Posted on 01/19/2015 5:00:09 AM PST by RoosterRedux
Fox News issued an unusual on-air apology on Saturday night for having allowed its anchors and guests to repeat the false claim that there are Muslim-only “no-go zones” in European countries like England and France that are not under the control of the state and are ruled according to Shariah law.
The statement was referred to as “a correction” by the Fox Report host Julie Banderas, who said that “over the course of this last week, we have made some regrettable errors on air regarding the Muslim population in Europe, particularly with regard to England and France.”
“Now this applies especially to discussions of so-called no-go zones, areas where non-Muslims allegedly are not allowed in and police supposedly won’t go,” Ms. Banderas continued. “To be clear, there is no formal designation of these zones in either country and no credible information to support the assertion that there are specific areas in these countries that exclude individuals based solely on their religion.”
The claim that such areas existed attracted widespread attention, and a wave of online derision, last weekend when Steve Emerson, a self-described expert on Islamist terrorism, told the Fox News host Jeanine Pirro that parts of France and the entire English city of Birmingham “are totally Muslim where non-Muslims just simply don’t go in.”
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And the Nazis weren’t running murder camps and the Soviets didn’t starve the Ukeraine..............yeah, that’s the ticket /sarc
SURRENDER!
Ukraine
So the apology goes way beyond the exaggeration of Stev Emerson talking about Birmingham. Note though, the lawyer language she supposedly used.
Fox is controlled just like the others. I am not surprised.
Faux caves again.
One guest cited Birmingham, England as being a no-go zone, and later apologized.
If the NYT is now exaggerating that retraction to suggest Fox News says there aren’t ANY no-go zones in Europe, then the NYT is LYING!
With all that $audi money $wirling around from the Middle East—You can’t believe a (bleeping) thing you hear about all tho$e muzzie$!
Too bad about Fox news making themselves a laughing stock, though. The WERE sorta kinda OK.
I’m not sure I believe them NOW!!! It would be just in line with the islamist behavior and demands.
Hmmm...
I watched Judge Jennean’s more narrow retraction.
This post seems to reflect a broader retraction by Julie Banderas.
Outlaw Islam
Expel all Muslims
Stop all aid to Muslim lands
“To be clear, there is no formal designation of these zones in either country and no credible information to support the assertion that there are specific areas in these countries that exclude individuals based solely on their religion.”No FORMAL DESIGNATION!
People I know that actually LIVE there say there are!
Wow....looks like their anchors got death threats from Moslems that live in NY...had to back step or else...Eddi Hill used to talk about the extremes of Islam while on FOX...where is she now????
Doesn’t some arab own part of Fox?
Julie Banderas is a nasty leftwing apologist.
That said, fox has become just another version of NBC, et al....
For those who have forgotten, Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal is the second largest shareholder in Murdoch’s News Corp, which owns Fox.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Waleed_bin_Talal
See my post #18.
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