Silliopolous
26-08-2005, 19:21
As brought to you by (who else) Fox news! (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lahabra25aug25,1,7620594.story?coll=la-headlines-california)
For the last 2 1/2 weeks, the lives of the couple and their three children have been plunged into an unsettling routine of drivers shouting profanities, stopping to photograph their house and — most recently — spray-painting a slogan on their property.
Their house, a suburban fixer-upper the Voricks bought three years ago, was wrongly identified in a cable news broadcast as the home of a terrorist.
"I'm scared to go to work and leave my kids home. I call them every 30 minutes to make sure they're OK," Randy Vorick said.
"I keep telling myself this can't be happening to me. This can't be happening to my family. But it is. I want our lives to be normal again," he said.
In what Fox News officials concede was a mistake, John Loftus, a former U.S. prosecutor, gave out the address Aug. 7, saying it was the home of a Middle Eastern man, Iyad K. Hilal, who was the leader of a terrorist group with ties to those responsible for the July 7 bombings in London.
Hilal, whom Loftus identified by name during the broadcast, moved out of the house about three years ago. But the consequences were immediate for the Voricks.
Satellite photos of the house and directions to the residence were posted online. The Voricks told police, who arranged for the content to be taken down. Someone even removed the street sign where the Voricks live to provide some protection.
Still, it has not been easy.
A driver yelled a profanity at the family and called them terrorists as they barbecued on their patio Aug. 14. Some drivers have stopped and photographed the house, Randy Vorick said.
Last weekend, someone spray-painted "Terrist" on their home. Police, who have regularly patrolled their house since the day after the broadcast, now station a squad car across the street.
a) Why the hell was a news broadcast giving out ADDRESSES to the general public.
and
b) Why the hell didn't they FACTCHECK first.
And they were amongst the people going hardest at Dan Rather for his unsourced info? What Dan did was embarrassing. What Fox has done is extremely dangerous to a family of innocent people.
Dumbasses.
Not that they are alone. It was just a couple of days ago that Blitzer mentioned on CNN that he had "just heard" that the Sheehan kid had been killed by Sadr's army - not insurgents, and changed his rhetoric a bit on the subject given that Ms. Sheehan was watching (in effect) the killers of her son being given positions of power within the new Iraqi government.
Hell Wolf, that had't been news for two weeks. Try to keep up with the group ok?
For the last 2 1/2 weeks, the lives of the couple and their three children have been plunged into an unsettling routine of drivers shouting profanities, stopping to photograph their house and — most recently — spray-painting a slogan on their property.
Their house, a suburban fixer-upper the Voricks bought three years ago, was wrongly identified in a cable news broadcast as the home of a terrorist.
"I'm scared to go to work and leave my kids home. I call them every 30 minutes to make sure they're OK," Randy Vorick said.
"I keep telling myself this can't be happening to me. This can't be happening to my family. But it is. I want our lives to be normal again," he said.
In what Fox News officials concede was a mistake, John Loftus, a former U.S. prosecutor, gave out the address Aug. 7, saying it was the home of a Middle Eastern man, Iyad K. Hilal, who was the leader of a terrorist group with ties to those responsible for the July 7 bombings in London.
Hilal, whom Loftus identified by name during the broadcast, moved out of the house about three years ago. But the consequences were immediate for the Voricks.
Satellite photos of the house and directions to the residence were posted online. The Voricks told police, who arranged for the content to be taken down. Someone even removed the street sign where the Voricks live to provide some protection.
Still, it has not been easy.
A driver yelled a profanity at the family and called them terrorists as they barbecued on their patio Aug. 14. Some drivers have stopped and photographed the house, Randy Vorick said.
Last weekend, someone spray-painted "Terrist" on their home. Police, who have regularly patrolled their house since the day after the broadcast, now station a squad car across the street.
a) Why the hell was a news broadcast giving out ADDRESSES to the general public.
and
b) Why the hell didn't they FACTCHECK first.
And they were amongst the people going hardest at Dan Rather for his unsourced info? What Dan did was embarrassing. What Fox has done is extremely dangerous to a family of innocent people.
Dumbasses.
Not that they are alone. It was just a couple of days ago that Blitzer mentioned on CNN that he had "just heard" that the Sheehan kid had been killed by Sadr's army - not insurgents, and changed his rhetoric a bit on the subject given that Ms. Sheehan was watching (in effect) the killers of her son being given positions of power within the new Iraqi government.
Hell Wolf, that had't been news for two weeks. Try to keep up with the group ok?