`Maybe some even note the apology but also understand he’s been forced to apologise for telling the truth; WE’RE NOT ALLOWED TO KNOW THE TRUTH!!
That might fit with some Fox-friendly mindsets …
That’s quite marvellous!
That can’t be true! I mean, I’ve never been there, but everybody knows that way down South, in Birmingham, I mean South, in Alabam’, there’s an old place where people go to dance the . . . wait . . .
“Oh wait, you’re talking about Birmingham, England? I’m sorry. I thought we were talking about Mecca which is commonly called the Birmingham of Saudi Arabia.”
How the heck did you quote someone who posted after you?
(SB, you’re Poeing, right?)
Ignorant chappy compares the replaying of his gaffe to being waterboarded. Yes really, he went there.
Wait- please tell me that actually happened, because it would truly make me happier than you could imagine…
Well, now you come to mention it, Mecca is in Birmingham.
I am reading this whole thread with an English accent in my head and getting all sorts of tickled.
It was an economic newspaper, Investors Business Daily.
This is a link to the now-corrected article. The paragraph over it states that it has been corrected, oops, me bad.
Some responses, taken from the links listed in wikipedia that are still live:
The Register
Washington Post (gotta love the stehpen for stephen in the link itself…)
Telegraph
An easy mistake, since he does not have an English accent.
I’m picturing a last-minute development that results in Fox’s yammering bobbleheads denouncing A when Obama actually does B, a la:
He really sounds like he is on meds. Maybe his dossage is wrong.
It could explain this whole mess.
…appear[s] to stem from translation confusion over what are known as “zones urbaines sensibles” (ZUS) or “sensitive urban zones” in France. While some pockets of citizenry (including high-density Muslim populations) in France have indeed been identified as ZUS, and the term is not a designator for large populations of Muslims. Rather, the highlighted areas are ones that have been afflicted with issues such as crime, poverty, unemployment, and blight and are therefore targeted for urban renewal initiatives.
Sharia Law Muslim 'No-Go' Zones | Snopes.com
I believe in America we call those “shitty neighborhoods” full of “poor” “brown” “people” some of whom, quelle horreur, are immigrants.
Its true in the US that some white people are so afraid of poor brown people they don’t like to go into their neighborhoods. I don’t doubt that France contains the same brand of ignorant racists in copious supply.
Try this vid
At around 45s he makes a great comment, Birmingham does have an ability to take the breath away, probably not for the same reasons that the commentator seems to hint.Some of the comments are pretty funny too
Check out the over 40s disco, place hasn’t changed, the dirt is a bit older is all.
One of my favourite ever videos. I wonder how much Savalas was paid to extol the virtues of the inner ring-road from the comfort of his hot tub in Beverley Hills? 
With a 50% chance of pestilence and famine coming out of the Northeast at twelve miles per hour.
Yeah, well, don’t forget that it was the Republicans who saved us from Ebola. Which is from Kenya, you know…
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Try this vid
[/QUOTE]“The uploader has not made this video available in your country.” What are you trying to hide, BBC4? :dubious:
Also available here. The view that took his breath away is of Warsaw Pact Modern architecture, with a dash of '50s English “We’re still rationing.” Needs some more Luftwaffe redecorating. 
“You feel as if you’ve been (pause) projected into the 21st century.” I assume that Telly absorbed enough of Birmingham’s atmosphere to have used “fucking” in that pause, though not enough to prevent him from speaking. In fact there were remarkably few “fucks” in that show. I wonder if he does better in his tour of Aberdeen or Portsmouth.
Birmingham IS a muslim country. Confirmation from a muslim who lives in Birmingham.