Fox News continues to make a mockery of its "Fair & Balanced"

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Fox News continues to make a mockery of its "Fair & Balanced"
slogan.
Dear mike,

Fox News continues to make a mockery of its "Fair & Balanced" slogan.


Over the past two weeks alone, we have documented multiple instances
of Fox News airing video clips of progressives that were cropped in a
way that blatantly misrepresented their original statements.


Watch the video, then email Fox News and let them know we deserve the
unedited truth, not manufactured smears.


For example, on the May 1 edition of The O'Reilly Factor, guest host
Laura Ingraham presented clips of Al Gore's April 24 congressional
testimony to suggest that Gore has profited from his environmental
advocacy. The clips had been edited to remove his statements that he
donates all of the money he makes from climate-related work to a
nonprofit organization that seeks to solve the climate crisis.


Far from being a solitary instance, Fox's distortive editing is
evidence of a larger pattern at the network. The same night Ingraham
smeared Gore, Fox aired a report by congressional correspondent Major
Garrett that purported to give "a description" of how President
Obama's nominee to replace Justice Souter on the Supreme Court "will
interpret the law." Garrett proceeded to air a statement by the
president expressing how he views empathy as a quality he would like
to see in a justice. Garrett then claimed that this sentiment
"aggravates those who believe justices should follow the Constitution
and legislative intent." But Garrett cropped out the very next
sentence of Obama's speech, when he stated that he will "seek
somebody
who is dedicated to the rule of law, who honors our constitutional
traditions, who respects the integrity of the judicial process and
the
appropriate limits of the judicial role."


Watch the video, then email Fox News and let them know we deserve the
unedited truth, not manufactured smears.


Dating back to 2006, we have documented numerous examples of Fox News
airing deceptively edited footage of President Barack Obama, Vice
President Joe Biden, former President Bill Clinton, Rep. Barney
Frank,
and several Democratic senators.


These smears stand in stark contrast to basic journalistic ethics.
Fox
News is doing its viewers a disservice by providing them with blatant
misinformation that blurs the line separating news and legitimate
commentary from political activism and demagoguery.


Watch the video, then email Fox News and let them know we deserve the
unedited truth, not manufactured smears.


Thank you for your continued help in our fight to hold the media
accountable.


Eric Burns
President
Media Matters for America