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."



WATCH:

Comments

[CeceliaMc]

Does anyone else see the box that appears at the end of this video which reads, "John Gibson doesn't really talk about the AG's blue scrotum. That would just be silly."

[rustygriswold]

That box was just put on the video very recently. Maybe it is HP's way to make it look like they didn't get fooled by a faked video.

[CeceliaMc]

I think it's more likely that the creative editor of the video has placed the "fine print" on it since it has received such attention.

[forklift]

HP is hilarious....anything goes no matter how untrue. Democrats are insane.

[Principaldad]

That box was in the video since at least last night.

[Ted LPD]

Clip is not doctored. I edit videos. These are frames we need to hear. Facts are stub_born. They won't go away no matter how you look at them.

The neo_con and NY Post must pay_dearly. New_Yorkers will hold them accoun-table now or very soon.

[rustygriswold]

Watch the video again, it says it is a fake. If you edit videos, you must not be very good. You can't even spot a fake.

[PJBroughton]

I personally don't care if the video is a fake or not.
Fox itself is devoid of any criteria recommending it as a credible news source.
If this video has been altered, then it's high time Fox got a taste of it's own revisionist nonsense.

[Pablo]

Yes, it is doctored. The original is here.

Facts are stub_born, aren't they?

[SeaKitten]

LOL, thanks for declaring with such certainty that the "clip is not doctored". You would have been better off posting a picture of yourself with the word "Buf.foon" inscribed with bright red lipstick on your forehead. At least that would be a headline we could believe on this site.

[mach]

You edit videos? Better look for a different line of work.

[dualdiagnosis]

L_O_L_!

[Ted LPD]

Clip is not doctored. I edit videos. Huff selected frames needed to be heard. Facts are stubborn. They won't go away no matter how you look at them.

The neo_con and NY Post must pay dearly. New Yorkers will hold them accountable now or very soon.

[rustygriswold]

Ted, take the time and watch the unaltered video and stop embarrassing yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEVzFDm4hTI

[VTHOKIE89]

Ted:
This is an AUDIO that is clipped. The vid part is irrelevant. Listen to the inflection, tone and pace of Gibson supposedly saying "Bright, blue scrotum" and it matches perfectly with Gallagher's saying the phrase just seconds before.

[Principaldad]

Wow, you edit videos and can't tell it is doctored, even when you are listening for it? I will admit that the splice is good, but the voice is clearly the other guy's (and there is even a cough in the backgroud to give it away).

[rustygriswold]

April 1st comes early for HP.

[DocJerome]

I am as vigilant as anyone when it comes to racial bigotry; however, the video posted here has clearly been altered, . . . you can hear the edit point (clipping). Take this down as it is a false story.

Shame, shame, shame.

[rustygriswold]

Posting this doctored video, and leaving it up after it has been proven a fake, shows the extreme bias of this website and why it has no credibility.

[jtgun]

The damage is done . Once the lie gets out there and goes viral , no retraction will ever fix it. It becomes fact .

[rustygriswold]

True, the left still believes the lie that Bush stole the 2000 election.

[Sweetie4Obama]

I thought Fox News got rid of Harris Faulkner--I mean, seeing that she doesn't fit Fox's requirement to be blond and all. I'm just saying.....

[Ted LPD]

This is the kind of stuff that breeds dictator_ship... Ha_te speech

[Right-turn]

You Huffs are really stretching the facts on this one. It makes a good headline though.

[rustygriswold]

Oprah putting on pantyhose is "really stretching". This is shredding the facts.

[SeaKitten]

GUFFAW! Good one Rusty.

[Ted LPD]

Give time and we will see if this was a stretch or ra_cism. You make your bed, you will lie on it. You dig your grave, you will fall into it.. It is how the world works today. No one is a mo_ron.

[rustygriswold]

Ted, "give time" and watch the unaltered video clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEVzFDm4hTI

[Pablo]

"No one is a mo_ron."

Oh, I think someone is. Do you have a mirror handy?

[keepemhonest]

FOX channel is a porno site filled with bigots.

[rustygriswold]

"big⋅ot
–noun
a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion."

You seem to fit this definition perfectly.

[Avidbuff]

Couldn't agree more.

[KDXMAN]

Even after posting the unaltered video people still argue this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEVzFDm4hTI
HP should have checked it out and changed this dishonest story

[fumes2]

People believe what they want to believe. Why let truth get in the way?

[PJBroughton]

Truth is an enigma to Republicans.
Ignoring/altering facts worked for that regime for years.
It's odd that now you're all critical of a philosophy you've espoused for so long.

[Mahi Joe]

LOL. You are making a joke right?

[Avidbuff]

Certainly seems to be true of most of the posters on HP.

[imsixftsix]

Gibson and O'Reilley are a pair of nuts!

[pickwickianmom]

Best Headline of the Year Award to Huffpost!!

[rustygriswold]

Too bad it is not true.

[cdsister]

After hearing both I am inclined to think that the HP submission was altered....Ah the world we live in. So tech savvy!

[fumes2]

here is the link to the unaltered video of John Gibson's conversation regarding Holder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEVzFDm4hTI

[mick7191]

Thank God for the First Amendment. The more these people speak, the more irrelevant they become.

[pgsteward]

I guess you are referring to yourself here?