Forum Post: How did the journalists at FOX News handle the $14 muffin scandal?
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 3, 2011, 8:34 p.m. EST by lefty48197
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I saw video clips of Hannity and O'Reilly ranting about Obama for having spent $14 each for muffins at some gathering of some sort. Apparently, some bureaucrat wrote "muffins" in the line describing what the paid out was for. Hannity/O'Reilly broke out their calculator and figured that it came to $14 per muffin. That was apparently the extent of their journalistic investigation. Then the crack detective staff at The Colbert Report jumped to action and discovered that the invoice actually covered the rental on the meeting room and also the other one dozen or so coffee & snack items that were offered to the attendees. My question was about Journalism and Fox News. If Fox really was a journalistic entity, wouldn't THEY have investigated to find out what the money was really spent on? Or is it possible that they knew EXACTLY what the money was spent on, but since the paperwork only said "muffins" the Fox news crew decided to keep silent about the truth and instead tried to slander some people while aiding their republican party?
The sad news is, even though they are proved wrong time and time again, people don't find out. Then when they bring up these false facts in an argument, they cause everyone to get angry. Either way, Fox wins if people watch their channel.
They hone in on little things and make disingenuous and inflammatory comments to stir up the tiny little minds of conservatives. It's their MO. It's what they do. The swine.
Easy to twist words aint it.
You know what I think is a scandal? People paying over 35K a plate to have dinner at one of Obama's fund raisers. but Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerburg managed to be there. Both one percenters who's products are are over the place with the OWS movement.
Obviously, you never heard of the Open-Sourced movement. I am currently telling you off on a recycled computer, using Ubuntu, a debian derivative, which is an operating system that is non-profit. Take your argument and stick it troll.
Oh, so NOBODY uses Apple products or Facebook at OWS? Interesting being there always seems to be a link to Facebook. Troll, huh?
I am part of the 99% and I haven't used a "commercial" operating system since vista came out. And how does your argument precisely debunk the stance of OWS? How does it address the issues that OWS is after?
Your argument is a joke. It is based on the assumption that OWS is anti-corporate, when it's been clearly stated that it's anti-corruption. Your strawman argument only shows that your approach is flawed and not fully reasoned out.
My argument is flawed? I've literally heard dozens of different things that OWS is after. I've heard a few new ones today. Apparently there are many in your movement that don't know it's anti-corporate. Not to hard to see all the posts on this site about it.
I seen a few OWS while in Lexington, KY the other day, somewhere between 2 and 3 dozen of them and lots more police in front of the big Chase bank there. So I was curious.
And how did you come to the conclusion they were anti-corporate?
I can read.
But do you understand?
If you want to help, then suggest cell phone or computer options that don't involve evil hearted corporations. Keep in mind though, that Apple has long been considered a corporation that doesn't whore the people out for profit. How is Facebook hurting America?Are they sending jobs to China? Polluting the air? Trying to change tax structures to push the burden on working people instead of the rich and the corporations? Yes, Troll.
OK, I understand. Some corporations you think are beneficial to yourselves are good while others you don't happen to like are evil. Even though they all make a lot of profit. Also, if I don't happen to agree with you I'm a troll. Perfect. It's as logical as anything else I've seen here.
We know who you serve. I know the argumentation and where it's from. It's not a question of "agreeing with us" It's more how you present yourself and the obvious goal you have.
But I thank you for strengthening us and giving us more reasons to go forward. In fact I will donate my IT skills and some spare tech to the movement in your name. Everyone thank MountainmanGlen for inspiring us more!!
You're welcome. I actually live on a farm so yes, I'm not one of you.
Are you kidding me? You are so one of us. More so than you think!! Sorry but the minute you mention farmer, I can't help to think of the concept of "Farmers feed cities" and guess what bud, we all know about how you farmers get the short end of government and Big businesses. Especially family farms.
I also live off the grid but I have 'full burning rights' from some of my wells so I have free gas at my home and barn. They'd still have to run power almost 3 miles to get here and that's very expenive but after 40 years I don't care.
We did have a phone line put in and while not cheap, way cheaper then getting electric.
If you're smart and lucky government and business isn't much of a concern. We never went into debt like some of our neibours that thought they needed expensive tractors and pickups and such. The tobacco base wasn't good but other then that we do fine.
But anyway, I'm a troll so bye.
You're a troll because you've made it obvious that you support the 1%. If you don't want to be called out, then don't make it so obvious.
According to you I am the 1 percent and don't have a problem with it. I've actually worked and saved all my life to get what I have. Paid cash as I went along instead of buying on credit. I owe nobody nothing other then my yearly taxes.
And you're just one medical emergency away from being in debt. I wouldn't brag about your ability to pay for everything unless you can be sure that you're functionally immortal.
I'm actually not one medical emergency away from anything. I still have good insurance, and while not cheap at my age, have the means to pay for it so no worries there. Unlike alot of you, I actually planned ahead even though I've never really earned big money and my wife never had to work other then on the farm.
Shakes head While I commend you for living within your means, You will find out that your insurance premiums will go through the roof as you grow much older. And don't get me started on the medical bills. They are a pain in the ass in the USA.
I'm well aware of that, I just never worry about it. Worrying gets you nowhere.
As the song says "You worry, you make it double". Take care bud.
Start your own thread if you want to talk about that subject.
I would hardly call this a scandal. People often go right to the top shelf for their words these days...
Actually, I thought my post made it pretty OBVIOUS that this was NOT a scandal and in fact a contrived plot to slander certain people by a supposed "journalistic" organization. I hope my thoughts are clear to everybody now.
Then why did you call it a scandal?
I'd explain that too, but I don't think you'd understand that either, so why bother?
I'm dumb and wrong, that's your angle?
My post was satirical. I used FOX and "News" in the same sentence. That alone probably had most people chuckling. If you read my entire post, I don't see any way in hell that you could think that I actually thought the episode constituted a scandal.
Did you write the original post? It has the word scandal in it. If you believe it wasn't a scandal, why did you write it? Fox News brainwashing you?
Look up "satire" in the dictionary. Educate yourself, because I don't have the time.