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.
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THANK YOU, angelsonmyside.
If Roger Ailes and the Powers That Be have brains, they'll see this as the last straw and give Colmes the boot. (Though I would like to see his last paycheck go to the Marines' defense funds.)
That was good; Thanks for posting
Thanks, angels!
Excellent! I know that deli and would to see Colmes' face if he reads it!
Thanks for posting this... so you have access to lexis-nexis eh?...hmmmm.. :)
Although he's usually way ahead of me and probably already has it.
I don't have any special access to lexis-nexis, though. Alot of their stuff is free if you can find it.;-)
The way Colmes and Murtha are going at this you'd think they had something to do with the killings themselves and simply want to make sure the blame goes elsewhere.
You're in, cjmae! Welcome aboard.
Welcome, cjmae!
you're right-his face looks like a receptacle for a concrete pie
I love it! Leni, thanks so much for the support!
We've already got that,transcript and video.
Thanks for the support, rawcat!
Email sent to Roger Ailes. Thanks for the alert and the links.
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