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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: bentway who wrote (609534)5/1/2011 1:31:35 PM
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>> Except the MANY, MANY times when it wasn't:

I don't watch FNC much. But never ONCE did I hear a Fox news host PROMOTE birtherism. And the left wing lunatic organization Media Matters apparently didn't, either:

"Many of the segments discussing Obama's birth certificate included several falsehoods, such as claims that Obama has never produced a birth certificate; that Obama's grandmother claimed he was born in Kenya; and that Obama spent $2 million in legal funds blocking the release of his birth certificate. In those segments, Media Matters found that the vast majority of the time -- 44 out of 52 total segments in which a false claim was made about Obama's birth certificate -- Fox News hosts did not push back and correct these falsehoods."

I don't doubt that incorrect statements were made on FNC and weren't challenged. Just as they were on CNN and particularly, MSNBC. For example, there were numerous times when Chris Matthews claimed (as Media Matters has) that a birth certificate had been produced when it in fact hadn't (i.e., anytime before last week).

At no time that I'm aware of did any FNC news host claim Obama was not born in the US, and they certainly questioned the birther claims extensively over the last two years.

Frankly, anyone who would read the garbage at Media Matters is a fool. I don't know why you bother posting it.
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