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dub

Sun 08/19/18 03:31 PM

https://variety.com/2018/music/news/fox-news-aretha-franklin-patti-labelle-1202908395/

Fox News Mistakenly Uses Patti LaBelle Photo in Aretha Franklin Tribute

in an amazingly unsurprising mistake,Fox News got their Queens of Soul confused on Thursday. As Twitter users were quick to recognize, the network’s tribute to Aretha Franklin, who died Thursday morning at 76, featured an image of Patti LaBelle instead of Aretha Franklin.

The faded photo appeared during an “America’s Newsroom” segment with hosts Bill Hemmer and Sandra Smith, who were in the midst of lauding Franklin’s legacy. Hemmer said, “She sang with a smile on her face when she performed, and that is what she emitted for so many millions and for so many years.”

[but THAT wasnt enough of a mistake for FOX news,so they had to double down and make it even worse by giving an excuse that was ALSO proven to be mistaken!]

https://ew.com/news/2018/08/16/fox-news-doubles-down-defends-patti-labelle-photo-aretha-franklin-tribute/

In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, Fox News executive Jessica Santostefano explained the error. “We sincerely apologize to Aretha Franklin’s family and friends. Our intention was to honor the icon using a secondary image of her performing with Patti LaBelle in the full screen graphic, but the image of Ms. Franklin was obscured in that process, which we deeply regret,” the statement read.

However, upon review of the photo in question of LaBelle, EW was unable to find any instance of her and Aretha Franklin performing or appearing together on stage at the “Women of Soul: In Performance at the White House” special hosted by President Obama in 2014, which aired on PBS.

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but,on the bright side,FOX news doesnt really have any credibility left,so this mistake shouldnt really hurt them any with their normal viewing audience.
[but,this little faux pas will probably give the REAL news agencies and late night comics a good laugh!!]

BREAKING NEWS.. This just in! Fox News makes a mistake on air. .. Calls for a special council are being discussed...LMAO! Compare that to a news report recently on msnbc. They sent reporters to cover a antifa rally where they got assaulted. Punched, spit on and shoved around. Even though there was footage of the assault, msnbc left out any mention of assult on their employee. They did say he was verbally attacked... Say what you want about Fox News, they report what they cover. They won't leave out important info that could effect the safety of citizens. I think msnbc and cnn have a political agenda. Which makes them more of a propaganda machine. How many times has msnbc or cnn shown the clip of Andrew Coumo saying" America was never that great" probally none. I don't know cause I will not waste my time watching the filtered fake news coming out of msnbc or cnn.

probably not the first time you thought wrong. the first place i heard of cuomo's ill thought utterance was on msnbc, and they were are laughing about what a ridiculous and ill conceived comment it was for any politician to make, let alone one in the midst of an election campaign.

being well informed means getting the facts right. that's why i refuse to limit myself to just one source, or one 'type' of source to track down the facts of a story.
listening to different sides of a discussion, debate, or argument is crucial in sussing out facts. police do it. courts do it. honest news sources do it.

and, genuinely civic minded citizens do it.

as for the comment about the assault on a reporter being left out...i wouldn't read too much into that. it's not unusual for legitimate news organizations to not make themselves the story unless it is a major part of a piece, or serves the public interest to do so.

it's true that in order to obtain full knowledge of all the facts you must view many sources and be willing to accept things you find unfavorable, but I will not turn to a channel where all they talk about is Trump is a racist, and a bigot or is silencing people or colluding. Bull shite! Those who think that Trump is guilty of any of this, well your just wrong. Period. And the instant anybody says he is loses all credibility in my book.

i fear history will prove you wrong.

I fear not: for I will be supporting President Trump through 2020 and beyond along with the majority of the people. MAGA

i agree that we should strive every day to make america great.

it seems though, that the MAGAists are saying that america is not great right now, and i also agree with that, albeit for different reasons i am sure.
...all of which stem from the current administration in residence at 1600 pennsylvania ave.

Workin4it

Sun 08/19/18 05:38 PM

i fear history will prove you wrong.

I fear not: for I will be supporting President Trump through 2020 and beyond along with the majority of the people. MAGA

The MAGAists I suspect are referring to the 8 years Obama was in office and trying to reduce this country to a mediocre , unpatriotic country with no spirt and a (why should the USA be any better than any other country) attitude. That is when we lost the respect of our allies . Trump has got us back on the right path and bringing prosperity and respect back to the USA.

shovelheaddave

Sun 08/19/18 10:03 PM

your sadly proud admission that you don't want to hear the truth if it is something that you do not like just further proves my point that your opinions are partisanly biased,,and invalid.

