Fox News, Drudge Still Reporting Pelosi Going To Iran -- Despite Unequivocal Denial From Her Office
April 11, 2007 -- 7:01 PM EST // // Post a Comment
Breaking: Fox News and Drudge are lying about Nancy Pelosi!
Okay, what else is new, right? But you really have to check this one out, it's hilarious.
Specifically: Fox News and Drudge are still reporting that Nancy Pelosi is going to Iran -- even though Pelosi's spokesperson today issued a straight, unequivocal denial, saying that, you know, she isn't going. That denial has been carried by the Associated Press for most of the afternoon, since around 2 P.M. You'd think that would put an end to this latest "scandal" surrounding the Speaker.
But -- well, it didn't. The outright denial didn't slow down Fox or Drudge one little bit. Check out these screen grabs from Fox's The Big Story with John Gibson, which aired today after 5 P.M. There's this:
And this:
So how did Fox's Gibson deal with the fact that Pelosi's office stated unequivocally that she wasn't going? Easy: He accused her office of lying. Gibson, amazingly, said:
"A spokesman for the speaker said she had no intention to, but is that really the case?"
...before continuing with the report as shown above.
And how did Drudge deal with the fact that Pelosi's spokesperson denied the story? He pretended it never happened. Drudge's link to the original bogus story is still up, with no link to the story containing the denial (note the third headline down):
Man, that's God awful, even for these people. Talk about alternate reality. Special thanks to crack TPM reporter-researcher Eric Kleefeld for help in digging these up.
Update: Drudge appears to have taken the headline down.
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