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London Attacks (July 2005)

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IN
intheknow
This has been about for a couple of days now -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1524852,00.html

Quote:

Rupert Murdoch's Fox News channel was under fire yesterday for comments by some of its leading journalists in response to the London bombs.

Speaking about the reaction of the financial markets, Brit Hume, the channel's Washington managing editor, said: "Just on a personal basis ... I saw the futures this morning, which were really in the tank, I thought 'hmm, time to buy'."

The host of a Fox News programme, Brian Kilmeade, said the attacks had the effect of putting terrorism back on the top of the G8's agenda, in place of global warming and African aid. "I think that works to our advantage, in the western world's advantage, for people to experience something like this together, just 500 miles from where the attacks have happened."

Another Fox News host, John Gibson, said before the blasts that the International Olympic Committee "missed a golden opportunity" by not awarding the 2012 games to France. "If they had picked France instead of London to hold the Olympics, it would have been the one time we could look forward to where we didn't worry about terrorism. They'd blow up Paris, and who cares?" He added: "This is why I thought the Brits should let the French have the Olympics - let somebody else be worried about guys with backpack bombs for a while."

[snip]



If they censured Fox News for Gibson's rant against the BBC, surely they must for this if anyone compains?
SJ
sjhoward
intheknow posted:
If they censured Fox News for Gibson's rant against the BBC, surely they must for this if anyone compains?


These are just intentionally controversial opinions - the rant against the BBC was factually inaccurate and misrepresented the conclusions of Hutton, so it's not quite the same thing.
PC
p_c_u_k
Dunno - I've seen OFCOM censure radio stations for less controversial matters on phone-in shows. Might be worth a try. Just don't email Fox themselves - they're delighted when they get contact because it shows people are watching. Treat them as children, if you ignore them they'll give up.
IS
Inspector Sands
clips available here:
http://mediamatters.org/static/video/fox-bombing-200507080005.wmv
JO
John_05
I'm so glad you brought this topic up. I really do hate Fox News and I do think that most of their comments are moronic and senseless.
DB
dbl
How could they such a horrible thing, they should be banned!
Considering the USA went through 9/11 the whole world was sadden, when it was London's turn they didn't give a s**t.
FU
fusionlad Founding member
Just to give Fox some credit, unusual I know, but some of their coverage of the London bombings has been pretty good. They've got 2 or 3 reporters in London covering the story, and I notice now, another one in Leeds.

They have been sticking to the facts, quoting the UK news organisations or the police, aswell as having their own guests discussing the bombings.

Apart from during the peak of Hurricane Dennis, the London bombings have been pretty high up their top stories since Thursday.
JO
John_05
According to Fox News, Leeds is now in the midlands.
NG
noggin Founding member
Roger Mosey (Head of BBC TV News) has a piece on MediaGuardian at the moment where he talks about the BBC coverage of the London bombs. He is quite outspoken at the end about the Fox coverage of the BBC coverage.

BTW Bill O'Reilly's latest rant seems to be another bit of BBC bashing. Whilst in Europe he saw Gavin Esler (though he couldn't spell Esler...) interviewing Jane Fonda - presumably on Hardtalk Extra on BBC World. Because Ms Fonda spoke about her current unhappiness with the Bush administration - he kind of equates this with the BBC giving her a platform - and twists this into a "How the BBC and Jane Fonda put you in danger" story...
MA
marksi
Fox are currently running a tacky computer-game-style reconstruction of what a bomb explosion on a tube train might look like.

I notice they are calling the perpetrators "homicide bombers" which I find a little strange. That said I find Americans strange in general, so I really shouldn't be surprised.
IS
Inspector Sands
marksi posted:
Fox are currently running a tacky computer-game-style reconstruction of what a bomb explosion on a tube train might look like.

I notice they are calling the perpetrators "homicide bombers" which I find a little strange. That said I find Americans strange in general, so I really shouldn't be surprised.


They've (along with much of the US media) have used that phrase for many years - it stems from them wanting to acknowledge the death of the victims rather than the death of the attacker. But it is of course incorrect as every bomb that kills is a homicide bomb, not just those which are done as suicides
CA
cat
Inspector Sands posted:
it stems from them wanting to acknowledge the death of the victims rather than the death of the attacker.


Let's just make this very clear... ''them'' = ''the Bush administration''.

As far as I know, this isn't a term that is used anywhere other than Fox to such an extent.

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