ONE of your problems is that it appears that you are ONLY relying on strictly partisan sources for your news,which are clearly designed to evoke your emotional responses to manipulate you,instead of informing you of the facts.

instead of networks like THOSE,you should be viewing the REPUTABLE non-partisan news shows that aren't forced to appear on cable channels,instead of on regular networks,where they have to report the ACTUAL FACTS,and don't take sides,as they are only interested in reporting THE TRUTH,and not partisan opinions masquerading as the truth.

and,if for some reason,you don't want to watch the big 3 [ABC,NBC,CBS],just tune into BBC,which doesn't have any dogs in this fight,and can give you their honest,and detached view of what the rest of the world can plainly see is going on.

you might not like what you hear on them,but at least THEN you will have the actual facts,instead of just opinions.

shovelheaddave

Sun 08/19/18 10:14 PM

I wasnt there. But according to the OP, a mistake about a photo is one thing, maybe not a big thing excepting that news sources are expected to review what they air before they air it and to definitely be posting the right picture of the right person.

that being said, the mistake is not as newsworthy as the excuse that they were using a photo that does not appear to actually exist ... that just sounds like LYING.

that is why I included that part of the story,along with a link to confirm it,instead of just making fun of them for making a mistake.

the fact that they are so lax on fact checking things that they could allow a major mistake like that to happen IS important,since it shows their incompetence,but the fact that they made a mistake isn't nearly as important as the fact that,then,they DELIBERATELY lied about something instead of telling the truth,which proves that they can not be trusted to tell the truth,and that they should not be considered a valid news source.

cuz,if they would openly lie about something like THAT,who knows what else they might be lying to their viewers about!

THAT is what makes this story truly newsworthy!

Edited by shovelheaddave on Sun 08/19/18 10:16 PM

Workin4it

Mon 08/20/18 03:54 PM

Yea, well thanks for your overwhelming concern about my viewing habits, but I don't trust any organization that continuously berates the president , calling him names and always anxious to point out the " we got him now" tactic. How many times have they reported how so and so has got the goods on trump and he's spilling his guts to mueller.That's wishful thinking on their part , hence , they are not news programs to be taken seriously.

msharmony

Mon 08/20/18 04:06 PM

Interesting that constant berating wasn't an issue for FOX with the previous president. Odd how standards go back and forth depending upon the WHO instead of the WHAT.

Redrider1500

Mon 08/20/18 04:52 PM

I've watched both, and I know for a fact that NBC has, does and will continue to cherry pick the news. And I know to never believe what an HD rider has to say.(Unless of course, I want to hear some wild story that is fiction)

I take all reported news with a grain of salt. But, I pay attention to what is happening in this country. And I strongly feel that we wouldn't be in the USA now, had ol'hil been elected. We'd have been in limbo, in the dark, and shooting at the libs.

shovelheaddave

Tue 08/21/18 06:22 AM

so,instead of watching them,because you are afraid that they will say things that you just dont WANT to hear,you would rather watch FOXnews,who has made a career out of telling you lies,as they have just clearly demonstrated with the story that I made this thread to talk about?

Workin4it

Tue 08/21/18 09:32 AM

Interesting that constant berating wasn't an issue for FOX with the previous president. Odd how standards go back and forth depending upon the WHO instead of the WHAT.

Lol , really ! Do you really think that Obama got as much disrespect as trump. Is that the belief you come away with after watching your liberal propoganda stations. If you think that than I rest my case about msnbc or cnn. Fake news reporting

msharmony

Tue 08/21/18 09:47 AM

Interesting that constant berating wasn't an issue for FOX with the previous president. Odd how standards go back and forth depending upon the WHO instead of the WHAT.

from Fox news? Unprovoked? Absolutely.

Much of what Trump gets is because Trump fishes for it and provokes it. He makes media the enemy and the media responds in kind.

petenh

Tue 08/21/18 06:23 PM

Interesting that constant berating wasn't an issue for FOX with the previous president. Odd how standards go back and forth depending upon the WHO instead of the WHAT.

from Fox news? Unprovoked? Absolutely.

Much of what Trump gets is because Trump fishes for it and provokes it. He makes media the enemy and the media responds in kind.

Ms, you are correct. Trump has admitted as much (the citation evades me at the moment), as a defense for when he gets called on reversing his position. He states that he does it to get a rise out of people... Fox never calls Trump on it (although they have called the same tactic if done by Obama or Kerry "waffling" or "flip-flopping"), and of course when CNN calls him on it, he just declares American jihad on CNN.

