BWA HAHAHA!!! Fox News Duped By Report That Los Angeles Will Spend $1 Billion On Jetpacks (VIDEO)
Taylor
Jetpacks (VIDEO)
First Posted: 10- 6-10 06:41 AM | Updated: 10- 6-10 07:22 AM
Read More: Fox And Friends, Fox News, Fox News Jetpack, Fox News
Prank, Jet Pack, Jetpack, LAPD Jetpack, Los Angeles Jetpack, Weekly
World News, Los Angeles News
**WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW**
Fox News reported that Los Angeles is going to spend $1 billion on
jetpacks that can fly a person up to 63 miles per hour and soar to
heights of 8,000 feet.
But this is one head-in-the-clouds idea that would never get off the
ground, not even in the City of Angels.
"We certainly haven't bought any jetpacks," police chief Charlie Beck
told the LA Times. "We haven't bought [squad] cars for two years."
The hosts of "Fox and Friends," the network's morning show, missed a
great opportunity to yell "makeup!" But they were mildly skeptical
when first discussing the concept and retracted the report within an
hour. They initially said that Los Angeles was ordering 10,000
jetpacks at a cost of $100,000 each. The Times notes that the city "is
regularly sending its police detectives home because it can't pay all
their overtime." There's no money for anything this over the top.
Where on earth could such an out-of-this-world report come from?
Gawker first noted that this probably came from a story in the Weekly
World News. For those who haven't noticed the publication in
supermarket checkout lines, their logo features Bat Boy and they've
broken such exclusives as "Dick Cheney is a Robot," "Satan Captured by
GIs in Iraq," and "Hillary Clinton Adopts Alien Baby."
You can't make this stuff up.
WATCH THE REPORT AND RETRACTION, AS CAPTURED BY MEDIAITE:
{{{ntvnat.com video goes here "Fox & Friends Falls For Fake
LAPD..."}}}
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/06/fox-news-lapd-jetpack-video_n_752130.html
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They really are morons.
Ron
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> They really are morons.
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The people who staff the news desk at Fox must be heavily medicated
because this is not the first time the Fox Fact Fakers have aired
items best suited for "The National Enquirer". Read this:
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/27/fox-parody/
What amazes me is that so many stoutly defend Fox News as a bastion of
truth and accuracy.
RO
PresidentJackass
Taylor
> What amazes me is how stupid you really are
Why? Because I call out Fox "News" for falling for something stupid?
Look at their "correction" (actually a non-correction). They then
cowardly and foolishly state that they're now _not_ going to do it
instead of admitting they were duped.
Thank god for MediaMatters.org for holding a mirror up to the faces of
FNC and using THEIR OWN words against them. lol
Family Guy - The Jetsons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ShiCJ5RpKI
Lanny West
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"PresidentJackass", aka EMU is a psycho racist from North Carolina who's
being investigated as a domestic terrorist by Bush's Homeland Security and
will spend the rest of his life in a strait-jacket in Hinkley's prison cell
for losers, screaming and screaming and screaming.
Taylor
If MSNBC had caught wind of an Onion News Network story stating Meg
Whitman:
"Had a plan to harvest 1 kidney from California kids and sell them on
the black market to raise money for Cali schools..."
Then made a correction: "Looks like she doesn't plan on doing it after
all."
What would Fox "News" say?
lab~rat >:-)
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>Fox News Duped By Report That Los Angeles Will Spend $1 Billion On
>Jetpacks (VIDEO)
>First Posted: 10- 6-10 06:41 AM | Updated: 10- 6-10 07:22 AM
Robin Meade never would have made that mistake...
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lab~rat >:-)
Do you want polite or do you want sincere?
lab~rat >:-)
<lukeb...@gmail.com> puked:
>On Oct 6, 8:46 am, PresidentJackass <ret...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
Who lied about the story to begin with?
Taylor
CNN Takes Swipe At Fox News Over Fake LAPD Jetpack Story
by Glenn Davis | 8:16 pm, October 5th, 2010
Yesterday, Fox & Friends committed an embarrassing gaffe when it
reported on a fake story that the Los Angeles Police Department was
buying 10,000 of these jetpacks at a cost of $100,000 each. The
“story” originated here. At least the jetpacks themselves are real.
Well, you had to figure it wouldn’t be long before someone in the
media took a look at such a glaring error, and today, CNN’s Jeanne
Moos delivered on The Situation Room. Wolf Blitzer teased the segment
saying the story “had one major news network fooled,” but the mistake
appeared to have CNN delighted. Moos especially reveled in the fact
that Fox & Friends‘ source was the Weekly World News, and made several
references to that publication’s most famous creation, Bat Boy.
Also of note: Moos working out that the total cost of the jetpacks
would have been $1 billion on a whiteboard (her answer to this?); and
the fact that there are apparently two such jetpacks currently in
existence (the LAPD really would’ve regretted buying 10,000 in that
case).
In fairness to Fox & Friends, though, they did correct themselves
later in the show and admitted the LAPD hadn’t really bought any
jetpacks – a correction Moos didn’t mention. Video of her segment
below: watch it and marvel that the Weekly World News made it into the
actual news cycle.
Update: Ms. Moos tells Mediaite that while she was crashing the piece
for Situation Room, they didn’t realize that Fox News had made the
admission. “Within minutes of crashing that version, we updated the
piece to include the Fox admission.”
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jeane-moos-on-fox-news-lapd-jetpacks/
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Wow. I've been hearing that old bag (mean that nicely) doing these
fluffy news segments on CNN for 15+ years now. I always thought her
name was "Most", like Donny. lol
The PHANTOM
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> They really are morons.
And you've been duped into thinking Obama and Pelosi are actually
trying to "create/save" jobs and improve the economy. Now,who's the
idiot??
