"Fox & Friends" on Friday replayed the videotape of Griff Jenkins chasing down Rashid Khalidi, which was originally aired on Thursday's "Hannity & Colmes." Unsurprisingly, Khalidi was not willing to talk with the Fox News reporter.
Before showing the video, co-hosts Steve Doocy and Gretchen Carlson explained that Fox News had previously called Khalidi but had been hung up on, which is why Jenkins was deployed to ambush the Columbia professor.
When Jenkins caught up with Khalidi, he asked:
Professor Khalidi. Hi. Griff Jenkins with Fox. Can I ask you a quick question? Can you just - what's your relationship with Senator Obama? So you clarify it, sir. I apologize for interrupting but you've become the centerpiece of the election. Will you at least call for the L.A. Times to release the video? What was said? What was said at that speech?
Khalidi then ran for the elevator, but Jenkins didn't give up and asked, "Were you the spokesman for the PLO? Will you confirm that?" Khalidi did not answer.
The PLO is the Palestinian Liberation Organization and was formerly led by Yasser Arafat. Recently, there has been some confusion about whether or not Khalidi was directly involved with the organization, specifically if Khalidi served as its spokesman. While most recently Khalidi has denied that he worked for the group, as reported by the New York Times, in 1982 the same newspaper ran an article which described Khalidi as a "director of the Palestinian press agency, Wafa." And, as the American Spectator reports, page 7 of Khalidi's 1986 book, Under Siege: P.L.O. Decisionmaking During the 1982 War, describes Wafa as "the PLO's news agency."
After running the video of Jenkins's exchange with Khalidi, Carlson wondered, "But interestingly enough here, nobody else seems to be tracking down Khalidi. Why is it only Fox who's looking for this guy?" Good question.
The transcript of the October 31 Fox & Friends segment follows:
STEVE DOOCY: You know, a couple of days ago we showed you some pictures of how a member of our staff by the name of Jesse Waters went up to Bill Ayers and tried to get him to talk about the whole controversy surrounding him and his connection to Barack Obama. Well, over the last couple of days we've been telling you also about a connection between a professor of Columbia University by the name of Khalidi and also Barack Obama. Well, yesterday, Griff Jenkins, because Mr. Khalidi wasn't going to talk to us any other way-
GRETCHEN CARLSON: He hung up on us.
DOOCY: Griff Jenkins, exactly right, did a little ambushing. Watch this.
GRIFF JENKINS: Professor Khalidi. Hi. Griff Jenkins with Fox. Can I ask you a quick question? Can you just - what's your relationship with Senator Obama? So you clarify it, sir. I apologize for interrupting but you've become the centerpiece of the election. Will you at least call for the L.A. Times to release the video? What was said? What was said at that speech?
KHALIDI: Get this guy out of here.
JENKINS: Will you talk to us? Were you the spokesman for the PLO? Will you confirm that?
KHALIDI: Get these guys out of here.
JENKINS: You're at the center of the election, sir. Just some quick clarifications then we'll leave. Okay.
DOOCY: I get the feeling he doesn't want to talk.
CARLSON: Well, he doesn't and especially he doesn't want to talk to Fox 'cause when we called for comment he did hang up on us the other day and he said even if he did had a comment he would never give it to Fox. But interestingly enough here, nobody else seems to be tracking down Khalidi. Why is it only Fox who's looking for this guy?
PETER JOHNSON, Jr.: Well, you know, it's an appropriate question to ask. He didn't answer the questions and this kind of furtive running to the elevator. I don't know what he's pushing in front of the camera, I don't quite understand. If the relationship is on the up and up and it's above board and there's nothing elicit about it, then I think that he'd be happy to discuss his relationship with Senator Obama and happy to discuss his views. I really think it's strange, I mean, it's suspect.
DOOCY: A number of people who are close to Obama have said, "Look, I'd like to talk to you right after the election and I'll be able to do just that."



















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Awwww c'mon, give Mr.
October 31, 2008 - 11:19 ET by BlazerAwwww c'mon, give Mr. Khalidi a break. At least he used an elevator and not a plane to get to the upper floors.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
That's funny Blazer - the top floors thing
October 31, 2008 - 11:39 ET by JayTeeA little sick . . . but hilarious none the less.
America needs a News reporting Organization. First we have to Kill off the Imitators, then we need to Grow some replacements.
In the imortal words of
October 31, 2008 - 11:36 ET by Dan The Man 2In the imortal words of Rodney King "Cant we all get along"? I mean this is nonsense and come Tuesday you will all understand. <insert miniacal laugh>
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
NBC in the tank
October 31, 2008 - 11:43 ET by TN MomI wonder why NBC doesn't want to interview Khalidi or TERRORIST Ayers??
