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Old 12-16-2009, 10:56 AM
 
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Fox News is running the story and showing the picture but leaving out the crucial detail that the drawing is of the child not Jesus. In fact they have altered the picture to remove the board above the head of the victim that clearly displays the first name of the child.

Fox News, we distort you decide.
That is a pretty serious accusation, do you have any evidence to support such a claim?
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Old 12-16-2009, 11:00 AM
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That is a pretty serious accusation, do you have any evidence to support such a claim?
Yes, I heard it with my own ears and saw it with my own eyes. The picture that they displayed on the screen is not the same one that has been shown by other media outlets.
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Old 12-16-2009, 11:05 AM
 
Location: S.E. US
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Fox News is running the story and showing the picture but leaving out the crucial detail that the drawing is of the child not Jesus. In fact they have altered the picture to remove the board above the head of the victim that clearly displays the first name of the child.

Fox News, we distort you decide.
I saw the first report this morning, and the drawing was intact, with the name above the stick figure.

If a name was removed, then it was to protect the identity of the child.
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Old 12-16-2009, 11:11 AM
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I saw the first report this morning, and the drawing was intact, with the name above the stick figure.

If a name was removed, then it was to protect the identity of the child.
When I saw the story very early mountain time, the picture had been altered and the name removed. They also erroneously reported that it was a picture of Jesus not the child. Even if the name was removed to protect the child's identity, not mentioning that fact is a gross distortion of the true story, par for the course for Fox News. When the whole story and the actions of the school are based on the fact that the child drew a picture of himself being tortured to death complete with a plaque displaying his name, it is not an insignificant thing for Fox News to change it into a story about a drawing of Jesus.
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Old 12-16-2009, 11:11 AM
 
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Yes, I heard it with my own ears and saw it with my own eyes. The picture that they displayed on the screen is not the same one that has been shown by other media outlets.
The problem is, you are biased as you specifically state in the last part of that post with:

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Fox News, we distort you decide.
Even if you stated such in an objective manner, I could still not take your claim as fact, simply a claim that lacks any proper validation.

So unless you can provide some sort of validation to your claim. A clip from the broadcast, a snapshot from it, etc...

There is no way to even know if what you are saying is true, or simply libelous claims.

So until then, we have to disregard your claim as invalid and set it in the same category as gossip.
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Old 12-16-2009, 11:13 AM
 
Location: Alameda, CA
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That is a pretty serious accusation, do you have any evidence to support such a claim?
I probably saw the same report. You couldn't see the name on the board from the full shot of the drawing. When FOX went for a close up they panned down, therefore not showing the board. They were also claiming it was a drawing of Jesus, despite the video they aired where the father was claiming it was a drawing of the child.

Uproar over drawing has mom ‘upset’ - BostonHerald.com
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Johnson said his son told school officials the stick figure was a self-portrait.
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Old 12-16-2009, 11:16 AM
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The problem is, you are biased as you specifically state in the last part of that post with:



Even if you stated such in an objective manner, I could still not take your claim as fact, simply a claim that lacks any proper validation.

So unless you can provide some sort of validation to your claim. A clip from the broadcast, a snapshot from it, etc...

There is no way to even know if what you are saying is true, or simply libelous claims.

So until then, we have to disregard your claim as invalid and set it in the same category as gossip.
Dude, I think you need to chill. This is an internet forum not a courtroom, so spare me the rules of evidence lecture. You can choose to believe me or not, I don't care either way.
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Old 12-16-2009, 11:18 AM
 
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Fox News is running the story and showing the picture but leaving out the crucial detail that the drawing is of the child not Jesus.

does this look like an 8 year old black male to you?


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Old 12-16-2009, 11:21 AM
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does this look like an 8 year old black male to you?

You do know that the father has stated that it is a picture of his son right? Also, unless the child knows some long dead ancient language, the name shown on the drawing is clearly his own and not the word Jesus.

Fox News is running that picture with the name removed and claiming that it is supposed to be Jesus.
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Old 12-16-2009, 11:24 AM
 
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You do know that the father has stated that it is a picture of his son right?
no, i didn't. do you have a link?

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Also, unless the child knows some long dead ancient language, the name shown on the drawing is clearly is own and not the word Jesus.
writing his name on the drawing means nothing. if he drew a picture of a dog, and put his name on the paper, does that indicate that he believes himself to be a dog?
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