What also is interesting is that the Canadian news networks don't have any graphics saying two people dead.  They have said only that there were reports of fatalities. 

paterson1 wrote:

CTV News Channel had this breaking story way before anyone else on TV.  They first broke the story at 1:08 with graphics and photos this afternoon.  CBC News Network broke at 1:27, CP 24 had it on the crawl at 1:28 and CNN first report was at 1:45.  The beauty of rewind makes it easy to see who was first. 

Could it be that Bell has CKTB in St. Catharines, which would have been the first to receive any such report, and they passed it up the food chain? Just a guess, but there's nothing like having a newsroom near the scene to get things first. The others don't have any broadcast presence there. 

Nov 22 (Reuters) - An explosion at on Wednesday at the Rainbow Bridge connecting the United States and Canada at Niagara Falls on Wednesday was likely caused by a reckless driver, according to early assessments, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Fox has a new headline @ 3:38 PM:

"Motive Unclear In Attack At NY-Canada Border"

So, they've dropped the 'terror' word, but still calling it an "attack." No other U.S. networks are doing that. 

Dial Twister wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

Fox has a new headline @ 3:38 PM:

"Motive Unclear In Attack At NY-Canada Border"

So, they've dropped the 'terror' word, but still calling it an "attack." No other U.S. networks are doing that. 

I always tune in to Fox News to get the latest lies, exaggerations and mayhem. Don't you all? 

Given their track record, I wonder how they can credibly call themselves Fox "News."

Fox also reported that the car was full of explosives and that the car came from Canada and was trying to get into the US.  Mind you many initial reports said the car was headed for the US.  Now they are saying it was the other way that the car was in NY and headed for Canada. So this part is still not totally clear other than the incident happened on the US side.

RadioActive wrote:

Given their track record, I wonder how they can credibly call themselves Fox "News."

I remember the false claim that the perpetrators of 9/11 came into the USA from Canada that was widely parroted by Republican politicians at the time.   And who uses Fox News for their information source more than anyone?   Republicans.   

I had Fox News at the time and remember them amplifying that lie, so I'm not surprised to hear them jumping the gun with sensationalist BS probably coupled with misleading banners running at the bottom the screen.  

You know they claimed that they're an entertainment outlet, not a news outlet as part of their defence in the Dominion lawsuit and that isn't the first time they've made that claim in their defence when they faced heat for lying.  

The first report I heard was on Q-107 via Global News about 2:30 with a claim the car was headed the wrong way on an entrance ramp (don't know which direction).   

I always loved this gem from way back in 2012: STUDY: Watching Only Fox News Makes You Less Informed Than Watching No News At All

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RadioActive wrote:

Despite rephrasing their banner on screen twice, they were forced to retract the 'terror attack' statement and are no longer claiming that. But they sure were quick to rush to that judgment. 

Why does Fox news even have a broadcast licence?

RadioActive wrote:

They're on cable. I don't believe they need a licence. 

Correct.

Brad wrote:

So this is not really a big story. Bottom line: Car crash at the border! Only people killed are those inside the vehicle. A lot of people on a story that really turned out to be nothing.

A whole lot of the news media has done a whole lot of bedshitting this afternoon.

Channel 7 news has a reporter on scene who came up with 2 eye witnesses, both confirming that the car was headed into Canada, hit a booth, flipped and exploded.
The weird thing about the report is that both witnesses, one from Buffalo and the other from Kitchener, are named Ricky Wilson!    What are the odds?


Oops!  The reporter must have got it wrong.   The CBS news had one of the same witnesses on now and his name is Mike Gunther, not Ricky Wilson.      That's a new on air mistake for the books!

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paterson1 wrote:

RadioAaron wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

They're on cable. I don't believe they need a licence. 

Correct.

So because they are on cable and don't need a license, with no FCC oversight they are free to speculate with no facts, basically say whatever they want or what fits their agenda.  Guess that's why they reported  that "sources have told Fox News that the car was loaded with explosives racing towards the US border." 

Didn't defenders of Fox "News" Network always say that during the day they were a credible news network with no spin and straight forward reporting?   The more opinionated and outlandish hosts with a focus on infotainment  were only in prime time supposedly.  Guess that was a lie too... 

 

Basically, yeah,

 

Marsden wrote:

 I wonder what the last words the two passengers said to each other as that car sailed through the air as seen in some news reports? 
 

I'm guessing one of them would have said "OH SHIT!!!" 

Marsden wrote:

 I wonder what the last words the two passengers said to each other as that car sailed through the air as seen in some news reports? 
 

Either 'God is great!' or 'Oh shit!' I guess that's the job of the security bosses, to find out...