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We get it. You threw in this article to deflect with your obsession with Foxnews.
ABC Confuses Ex-DC Mayor Barry with Man Suing Cleaner for $54 Million Over Lost Pants
Posted by Brent Baker on June 12, 2007 - 20:57.
Do all balding black guys look the same to ABC News? As anchor Charles Gibson teased a Tuesday World News story, about DC administrative law judge Roy Pearson's $54 million lawsuit against a Korean family's Washington, DC dry cleaning establishment over losing a pair of his pants, viewers saw video of what clearly appeared to be ex-DC Mayor Marion Barry. Gibson announced, over video of Barry in front of the DC courthouse, “Pant Suit: Ever lost anything at the dry cleaners? This man did, and claims he deserves $54 million dollars and he's not pulling your leg.” Barry is now a member of the District's City Council, but he has been in some legal trouble of late over charges of driving under the influence, and thus has recently visited the local courthouse.
Video clip, from the 6:30pm EDT feed of World News, of Gibson teasing the story about the suit against the dry cleaner, with video of Barry (12 secs): Real (600 KB) or Windows Media (800 KB). [See after the jump for a screen shot of the real Pearson and do your own comparison.]
The story from Jim Avila, which aired as the last report on the June 12 World News, included video of another man identified as Pearson and was, presumably, of the real Pearson. That subsequent video matches the man identified by Pearson in a story on ABC's Washington, DC affiliate WJLA-TV. This page displays a screen shot of Pearson along with video of WJLA's story.
The civil trial opened Tuesday and Washington Post columnist Marc Fisher has written a summary of the antics in the first day. For a picture of the husband and wife being sued, check this page on Emil Steiner's Washington Post “OFF/beat” blog.
The ABCNews.com version of Avila's story.
UPDATE: ABC corrected the video for later editions. The tease at the top of World News as aired at 9pm EDT on NewsChannel 8, a DC-area cable news channel owned by the local ABC affiliate, replaced the video of Barry with video of Pearson. Gibson's audio was not changed.
UPDATE, 3:30pm EDT Wednesday: TVNewser noticed how the ABCNews.com "The World Newser" blog posted this note:
Last Night's Broadcast
June 13, 2007 11:00 AM
Tuesday's 6:30 pm, ET feed of "World News" mistakenly used video in the program's open of DC council member Marion Barry instead of Roy Pearson. We immediately recognized the error and corrected all subsequent feeds of the broadcast. We are deeply sorry for this mistake and apologize to Mr. Barry, Mr. Pearson, and to our viewers for the error.
http://newsbusters.org/node/13407
We get it. You threw in this article to deflect with your obsession with Foxnews.
Meanwhile, back at the Ranch, Angelina Jolie practices some of those totalitarian methods she's been picking up abroad.
Angelina Jolie's Freedom of Press, on Her Terms
Yeah, I'd still hit it.
EDIT: Dang, I just read the story and, come to find out, the movie, over which she is trying to control the media is about freedom of the press and the Daniel Perle story.
Making interviewers sign contracts that restrict questions? Trying to ban FOXNews outright? Wow! That's gonna leave a mark.
Last edited by Yonivore; 06-14-2007 at 09:30 AM. Reason: I just read the story I linked
No, I threw in this article because I thought it was as noteworthy as Fox's gaffe and to fuel your obsession with me.
"MISSION ACCOMPLISHED"
Why is it going to leave a mark?Making interviewers sign contracts that restrict questions? Trying to ban FOXNews outright? Wow! That's gonna leave a mark.
It will leave a mark on the 18% public approval rating that Fox pretends to enjoy. You know, the people that aplaud Bill'o for refusing to report on Iraq?
It doesn't matter and we can't find anything out even if it did matter according to Bill.You know, the people that aplaud Bill'o for refusing to report on Iraq?
No, I meant it quite literally...
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