Posted on 02/11/2007 3:56:49 PM PST by RedRover
On the February 9th broadcast of Hannity & Colmes, Alan Colmes made an outrageous and poisonous statement that was not corrected on air.
Speaking to Oliver North, Colmes supported Congressman John Murtha's ugly and destructive lie that, "no question about it", Marines in Haditha had "killed innocent civilians in cold blood".
Defending the indefensible, Colmes told the viewers that there have been "confessions and convictions" in the Haditha Marine case.
Now Darryl Sharratt, the father of a Haditha Marine has a question:
"I would like to ask Alan Colmes where he got his information. There have been no convictions. There have been no confessions."
On the February 10th broadcast of Kit Jarrell's The Front Line, Mr. Sharratt stated, "Evidently, he is not doing the research to be on national television. He comes out in front of millions of people and makes this statement and it is 100% wrong."
So what now, Fox News?
If Mr. Colmes' false assertion continues to be left uncorrected, Fox News will contribute to a tainted jury pool, cause additional pain to the families, and mislead supporters and potential donors to the Haditha Marine defense funds. Through his statement, Mr. Colmes reached millions of people with the message that guilt has already been established.
Fox News and Alan Colmes must make amends...
1. Fox News owes its viewers the opportunity to hear from Darryl Sharratt or other Haditha Marine family members to set the record straight. None of the Haditha Marines have yet faced a hearing. Anything that is known about the case or the investigation has been leaked by prosecutors and politicians. The media has been complicit in this and it must stop now.
2. Alan Colmes owes the Marines and their families an apology. I suggest he make it in the form of a donation to any of the Haditha Marine Defense Funds. (For Mr. Colmes' convenience, all the information he needs about fund donations is here).
These are fair requests to make of a news channel long supported by patriots. Now it's up to Alan Colmes and Fox News.
David Allender
Defend Our Marines
PS. If you have a blog or post online at military websites, please help spread the word. We will keep you posted.
ewwwww & I was going to eat dinner. Red you are bad & Tiger you gotta stop watching the view....Hugs ~~P~~
God bless theis dear dad that is going through so much with his son.
What a great day!
Seems we have to gear up for Round Two. I live an hour from the Fox News studio. I'll stand outside and bang on the windows if I have to.
I've been listening and not one word about it so far. If no apology comes, I'm notifying all of them that I'm thru with H&C.
I'm in Westchester County--just a stone's throw away from the Clintons. I know because I've thrown stones their way frequently (nyuck, nyuck, nyuck!).
http://www.glennbeck.com/colmes/index.shtml
I had too have some fun too:
Alan, do you sleep with sheep?
Alan: NO
Alan, do you WISH you could sleep with sheep?
Alan: YES!
lmao I bet you have.....I have not been watching too much news as its all ANS bs and I just am tired of it. Let me know when you hear anything...~~P~~
Alan corrected the record just now on FoxNews for this error.
He made a mention of it....Sean wimped out.
Yes he did... But at least he corrected it. It was MORE than I expected.
Alan Colmes just apologized!!!!!!!
Said he misspoke regarding the Haditha Marines!
WE WIN!!!!
Sorry, I missed it. You're right. Whatever Colmes said is a start. The main objective is to get Darryl or another Haditha Marine family member on Fox.
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