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Muffingate Story Retraction
Posted: Sep 30, 2011
Will someone let me know if Bill-O retracts his big breaking news story on the $16 muffin now that it has been debunked?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/muffins-justice-department-muffingate-myth_n_988928.html;
You want to debunk - sm
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an allegation by Bill O'Reilly with a website like the huffington post? lol There is no secret that the huffington post is left leaning. It still does not change the fact that our government uses OUR money unwisely.
It doesn't matter if the OP - JS
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cited the HuffPo article. In the articles reporting the $16 muffin myth, 1 thing remains constant, and that is the QUOTE from Hilton Worldwide:
"In Washington, the contracted breakfast included fresh fruit, coffee, juice, muffins, tax and gratuity, for an inclusive price of $16 per person," said the corporate parent of the Hilton, Conrad and Waldorf Astoria hotels.
"Dining receipts are often abbreviated and do not reflect the full pre-contracted menu and service provided," it explained.
I found this quote on several sites including "Hospitality and Travel News" which I doubt very much would be left leaning.
Now, the whole $16 muffin story does seem pretty silly, and you're right that even if it's not true that it doesn't change the fact that the gov. uses money unwisely; however, it is yet another example of false information coming from Fox and causing quite a bit of a stir (in this case "Muffingate" making headlines) based on that false information. I doubt very much that there will be an explanation or retraction by Papa Bear, and they will most likely just not mention it again or, since it's so good, continue to run with it as long as they can just like they did with the BO "socialist" thing. You do know that they inadvertently admitted that it wasn't true, right?
It boils down to this: Fox News lies either through omission, creation of news where there isn't any, or just bold-faced lying. Viewers should be demanding either Fox provide a better product (which would be truthful reporting) or start demanding competition. It's not that the conservative POV shouldn't be represented... it's that the conservative viewers shouldn't be lied to. Muffingate is just another example of that, and that's not HuffPo's or anybody else's fault.
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