John Gibson Did Not Compare Eric Holder To Monkey With Bright Blue Scrotum (UPDATED)

UPDATE: The Huffington Post has learned that the below video has been doctored. We regret the error and apologize to Mr. Gibson. John Gibson never compared Eric Holder to a monkey with a bright blue scrotum.

Rather, as seen in the unedited video below, Gibson played audio of Holder saying "nation of cowards" -- so his full, unedited remarks were:

"We were talking about Eric Holder today on the radio and his comment that this is a nation of cowards."

The video was doctored to include Trace Gallagher's voice saying, "bright blue scrotum" where Gibson played Holder's "nation of cowards" remark. The Huffington Post does not know the source of the video's doctoring — it was picked up off TVNewser.

See the unedited video below:

The Huffington Post regrets the error. -- Alex Leo and Danny Shea

Original (inaccurate) item below: At the end of a long and pointless conversation between two Fox News reporters covering a zoo escape, John Gibson compared Attorney General Eric Holder to a monkey.

A monkey escaped from the Woodland park Zoo in Seattle and despite the fact that authorities are "taking this very seriously," Julie Banderas and Harris Faulkner were not, cracking jokes about the monkeys' bright blue scrotum.

At 2:48, they toss to John Gibson who complains that he can't get away with saying "bright blue scrotum" on the radio then follows that up by saying, "We were talking about Eric Holder today on the radio and his bright blue scrotum."



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Comments

[richdoll]

hello america
we elected a black president which i'm very proud however, the bigotry has to stop, the whole world is watching how we treat our president and his family. no matter what Bush policies were we still gave him respect as the most powerful leader of the world. People think it is ok to talk about calling our president and the DOJ a monkey and assassinations and it ok IT'S NOT.Obama inherited the worst economic catastrophe 2 WARS. leftover by Bush who refused to do any thing about it but to drag us further in the hole. He deserves some respect for trying to bring this country together. ENOUGH OF THE IGNORANCE.

[baddadd47]

lies no lib ever and I mean ever respected Bush, and you proved my point half way through your rant, and obama is not bringing the country together the gap is getting wider by the day open your eyes.

[realitychecks]

He's separating the gold from the dross,by simply letting the Repubs destroy themselves­.Priceless­.

[Principaldad]

The only lie is the claim that no liberal ever respected Bush. George W. Bush had an approval rating over 90% following 9/11, an all time record high. The high approval rating continued until Bush invaded Iraq.

[willt7311]

What? What dream world do you live in? How can reality be so twisted for you?

Nobody compared Holder to a monkey and no open threats of assassination have been made.

Another example of liberal hype and drama.

[Principaldad]

The poster is clearly referring to the Washington Post cartoon. The post is off topic, but it is a valid point.

[i5kfun]

That was obvious to anyone who watched the video. Is Alex Leo really that retarded that he didn't pick on the doctoring? Nah, can't be.

[ManwithaParachute]

I expect better of HuffP. Did you guys check with Fox or Gibson?

[Deadgnome]

What do you expect, it's the nets.

[OSweet]

If there were no dishonesty at Fox News It would have to be invented.

[Dynaman]

John Gibson is one of the most repugnant people on this planet. He should not have any forum for his hateful views, much less a national one.

[Sean68]

Who cares whether it's factually true or not? It doesn't have to be literally true for it to be essentially true, which makes it True, which is much better than merely true--especially if one has an axe desperately in need of grinding.

[cinesimon]

WEIRD!

As a responsible news outlet, HuffPo rightly apologized and corrected it as soon as they found out the issue - yet the Fox worshipers on this blog say it's still an indictment about how evil and inaccurate HuffPo is!

That makes NO sense.

Fox deliberately falsifies all sorts of things and deliberately mislead their audience regularly, never apologize, and because they never apologize they think they're holier than thou!

That's like saying that regardless of how much my store gets robbed, if I don't call the police, I can brag to my friends that my store never gets robbed!

