O’Reilly Factor and Laura Ingraham
Some of my very best friends, even some of my family – get the lion’s share of their news from Fox. They honestly don’t believe me when I tell them about Fox’s consistent distortions of the truth. It’s not that they have a ‘Republican’ slant. Hell, I am a registered Republican, myself!
It’s that they just LIE.
Case in point, The O’Reilly Factor of May 1st. I’ve excerpted part of a post found over on ClimateProgress. Joe, I know it’s a long quote and I hope you don’t mind me using it here. I hope Wordout readers will click on through to read the entire thing.
If you watched that show, if you remember what was said and how it was shown, then you will be VERY interested in what you see below. Fox edited major relevant parts of Al Gore’s testimony, removing key sentences by Mr. Gore as well as Congresswoman Blackburn.
Read on, and see just how CORRUPT Fox and that excuse-for-a-face Ingraham really are. From Joe’s article:
The full exchange from the hearing is included below, with the parts Ingraham provided in italics, and Gore’s relevant responses — which were omitted from the O’Reilly Factor segment — in bold:
BLACKBURN: So you’re a partner in Kleiner Perkins. OK. Now, they have invested about a billion dollars in 40 companies that are going to benefit from cap-and-trade legislation. So is the legislation that we are discussing here today, is that something that you are going to personally benefit from?
GORE: I believe that the transition to a green economy is good for our economy and good for all of us, and I have invested in it. But every penny that I have made, I have put right into a nonprofit, the Alliance for Climate Protection, to spread awareness of why we have to take on this challenge.
And Congresswoman, if you’re — if you believe that the reason I have been working on this issue for 30 years is because of greed, you don’t know me.
BLACKBURN: Sir, I’m not making accusations, I’m asking questions that have been asked of me and individuals — constituents that were seeking a point of clarity, so I am asking you for that point of — point of clarity.
GORE: I understand exactly what you’re doing, Congresswoman. Everybody here does.
BLACKBURN: And, well — you know, are you willing to divest yourself of any profit? Does all of it go to a not-for-profit that is an educational not-for-profit –
GORE: Every penny that I have made –BLACKBURN: Every penny –
GORE: – has gone to it. Every penny from the movie, from the book, from any investments in renewable energy. I’ve been willing to put my money where my mouth is. Do you think there’s something wrong with being active in business in this country?
BLACKBURN: I am simply asking for clarification –
GORE: I’m proud of it.
BLACKBURN: – of the relationship.
GORE: I’m proud of it.
[JR: Not only does Ingraham doctor the video, here is what she says after showing it.]
INGRAHAM: Did she get the question actually answered? With us now Marc Morano, who’s the executive editor of….
Remember, only the parts in italics were included in the Fox broadcast. That turns the entire exchange into this:
REP. MARSHA BLACKBURN (R-TN): Is the legislation that we are discussing here today, is that something that you are going to personally benefit from?
[Ingraham’s cut]
GORE: If you believe that the reason I have been working on this issue for 30 years is because of greed, you don’t know me.
[Ingraham’s cut]
GORE: I’ve been willing to put my money where my mouth is. Do you think there’s something wrong with being active in business in this country?
BLACKBURN: I am simply asking for clarification –
GORE: I’m proud of it.
BLACKBURN: — of the relationship.
GORE: I’m proud of it.
See what’s missing?
Here is the unedited video of the exchange. NOTE: This is NOT what was shown on Fox. Everything in BOLD above was intentionally removed from the Fox broadcast by Fox. They had no plan to show you the whole truth.
Why would you still want to watch Fox? Why would you ever again believe anything that came from their mouths. Why would you allow them to LIE TO YOU?
What would you if someone did this to you while standing in front of you? Would you smile, agree and say thanks? Or would you call it what it is?
Be an American. Raise a ruckus.
At the very least – BOYCOTT FOX.
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I highly recommend Climate Progress, called ‘The Indispensable Blog’ by Tom Friedman of The New York Times. Joe Romm’s book, HELL AND HIGH WATER is a must read for anyone who wants the straight scoop on climate change, and what we can do about it.
