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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
(32,723 posts)KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)there's no possible meeting of the minds with these folks (using the term 'folks' advisedly).
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)I'll be totally surprised if ANY mention of this debunking that video's audio EVER gets
any mention on M$M outlets.
nilram
(2,886 posts)Unless by "idiots" you mean MSM editors.
Orangepeel
(13,933 posts)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 its 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.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)They are the only customers of what they're selling.
And they don't even see a problem with that.
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)True Blue Door
(2,969 posts)These people are traitors to humankind.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)C Moon
(12,208 posts)If only someone (one of the protesters maybe) could sue these bastards!
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)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
(861 posts)Lies 24/7, with right wing sheeple eager to lap it all up to reinforce their prejudices.