Fox News presents deceptively cropped six-month-old Biden clip as new

Media Matters | Mar. 16, 2009 (News Analysis)

Fox News' Martha MacCallum claimed that "after weeks of economic doom and gloom, the Obama administration is now singing a slightly different tune. Take a look at what was said in recent interviews this weekend." Fox News then aired clips of administration officials purportedly giving an optimistic view of the economy, which included video of Joe Biden stating: "The fundamentals of the economy are strong." However, Biden did not make those remarks during ... Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 16, 2009

This evil editing of statements to twist the news is uncovered via some diligent investigation of the strange clips that were used by Faux.

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