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Typical Fox News: Inviting Liars On TV to 'Tell the Truth'

thinkprogress.org — Yesterday, Sen. Pete Domenici appeared on the Fox Business Network to discuss President Bush’s announcement that he would lift the executive order banning offshore oil drilling — which Domenici hailed as “wonderful news.” Domenici’s rationale for drilling was so error-filled but Fox still invites to come back on the show to 'tell the truth'.

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  • hawkeye17, on 07/15/2008, -2/+6Lies and disinformation. Fascism is at work in America and if you don't think so then you're not paying attention.
  • inactive, on 07/15/2008, -2/+4Domenici’s rationale for drilling was so error-filled, however, that MacDonald was forced to repeatedly correct him, starting with the oft-cited issue of hurricane-caused oil spills:

    MACDONALD: We saw with Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, a lot of oil spills occurred on those oil platforms –

    DOMENICI: Not so! Not so! Don’t em give you that baloney. There were none!

    MACDONALD: No, there were 124.

    Next, Domenici cited conservatives’ favorite boogeyman, Chinese drilling off of Cuba:

    MACDONALD: And you know what I think is upsetting a lot of Americans too is the idea that China owns leases off of Cuba. It’s not just China, it’s Vietnam, it’s Spain. But even though they’re not drilling yet –

    DOMENICI: Sure they are!

    MACDONALD: They haven’t started drilling yet.

    Yet Domenici’s errors didn’t dissuade the Fox anchor, who invited the senator back to the network to keep “about telling the truth”:

    DOMENICI: We ought to go through because they’re not telling the truth, there’s no risk, it ought to be done.

    MACDONALD: We’re about telling the truth on this network, and that’s why we want you to come back.
  • jackieblu, on 07/16/2008, -0/+1Liars telling the truth, isn't that an oxymoron? Fox isn't real news anyway, it's more like a parody of the news, just not very funny!
  • burchie2, on 07/16/2008, -1/+1think progress guys!

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