Twitter has been mocking Steve Emerson, a “terrorism expert,” and the Fox News network today for an absurd comment about how Birmingham, Britain’s second largest city, was a “totally Muslim” city “where non-Muslims just simply don’t go.”
Emerson apologized for his comments but that wasn’t enough to stop Twitter from starting the #FoxNewsFacts hashtag to mock the news network.
The hashtag started with comments primarily about Emerson and Birmingham:
Terrifying photo of how a typical Muslim from Birmingham guards the city gates against infidels. #foxnewsfacts pic.twitter.com/w1TJt93VEi
— Pavilion Opinions (@pavilionopinion) January 11, 2015
As a non-Muslim I wasn’t sure how I was going to get to work in #Birmingham today #foxnewsfacts pic.twitter.com/YusmGb3pdo — Toby Rackliff (@tobythetram) January 12, 2015
All post boxes in #Birmingham have been forced to wear red burqas. #foxnewsfacts pic.twitter.com/gUaPMs23ZR
— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) January 12, 2015
But it soon devolved into an all-out Fox slam fest.
#foxnewsfacts the moon is made of lemon bubble gum and Obama is a martian — Andy Milonakis (@AndyMilonakis) January 12, 2015
“Moslems” are now putting hijabs on their iPads in order to try to make them halal #foxnewsfacts #FauxNews pic.twitter.com/OVMH2pm1dm
— hijabæ (@kanzahrashid) January 12, 2015
The Queen is now being forced to wear a hijab by ‘Moslems’ due to the sharia law enforcement in the UK #foxnewsfacts pic.twitter.com/PygydYLBGE — immortal (@omfgitszoya_) January 12, 2015
A Muslim in restaurant sneezed so hard today that people almost died, but situation is under control now #foxNewsFacts
— ♚UK™ (@UmerEhmadKhan) January 12, 2015
Fox News issued a retraction, stating that Birmingham is closer to 20% Muslim as opposed to 100% Muslim. So close.
In our retraction this morning we highlighted that as much as 21% of Birmingham, GB, is Moslem, as opposed to our error last night. — Fox News Press Team (@FoxNewsPress) January 12, 2015
Emerson also issued an apology:
“I have clearly made a terrible error for which I am deeply sorry. My comments about Birmingham were totally in error. And I am issuing an apology and correction on my website immediately for having made this comment about the beautiful city of Birmingham. I do not intend to justify or mitigate my mistake by stating that I had relied on other sources because I should have been much more careful. There was no excuse for making this mistake and I owe an apology to every resident of Birmingham. I am not going to make any excuses. I made an inexcusable error. And I am obligated to openly acknowledge that mistake.”
You can watch the “Fox News Facts” segment in the video below.
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