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Fox Reporter Is Laziest I Ever Met: Writer

Steve Harrigan is 'noxious,' too, says Sacha Feinman

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 24, 2011 2:43 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Fox News reporter embroiled in a nasty spat with a CNN correspondent over a discredited story has been called the "laziest reporter I've ever met" by an aide. Steve Harrigan has been accused of inaccurately saying that Libyan officials used journalists as "human shields" during a press trip to a bomb site. CNN's Nic Robertson, who was at the site, blasted the story as "outrageous." Harrigan himself didn't visit the bomb site; Fox instead sent a security guard with a camera. That's no surprise to a writer who once worked with Harrigan in Venezuela, and called him the "most noxious, laziest reporter I've ever met."

Harrigan was determined to get one story out of that country the easiest way possible, writer Sacha Feinman tells Gawker. "They said they wanted to do a piece on how Chavez was 'Fidel Castro' with money, which isn't that surprising, since it's Fox," said Feinman. But he refused a 6-hour bus ride to pose a question to Chavez. "Harrigan didn't want to leave the hotel unless it was for an interview with an anti-Chavista. His attitude was, 'the story is going to accommodate me, I'm not going to hustle to get the story,'" said Feinman. Robertson has said he sees Harrigan at hotel breakfasts more than in the field. Harrigan has blasted Robertson as "dull," and says he's less "of a man." For more on that, click here.

Steve Harrigan reports from Tripoli.
Steve Harrigan reports from Tripoli.   (FoxNewsInsider)
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COMMENTS
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MikeSanchez
Mar 24, 2011 7:33 PM CDT
Just talk about the real issues on Cnn then bash Fox Newa check out http://www.ripashot.com idk why it hasnt made the entertainment section
Kingval
Mar 24, 2011 2:04 PM CDT
Like we needed a CNN reporter to further prove that Fox News has no credibility. This is something we already knew. Now if Fox News was to not spin a story, that would be NEWS.
flightofphoenix
Mar 24, 2011 12:06 PM CDT
Fox news wanted to come to Canada but we have laws about lying in the media so they can't. Our PM and the Conservative party are trying to have the law repealed. Looks like Conservatives everywhere have difficulties with truth.

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