Alan: 89% of Fox viewers believe Mr. Emerson is "a hole in the ground."
Since Democracy relies on an informed citizenry, the United States cannot survive a steady diet of Fox News misinformation-sludge.
I say this as straightforward statement-of-fact without a whit of hyperbole.
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Fox News 'terror expert' says everyone in Birmingham is a Muslim
Pundit on right-wing channel says non-Muslims "simply don't go" into Britain's second largest city, prompting immediate Twitter backlash
10:17AM GMT 12 Jan 2015
This story has been updated to include Mr Emerson's apology.
An American "terrorism expert" on the right-wing Fox News channel has declared that Birmingham is "a totally Muslim" city "where non-Muslims just simply don't go".
Steve Emerson made the claim, which may come as a surprise to the hundreds of thousands of non-Muslim residents of Britain's second-largest city, during a television discussion about no-go zones in Europe where Muslims are apparently in complete control.
"In Britain, it's not just no-go zones, there are actual cities like Birmingham that are totally Muslim where non-Muslims just simply don't go in," he said.
Mr Emerson, who describes himself as "an internationally recognised expert on terrorism", did not stop there.
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
"Parts of London, there are actually Muslim religious police that actually beat and actually wound seriously anyone who doesn't dress according to Muslim, religious Muslim attire," he proclaimed, without giving examples.
He described Birmingham as one of a number of European cities "where sharia courts were set up, where Muslim density is very intense, where the police don't go in, and where it's basically a separate country almost, a country within a country."
Mr Emerson is a regular contributor to Fox News and was appearing on Judge Pirro, a show hosted by the failed Republican politician Jeanine Pirro.
Ms Pirro responded to her guest's claim that the British government doesn't "exercise any sovereignty" in Birmingham by saying: "You know what it sounds like to me, Steve? It sounds like a caliphate within a particular country."
Steve Emerson tells the Fox news anchor that Birmingham is a no-go area for non-Muslims
Steve Emerson tells the Fox news anchor that Birmingham is a no-go area for non-Muslims
Disgruntled Brummies took to Twitter to express their disdain for Mr Emerson's characterisation of their home city.
After being contacted by The Telegraph, Mr Emerson released a fulsome apology, saying he "clearly made a terrible error for which I am deeply sorry".
He added he was going to make a donation to a Birmingham charity and take out an ad in a Birmingham newspaper.
Here's the apology in full:
You may quote me on this as I will be posting this and taking out an ad in a Birmingham paper. 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.
Steve
PS. I intend to make a donation to a Birmingham charity.
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