Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Paris to sue FoxNews for insulting its image

Boy, do I love to see Fox News get its come-uppance.   The current case involves multiple Fox News programs that amplified claims made by a guest on one program.   The claim was that certain European cities (Paris, for one) had areas that were "no-go zones," where non-Muslims are not welcome.

Fox later called its characterizations a mistake and apologized, repeated by each show that had aired the false "news."   That apology, in itself, was quite unusual for Fox News;  so it must have already had some seismic tremors in high places.

That's not enough for the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, who told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that Paris is planning to sue Fox News for insulting the image of their city.  
Mayor Hedalgo said:

“When we’re insulted, and when we’ve had an image, then I think we’ll have to sue, I think we’ll have to go to court, in order to have these words removed.  The image of Paris has been prejudiced, and the honor of Paris has been prejudiced. And I think in the great discussion of truth everyone is to play its role. And we’re going to have to be realistic and put things as they are.”
She specifically named Fox News, although of course Fox News wasn't the only one who repeated the lie.

Despertely 2016 hopeful Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal also touted the lie in a base appeal to ignorance as he grasps to be relevant in an over-crowded field.     And, unlike Fox News, he has not yet publicly apologized.   In fact, he doubled-down, insisting that people are upset that he is speaking the truth in talking about Muslims' lack of assimilation into the culture of the European countries they are now living in.

Definitely not presidential material, even if he is a former Rhodes Scholar.    For a bright man, he is pretty clueless, continually hitting the wrong mark.

Ralph

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