What A Shame … Not!
The BBC reports that the Paris Mayor to sue Fox News over Muslim claims
The mayor of Paris has said she will sue Fox News for its inaccurate reporting about the city following the attack on the magazine Charlie Hebdo.
The US network claimed there were “no-go areas” in the French capital where police and non-Muslims refused to go.
Anne Hidalgo said the people of Paris had been “insulted” and the city’s image had been “damaged”.
The network has since apologised for making “regrettable errors” on air regarding the Muslim population.
…Fox has also apologised for comments by terror expert Steven Emerson, who claimed Birmingham was “totally Muslim” and ruled by Sharia law.
Fox News host Jeanine Pirro subsequently said Emerson had “made a serious factual error that we wrongly let stand unchallenged and uncorrected”.
Mr Emerson said he had made an “inexcusable error”.
Prime Minister David Cameron responded by calling him “a complete idiot”.
Someone needs to explain to Faux News that the slander and libel laws vary from country to country. Maybe Rupert should tell them about what happened to his former tabloid in the UK for playing fast and loose with the laws. Because the Republican Party gives them cover in the US, they assume that they can get away with maligning countries with impunity.
January 21, 2015 4 Comments
