Editor’s note: Anyone who trusts without question their favorite partisan news network, or who believes everything the read in the press, would be well advised to read the following report and commentary.

NEW YORK TIMES

Fox News issued an unusual on-air apology on Saturday night for having allowed its anchors and guests to repeat the false claim that there are Muslim-only “no-go zones” in European countries like England and France that are not under the control of the state and are ruled according to Shariah law.

The statement was referred to as “a correction” by the Fox Report host Julie Banderas, who said that “over the course of this last week, we have made some regrettable errors on air regarding the Muslim population in Europe, particularly with regard to England and France.” MORE…

THINK PROGRESS

Fox News has stood by a number of outlandish statements, but on Saturday the network formally apologized for an “expert” who claimed last week that large swaths of European cities have been taken over by Muslim extremists. The completely unsubstantiated assertion drew the ire of many Europeans, including British Prime Minister David Cameron, who called Fox News terrorism expert Steven Emerson “a complete idiot.”

Emerson later apologized on Twitter and his website, but Fox News finally apologized on air four times throughout their Saturday programming, clarifying that the claims had no factual basis. MORE…