Fox News: Fair & Balanced.
I saw this..
October 31, 2008 - 12:02 ET by katainkentI saw this and yep, 'chase' is pretty much all they did. And well, duck that box or whatever he put in front of the camera. Just like William ("this is private property") Ayers, no one is gonna say boo to reporters that aren't going to spin things the way they like. But at least they tried.
Professor
October 31, 2008 - 12:18 ET by goldbarProfessor Khalidi....Professor Khalidi....is it true John McCain gave you $500,000 to fund your anti-Israel, anti-American research??
"Yes. It is true. John McCain was very gracious providing me with a research grant of nearly a half-million dollars. John McCain is a great benefactor of the Palestinian people".
That is old news leadass
October 31, 2008 - 12:32 ET by RESTLESS 1Why don't you liberlas tell the whole story?
"Unreported by the Huffington Post is that the CPRS, with which
Khalidi was for a time moderately involved, is pro-Western and can be
characterized as pro-Israel.
Its work has been condemned by the Palestinian leadership and by local terror groups as "Zionist propaganda."
In contrast, the Khalidi organization Obama helped fund as a board
member for a nonprofit, alongside domestic terrorist William Ayers, has
taken a flagrantly anti-Israel line. Khalidi's Arab American Action
Network has hosted scores of Israel-bashing events, including at least
one reportedly attended by Obama."
"This liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
"Professor
October 31, 2008 - 16:15 ET by ckc1227"Professor Khalidi....Professor Khalidi....is it true John McCain gave
you $500,000 to fund your anti-Israel, anti-American research??"
No, it is not true, but folks who read the Huffpost are too stupid to know the difference, so run with that version.
Obama's Economic plan: more taxes, more spending, more regulation. Prosperity here we come.
fox has earned this kind of response
October 31, 2008 - 12:24 ET by abeautifulpersonif it weren't for the many examples of dishonest and misleading 'reporting' from fox news (need some examples? go to youtube), Jenkins wouldn't suffer this kind of treatment.
but let's be honest here, fox has had plenty of time to investigate these accusations. where was fox on this a month or 3 months ago? ambushing this guy, a couple days before the election serves only the purpose of instilling fear. fox knows there is no time to suss out this accusation, but if it causes any panic, great.
you can rest assured that if mccain wins the election, there will be no follow-up on this topic at fox news. even though it has suddenly become "the centrepiece of the election". only at fox news (and i guess NB) is it a centrepiece.
remember the boy who cried wolf. republicans have tried to associate obama with so many disreputable people (and terrorists), that more and more people are tuning out.
thank goodness for the internet where people can research such wild accusations. the internet is what is changing the face of electioneering. people can check multiple sides of a story.
many people don't talk to fox news, not because they have something to hide, but because it is fox news.
abp, you are a real piece of er, something.
October 31, 2008 - 12:40 ET by R D HelmIt appears you object to Fox News merely because they do not stand in blind awe of the Marxist Obamessiah, as does the rest of the MSM.
Your repeated assertions on this site that Obama has no associations with disreputable people (Wright, Rezko, Ayers, etc.) means one of two things:
Either your infatuation with the manufactured fraud that is Barack Hussein Obama has blinded you to all reality, or you are dumber than a bucket of rocks.
Why is it that I think both apply to you?
-Dave
The MSM is the 21st Century version of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Dave
October 31, 2008 - 12:49 ET by RESTLESS 1:)
"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
Why is it that I think both apply to you?
October 31, 2008 - 12:52 ET by abeautifulpersoni don't know what motivates you. but the hurling of many insults suggests an angry place you sit in.
there is no news station that has more examples of bias and erroneous reporting circulating the internet, than fox. the internet is fox's worst nightmare because people have documented fox staff lying, misleading, doing slight-of-hand, over and over again.
obama is not nor never was my first or even 2nd choice. he's actually a slightly better side of the same coin.
the issue of fox and obama merely cross paths in this situation. obama could never exist and fox would still be a sea of turds when it comes to journalism.
but then again, i could be barack hussein obama... and i am just a paid part of this vast liberal, commie, pinko conspiracy to to make you angry, dave.
you kind of remind me of that character in MASH, colonel flagg.
ABP
October 31, 2008 - 12:57 ET by RESTLESS 1If there are so many, why haven't you posted any?
"This liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
RESTLESS......Mr. Moonbat just hurls
October 31, 2008 - 14:06 ET by BEGRUNTaccusations, nothing to back em up either........Just be prepared for more uninformed nonsense.....Its what he's best at.
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
ABP, Examples PLEASE
October 31, 2008 - 13:01 ET by JerryIf there are sooo many examples, it should be easy to enlighten us on one or two of them to bolster your case. Come on, give us a Dan Rather Fake Documents moment. Where's that "Peeing on the Koran" story?
