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Fox News Caught in ACORN Smear


The "investigators" from Fox are so ridiculous the ACORN lady knows they're not real so she plays with them and tells them she murdered her husband, and FOX RUNS WITH IT reporting it as fact without ever checking one source (uh, duh, maybe chat with the cops first, jackasses.)

Several FOX programs repeatedly broadcast the now discredited claim.

"The San Bernardino Police Department is investigating the claims made regarding the homicide. From the initial investigation conducted, the claims do not appear to be factual. Investigators have been in contact with the involved party's known former husbands, who are alive and well."

"This is journalistic malpractice, plain and simple," said Eric Burns, president of Media Matters. "A reporter right out of J-school would have taken the two minutes necessary to call the San Bernardino Police Department and verify Ms. Kaelke's statements. But that never occurred to anyone at Fox News before the network ran with the story. This kind of shameful work raises serious questions about the legitimacy of the entire campaign currently being waged against ACORN."

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