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Fox News Anchor Baier Admits His Stories on Clinton and FBI Were Wrong

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November 05, 2016, 10:59:07 AM
The following is from today's Washington Post 

Fox News apologizes for falsely reporting that Clinton faces indictment
Bret Baier, seen at right last year with fellow Fox anchors Chris Wallace and Megyn Kelly, called the inflammatory story "a mistake," while also backing away from a second damaging Clinton story. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)

By Paul Farhi
November 4, 2016,  at 2:40 PM

Fox News anchor Bret Baier apologized Friday for reporting that federal investigators had determined that Hillary Clinton's private email server had been hacked and that an investigation would lead to an indictment of Clinton after the election.

In fact, Baier said, after checking with his sources, there is no evidence at this time for either statement.

Baier, the anchor of Fox's evening newscast "Special Report," went on the air Wednesday to report that the FBI had determined that Clinton's private server, which she used while serving as secretary of state, had been hacked by "five foreign intelligence agencies."

He further said on Thursday, during an interview with Fox's Brit Hume, that a separate FBI investigation — of the charitable Clinton Foundation — was "likely" to lead to an indictment of Clinton after Tuesday's election.
Both statements, if true, would be explosive developments in the late stages of the presidential campaign between Clinton and Republican rival Donald Trump. Trump has repeatedly invoked the alleged atmosphere of corruption around the Clinton Foundation and the security risks involved in Clinton's use of a private server while secretary of state as reasons not to vote for Clinton.

But neither of his reports about Clinton were accurate, Baier acknowledged Friday morning in a "Fox News alert" conversation with Fox News anchor Jon Scott.

Baier said he relied on a single anonymous source within the FBI for his report about an alleged hack of the server: "I was quoting from one source about his certainty that the server had been hacked by five foreign intelligence agencies. . . . As of today there still are no digital fingerprints of a breach, no matter what the working assumption is within the bureau."
He added, "All the time, but especially in a heated election, on a topic this explosive, every word matters no matter how well sourced."

He went on to describe his comment to Hume about an indictment — which he has previously called "inartful" — as more than that.

"I explained the phrasing of one my answers to Brit Hume on Wednesday night, saying it was inartful the way I answered the last question about whether the investigations would continue after the election. And I answered that yes, our sources said it would, they would continue to, likely, an indictment.

"Well, that wasn't just inartful. It was a mistake. And for that I'm sorry. I should have said they will continue to build their case.

"'Indictment,' obviously, is a very loaded word, Jon, especially in this atmosphere, and no one knows if there would or would not be an indictment no matter how strong investigators feel their evidence is. It's obviously a prosecutor who has to agree to take the case and make that case to a grand jury."

As an addendum, he added, "We stand by the sourcing on the ongoing, active Clinton Foundation investigation and are working to get sources with knowledge of the details on the record and on camera, hopefully today."

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Palehorse

#1
November 05, 2016, 12:23:52 PM
Brian Williams was castigated for his lies. . . Where's the anger over this individuals lies?
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Locutus

#2
November 05, 2016, 12:45:15 PM
Imagine that.  Fox News was lying about something.

I'll bet Hank will be the first to be outraged.  </sarcasm>. ;D
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Palehorse

#3
November 05, 2016, 01:31:59 PM
Quote from: Locutus on November 05, 2016, 12:45:15 PM
Imagine that.  Fox News was lying about something.

I'll bet Hank will be the first to be outraged.  </sarcasm>. ;D

:rotfl:
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AbbyTC

#4
November 05, 2016, 05:37:58 PM
Sadly, the Trump supporters will believe it anyway.  They've already made up their minds that Hillary did this and don't care if Baier lied. 

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost

Perhaps the butterfly is proof that you can go through a great deal of darkness yet become something beautiful.

Henry Hawk

#5
November 05, 2016, 05:40:55 PM
Big difference
He immediately apologized and didn't act as if he didn't


This isn't even a lie ... he used bad judgement and then retracted.lj


Williams flat out lied about being hit by a rocket gernade in a helicopter.... that flat out never happened.
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Henry Hawk

#6
November 05, 2016, 05:42:01 PM
Quote from: AbbyTC on November 05, 2016, 05:37:58 PM
Sadly, the Trump supporters will believe it anyway.  They've already made up their minds that Hillary did this and don't care if Baier lied. 



Wow! You are joking aren't you?
"The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left."
Ecclesiastes 10:2 - It all makes sense to me now...


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Locutus

#7
November 05, 2016, 06:30:37 PM
I think Abby knows those Trump voters aren't the brightest bulbs in the lamp. :razz:
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AbbyTC

#8
November 05, 2016, 06:49:23 PM
Quote from: Locutus on November 05, 2016, 06:30:37 PM
I think Abby knows those Trump voters aren't the brightest bulbs in the lamp. :razz:

Very true!  :biggrin:
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost

Perhaps the butterfly is proof that you can go through a great deal of darkness yet become something beautiful.

The Troll

#9
November 05, 2016, 06:50:32 PM
Quote from: Locutus on November 05, 2016, 06:30:37 PM
I think Abby knows those Trump voters aren't the brightest bulbs in the lamp. :razz:


  We also know that Henry isn't the brightest bulb in the pack either.  :trustme: :salute: :tiphat:

AbbyTC

#10
November 05, 2016, 07:05:20 PM
Quote from: Henry Hawk on November 05, 2016, 05:42:01 PM
Wow! You are joking aren't you?

No.  I personally know Trump supporters that are believing this.  I am constantly seeing lies in articles and memes they post that are so easy to fact check and even after proving these are false, they still choose to believe them.  They have their heads in the sand and are so afraid they can't see the truth even when it is set right in front of them. Trump is preying on their fears.

Here's a good example of a false meme that was posted on FB.  I refuted it with various sources and he, the poster, still refused to believe it as the lie it is.  When I asked for facts to back his position that it was a true meme, he couldn't. 

 
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost

Perhaps the butterfly is proof that you can go through a great deal of darkness yet become something beautiful.

Palehorse

#11
November 05, 2016, 07:43:53 PM
Quote from: Henry Hawk on November 05, 2016, 05:40:55 PM
Big difference
He immediately apologized and didn't act as if he didn't


This isn't even a lie ... he used bad judgement and then retracted.lj


Williams flat out lied about being hit by a rocket gernade in a helicopter.... that flat out never happened.

BOTH are, how did you phrase it exactly, news anchors that should know better.

One lie was stolen valor. . . (Williams)

The other attempts to sway national election results. . .

Which one imposes the most harm?
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libby

#12
November 06, 2016, 09:57:05 PM
Baier's lies and Trump's plans to indict and jail Hillary look all the more egregious  :rant: now -- FBI Director Comey wrote another letter, this time exonerating Hillary. Case closed. Conclusion the same as in earlier letter.
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parkerdivine

#13
November 07, 2016, 12:52:58 PM
But did he really review the emails, or just give it a pass under threat of losing his job?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/7/state-needs-75-years-450k-emails-fbi-650k-9-days/

QuoteLast year, the State Department said it would need about one year to comb through and release Hillary Clinton's 30,000 emails, or the 55,000 work-related pages she handed over in March 2015. Yet, we're to believe the FBI can evaluate roughly 650,000 emails in just nine days.
Either the FBI is incredibly efficient or — more likely — partisan politics has corrupted two departments in our executive branch.

Exterminator

#14
November 07, 2016, 12:57:53 PM
They used software.
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