certain type of person, Fox News, has apparently reacted to a number of mocking Twitter posts with a threat of "legal recourse" if they are not removed.In case you missed it, an 'expert' selected by the broadcaster this weekend told viewers that Birmingham, a city in the UK Midlands, is essentially a Muslim-dominated no-go area.You do not need to check the facts on this, as long as you have at least one foot on planet Earth, as we can assure you that Birmingham is as open and as welcoming as any other UK city.
Fox News eventually cottoned onto this and set about convincing people that it does not spout rubbish as a general rule.It has even set up a special Twitter account just to tackle the meme parodies that a certain social network has seized on.Popular on Twitter now, and possibly inflamed by the Fox News account, is the hashtag #foxnewsfacts. This tag, which we can recommend, parodies the statement of the Fox expert and is being used to make any number of outlandish claims.All very funny stuff, unless of course, you work for Fox News, or find legal threats to be an intimidating thing.Fox, while it could have laughed this off, or just ignored it, has set about tackling each incident and responding to posters with a range of different approaches."We are still working with our staff to counter all false statements being attributed to @FoxNews through the #foxnewsfacts trend," it said in one message.Other messages from the firm bring up the legal hammer. "In no way has @FoxNews published or broadcast any such comment or accusation," said the firm to one poster. "Please delete tweet or face legal recourse."
This is a big task, no doubt, and Fox News is making its life easier by only responding to messages that it knows come from the US.It is more than likely that a decent chunk of the tweets come from the UK, so perhaps the media firm is doing itself something of a favour there.It is possible that the FoxNewsPress account is an unofficial parody. According to statements from the Twitter account a verfiying blue tick is expected. But then, who knows what to believe
Fox News eventually cottoned onto this and set about convincing people that it does not spout rubbish as a general rule.It has even set up a special Twitter account just to tackle the meme parodies that a certain social network has seized on.Popular on Twitter now, and possibly inflamed by the Fox News account, is the hashtag #foxnewsfacts. This tag, which we can recommend, parodies the statement of the Fox expert and is being used to make any number of outlandish claims.All very funny stuff, unless of course, you work for Fox News, or find legal threats to be an intimidating thing.Fox, while it could have laughed this off, or just ignored it, has set about tackling each incident and responding to posters with a range of different approaches."We are still working with our staff to counter all false statements being attributed to @FoxNews through the #foxnewsfacts trend," it said in one message.Other messages from the firm bring up the legal hammer. "In no way has @FoxNews published or broadcast any such comment or accusation," said the firm to one poster. "Please delete tweet or face legal recourse."
This is a big task, no doubt, and Fox News is making its life easier by only responding to messages that it knows come from the US.It is more than likely that a decent chunk of the tweets come from the UK, so perhaps the media firm is doing itself something of a favour there.It is possible that the FoxNewsPress account is an unofficial parody. According to statements from the Twitter account a verfiying blue tick is expected. But then, who knows what to believe
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