue to investigate this story and will provide updates as warranted. ”

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/tv/fox-news-retracts-debunked-story-murdered-dnc-staffer-184125665.html

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/23/statement-on-coverage-seth-rich-murder-investigation.html


http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Fox-News-Retracts-Story-About-Murdered-DNC-11167636.php

[ExciteBike66]

1. Why would Trump's favorite fake-news source

apologize for publishing fake news?

[herding cats]

18. The family demanded a retraction and an apology.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/17/media/seth-rich-family-apology-retraction-fox-news-wttg/

My guess is they knew if they didn't comply they'd be sued and the bad publicity -- which has been getting international attention -- would continue. They smeared a dead person thinking they'd not get blowback, his family reminded them it's not that easy.

[Baitball Blogger]

22. And, yet, many on the hard right on Facebook spread the meme that the Rich

story was true because family members welcomed an investigation. I don't think these idiots will delete their posts.

[barbtries]

25. you're right.

i finally unfriended a young family friend after she posted some right wing bullshit and when she was called on it (not even by me but others), she still left the fake post up and defended it saying she will always stand up for children. the fakeness of her post was pointed out to her directly and she would not take it down. so i gave up looking at any more of her posts ever.

[herding cats]

43. No, of course not.

I was just explaining why FOX retracted the story.

[TheDebbieDee]

29. As far as I know, FOX News was never punished for what they did to Terry Schiavo's husband...

On numerous occasions, a Fox News talking head panel flat out accused this guy of trying to murder her so he could be with his new girlfriend! They even had some of her family members on commentary shows making the same charges...

[classykaren]

38. Oh maybe because he married her in a big Catholic church wedding a month later? He was a bum

[TheDebbieDee]

41. From my understanding, several years elapsed between her husband moving on with his life

before pursuing the disconnection of her feeding tubes... What did you hear or read about?

[Midnight Writer]

44. or to "Tiller the Baby Killer"

[TNNurse]

33. Legal action.

[ProudLib72]

2. The damage is already done

Hey Faux Nooze, why not think twice about running a bs story in the first place? Oh, that's right, you want to run it so that the lies seep into the weak minds of your viewers. Fuck you Hannity and fuck you Faux Nooze.

[OnDoutside]

12. Exactly, the lie is up and running now, which can be used by the crackpots as fact.

[C Moon]

3. Their viewers must be twitching, not knowing what to think.

[progressoid]

6. Their viewers likely didn't see the retraction.

Or if they did, don't care.

The damage has been done.

[Amaryllis]

37. They don't see. Check this out for exactly how Fox operates:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017440505

[Leghorn21]

4. Oh, okay, "The article

was not subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting."

Dft's base went infuckinSANE and Seth's grieving family was RE-TRAUMATIZED, and DU was hacked because their "scrutiny level" was down. Well okay then, ain't no thang.

[n2doc]

5. Oh Don't worry, Trump can just change 'news' sources....

[dalton99a]

7. Yep.

[progressoid]

8. Jeebus H. They're still going on about that?

Was batboy not available for a cover story?

[n2doc]

14. Yep. That issue is on the stands this week

Sort of like having Breitbart and Hannity right there next to your groceries.....

[Ligyron]

26. They make them cover the Enquirer at the local grocery store.

But I saw it anyway. Jeez, what crap.

[LeftInTX]

27. I really need to contact my grocery store about this

It is on my Resistance to-do list.

My grocery store is a large chain, HEB.

They can choose to put those things on a lower shelf. Trying to turn them around doesn't benefit anyone. I can't be in every store everyday turning them around.

[rpannier]

32. Batboy caught them trying to flee

He's the real hero in this story. Maybe he'll re-enlist now that trumpolini is prez

[jberryhill]

30. I had no idea Robert Conrad was drinking again

[RoBear]

9. omfg!

"The article was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting."

[not fooled]

17. Oh, for sure there IS a high degree of editorial scrutiny

Just that it's to make sure material spewed forth adheres to the puke/crackpot RW propaganda aims of faux, Murdoch, Ailes when he walked the earth, etc..

NOT to ensure factual accuracy.

[Pacifist Patriot]

10. Meanwhile, damage done. Retraction won't enter their followers' consciousness.

[maxrandb]

47. The retraction

Just proves Faux News has a liberal bias

[Mr. Ected]

11. So does this mean that Hannity will cease his relentless lies on the subject?

Or will he continue unabated, knowing that his "opinion", though based on bullshit, is still worth spewing.