Also to consider, there is the new coarseness that Trump himself brought into American politics during his campaign. He introduced things like dirty debating (i.e. criticizing his opponent through interjection as a "nasty woman" instead of criticizing her points during his allotted time). By degrading the civility of the position and the procedures, he has encouraged others to fight at his level.

Obama is cited as not following his critics into the mud (the quote Obama's team used is "When they go low, we go high"). By Trump engaging in cheap name-calling ("Pocohontas", "Nasty Woman", "Rocket Man") or school-boy tactics, he is encouraging the opposing viewpoint to go just as low and petty.... but then when it is done, the Trump supporters call that "bashing".

Obama took just as much (possibly more) berating from Fox than Trump does from CNN.... the difference is, Obama was much more classy

BlakeIAM

Tue 08/21/18 07:00 PM

Interesting that constant berating wasn't an issue for FOX with the previous president. Odd how standards go back and forth depending upon the WHO instead of the WHAT.

from Fox news? Unprovoked? Absolutely.

Much of what Trump gets is because Trump fishes for it and provokes it. He makes media the enemy and the media responds in kind.

Wrong.
And, wrong.

Workin4it

Tue 08/21/18 07:17 PM

Interesting that constant berating wasn't an issue for FOX with the previous president. Odd how standards go back and forth depending upon the WHO instead of the WHAT.

from Fox news? Unprovoked? Absolutely.

Much of what Trump gets is because Trump fishes for it and provokes it. He makes media the enemy and the media responds in kind.

Again , fake( twisted) news. The media drew first blood, those bums never gave him a chance. They were like a spoiled little kid that takes his ball and goes home if he is losing. Crooked Hillary ( the medias choice for president) lost and it embarrassed them for being so wrong. I'll say it again! They drew first blood. Remember how Meca and morning joe(k) on Msnbc just loved trump until he turned them away at his inauguration . The next day they were trashing him. So there is no comparison. Obama was sending thrills and tingles up Chris Matthews leg and Trump is putting a boot in the a** of their ratings.

dub

Tue 08/21/18 07:49 PM

i fear history will prove you wrong.

I fear not: for I will be supporting President Trump through 2020 and beyond along with the majority of the people. MAGA

dub

Tue 08/21/18 07:57 PM

Interesting that constant berating wasn't an issue for FOX with the previous president. Odd how standards go back and forth depending upon the WHO instead of the WHAT.

apples and oranges.
obama was working hard fixing the financial disasters allowed by the previous administration for all americans despite an opposition party of no.

trump surrounds himself with criminals, engages in criminal activitites, and cuddles up to our enemies while pushing away our allies.

oh, and he golfs a lot.
he said he wouldn't cuz he was gonna be working too hard for the american people, but that turned out to be just another in a long line of demonstrable lies in a long line of demonstrable lies.

Edited by d__u__b on Tue 08/21/18 08:01 PM

Workin4it

Tue 08/21/18 08:04 PM

i fear history will prove you wrong.

I fear not: for I will be supporting President Trump through 2020 and beyond along with the majority of the people. MAGA

yes, I'm so happy because of Trumps success for us all that I'm also laughing uncontrollably . So I guess we can count on you joining the red wave in November. Glad to have you aboard the Trump train.

dub

Tue 08/21/18 08:08 PM

i fear history will prove you wrong.

I fear not: for I will be supporting President Trump through 2020 and beyond along with the majority of the people. MAGA

trump is an opportunist nightmare that can only ride on the coattails of others stealing everything he can for himself and his co conspiritors until running away leaving a mess for others.

you'll see. laugh

msharmony

Tue 08/21/18 08:11 PM

i fear history will prove you wrong.

I fear not: for I will be supporting President Trump through 2020 and beyond along with the majority of the people. MAGA

I could not support such a proudly deceptive man with such a history of poor character and selfishness.

Id write in a candidate first.

Workin4it

Tue 08/21/18 08:27 PM

So far he's not making a mess he's making America great.. again! He's actually cleaning up the mess Obama made. The mess of regulations, unaffordable insurance, bad deals and wasted money, dehumanizing our police depts. alienating our allies like Israel . Undercutting the military. Many others.

dub

Tue 08/21/18 08:31 PM

wrong.

increasing the national debt, cozying up to our enemies, abusing our friends, interfering with law and order...

your boy is a nightmare, and you believed him! laugh