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[quote=jsteele]When MSNBC selectively edited George Zimmerman's 911 call, there was widespread outrage on this website. Let's see if this example of Fox News inventing a quote will receive similar attention.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/04/fox-news-fabricate-obama-quote-silver-spoon.php

President Obama recently said the following:

"I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth. Michelle wasn’t. But somebody gave us a chance — just like these folks up here are looking for a chance.

When Steve Doocy on Fox News quoted Obama, however, he said the following:

"Unlike some people, I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth."

Note the "Unlike some people" that Doocy simply made up. What makes this important is that Obama has used the "silver spoon" phrase for years when talking about the importance of education (as he was in this speech). This was not necessarily a jab at Mitt Romney. But, adding the phrase that Doocy invented changes the context so that it appears obviously aimed at Romney. That context is even more apparent given that Doocy was interviewing Romney when he misquoted Obama.

Fox misquote was then picked up by the Washington Post (which has issued a correction), the New York Post, and several conservative blogs.

This is not the first time that Fox has been caught taking a bit too much artistic license with quotations. I'll be interested to see how many posters from the MSNBC/Zimmerman thread will venture here to offer their thoughts about Fox.
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