No reason why this can't become a regular feature. There are always so many possibilities.
On Monday, Sean Hannity of Fox "News" did a segment on the recent Tea Party rally in Washington on Capitol Hill, organized by right-wing extremist loon (I'm being generous) Michelle Bachmann. Hannity cheated on the coverage by splicing in video of a different rally, from September 12, which was much better attended, thereby deliberately misleading his audience into thinking that attendance was higher than it actually was.
The clever folks at The Daily Show noticed the shenanigans and skewered Fox, pointing out that the weather had changed in the middle of Hannity's segment, and several websites picked up on it.
Hannity then responded by apologizing during his show:
Although it pains me to say this, Jon Stewart, Comedy Central, he was right. Now on his program last night he mentioned that we had played some incorrect video on this program last week while talking about the Republican health care rally on Capitol Hill. He was correct. We screwed up. We aired some video of a rally in September, along with the video from the actual event. It was an inadvertent mistake, but a mistake nonetheless. So Mr. Stewart, you were right. We apologize. But by the way, I wanna thank you and all your writers for watching. [emphasis added]
Inadvertent mistake my ass. If the Republicans have taught us anything, it is this: Never tell the truth when a lie will serve better. Even when you are caught in a lie, just make up another one.
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