Fox News does not often apologize for
its errors or even acknowledge its
errors, but it was forced to over the
weekend. Uh, all last week in response
to what was going on after the Charlie
Hebdo terrorist attacks, they began
reporting on purported nogo zones in
Paris and in some other countries like
the UK, areas that were not that the
police couldn't go in there, the
firefighters couldn't go in there. They
were being run by Sharia courts and
Islamic militants. That of course was
not true. We showed it at the time it
wasn't true. Uh the the French
equivalent to the Daily Show showed it
and now finally they have had to walk it
back. And so four times over the course
of Saturday's broadcast on Fox. You know
who hosts the French version of the
Daily Show? I do not know. Jerry Lewis.
Continue. Is it really? I don't think
that's the case. Uh but they did they
were forced to apologize. Uh here is one
of those instances is Fox News host
Julia Banderas. A correction. Now, over
the course of this last week, we have
made some regrettable errors on air
regarding the Muslim population in
Europe, particularly with regard to
England and France. Now, this applies
especially to discussions of so-called
nogo zones, areas where non-Muslims
allegedly aren't allowed in and police
supposedly won't go. To be clear, there
is no formal designation of these zones
in either country and no credible
information to support the assertion
there are specific areas in these
countries that exclude individuals based
solely on the religion. There are
certainly areas of high crime in Europe
as there are in the United States and
other countries where police and
visitors enter with caution. We deeply
regret the errors and apologize to any
and all who may have taken offense,
including the people of France and
England. So, no credible information,
but that did not stop them on almost all
of their programs from running it all
week long. The designation nogo zones,
that is not something, as she said, that
the French government didn't put out
there. The UK didn't put out there. It
was a conservative author who began
using that term. And by the way, they
didn't just say that it was in France
and in the UK. They also talked about
areas of the United States that were
considered no-go zones like Dearbornne,
Michigan and places like that. They they
were advancing an agenda. And to me
personally, if you have in prime time
all week long these slanderous comments
about these different countries and then
on your Saturday broadcast you come back
and you apologize, look, that's better
than what we normally expect from them.
But you still have literally hundreds of
thousands of conservatives across
America who now think that that is the
truth. That is what's going on in France
and the UK. Oh yeah, the damage is done.
I mean, and think that that's part of
the point of doing that. I don't think
that there was really any desire to do
any kind of factchecking on these, you
know, outrageous claims. And I bet you
that the guy that did it, what was his
name? Steve. Yeah. Is he still a
contributor to Fox News? Has he been
fired for this egregious mistake that he
made where he, you know, basically lied
about entire countries? He's also he's
like it's like he's a terror expert.
Well, he's not anymore. Clearly isn't.
Um, I love there's no credible evidence
that he's a terror expert. JR, how many
people you rounded out? How many people
said talked about no go zones? Didn't
Well, it's hard to say. It's what I was
tired after two days of compiling and
then put together and that roughly um
Jesus 50. So, a lot. Whatever it was, it
was a big number. Yeah. The instances I
took, I was counting them as I was doing
it just in that one. I think it was 41
in that Nash. That's amazing. and so
quickly that it wasn't I mean I the
first place I saw it was on Fox. I mean
this came down from the higherups that
you're going to talk about this all
week. So why aren't they apologizing?
Julie Banderas, she's their Saturday
host. I didn't even see her talking
about it all week long. Why is she
apologizing? CNN said it happened four
times on Saturday um that they
apologized. Yeah. I I want to see the
person who sent out a memo to all of
their shows that you are going to
advance these honestly Islamophobic
comments about two of our closest
military and economic allies. I want
that person to apologize. The uh I as a
broadcaster I love Julia Banderas's
apology because she manages to she I
think she did a pretty good job overall.
Yeah, it was a good apology. But the the
most the biggest part of it was just
getting the claim in one more time. Yes.
like like areas where they they appear
to tread areas where allegedly
non-Muslims are not allowed to enter. It
turns out that wasn't true, you know.
So, I mean, she still like she still
sold like she just won't go, right?
Where police won't go. That isn't true.
Sorry, that isn't true. Uh she's also
one of the five most beautiful people
I've ever seen in my life. Throw that
there is some credible evidence of that.
