Friday, April 13, 2007

On Fox, Hannity, North, and Hasselbeck claimed Pelosi may go to Iran, despite her denial

On the April 12 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, co-host Sean Hannity, Fox News military analyst Oliver North, and ABC's The View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck all repeated the false claim that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) would consider a diplomatic trip to Iran, even though the Associated Press had reported her spokesman's statement the previous day that Pelosi has "no intention of going to Iran." The claims continued despite co-host Alan Colmes' noting that Pelosi "never said she was going to Iran." Later, Colmes noted, "[H]er spokesperson says she has no intention of going to Iran."

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