2012 Firewalking Event News
In July 2012, a media outlet disseminated a disputed and ultimately retracted report (picked up and re-published by a wide number of media outlets) about a Tony Robbins' Firewalk Event conducted in San Jose, California, on July 19, 2012. On August 8, 2012, Fox News' program "Fox and Friends" issued an on-air retraction and correction to the inaccurate report, with regards to the Tony Robbins' Firewalk Event conducted in San Jose, California, on July 19, 2012. On Fox and Friends, 8/08/12 at 7:52:45 am ET, Steve Doocy stated:
"During a recent segment concerning a Tony Robbins’ Fire walk experience in San Jose, California, we reported more than two dozen participants were hospitalized with burns. While a few of the six-thousand received minor burns akin to a sunburn, they received on-site medical attention and continued to participate in the event. None were hospitalized and there were no reported third degree burns. ... news reports to the contrary were inaccurate."
Fox News' statement, and a similar corrective article published by Huffington Post, were in response to prior inaccurate statements and articles that medical services in San Jose had to treat a small number of people who suffered burns while firewalking at a Tony Robbins motivational event. As reported by the Huffington Post, "the article in the San Jose Mercury News was taken at face value, and like a bad case of telephone gossip, repeated and embellished across various media outlets around the world ... which then became quickly duplicated by others in the media." The Huffington Post further corrected the prior reports (including the since retracted report from Fox News), stating "According to the medical professionals on site, while several participants received minor burns and blistering and received medical attention on site or afterward, these exaggerated reports apparently became the basis of a story then told around the world. Dr. Bart Rademaker, M.D., a plastic and reconstructive surgeon who was a member of the on site medical team, said he was incredulous about the misleading news coverage.".
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