Fox News’ graphics department has made some stunning mistakes this week but this one takes the cake! On yesterday’s America Live, a chart that purported to be a graphic of the 2012 Republican presidential candidates’ standing in Iowa had a photograph of President Obama over the name “Romney.” We’ve reported lately about how Fox has shown favoritism toward the anyone-but-Romney candidate. Is Fox trying to send a subliminal message to its viewers about Romney or just shockingly inept? I report, you decide!
Here's the video:
Megyn Kelly later apologized for the error.
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Aria Prescott commented
2011-12-16 14:52:29 -0500
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Bleh, last time I post when I’m half asleep… Here’s a better wording:
Fox News has been dividing the Tea Party vote with stunts like their pressuring of Rand Paul to give a Gingrich endorsement. The Tea Partiers who don’t like Newt are seeing that as the network trying to bully their decision.
Romney actually does seem to have a lot of Tea Party support- quite a few of the Party heroes endorse him- Christine O’Donnell, Glenn Beck, Nikki Hayley and Tom Thomson for starters. Fox Radio seems to like him over Gingrich as well.
I noticed that among the Fox Nation mainstays, the ones that claim to be Tea Party are in a civil war of sorts over Gingirch v. Romney. I haven’t seen Bachmann come up much outside of stories about her exclusively. Herman Cain comes up a LOT more, and Ron Paul a fair bit… but not much Bachmann.
Now go get informed; I’m not in the mood to fight this with you until doomsday, especially if you’re the Mace W. who used to post on J$.
Fox News has been dividing the Tea Party vote with stunts like their pressuring of Rand Paul to give a Gingrich endorsement. The Tea Partiers who don’t like Newt are seeing that as the network trying to bully their decision.
Romney actually does seem to have a lot of Tea Party support- quite a few of the Party heroes endorse him- Christine O’Donnell, Glenn Beck, Nikki Hayley and Tom Thomson for starters. Fox Radio seems to like him over Gingrich as well.
I noticed that among the Fox Nation mainstays, the ones that claim to be Tea Party are in a civil war of sorts over Gingirch v. Romney. I haven’t seen Bachmann come up much outside of stories about her exclusively. Herman Cain comes up a LOT more, and Ron Paul a fair bit… but not much Bachmann.
Now go get informed; I’m not in the mood to fight this with you until doomsday, especially if you’re the Mace W. who used to post on J$.
Aria Prescott commented
2011-12-16 03:51:25 -0500
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Mace, the Tea Party isn’t as supportive of Newt as some people think. Romney has a pretty big base there, thanks largely to Glenn Beck. Beck’s a Tea Party hero, his word still carries a lot of weight with them. He’s even flaming with Fox News over it- their articles about each other are pretty snipey, and the two sides go at it on the comments.
It’d be almost funny if the Teabaggers were saner people.
It’d be almost funny if the Teabaggers were saner people.
d d commented
2011-12-16 00:45:41 -0500
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What happened to the FOX “news” policy of zero tolerance with regards to on-screen errors, hmm?
“FishbowlDC has obtained an internal email sent to some FNC staffers following a meeting between âbetween senior managers and the folks who run the daytime shows.â The email claims there will be a zero tolerance policy toward on-screen errors going forward, saying that such errors âmay result in immediate disciplinary action.â
âPlease know that jobs are on the line here,â it says."
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fox-news-memo-addresses-series-of-mistakes_b26368
“FishbowlDC has obtained an internal email sent to some FNC staffers following a meeting between âbetween senior managers and the folks who run the daytime shows.â The email claims there will be a zero tolerance policy toward on-screen errors going forward, saying that such errors âmay result in immediate disciplinary action.â
âPlease know that jobs are on the line here,â it says."
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fox-news-memo-addresses-series-of-mistakes_b26368
mj - the same one commented
2011-12-15 18:03:18 -0500
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Well, it coulda been worse . . . they could have put up Osama bin Laden’s picture . . .
Aria Prescott commented
2011-12-15 15:39:04 -0500
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Mace, the network is in the tank for Gingrich; in their eyes, he’s the best bet among angenda Republicans. It’s even widening the rift between them and the Tea Party because the Teabaggers are having a civil war over this and the pro-Romney Tea party don’t like Murdoch’s machine butting in.
Aria Prescott commented
2011-12-15 03:08:29 -0500
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The error itself is dime a dozen…. This is the 2nd “error” this week where people speculated an intended message. The first being the graph from monday.
What interests me far more is Kelly’s choice of wording and tone during her apology. When you pay attention to her inflections, it sounds like she thinks only Romney deserves one. Pay special attention to the inflection on Obama’s name…
Even if you don’t see the inflections, I think the way she worded it is incredibly insulting. Like she honestly thinks everyone watching the segment is stupid enough to need her pointing that out.
What interests me far more is Kelly’s choice of wording and tone during her apology. When you pay attention to her inflections, it sounds like she thinks only Romney deserves one. Pay special attention to the inflection on Obama’s name…
Even if you don’t see the inflections, I think the way she worded it is incredibly insulting. Like she honestly thinks everyone watching the segment is stupid enough to need her pointing that out.
Antoinette commented
2011-12-15 02:44:18 -0500
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Of course, these Fox “News” frauds will blame the error on the Fox “News” University interns.
The Fox “News” producers and the sad excuse of a production crew in the studio control room couldn’t operate a merry-go-around.
The Fox “News” producers and the sad excuse of a production crew in the studio control room couldn’t operate a merry-go-around.