If there is NO news station that has more examples of bias, etc, show us this report that lists Fox as #1 in internet circulated examples of bias, or was that just hyperbole? Or is this just your episode of erroneous, biased reporting?
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
jerry, i will send some links, on one condition
October 31, 2008 - 13:04 ET by abeautifulpersonyou must promise to watch them.
i'll send 10. but only if you promise.
abp,
October 31, 2008 - 14:49 ET by HillbillyKingI know you want Jer to promise, but I promise to watch em, but only if you watch mine first;
Here.
Remember, 10 links, OK?
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.
Don Marquis 1878-1937
»→ abp
October 31, 2008 - 16:46 ET by Cool ArrowSeems like yesterday I posted names of 9 Liberals on FOX, and you never matched them 1 - 1 with Conservatives on CNN.
What's the holdup? Why did you not answer my challenge?
Did I just imagine that putup or shut up moment? I've slept since then.
ABP if you want to give
October 31, 2008 - 12:46 ET by Dan The Man 2ABP if you want to give examples and explain why you believe they are “dishonest and misleading 'reporting'” then put them out there. Its part of the debate idea. Since you don’t then you are a Troll, because that is the definition of a Troll.
There is a strategy in asking the questions now. If you remember questions have been asked in for a long time in other matter and the only thing that happened are lame excuses and stonewalling. In addition the lame nonexcuses are used and put forth as definitive excuses and claims the matter has been investigated ad naseum and case is closed.
If they are done late in the game the excuses are not valid, never were, and the questions are fresh on the voters minds.
Do you think we should have access to all records to make a decision on the next President? We do not and that is the problem. People who have nothing to hide do talk but those who are evil do want to hide. What are you hiding?
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
abp... You are delusional
October 31, 2008 - 12:48 ET by bigtimerabp...
You are delusional or insane....either way you know not what you speak.
I usually ignore you...you really aren't worth the time of day...but this post of yours takes the cake.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
stop. please. you're killing me...
October 31, 2008 - 13:02 ET by abeautifulpersonso far in a short thread i have been called:
a troll
evil
delusional
insane
aren't worth the time of day
a cake taker
real piece of er something
blinded
dumber than a bucket of rocks
i'm impressed.
BIGTIMER, please continue to ignore me. or at least respond with something a little more tangible.
DANBOY 2, there is no point of providing any references beyond this site, because they'll be tagged as part of that 'conspiracy' to rob you of your manhood.
keep up the hate, guys. its very entertaining.
You forgot... WORST
October 31, 2008 - 13:16 ET by Jack BauerYou forgot...
For that alone you deserve all the opprobrium avaialable from decent society.
HATE?
October 31, 2008 - 14:07 ET by DRM 23We don't hate. If we really hated you we would check into your background and that of your family and make sure you have paid your taxes and whatnot. Lucky for you......we are not the MSM.....
You forgot another, MOONBAT!!!
October 31, 2008 - 14:08 ET by BEGRUNTMake sure you add it to your pathetic list.
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
so far in a short thread i
October 31, 2008 - 16:37 ET by BDso far in a short thread i have been called:
a troll
evil
delusional
insane
aren't worth the time of day
a cake taker
real piece of er something
blinded
dumber than a bucket of rocks
You sound like the boy who
October 31, 2008 - 13:08 ET by Jack BauerYou sound like the boy who cried Naomi Wolff -- and she's nuttier than an almond tree.
i've read her latest book
October 31, 2008 - 13:17 ET by abeautifulpersonit is a bit extreme take on the possible direction of the US. and btw, reading a book doesn't mean one agrees with all the words within.
have you read it? cuz if you're unqualified to comment on it. if you have, then i would be up to hearing your take on it.
oh and i guess i can add to the list:
a boy who crieds naomi wolff (and being nuttier than an almond tree) - i'm in tears with the insults
republicans have tried to
October 31, 2008 - 13:11 ET by Free Stinkerrepublicans have tried to associate obama with so many disreputable
people (and terrorists), that more and more people are tuning out.
Actually, it is Obama that has associated himself with terrorists.
And pointing it out it it isn't working, how come The One is:
Why is that ? It doesn't add up.
"Dewey defeats Truman ! " --Chicago Tribune, 1948
It's so easy to pin the tail on this donkey
October 31, 2008 - 15:03 ET by Blonderepublicans have tried to associate obama with so many disreputable people (and terrorists)
Well, abp, if BHO hadn't origially associated with known terrorists and disreputable people, it wouldn't be so easy to "associate" him with them, now, would it?
My mother always taught me....be aware of the company you keep. Too bad Barack's whacko marxist mummy didn't teach him the same lesson. He did it to himself, all by himself. Here in the States, we call it Chicago politics.