Lanny West
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Change the subject again.
Taylor
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Lies and deflection. lol Embarrassing you call this channel your go-to
source for "news", eh?
Lanny West
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You! "We want our country back".
Back from the middle-ages Bush took it to.
Not Sure
> Fox News Duped By Report That Los Angeles Will Spend $1 Billion On
> Jetpacks (VIDEO)
ROFL, Fox News? You mean the network with three times the audience of
Keith Olbermann? :)
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/06/fox-news-lapd-jetpack-video_...
Ron
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> - Show quoted text -
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Re: ROFL, Fox News? You mean the network with three times the audience
of Keith Olbermann?
Many confuse popularity with accuracy. It is a common malady of Fox
Followers.
RO
Taylor
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> - Show quoted text -
Exactly. Hence the reason Jersey Shore can spank a show like 30 Rock.
Doesn't mean the popular show is the best.
I guess this makes Fox "News" the attempt-at-news equivalent to
McDonald's. lol
Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names
wrote:
>On Wed, 6 Oct 2010 05:06:53 -0700 (PDT), Taylor
><lukeb...@gmail.com> puked:
>
>>Fox News Duped By Report That Los Angeles Will Spend $1 Billion On
>>Jetpacks (VIDEO)
>>First Posted: 10- 6-10 06:41 AM | Updated: 10- 6-10 07:22 AM
>
>Robin Meade never would have made that mistake...
You didn't hear the story on CNN, now, did you???
Barb May
> The people who staff the news desk at Fox must be heavily medicated
> because this is not the first time the Fox Fact Fakers have aired
> items best suited for "The National Enquirer". Read this:
>
> http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/27/fox-parody/
Unfortunately, very little actual fact checking goes on at any of the
news programs these days. They'll pretty much air anything that has been
reported somewhere else.
>
> What amazes me is that so many stoutly defend Fox News as a bastion of
> truth and accuracy.
>
> RO
They have to defend the foundation supporting their world view or their
entire belief system might crumble.
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Barb
wingnu...@hotmail.invalid is actually
the infamous USENET troll Kenneth R Pangborn
Read the Pangborn FAQ at: http://www.aboutkenpangborn.com/
dr. herbert west
> You didn't hear the story on CNN, now, did you???
You spend your life watching the mind control lib indoctrination, don't
you, burned out old pensioner?
Ubiquitous
>They really are morons.
Wow, one can almost smell your desperation! Things must be dire if this
is the best "proof" you can find for your baseless assertions about FOX
News.
--
It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which
the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn
our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad
for them, it's failing.
Wingnut
> wingnu...@hotmail.invalid is actually
> the infamous USENET troll Kenneth R Pangborn
> Read the Pangborn FAQ at: http://tinyurl.com/36o43z7
That is incorrect, as "freedom" and I have both told you, and by putting
that crap in your sig you are displaying the same behavior you have
recently criticized in others.
Ubiquitous
>web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous) wrote:
>>Wow, one can almost smell your desperation! Things must be dire if
>>this is the best "proof" you can find for your baseless assertions
>>about FOX News.
>
>Wow, one can almost smell your stupidity and cowardice!
Ad hominem noted. Get back to us when you have a real argument to make.
--
"Admittedly, conservatives give as good as they get. The difference
between us and [leftists] is that we can argue as well as inveigh.
They can only hurl invectives." -- Don Feder
trotsky
> lukeb...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> They really are morons.
>
> Wow, one can almost smell your desperation! Things must be dire if this
> is the best "proof" you can find for your baseless assertions about FOX
> News.
Pubie, could we just refer to them as the Weekly World Fox News from now on?
trotsky
> Someone pretending to be petes...@gmail.com wrote:
>> web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous) wrote:
>
>>> Wow, one can almost smell your desperation! Things must be dire if
>>> this is the best "proof" you can find for your baseless assertions
>>> about FOX News.
>>
>> Wow, one can almost smell your stupidity and cowardice!
>
> Ad hominem noted. Get back to us when you have a real argument to make.
Damn, Pubie, you lost the argument again! When you refer to
"desperation", isn't that one of your "ad hominems" (sic)? Being a liar
and a hypocrite and trying to redirect responses to other newsgroups
makes you look more like a masturbator than a debater. Sorry.
lab~rat >:-)
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I didn't hear the story on FOX.
lab~rat >:-)
puked:
>lukeb...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>They really are morons.
>
>Wow, one can almost smell your desperation! Things must be dire if this
>is the best "proof" you can find for your baseless assertions about FOX
>News.
There probably isn't a single cable news organization that hasn't be
had by a fake Howard Stern caller, so I don't know how important this
whole story is...
Ubiquitous
>>>They really are morons.
>>
>>Wow, one can almost smell your desperation! Things must be dire if this
>>is the best "proof" you can find for your baseless assertions about FOX
>>News.
>
>There probably isn't a single cable news organization that hasn't be
>had by a fake Howard Stern caller, so I don't know how important this
>whole story is...
Exactly, which is what makes the original poster look so pathetically
desperate.
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It's now time for healing, and for fixing the damage the Democrats did
to America.
lab~rat >:-)
puked:
>In article <algra658igg8hm3pr...@4ax.com>, <Unknown> wrote:
>>web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous) wrote:
>>>lukeb...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>>>They really are morons.
>>>
>>>Wow, one can almost smell your desperation! Things must be dire if this
>>>is the best "proof" you can find for your baseless assertions about FOX
>>>News.
>>
>>There probably isn't a single cable news organization that hasn't be
>>had by a fake Howard Stern caller, so I don't know how important this
>>whole story is...
>
>Exactly, which is what makes the original poster look so pathetically
>desperate.
Not arguing that point.