As someone familiar with the editorial standards of the Fox News Channel, Jon Stewart couldn’t quite comprehend that Fox fully retracted its false reports on “no-go zones” set up by European Muslims.
“I’ll be damned,” the host of “The Daily Show” said on Tuesday. “It’s the rare Foxus Contritus, of legend.”
Stewart reviewed the now-infamous Fox coverage of fictional “no-go zones” in Europe that are Muslim-only and run by Sharia law. The channel apologized multiple times over the weekend for its erroneous reports.
“How bad does bullshit have to smell before the odor is detected by people who live on a mountain made out of that substance?” he asked.
Stewart went on to mock some of the original coverage, such as self-styled anti-terror expert Steve Emerson’s claim that the entire city of Birmingham, England was a Muslim-only zone. A Fox News spokesperson later said it was “highly unlikely” that Emerson will “ever be booked again.”
Watch the clip, courtesy of Comedy Central:
The Asav Mandi bit was a classic. What a bunch of hick rubes…but then again I am repeating myself.
The “apology” was both demanded by and written by FOX’s lawyers who feared expensive litigation and possible elimination from broadcasting authority in France and other EU countries.
Did any of the male leads apologize? I do have to admit is fun to watch FOX NEWS and see batshit crazy any time I turn it on.
I wonder if the Paris suit will go forward. That will be a welcome event.
Why is Fox News singling out Steve Emerson? They book hundreds of Steve Emerson types all the time. There’s a Steve Emerson for Politics, a Steve Emerson for Economics, a Steve Emerson for foreign policy, a Steve Emerson for climate change, etc. These Steve Emersons all say nonsense that is demonstrably false, but you don’t retract those. Hopefully this is a start to that process, but I doubt it.