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.
Ladies-
say hello and welcome to the Mrs. at Post #174
And if they don't then we get to tar and feather them. Right? Please? ;^)
You rotten egg ; )
Tell me more.
BTW, I loved your photo duel with Smooth.
Godspeed and Best Wishes to all our Marines, your son and family.
pingaping
You're going to encourage me? lol Not a good idea. At this point I am laughing as much as possible to keep from thinking about how utterly furious I am at the left in this country.
Welcome to Free Republic and please accept my humble thanks for your son's service and all of your sacrifices. May he and all his fellows receive the best defense and a fair hearing without prejudice. Thank you for raising a Marine!
Maybe we can find a Ditsy Chick thread and have some more laughs.
Welcome to Free Republic, Mrs. Sharratt (Defend Our Marine).
God Bless Justin, you and your family, you are all in our prayers.
Many thanks for the ping, freema.
I went looking for a pic of alan just for you, but they were all bad. I just didn't have the heart to be that mean ; )
Ping to Justin's mother (Defend Our Marine) post #174.
Well I saw what you did to Curious George the other day, can it get worse? Yes, I asked for it.
You're full of it tonight, lily! Have a great night, and my deepest and sincerest thanks for everything you do!
I'm going to beg off, darn it.
Sleep tight all, and don't let the aliens bite.
'Night, sleep tight.
Welcome!
Peace Ciao, and out! GB and Thanks!
'Night, ya'll. Love ya.
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