[NoMoreRepugs]

23. Hannitys opinions seldom have basis in fact

so I for one would be surprised if he followed the 'News' side of Fox saying this simply isn't true.

[dalton99a]

13. After it has become part of the Deplorable permanent repertoire

[6000eliot]

15. "The high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting."

Oh, my sides!

[dalton99a]

16. +1

[rogue emissary]

19. Too little way too late.

Interesting Keith Olbermann's latest Resistance video shamed those journalists at Fox and laid out how deceitful they have been. Also, the so-called journalist from my local Washington DC affiliate still has the story on her twitter feed. The local affiliate kicked off the story that Fox News aired and quoted.

NEW: Seth Rich's family hired former @DCPoliceDept detective & tells @fox5dc tonight: there IS evidence Rich WAS "emailing" w/ @wikileaks

Link to tweet

[More_Cowbell]

20. high degree of scrutiny--- right! It's all about $$$$

If Fox hadn't ended up third in the ratings, that story would still be told every night.

[Baitball Blogger]

21. The damage is done.

The only thing worse than spreading fake news is attempting to retract it because their dummy listeners will only think the network was pressured into doing it.

[vkkv]

24. FAKE FAUX NEWS

"We lie, you obey"

[orleans]

28. omg

"The article was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting. "

that's HYSTERICAL!!!

[niyad]

46. I know. I nearly choked on that one!!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

31. Just so you know, *this* is the guy who is feeding Hannity his "scoop."

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--zg2eQgdC--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/yizn6li0uymnpsypurus.jpg

"Dotcom was the founder of now-defunct file hosting service Megaupload (2005-2012).[10][11] Earlier, he achieved notoriety in Germany as a teen hacker who was booked 2 years suspended sentence for selling identities that he had siphoned from telephone operators’ client database. After the closure of Megaupload, he has been accused of criminal copyright infringement and other charges, such as money laundering, racketeering and wire fraud, by the U.S. Department of Justice.[12] Dotcom has denied the charges, and is currently[when?] fighting attempts to extradite him to the United States.[13] On February 20, 2017, a New Zealand court ruled that Kim, as well as co-accused Mathias Ortmann, Bram van der Kolk and Finn Batato, could be extradited to the US on fraud charges related to Megaupload. Kim's lawyer said that he would appeal the decision."[14]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom



If the past few months have taught me anything, it's that I have to lower my faith considerably in humanity after seeing shameless guys like this, or Roger Stone, or Donald Trump.

[hibbing]

36. Is that Chuggo's long lost brother, or son?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

39. At this point, I'd be begging for Chuggo.

At least Chuggo was....well, Chuggo. I mean, come on (fucking guy.)

On the other hand, this Kim Dotcom dude is just a grotesque obnoxious doucehbag of the first degree and everything you hate about EDM DJs. I mean, his videos are Chuggo with much higher production values and yet far less imaginative lyrics :

Although, if he does inadvertently bring down Sean Hannity, I suppose a debt of gratitude is in order.

Still, this guy is so awful.

[bullwinkle428]

34. Once again, DU - ALWAYS keep the following expression in mind:

"A Lie Goes Halfway Around the World, Before the Truth Has a Chance to Put its Pants On!"

When it comes to Fox News, that has always been a feature, not a bug.

[Scurrilous]

35. K&R

[Eugene]

40. Hannity on Seth Rich coverage: 'I retracted nothing'

Source: The Hill

Hannity on Seth Rich coverage: ‘I retracted nothing’

BY JOE CONCHA - 05/23/17 05:22 PM EDT

Fox News’s Sean Hannity ripped his critics and the mainstream media on his nationally syndicated radio program Tuesday, saying, “I am not Fox.com or FoxNews.com, I retracted nothing.”

His reaction came hours after Fox News retracted a story regarding the 2016 killing of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich after massive outcry over sharing conspiracy theories about the 2016 shooting death.

Right-wing news outlets have sought to link — without evidence — the 27-year-old’s death to Democrat Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the WikiLeaks release of hacked emails from her campaign and the DNC.

"For those accusing me of pushing a conspiracy theory, you are the biggest phony hypocrites in the entire world," Hannity said Tuesday.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/media/334825-hannity-on-seth-rich-coverage-i-retracted-nothing

[Gothmog]

42. Thanks for posting

[niyad]

45. perhaps KO's piece helped them along a bit

This is How Low the Trump Apologists Will Stoop
The shameful conspiracy theory that won’t distract from Russia

http://video.gq.com/watch/the-closer-with-keith-olbermann-this-is-how-low-the-trump-apologists-will-stoop?c=series