Sounds like Faux News is a co-conspirator in the balloon hoax

[tabasco]

"Investigators are examining the possibility of other conspirators, "including the possibility that even some of the media outlets may have had some knowledge about this," Alderden said.

Documents show that a media outlet has agreed to pay money to the Heenes with regards to the balloon incident, Alderden said. He didn't name the media outlet, but said it was a show that blurs "the line between entertainment and news." It wasn't clear whether the deal was signed before or after the alleged hoax, or whether that media outlet was a possible conspirator."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iC6jwbmzuVUF4YLJVJo5CPNtOLxQD9BDPSSG0

[C_U_L8R]

1. and in the middle of Obama's New Orleans speech

coincidence? ha !

[defendandprotect]

19. Didn't know that . . .!!! That makes it even more obvious . . . take fake news seriously, folks!!!

[timeforpeace]

28. Not Fox, supposedly it's Channel 9 in Denver, NBC or CBS affiliate.

[defendandprotect]

35. Doesn't matter who hatched the egg . . .

[Canuckistanian]

2. There was a signed legal document ?

Oh, this is getting good.

:popcorn:

[snagglepuss]

9. This just unbelievable. nt

[underpants]

3. Sounds more like Inside Edition or something like that

Entertainment Tonight

[mucifer]

4. don't pretty much all of the msm outlets blur the line between entertainment and news?

[gateley]

12. Wasn't that the gist of Network -- that the News Department had

been taken over by the Entertainment Department?

That's sure how it seems nowadays, anyway.

[Robb]

20. It's info-taining!! nt

[defendandprotect]

21. Right . . . but we KNOW we have been watching fake news . . .

take 2000 and the FOX/Jon Ellis recall of Florida from Gore to Bush --

that was done with the aid of the large computers used by our corporate press

which brought them the ability not only to report on vote totals but to PREDICT

THEM .... and to CALL STATES ... for candidates!!!

That all began in the mid and late 1960's . . . just about the time we were passing

The Voting Rights Act!!!!

I think the right wing are now going to try a backlash on early/Absentee voting --

in 2008 it was expected that one-third of the votes were going to be Absentee!!!

Probably a great deal to do with how we avoided another rip off!!!

And, somewhere in our brains are replays of those 9/11 videos with the planes going

slo-mo into the steel towers like BUTTER.

As Cheney said . . . they create the reality . . . and we live it!!


We're still living the reality of their fake wars and paying for them!!

[gateley]

32. WE know we've been watching fake news, THEY don't. nt

[defendandprotect]

33. Who do you mean by "they" .... ?

And if we "known" merely subconsciously, how does it benefit us right now?

[gateley]

36. By "they" I mean those who are inhaling Fox as 'fair and balanced',

and even the majority of the rest of the country. They don't know that we aren't getting the whole story, still believe that our country is telling us the truth always, and that the incentive behind the news is profit rather than actually reporting the news.

It benefits us only in that we know to look elsewhere for the truth and can have a better sense of what's going on and what's coming down. It inspires us to try to do something about it, even if all we can really do is spread the truth and occasionally get heard by our elected officials.

That's what I mean, but of course that's only my opinion (which is always subject to change!)

[defendandprotect]

37. Thank you . . . great explanation . . . I wasn't sure . ..

We need to restore the Fairness In Broadcasting Doctrine --

Like "liar loans," Fox is simply another way to rip off people -- !!

:)

[gateley]

38. Yeah -- The Fairness Doctrine. I just can't imagine how anybody convinced

themselves -- or their constituents -- that they were doing the right thing by voting against something called The Fairness Doctrine! :IF THERE WAS A SHAKING MY HEAD IN PUZZLEMENT SMILEY IT WOULD GO HERE:

How could we NOT restore it?

[defendandprotect]

39. Feel as you do . . .

tho, truth be told, even after it was overturned I had no idea of it --

dumb, huh?

I presume that money bought its overturning and is keeping it from being restored ---

as so much else has been damaged by corrupt power.

[gateley]

40. I wasn't aware of it, either. Only learned about it on DU. And I presume

as you do -- money. It's always the money.

There are so many deals going on and being passed/rescinded without our knowledge, it's impossible to keep up. For example, someone posted that "abstinence only" education funding was included in one of the health reform bills. We, John Q, are under the impression that it's straight forward. Shall we do X? Yes or no. We have no idea of all the stuff that's buried in those bills. It's maddening that they actually sneak stuff in. :grr:

[defendandprotect]

43. I didn't know that either . . .. re abstinence $

[gateley]

44. I'd venture to say there is WAY more we're not aware of, than what we know about. nt

[defendandprotect]

22. Didn't Fox have Court-confirmation of their license to lie . . .???

[emilyg]

5. I doubt it was Fox.

[Buzz Clik]

6. Fox? It could be any network that dabbles in news with an entertainment twist.

-- 60 minutes
-- Any reality show
-- MSNBC
-- CNN and CNN Headline News
-- All the morning shows
-- Many of the Sunday shows

Hells bells! Are there any pure news shows out there?

[mucifer]

8. it probably wasn't PBS's evening newshour

[Buzz Clik]

27. No doubt, some DUers consider PBS a mouthpiece of the GOP.

[defendandprotect]

34. GOP has been attacking and undermining public broadcasting/radio for decades . . .

Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a private corporation put in place by GOP

to destroy and disrupt it --

[ChairmanAgnostic]

18. quick answer?

no

[Junkdrawer]

7. I think Murdoch would have used one of his tabloids for this...

Why risk the flagship...

[Billy Burnett]

10. Yes. You'd think he'd float a trial balloon first.

:evilgrin:

[spanone]

11. who had the helicopter? ? ? local faux affiliate?

[Bumblebee]

13. Not Fox. He specifically said not a news organization and to him, I am sure,

Fox is one.

[tabasco]

14. No doubt, you're right.

But the description seemed to fit Faux Noise.

[anigbrowl]

16. Nah, it doesn't

Sounds much mroe like the 'syfy' chnnel, mythbusters, Discovery or something along those lines. Does Fox news even have a science show?

[stray cat]

15. You may be right but it seems like all you have is a guess

[malaise]

17. No wonder the kid said

'we did it for the show'. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! This is too good.
Well Armstrong Williams did it, the Pentagon did it and so did Bush and Cheney.

[AsahinaKimi]

23. I doubt it was FOX however...

If it was Fox News, that would be the stupidest thing they had ever been involved with, and better yet.. They could lose their license in the process..wouldn't that be grand?? To have a huge SO CALLED News organization brought to its knees by a Kevlar balloon.

[Swamp Rat]

24. Hope Spring Eternal

O8)

[TorchTheWitch]

25. tinfoil

It wasn't kevlar, they said it was tinfoil.

[AsahinaKimi]

26. Tin foil even better...

Tin foil vs Fox News... Fox EPIC FAIL!!
That would be laughable for centuries..

[obliviously]

30. Mylar!

[LostInAnomie]

29. Sadly, from what I've heard, Fox was the outlet that gave Balloon Boy the least coverage.

At least, that's what people were saying on here at the time.

[muntrv]

31. Faux news provided the hot air for the balloon?

[and-justice-for-all]

41. I would not put it past those faux news fucks to do that...nt

[mainer]

42. Wow, DU called it first. The wife is abused.

I remember several DU-ers mentioning that the wife looked and acted like an abused spouse. I guess they were right.