Footage used in Sean Hannity's report on last week's anti-health care reform rally conjures a famous song lyric: "All the leaves are brown." The FOX News host was caught beefing up the attendance at the Nov. 6 event by showing clips from the much-much-larger Tea Party rally in September, when the trees bordering the Mall in Washington were flush with live leaves.Jon Stewart and his 'Daily Show' writers found this oddity and proceeded to mock the No. 1 news network for the mistake. Hannity, for his part, admitted to the screw-up and apologized. Watch Stewart's report, then the apology:
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Thursday 12 November
By Stef
Jon doesn't need help finding material, but they do anyway...
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Thursday 12 November
By tanmaxie
It wasn't an "inadvertent" mistake. The footage was obviously, deliberately doctored to make it look like it was the health care rally, i.e., the flags and signs are different. This was a deliberate attempt to make it look like more people supported the position than do.
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Thursday 12 November
By SpiceMonkey
Only "inadvertent" because he got caught... great quality control there, eh? If I was Hannity, I'd fire whoever was responsible... if he doesn't do that, then he's admitting that he's a liar trying to BS the people.
Thursday 12 November
By glen
There was enough people at the Washington event to go home to Virginia and New Jersey and vote out the Liberal Democrats! You'll see in 2010 how many of us there are!
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Thursday 12 November
By Rizzo
Glen, republicans won two Govenors races, and lost the ones that gave them a vote in congress.
Govenors, do not vote in congress or the senate.
Hiring people to stand at tv rallys does not guarantee votes.
Thursday 12 November
By RenoMike
Poor, misguided Glen writes that, "There was enough people at the Washington event to go home to Virginia and New Jersey and vote out the Liberal Democrats!"
Poor, misguided Glen's ignorance of American english aside, his delusion about the number of idiots attending that fake "news conference" in Washington is indicative of (which means, Glen, that it indicates) the inability to execute even the most simple arithmatic process.
Glenny Baby, there WERE only a handfull, a smattering, an insignificant number of your fellow poor, misguided right-wingyding knuckle-draggers in attendance at that non-event. So here's the bottom line: NONE OF YOUR IMAGINARY FRIENDS CAN VOTE. Do ya get it now?
Thursday 12 November
By SpiceMonkey
Wow, Glen, I guess you told us, huh? Maybe you should get a job at the circus telling fortunes since you know all about the future. What a dumb ass.
Thursday 12 November
By SpiceMonkey
By the way, Glen, where were all of you during the last election?
Thursday 12 November
By die hard democrat
giggle!! sure we'll see! giggle!!!
Thursday 12 November
By mfgetahobby
What can I say,,, oh how about MISTAKE MY A** !!!
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Thursday 12 November
By LuAnn
Oh Glen......(is your last name Beck?) Take your Prozac, it's a long way off for your little threats.
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Thursday 12 November
By Dr. Read
Im going to fox's web site now I heard they have a picture of bat boy from outer space.
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Thursday 12 November
By vic
Thay show OBAMAS face all the time.LOL
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Thursday 12 November
By SpiceMonkey
Stay in school and keep on working on that spelling, you'll get it.
Friday 13 November
By j
why did they remove the Hannity tape of him apolozing?
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Thursday 12 November
By gangakris
The Daily Show always finds these things. It goes both ways too. Not that long ago they showed an Obama and George W. speech side be side and they where strangely the same. Nothing gets past The Daily Show. I bet if not for The Daily Show no one from Fox would have admitted this. Now was that during the "news" part of the Fox news day day or the "entertainment" (Beck and the like) part? Fox did say in a recent statment they only have news a small part of the day and Beck isn't news he's entertainment (there words not mine).
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Thursday 12 November
By James
I love that Sean Hannity didn't mention that Jon ALSO pointed out he verbally inflated the attendance to as much as 40,000. The fact he said that is strong evidence that he knew the clip was doctored, because he was essentially narrating it.
Hannity is a brilliant man. The problem is he knows that - and he knows his fans are morons.
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Thursday 12 November
By Summer
So typical of Republicans...misleading, misrepresenting and outright lying to distort facts. It is amazing that there is one left, much less 19% of the population. A sad statement for America.
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Saturday 14 November
By thestagman6
I find it funny that onumbnuts can say, slow down don't jump to conclusions the killer in the Fort Hood masacre isn't a terrorist. Then what is he? He killed American soldiers on American soil. Is he a peacnick? Is he onumbuts brother? Of course he is he's Muslim.
Thursday 12 November
By gerryg
This was no mistake, Hannity and his crew are full of it. Fox News is a dangerous entity that has no problem being dishonest to further their agenda. BEWARE AMERICA!
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