In his own words (19 seconds): This man is qualified to be VP?
A relationship with any of
October 31, 2008 - 16:40 ET by BDA relationship with any of these persons that Obama has associated with would have deprived me of my security clearances. Does "A Beautiful Person believe we should grant clearances to those who associated with persons who have openly advocated the violent overthrow of the US?
How abot, GIVING clearances those who have openly PLOTTED to overthrow the US?
With ero fthose would have me flipping burgers in downtown Mexico City if I had done them.
I saw this last night and
October 31, 2008 - 12:44 ET by bigtimerI saw this last night and this portion of the show this morning...along with some which had Geraldo in it that was absolutely infuriating..
...anyway...Fox has done such an excellent job on this and other matters regarding Obama and his connections, his real connections...of course the rest of the msm doesn't want to report any of this, or do any digging, he is a leftist democrat...we all know if any of these characters had come up that a repub candidate had, he/she would of already been forced out of the race...long long ago...
They picked their messiah...they are going to go down with him.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Doesn't it hurt seeing your
October 31, 2008 - 13:25 ET by goldbarDoesn't it hurt seeing your beloved republican party getting the crap kicked out of it by a socialist?
October 31, 2008 - 14:04 ET by abeautifulperson
October 31, 2008 - 13:56 ET by DirjjIt's been 10 posts, and I'm still waiting for those examples of Fox being biased.
I wonder if ABP thinks that MSNBC is biased?
ab
Yea ok gb
October 31, 2008 - 14:05 ET by general companyDoesn't it hurt seeing your beloved republican party getting the crap kicked out of it by a socialist?
Those with less will suffer more. You will suffer a bunch, because it is obvious you got nothing.
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
gb... Now that is
October 31, 2008 - 14:06 ET by bigtimergb...
Now that is funny...be careful what you wish for..after-all your Marxist messiah is heading back to Iowa...I wonder why that would be if he and the msm are so sure he has it in the bag....hmmmm?
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Afternoon, bt,
October 31, 2008 - 14:14 ET by R D HelmMy gut is telling me that things aren't going all that well for Obama. I have seen some reports that the early voting hasn't been nearly as pro-Obama as we have been led to believe.
And why is Obama still running commercials in California? I thought he had that state locked up?
I think the Obama camp is getting seriously worried.
Good.
-Dave
The MSM is the 21st Century version of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Howdy Dave... Yeah, I
October 31, 2008 - 14:21 ET by bigtimerHowdy Dave...
Yeah, I have heard/saw the same reports today regarding the early voting....McC is ahead in some, if not most places if memory serves me right, not behind.
Lord knows how many people are going to be able to vote more than once on the Obama side....I worry about the cheating/fraud big time this year, the repubs better be on it constantly.
I also heard some talk that Rahm Emanuel of all slimy leftists in congress is going to be named Obama's Chief-of Staff
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
bt,
October 31, 2008 - 14:24 ET by R D HelmI also heard some talk that Rahm Emanuel of all slimy leftists in congress is going to be named Obama's Chief-of Staff
Yeah, I posted a link to that on the OT.
Some "uniter," eh?
-Dave
The MSM is the 21st Century version of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
LOL...heck Dave, haven't
October 31, 2008 - 14:28 ET by bigtimerLOL...heck Dave, haven't made it there yet today...still trying to catch up with some other blog posts...
I also heard Oprah is supposedly going to be named ambassador to Great Britain.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
A moment of truth from goldbrick!!!!!!!
October 31, 2008 - 14:11 ET by BEGRUNT"getting the crap kicked out of it by a socialist?"
Well......at least you have finally admitted the truth!!!!!!!!!!!!
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
BEG,
October 31, 2008 - 14:16 ET by R D HelmLOL, it appears leadass slipped up.
:-)
-Dave
The MSM is the 21st Century version of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
Oh ya....showed his hand......
October 31, 2008 - 14:22 ET by BEGRUNTLets spell it out again for goldbrick...S-O-C-I-A-L-I-S-T....thanks again goldbrick...at least your honest about it.
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.
"Lets spell it out again
October 31, 2008 - 16:19 ET by ckc1227"Lets spell it out again for goldbrick...S-O-C-I-A-L-I-S-T....thanks again goldbrick...at least your honest about it."
Wonder why his candidate won't be honest about it?
Obama's Economic plan: more taxes, more spending, more regulation. Prosperity here we come.
Exactly ckc.....at least his.......
October 31, 2008 - 16:55 ET by BEGRUNTminions are honest about it. Obama knows that to admit he was a socialist....would be the kiss of death....that why he dances all around it.
"If a man does his best, what else is there"?
General George S. Patton Jr.