Some of the folks at Fox News seemed surprised that the newly-released videos of Paul Pelosi being attacked with a hammer showed, um, Paul Pelosi being attacked with a hammer.
Here's the scoop from the folks at Mediaite:
"The producers are apologizing to me, but I want to apologize to you,” Faulkner said immediately after airing the footage. “We had no idea what that was going to look like and that should have had a warning and a graphic warning before we showed it and then on screen.”
"We had no idea what that was going to look like." Seriously?
Pelosi's attack and injuries were widely reported; Faulkner's network covered it, from every conceivable angle (and a few inconceivable ones), for days after it happened, with its usual level of seriousness and respect. Of course, I'm kidding about that last part; I'm sure you can imagine how the coverage went.
Not only that, but before Faulkner's show aired, the network had already shared the video under this headline.
If that wasn't enough of a clue, the article states that the video is "of the" attack, and it included commentary on what the footage included. There was also a little back-patting.
Fox News was among the news organizations pushing for the release of the videos.
Clearly, the video should never have been shown without a strongly worded warning' -Faulkner was right to apologize for that. I think Fox should apologize for showing it at all - there's no 'news value' in it. Unless, of course, the intention was to prove how wrong the network's earlier coverage was.
And by earlier, I mean as recently as just a couple of days ago.
That would be an apology worth hearing.
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