So, two consequences of this before we
return to our commentary. Uh, one, Paris
is not buying of the apology. Paris
plans to sue Fox News. Apparently, this
is coming from Anne Hadidalgo, mayor of
Paris, who said, "When we're insulted
and when we've had an image, then I
think we'll have to sue. I think we'll
have to go to court in order to have
these words removed. The image of Paris
has been prejudiced and the honor of
Paris has been prejudiced. And I think
in the great discussion of truth,
everyone is to play its role. And we're
going to have to be realistic and put
things as they are." asked to clarify
which network she planned to sue. She
said Fox News. That's the name. I think
you should uh read that whole quote
again, but with a French accent. A
feminine French accent. Feminine French
accent. Yeah, we'll we'll dub that in in
post, I think. Uh so that is a
consequence. They could actually
question about this. How do how would
that work? Where would they sue? In
international criminal court, uh in US
court, civil suit file here. I presume
that would be so, but I was just
curious. Yeah, I'm sure that there
perhaps the parent corporation, which is
almost certainly a multinational, you
could perhaps sue them. Maybe I I Steve
O who's a lawyer and our chief operating
officer. Uh he he said that you would
certainly have a claim. Winning would be
incredibly difficult against Fox,
especially with the apology. But from
Paris's point of view, I would imagine
that it's a good idea for them to keep
the story of Fox's deceit alive for a
while because as you said that when Fox
achieved what they want, I didn't care
whether it's true, they got to say it
for a bunch of days and it was a fun
story for them and it keeps embedded in
the culture, right? It gets the drum
beat of fear going which is the way they
run their business. Uh, so if if that
worked at all, then the opposite drum
beat would work too. That, hey, look,
Fox lied about France, Fox lied about
England, Fox lied about no go zones.
Suing doesn't really matter. Talking
about suing for as long as Paris wants
is probably what's effective here. But
it's doubtful. Why we're going to give
you updates every day. Oh, that's good.
I was going to say because it's doubtful
that anyone else is going to be talking
about this unless somebody like Sean
Hannity came out and apologized for it.
Did he was he? So, you know, I I just
don't see this suit taking the same
amount of time and getting the same
amount of penetration into the culture
that the the actual inaccurate story
did. My guess is that that didn't
penetrate that much because there it
sounds on its face absurd. I thought the
no-go zones. Yeah. Um I mean I I look my
theory and this this is speculation and
it's speculation that now that they've
apologized we won't ever see. I I
believe look targeting Muslims in France
and UK is all well and good. I think the
reason that they they used this was they
were floating the concept of no-go zone
so that they could begin to use that
domestically. The idea that you know
Ferguson no go zone these other areas
cops fear to tread there. I think that
they were were using it on Muslims who
are the easy target so they could then
use it on groups that they don't like in
America. Well, it doesn't work. Uh I
don't think you know it's not we'll you
know who know you might be right. Um but
it's silly. Uh you know it's what my you
know my daughter's 22 months old. It's
what she says, you know, you know, when
we're like, she doesn't use zone, but
you know, we're at the airport and like
we're eating like don't walk out where
all the people are going and she'll go,
you know, no go, you know. Um, so she
points at a Muslim. She points at a
Muslim. Right. Exactly. I don't know
that that really some biases. Yeah. But
I don't think that's really going to
apply. There is obviously a subset of
Americans who want to believe that the
no-go zone story is true. They are
motivated to believe that. And if you
notice, well, just for a second, if you
notice that her apology doesn't mention
anything about US no-go zones. It only
talks about uh France and the UK. There
are places, of course, in the United
States where they enter with people
enter with caution, but you know, she
doesn't specifically say, "Hey, there's
no credible evidence of that here in the
US either." Okay. Well, no. In fact, she
did the opposite. She advanced the idea
that it does exist in America. And also,
like, what's the point of that? There
are certainly areas of high crime in
Europe as there are in the United States
and other countries.