[Mattski1961]

Wow! After reading some of these comments I realize just how "open minded" and "tolerant" HuffPo's reader tend to be...

It seems that:
"Open Minded" translates into "I'm open minded as long as it's something/someone I agree with in the first place"
"Tolerant" means "I'll tolerate anything that I already believe in"

What hypocrites!

[LeftLeanWing]

Well after Reporting Like this,,,,,, anything is plausible.­..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw6LBbeXTww

[LeftLeanWing]

Well good for you...... I am pleased that you are so happy to see us with occasional egg on our faces....

But I'd rather be associated with a group the professes to tolerance and open-mindedness , that makes a mistake now-n-then. But after mistakes are made the retration is promptly made - loud and clear...

Can you say the same about your "Obama is a madrassa trained Manchurian naziTerrorist" spewing media sources ?

[PJBroughton]

No dear, they never will.

[Principaldad]

This is why you never, never, never trust a youtube video.

[RocketmanBob]

And here I though all along that you all are part of the crowd that is OUTRAGED! by folks capriciously ascribing bad intent to others based on you perception of their ideology..­.

Project much?

Just revealing yourselves to be the hypocrites you are...

And, as usual, you won't post this; as you have done with more than half of my commentary­...

If it doesn't conform to the coccoon's echo chamber, then it shall not be heard!

What happened to "Dissent! is the highets form of patriotism!" and "Question Authority!­"..?

I guess that's all out in the age of O!

[liberalNmoderation]

well...you­r post went through...
kinda skewers your theory doesn't it?

[Leeotis]

Yes, but per the Knowitall Theory, the perception that it might not have gone through is indictment enough, n'est-ce pas?

I mean, really, in light of his challenge to them, they kind of had to let that one go through, didn't they? I made a post considerably less hostile than his, and they haven't let mine through, so don't think they ain't engaging in inappropriate echo-chamber coccooning.

[Knowitall]

Whether or not the video was doctored or not, I think it is still a major indictment of Fox news that the possibility of the clip being authentic was within the realm of possibility. Many people believed it because of Fox's tendency to play fast and loose with the truth. And that's a Fact!!!

[sdskelton03]

It's not an indictment of Fox news, it's an indictment of those who would believe such foolishness.

[PJBroughton]

Like the poor fools who believe everything that Fox "reports"?

[sherryande]

C'mon everyone knows you don't need any proof or even the slightest evidence for everyone to start screaming rac_ism. It's gotten completely out of control.

Do you people realize that you are de-sensitizing people to just not pay attention and the sad thing is that when something true happens, no one will be listening. You're hurting yourself crying wolf.

[rustygriswold]

"C'mon everyone knows you don't need any proof or even the slightest evidence for everyone to start screaming rac_ism. It's gotten completely out of control."

That was part of Gibson's point about Holder's "nation of cowards" statement. People are afraid to engage in a meaningful discussion of race for fear of being branded a rac_ist. Just listen to the people who call into Gibson's show when he discusses race or criticizes President Obama.

[ohbomba]

You are a pathetic person

[willt7311]

"Many people believed it because of Fox's tendency to play fast and loose with the truth"

Could you say the same for HP now? This was pretty fast and loose with the truth so should HP now be accused of providing false news?

[cinesimon]

They CORRECTED it, for goodness sake!

Fox don't correct their lies - totally inaccurate equivalence.

[PJBroughton]

Fox does it on an hourly basis...an­d they rarely if ever retract or apologize for any of it.

[willt7311]

Actually, based on your assessment, everything on HP should be considered false by this one example. HP clearly doesn't attempt to validate any of its stories so we shouldn't believe any of them.

Are you on board with that knowitall?

[cinesimon]

So ONE mistake that they corrected, is the equivalent of Foxes MANY LIES that they never correct?

How bizarre.

[PJBroughton]

If you believe that then why are you here?

[rustygriswold]

Ted LPD are you still here? Did you see the correction?

[fed-nad]

Oops. Turns out it's a faked video.

[Johnmac371]

None of us are surprised anymore by what Fox News spews out.