Sacarborough apologizes for misstating facts

[underpants]

Schwarzenegger not mad at moon

http://story.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050510/od_nm/moon_dc

A U.S. political commentator has admitted he failed to check his facts when he erroneously reported on the MSNBC cable news network last month that Schwarzenegger had jokingly advocated doing away with the moon.

In one of the stranger mea culpas from a major U.S. news outlet in recent years, the commentator, Joe Scarborough, a former congressman, acknowledged on Friday that the governor's purported lunar outburst on the nationally syndicated radio show of Howard Stern was actually a spoof.

It turned out the remarks Scarborough attributed to the Austrian-born governor were actually made by a Schwarzenegger impersonator who regularly appears on Stern's show as part of a running call-in gag.

Eleven days later, Scarborough admitted on the air that he had been duped and apologized to viewers and Schwarzenegger "for my terrible mistake."

MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines said the original message from Schwarzenegger's office was not passed along immediately through proper channels. "As soon as Joe and his producer were made aware (of the mistake) he made the correction."

[napi21]

1. Is Joe still working for MSNBC? Yesterday I heard they fired him.

I heard it on several Dem talk shows yesterday but never caught the reason why. I checked out his show last night (for all of 5 seconds) and there he was. I suppose this story about Aaarnald could be a reason, but have any of you heard Joe was fired?

[babylonsister]

2. Not I, but I'd welcome the news. nt

[napi21]

3. ME TOO! That's why I checked last night. n/t

[racaulk]

7. I think he still works for MSNBC

At least his blog/journal is still on their site. His last post was made at 1:47pm EST today, so I think he's still there. :mad:

Here's the link to the site: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6330851/

[kliljedahl]

4. When's he gonna apologize

for his outright lies?


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[underpants]

6. That is the irony of this situation

Not that anyone really watches him mind you but he seems to have been falling all over himself to apologize to Ahnold but the other blastfax BS he spews is just fine.

[Swamp Rat]

9. That'll never happen

Anyway, he's got more office interns to kill. :evilgrin:

[tmooses]

5. What, the second or third mea culpa in the last couple weeks?

The last one I heard was the misstatement on G Gordon Liddy and Scarborough's oversight in not realizing Liddy had made over the air threats to ATF agents (shoot for the head).

[LostInAnomie]

8. If anything he should apologize for...

... all the deceitful bile he was spewing during "Schaivopalooza '05".

Either that or to the parents of the intern he murdered.

[wicket]

10. I'm waiting for his apology for killing his intern Lori Klaustis

:grr:

[Lisa0825]

11. Yeah, Howard Stern was having a ball with this! Especially

since Scarborough was one of the folks calling for Rather's resignation.