VOTING THREAD: Free Republic's Faux News Awards

Nomination Thread ^ | Friday, April 29, 2005 | Kristinn

[MeekOneGOP]

I also vote for Gunga Dan Goebbels-Rather
and the 60 Minutes Bush TANG story.

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[Truth29]

CBS News Sixty Minutes II broadcast that came to be known as Rathergate because it was the most influential of the frauds listed here.

[Fzob]

Fahrenheit 911

CBS News - 60 Minutes II - Dan Blather

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

I can't chose. They're all worthy of our scorn.

Wonder if Kerry, Fonda and the RAT's are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of Saigon?

[WL-law]

CBS/Rather is clearly #1 -- the NY Times own faked "October Surprise" should get #2, as it gets the nod for its malicious intent to tilt/corrupt the election process directly.

[WL-law]

For a sheer over-the-top outrageous MSM bias "moment" of the year, its hard for me to think of a better one than that O'Donnell guy, on national TV with Swift Boats John O'Neill, filibustering him and literally attempting to silence him by calling him, over and over, "Liar, Liar, dirty Liar, Dirty Liar.." for a minute straight.

It was like being in third grade all over again.

[Chong]

ABC News and Nightline,

Absolutely disgusting.

[clyde260]

Holy mackerel this is a toughie! But my choice has to be the one I feel could have done the most damage, and that, in my opinion, was the cBS hit piece using forged documents to try and alter the outcome of our Presidential election.

Not only was it disgusting journalism, it should have been investigated criminally.

[Chong]

Oops. Disregard my previous vote for one. Here are my top ten choices.

1. ABC News and Nightline (commie vs. Swifties)
2. CBS News for the Sixty Minutes (COURAGE!!)
3. The Boston Globe for publishing a photograph (porn photos)
4. Eason Jordan (CNN)
5. The Associated Press and Reuters (toy doll)
6. The New York Times, ("breaking" explosive story about explosives)
7. Guiliana Sgrena
8. The BBC
9. The Err America
10.The Daily Mirror (British soldier photo)

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping, devolve!

My vote is a "ditto" of Killborn's:

1. CBS News - reporting of forged Texas Air National Guard memo
2. ABC News and Nightline - giving weight to communist Vietnamese over US veterans
3. The New York Times - timely hyping of missing explosives at Al Qaqa
4. Eason Jordan - allegations of U.S. military hunting journalists.
5. The Boston Globe - false use of porno picture in allegation that U.S. military was sexually abusing Iraqi women.
6. The Associated Press and Reuters - false reporting of GI Joe Cody doll as a hostage
7. Scott Lindlaw and the Associated Press - false reporting of booing over announcement of Clinton's surgery
8. Edward Lee Pitts - using a soldier to rig the Q&A session with Rumsfield.
9. The New York Times - soliciting false opinion pieces to pan Republicans
10. Time magazine - distortion of Ann Coulter and misrepresenting protesters

I agree that F911 and A/A are not journalism and thus don't make the list.

[CarolTX]

For absolute distortions, lies & making stuff up:

1. Dandy Dan and the cBS Tx National Guard Story
2. Scott Lindlaw and the "booing"
3. Eason Jordan and the assassination of journalists
4. Boston Globe and the seal-killing story
5. Farenheit 911

For not bothering to check the facts:

6. The GI doll "prisoner"
7. Boston Globe and the photos that came off a porn website

For continuously doing all of the above:

8. Air America
9. Nightline

All the nominees were MOST worthy!

[BJungNan]

I agree, The Dan Rather fake docs story has to be it. The GI Joe Cody story is second but not even close the significance of the Rather docs story.

[harpo11]

Most Malicious Fraudst==CBS News--Dan Rather and Mary Mapes

[Exit148]

Final selection: (keeping in mind that these actions were deliberate actions meant to sway opinion by deception.)

1- CBS/Dan Rather
2. AP G.I. doll
3. Ted Koppel and the Kerry silver star
4. Fahrenheit 911
5. Boston Globe and the porn site
6. Eason Jordan and killing journalists
7. Air America
8. NYTimes and their phony story
9. Edward Lee Pitts for distorting Rumsfeld's remarks.
10 Boston Globe and the seal hunt.

There has to be a special mention for the disgusting Dr. Jeckyl/Mr. Hyde performance of Chris O'Donnell

[staytrue]

Vote for the NY Times in trying to solicit and make up news to their liking.

[kristinn]

Lawrence O'Donnell deserves a Creepy Liar Award. What a meltdown!

Anyway, here are my votes:

CBS
Eason Jordan
Scott Lindlaw/AP
Reuters and AP-Captured toy soldier
NY Times-soliciting anti-Republican op-eds
Nightline
Boston Globe-photo
Boston Globe-seal hunt
Detriot Free Press/Mitch Albom
BBC

[F.J. Mitchell]

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LOL!

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Take your time folks, but in the meantime-may we play through?

[kristinn]

Two hours left to vote. No St. Louis judge available to keep the polls open late today.

[clyde260]

Bumping the Vote thread!