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Wednesday, May 28, 2003

Fox News has no integrity - what else is new?

Via Hesiod, comes this gem:

[Commentator and former Green Beret J. Keith "Jack"] Idema, a former U.S. Army Special Forces commando who figured prominently in Robin Moore's best-selling book "The Hunt for Bin Laden," returned to Afghanistan in October 2001 at the age of 45 to engage in combat and humanitarian operations after a failed attempt to reenlist, according to his lawsuit.

During his nine-month stay, Idema said he became an adviser to the United Front Military Forces, better known as the Northern Alliance, and obtained copyrights to a videotape of an al Qaeda training camp.

Idema said he gave Fox a 52-minute "clip reel," depicting al Qaeda trainees practicing drive-by assassinations and hostage-taking, on the conditions that Fox agree not to copy or broadcast the tapes until a usage agreement was reached.

Idema said he planned to use proceeds from licensing the tapes to purchase medical supplies, food and to support relief efforts in Afghanistan.

However, Fox televised "hundreds of minutes in excerpts" from the clip reel without finalizing a licensing or use agreement with Idema, the lawsuit said.


Read that second to last paragraph again.

I mean, holy shit, Fox is keeping money away from people suffering in Afghanistan! Oh, and I'm sure Rupert Murdoch sure cares.

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