Fox had Foley emails, chose not to run

RAW STORY
Published: Tuesday October 3, 2006

Fox News had copies of emails written from Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) to a Louisiana boy, but chose not to run the story, according to a passage in an Associated Press report.

The relevant excerpt follows:

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The FBI has begun an inquiry into Foley's computer contact with pages, and Hastert wrote a letter to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush asking for an investigation into whether state laws were broken.

Meanwhile, Florida newspapers — who were leaked copies of the e-mail with the Louisiana boy last year — defended their decision not to run stories. Both The St. Petersburg Times and The Miami Herald were given copies of the e-mail, as were other news organizations, including Fox News.

"Our decision at the time was ... that because the language was not sexually explicit and was subject to interpretation, from innocuous to 'sick,' as the page characterized it, to be cautious," said Tom Fiedler, executive editor of the Herald. "Given the potentially devastating impact that a false suggestion of pedophilia could have on anyone, not to mention a congressman known to be gay, and lacking any corroborating information, we chose not to do a story."


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Comment: If Faux had anything that a Democratic member of Congress had written to a 16 year old page that even hinted at anything sexual, they'd have run it, enhanced it, and spun it for all they could've gotten out of it!

Why doesn't the FCC look at Fox and demand that they stop reporting propoganda as news...at least make them change their slogan from "fair and balanced" to "fair and balanced as long as it supports Bush and the neocons."

"Given the potentially devastating impact that a false suggestion of pedophilia could have on anyone, not to mention a congressman known to be gay, and lacking any corroborating information, we chose not to do a story."

so...which is it ? gay or a pedophile? or perhaps FOX wants to say it's just normal for guys to be like this?

"If Faux had anything that a Democratic member of Congress had written to a 16 year old page that even hinted at anything sexual, they'd have run it, enhanced it, and spun it for all they could've gotten out of it!"-Catherine

Couldn't be stated any better. But, because he's a Republican, let's not hurt his image.

AND, you know what Foley said when Clinton was tarred and feathered for having consensual sex with Monica, don't you, jobot?

"It's vile. It's more sad than anything else, to see someone with such potential throw it all down the drain because of a sexual addiction."

hehe

You get a gold star, jobot!

Now, Foley is saying he was "abused" by a clergyman!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061004/ap_ ... an_e_mails



Catherine

The poor boy!