Subject: [big campaign] Fox News displays old campaign footage to claim Palin is getting 'huge crowds' at her book signings.
From: Adam Jentleson <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]'" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:07:16 -0500
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Jarrett's enthusiasm is hilarious/sad.

Fox News displays old campaign footage to claim Palin is getting 'huge crowds' at her book signings.<http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/18/fox-crowd-shot-palin/>

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/18/fox-crowd-shot-palin/

This afternoon, Fox News host Gregg Jarrett proudly announced that Sarah Palin is "continuing to draw huge crowds<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjovbveUgtc> while she's promoting her brand new book. Take a look at - these are some of the pictures just coming into us." But the pictures that the network chose to display on-air appeared to be old file footage of Palin rallies from the 2008 presidential campaign. Individuals in the crowd are seen holding McCain/Palin signs, and others are holding pom-poms and cheering wildly. "There's a crowd of folks," a surprised Jarrett observed, referring to the old footage. Watch it:

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart recently caught Fox News' Sean Hannity displaying crowd shots from a rally earlier this year<http://www.mediaite.com/tv/hannity-tea-party-footage-daily-show/> to claim that a recent GOP health care protest drew a larger audience than it actually did. Hannity later acknowledged that he "screwed up<http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/12/hannity-screwed-up/>."

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Adam Jentleson
Communications Director, Progressive Media
Center for American Progress Action Fund
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