Fox News labels McCain a Democrat RAW STORY

Published: Wednesday October 29, 2008





Print This Email This Fox News has delivered a grave insult to presidential nominee John McCain: the conservative cable network has labeled the Arizona Republican a Democrat.



Jed Lewison caught the mistake Tuesday .



Fox News has been reliably boosting McCain's foundering presidential bid throughout the campaign, but the latest slight, while probably a copy editing error, could be more evidence of the network preparing to turn on its nominee. The slip-up follows a segment Tuesday in which anchor Shepard Smith became so incensed with McCain surrogate "Joe the Plumber" he was forced to issue an on-air disclaimer correcting Joe's false attacks on Obama.



The network has a history of mislabeling politicians' political parties, typically Republicans who are under investigations or being accused of wrongdoing.



This screen grab was first published on the Jed Report.







