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KFC In Fallujah? Too Finger-Licking Good To Be True
TPMMuckraker —
Last Thursday, Fox News ran a brief segment on a KFC restaurant opening in Fallujah before segueing into an interview with former CENTCOM Commander Tommy Franks, who was asked to comment on the presence of an American fast food restaurant in the notoriously violent Iraqi city. "Do they have a drive-thru window?" Steve Doocy asks. "They get in and get out. And, so far, they do it safely," answers Brian Kilmeade:
Now, call us cynical, but something about that segment seemed off -- oddly upbeat even. On Friday I put in a call to KFC headquarters to ask if the Fallujah chicken ...
FOX and Friends' KFC in Fallujah story more Happy Iraq propaganda
News Hounds —
Well whaddayaknow? FOX and Friends aired a false report last week (7/31/08) and almost got away with it. The report presented a Fallujah not only free from violence but embracing American culture, with a Kentucky Fried Chicken serving up hot-n-spicy wings to happy Iraqis.
Jelliott at TPM Muckraker's b.s. detector went off, and "On Friday I put in a call to KFC headquarters to ask if the Fallujah chicken joint is the real deal. KFC told me they were looking into the matter. Today, Yum! Restaurants International spokesman Christophe Lecureuil wrote me back:
"I understand you wanted ...
Faux News Makes A Mistake?
The Great Plains Observer —
Fox news spent a whole segment crowing about how things had improved so much in Fallujah that it was now safe enough to open a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise.They even got former CENTCOM Commander Tommy Franks in on the act discussing how just 3 or 4 years ago such progress would have been unthinkable.
The problem is that kind of progress is still unthinkable because KFC doesn’t have a restaurant in Fallujah.
I understand you wanted some details about the store in Falluja that looks like a KFC. This store is not approved by KFC International and we have working with the US Military to warn the ...
