Baltimore Fox Affiliate Edits Protest Footage To Sound Like 'Kill A Cop'

[99th_Monkey]

Baltimore Fox Affiliate Edits Protest Footage To Sound Like 'Kill A Cop'
By BRENDAN JAMES * Published DECEMBER 22, 2014 * TPM

A Fox affiliate in Baltimore aired a segment on Sunday showing footage from a "Justice For All" demonstration in Washington, D.C. in which it edited a chant to sound like protestors were shouting "kill a cop."

"At this rally in Washington, D.C. protestors chanted, 'we won't stop, we can't stop, so kill a cop,'" the WBFF broadcast said.

But the full footage, flagged by Gawker on Monday via C-SPAN, revealed that the chant was "we won't stop, we can't stop, 'til killer cops are in cell blocks."

The protest was attended by Rev. Al Sharpton. YouTube videos of the misinterpreted chant contain labels such as "Sharpton's 'Go Kill A Cop' March."

TPM reached out to WBFF's news director for comment on Monday, but received no response.

Tell-tale videos here: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fox-wbff-edit-protest-kill-a-cop

[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. What's bad is you can PROVE it was faked and there will be idiots who believe it.

[KingCharlemagne]

2. There are still RWNJs who think Saddam secretly moved his WMDs to Syria. I swear,

there's no possible meeting of the minds with these folks (using the term 'folks' advisedly).

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. I met someone that says Hillary had Ambassador Joe Wilson killed because he knew she was gay.

[99th_Monkey]

3. Yep.

I'll be totally surprised if ANY mention of this debunking that video's audio EVER gets
any mention on M$M outlets.

[nilram]

5. Nah, what's bad is the MSM won't even report it.

Unless by "idiots" you mean MSM editors.

[Orangepeel]

8. Some coverage (in the entertainment section!) and an on air apology surprisingly

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/bal-wbff-apologizes-misleading-edit-videotape-of-protest-chant-20141222-story.html

Barnd apologized several times during the segment for the misrepresentation of the chant.

“When you do a news story, it usually goes through a lot of desks,” he said. “A lot of brains look at it. And it’s unfortunate that it made it on our air last night, which is why we are giving you this amount of time.”


What neither he nor the station statement said is how all those “brains” at Fox45 let such an outrageous change in meaning finds its way on air with all its potential to further inflame passions at this emotional time.

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10. What's REALLY bad is those editors who did the actual fakery will REMEMBER IT wrong....

They are the only customers of what they're selling.

And they don't even see a problem with that.

[Capt. Obvious]

12. And they're posting here on DU

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. Yup, and the ones living in a bog are easily bugged.

[True Blue Door]

4. The only thing to decide is whether "Fox Nazi" is more catchy than "Foxzi."

These people are traitors to humankind.

[99th_Monkey]

6. Cesspool of Disinformation & Hate nt

[C Moon]

7. The only way to stop this bull shit is to hit them where it hurts: money.

If only someone (one of the protesters maybe) could sue these bastards!

[99th_Monkey]

9. Yep. and this IS already happening, as you probably know

CHICAGO
https://www.muckrock.com/foi/chicago-169/police-department-reportslists-on-lawsuits-brought-against-chicago-police-department-13166/

NYC
http://rt.com/usa/195988-nyc-civil-lawsuits-millions/

ETC (according to Wiki)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cases_of_police_brutality_in_the_United_States

[dissentient]

13. SOP for Fox

Lies 24/7, with right wing sheeple eager to lap it all up to reinforce their prejudices.