I mean that's as relevant as saying yeah
there are also beastro in Europe as
there are in the United States where
people gather and eat you know I mean
it's not like it has nothing to do they
also have hats with the apology there
are people there are hat stores there
are more hat stores in Europe than there
are but there are some hat stores uh
here in the United States so no all I
mean is that we got you know every night
basically these shows are getting
between two on Fox two and three million
people right it's the same two and three
million people uh I I don't mean to
include all of them they're probably 30
or 40 who this doesn't apply to. Uh they
don't they don't read, they're not
interested in information. Mhm. Uh and
they're dragging the country down.
They've already been told over 10 years
to hate France, 15 years to hate France,
to be afraid of France. So I just mean
like especially from a legal standpoint,
this is is not a big story. It's not
important. It just happens to be the
story where Fox specifically got caught
making something up. They make something
up every day. Bad for America. you
people who watch Fox, you're you're
you're you know, you should you should
not you shouldn't kids should not be
allowed to watch Fox and parents who let
their kids watch Fox, the kid should be
taken from them by the state.
But also another long-term consequence
is uh that some Republicans are still
using this terminology. Two days after
the apology, Bobby Jindel uh in Let's
roll it. We won't comment on it. Just
roll it. Let's let's Bobby Jindle. This
is two days after the apology. After the
apology. Yeah. Look, I've heard from
folks here, there are neighborhoods
where women don't feel comfortable going
in without veils. That's wrong. We all
know there are neighborhoods where
police are less likely to go into those
neighborhoods. You need to have proper
sort of facts to back that up. I've
lived here a long time. I don't know of
any no-go zones for non-Muslims. I did
say so-called no-go zones. And I think
that the radical left absolutely wants
to pretend like this problem's not here.
Pretending it's not here won't make it
go away. Exaggerating it into a no-go
zone is also going too far. There are
people here in London that will tell you
there are neighborhoods where the women
don't feel safe walking walking through
those neighborhoods without bails. There
are neighborhoods where the police are
less likely to go. That's a dangerous.
You need to give me to make an
assertation like that. You need to give
me the area so we can look at it because
I haven't heard of one. Oh, well look, I
I think your viewers know absolutely
they're places where the police are less
likely to go. They absolutely know their
neighborhoods where they wouldn't feel
comfortable. They wouldn't feel
comfort that they feel uncomfortable.
It's not because there are too many
Muslims there. We're not saying that.
Look, this isn't a question. I know the
left wants to make this into an attack
on religion or on and that's not what
this is. What we're saying is it
absolutely is an issue for the UK. It
absolutely is an issue for America and
other other European and Western
nations. He's got nothing. These guys
are such bad guys. So I lied to you. We
are going to talk about it. Um okay, but
briefly briefly, but I mean it's like
look because there's so many great
things about that story. One, Bobby
Jindel was flatout dumb. Like
something's wrong with him. I didn't
think so in the beginning. I thought I
dumb. He's and very very small. He's a
very small man. And these are these are
but these are smallminded tiny people.
And these are the people that one whole
one of our two parties going to pick to
run for president. I mean the idea that
we're ever going to have a debate about
real legitimate ideas about how to move
the country forward is absurd. Bobby
Jindel can't have it. And look what
happens when you stumble. Like that
conversation would not have happened
right now in American journalism. The
follow-ups follow-up. You name the
neighborhood. a guy recognizing like
reporters are supposed to have some
degree of meter like where
you're like this is right and
that guy's what's his name Max Foster so
CNN's Max Foster he's been in CNN for a
long time uh in in in the London bureau
and he instantly was like okay this
guy's lying this guy's just saying stuff
and it's reactionary and then Bobby
Jindel has the audacity or at least he's
too dumb to figure out what he just did
he initially says that people there are
a lot of areas is where women are afraid
to walk unless they have a veil and then
later goes, "Hey man, you're the one
bringing up Muslims." U so I I I mean
Max Foster that we had to run it cuz
what because Max Foster is like today's
Turk of the day. He's a hero and like
you know what it's okay it's okay to cut
people off when they're lying to you.
And Chuck Todd listen up and when you go
forward with your show and say hey look
I can't get too tough or they won't come
back. So don't bring them back. Don't
let them back. Let them refuse. Cut
people off when they lie. Challenge them
on the air. Make good dramatic TV. In
the process, people will watch and pay
attention. And you'll also be serving
truth. There is no downside except, "Oh
crap, John McCain won't come on anymore.
Who gives a