dissention
05-05-2004, 09:48 PM
Maybe so...
http://mediamatters.org/items/200405020006
FOX's O'Reilly fabricated evidence of success of purported boycott of French imports
Host Bill O'Reilly threatened Canada with a boycott like the one he advocated against
France, then cited a phony statistic about the success of the French boycott. The threat
came during O'Reilly's April 27 debate with Toronto Globe and Mail columnist Heather Mallick
about Canada's harboring of two deserters from the U.S. military who have fled to Canada.
From FOX News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor:
O'REILLY: Now if the government -- if your government harbors these two
deserter , doesn't send them back ... there will be a boycott of your country which will
hurt your country enormously. France is now feeling that sting.
MALLICK: I don't think for a moment such a boycott would take place because we are your
biggest trading partners.
O'REILLY: No, it will take place, madam. In France ...
MALLICK: I don't think that your French boycott has done too well ...
O'REILLY: ...they've lost billions of dollars in France according to "The Paris Business
Review."
MALLICK: I think that's nonsense.
Media Matters for America found no evidence of a publication named "The Paris Business
Review." A Google.com search revealed no mentions of "Paris Business Review," "Revue
des Affaires de Paris," or any similar French name. A LexisNexis search for "Paris," "France,"
or "French" within five words of "business review" produced no relevant results. There is a
journal called "European Business Review," which is published in England; however, over
the past two years, "European Business Review" has not mentioned an American boycott
of France.
Furthermore, contrary to O'Reilly's claim that France has lost "billions of dollars" due to an
American boycott, American imports from France have actually increased since international
tensions with France began in the months prior to the start of the war in Iraq in March
2003. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in February 2004, the United States imported
$2.26 billion in French goods and services, up from $2.18 billion in February 2002.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200405020006
FOX's O'Reilly fabricated evidence of success of purported boycott of French imports
Host Bill O'Reilly threatened Canada with a boycott like the one he advocated against
France, then cited a phony statistic about the success of the French boycott. The threat
came during O'Reilly's April 27 debate with Toronto Globe and Mail columnist Heather Mallick
about Canada's harboring of two deserters from the U.S. military who have fled to Canada.
From FOX News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor:
O'REILLY: Now if the government -- if your government harbors these two
deserter , doesn't send them back ... there will be a boycott of your country which will
hurt your country enormously. France is now feeling that sting.
MALLICK: I don't think for a moment such a boycott would take place because we are your
biggest trading partners.
O'REILLY: No, it will take place, madam. In France ...
MALLICK: I don't think that your French boycott has done too well ...
O'REILLY: ...they've lost billions of dollars in France according to "The Paris Business
Review."
MALLICK: I think that's nonsense.
Media Matters for America found no evidence of a publication named "The Paris Business
Review." A Google.com search revealed no mentions of "Paris Business Review," "Revue
des Affaires de Paris," or any similar French name. A LexisNexis search for "Paris," "France,"
or "French" within five words of "business review" produced no relevant results. There is a
journal called "European Business Review," which is published in England; however, over
the past two years, "European Business Review" has not mentioned an American boycott
of France.
Furthermore, contrary to O'Reilly's claim that France has lost "billions of dollars" due to an
American boycott, American imports from France have actually increased since international
tensions with France began in the months prior to the start of the war in Iraq in March
2003. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in February 2004, the United States imported
$2.26 billion in French goods and services, up from $2.18 billion in February 2002.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: