A few days ago, The Huffington Post posted a video on its website that showed Fox News Radio host John Gibson making a racial slur about Attorney General Eric Holder.
Only one problem--the video was fake. It was created by Baltimore TV technology reporter John Sanders as a joke. He made it clear that it wasn't real when he posted it on YouTube.
The Huffington Post says it got the video from TVNewser. TVNewser says the video "arrived in the anonymous tip box" and it had no idea that the end of the clip included the fake racial slur. This begs the question--why didn't someone watch the whole video before posting it?
Anyway, now Sanders is "no longer employed" by WBAL-TV. Gibson has had a major blow to his reputation. Regardless of whether you like either of these reporters, they are both suffering the consequences of inaccurate reporting. I'm just wondering when they're going to turn around and try to sue HuffPo or TVNewser.
I know my one voice isn't enough to change all the damage that's been done, but I thought it would be good to add to the voices of accuracy.
