View Full Version : Foxnews broadcasts address of terrorist's house, only it's the wrong address


Deslock
08-26-2005, 10:02 PM
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lahabra25aug25,1,5510970,full.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=1&cset=true

A couple weeks ago on Foxnews, John Loftus:
gave out the exact address of a Southern California home that allegedly was the residence of the leader of the group that committed the London bombingsHowever, he gave out the wrong address. As a result, the family that lives there has received threats and their place has been vandalized. They asked Fox to air a correction, but that hasn't happened.
Their house, a suburban fixer-upper the Voricks bought three years ago, was wrongly identified in a cable news broadcast as the home of a terrorist.

"I'm scared to go to work and leave my kids home. I call them every 30 minutes to make sure they're OK," Randy Vorick said.

"I keep telling myself this can't be happening to me. This can't be happening to my family. But it is. I want our lives to be normal again," he said.
The best part is Loftus' explanation for why he said it on the air in the first place:
"I thought it might help police in that area now that we have positively identified a terrorist living in [Orange County]"Right. That makes much more sense than calling the cops :rolleyes:

Rotarian_SC
08-26-2005, 10:15 PM
They report and I've decided not to trust Fox generally. Especially the "Terror in your neighborhood" and "the Pope has died, oh wait, not yet" stories.

jsh1120
08-26-2005, 10:38 PM
This story has been making the rounds for awhile. In an interview on MSNBC today (always happy to note Faux News foibles) the homeowner indicated he's looking for a public apology and retraction from Faux. So far, no dice.

You'd think, after the O'Reilly fallafel episode that the idiots at Faux would recognize it's better to apologize than to await the lawsuit.

For those who find it worthwhile to follow the bilge shoveled by Faux but can't bear to watch the channel. This website is a fun alternative.

http://www.newshounds.us/

"We watch Fox News so you don't have to."

RX-8 8-XЯ
08-26-2005, 10:53 PM
Say it ain't so! Faux News got something wrong??

97zimmer
08-26-2005, 11:24 PM
id be pissed if i were that family. id be like a durka durka mohamad jehad... :D

BlueRenesis82
08-27-2005, 12:04 AM
umm, I would want them to move me to a different house so my family wouldnt get firebombed or shit like that from teh local idiots

Grabitquick
08-27-2005, 03:00 PM
Apparently, Fox Noise today fired John Loftus and issued a written apology to the Vorick family. I don't have a link, but it was reported on CNN.