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

[josephebacon]

Sooner or later, Murdoch is going to run out of money and Gibson will have to actually go find a real job.

[Hydrogenman]

Gibson sees a monkey every morning when he looks in the mirror. He's interested in scrotums because he's never had one himself.

[myoungholt]

That's an insult to monkeys.

[LibMass]

No, I disagree. He has probably had a lot of scrotums...under his nose!

[chronic]

Or on his chin!!!

[TheStudentPundit]

Ok, I know this story is not funny, but I'm sorry. I cannot help but laugh at the phrase "bright blue scrotum." It's the kid in me...

[iswideopen]

Gibson must be insecure. Small people talk about other people. Real men talk about solutions and ideas.

[ZimboDude]

What was that all about? Sometimes the stuff that happpens at FOX is out of this world. Has he tried to explain that statement?

[Avidbuff]

The explanation is simple... The event didn't happen.

[FilthyHarry]

GAH!! MONKEY ON THE LAMB!!! And Colbert is on vacation :(

[bustitbaby]

Makes you wonder why what has happened in his life happened and I am not talking about his professional life either.

[lunarmagpie]

You stay classy, Fox News...

[MsLiz]

Gibson should be fired ASAP.

[Grannysue]

Poor John he's probably jealous of Eric Holder's scrotum, cause he can't find his, that's what happens when you have a tiny tiny winkee!

[sweetwhine]

LOL!! Alright Granny!!

[lynettema]

The Reich Wing continues to become more and more outrageous. All the more reason for us to be out here fighting to bring civility to this country. We got Barack Obama elected, now we fight to make the progressive agenda the norm in this country. I hope Republicans are ashamed of these people. It's time to boycott Fox as well as their sponsors.

[amoment]

So, the "N" word is being replaced by "Monkey?"

[dollbaby]

Seems to be. DISGUSTING!!!!!!! Were the white presidents c###kers?

[smag]

I knew I liked that man.

[sweetwhine]

Yep. Pretty much. Their true colors are starting to appear. I watched Eric Dyson and Pat Buchanan go at it today on "Hardball"? Mike Barnicle was the host and he made some questionable statements on race. However, Pat never hides his racism. At least you know exactly what you're getting.

[robXdion]

Did you see how they played with Dr. Dyson's mic each time he spoke? It got ridiculous.

[Heru1]

what's worse, a bright blue scrotum or a tiny pink one

[ChiGuy]

What a clueless b.i.g.o.t.e.d m.o.r.o.n.

[FessorFrink]

If America only had meritocracy.