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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:08 AM Jan 2019

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Fox & Friends Apologizes for Accidental Graphic Saying Ruth Bader Ginsburg is Dead

by Ken Meyer | Jan 21st, 2019, 8:19 am

Fox & Friends apologized on Monday after briefly airing a graphic suggesting that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dead.

As the show came back from commercials, they briefly showed a graphic of Ginsburg with the caption 1933-2019. The image was on screen for only a brief period of time before it was dismissed for Ainsley Earhardt‘s upcoming interview on campus culture.

A screen capture of that graphic:

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Fox & Friends Apologizes for Accidental Graphic Saying Ruth Bader Ginsburg is Dead (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2019 OP

OMFG!!!! Don't scare us like that!!!! Initech Jan 2019 #1

They're trying to remind folks to hang on because...... Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #2

Wow. tavernier Jan 2019 #3

Fuck those evil vultures!! Long live RBG!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2019 #4

F**K YOU FOX NEWS, that was no accident. I only wish the worst for them, may their bullshit still_one Jan 2019 #5

Agree, that was no accident. flying_wahini Jan 2019 #6

Someone had to create this graphic. EffieBlack Jan 2019 #7

I'm sure every network has one. And a canned obit. onenote Jan 2019 #12

This isn't like a canned obit EffieBlack Jan 2019 #18

They may have a photo picked out, and maybe a birth date recorded. They don't have a death date n/t Tom Rinaldo Jan 2019 #20

Exactly. This is not like newspapers preparing obit info in advance Tom Rinaldo Jan 2019 #16

Wtf?! cwydro Jan 2019 #8

FNC is the ONLY television station that makes errors of this kind. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2019 #9

Yes NewJeffCT Jan 2019 #15

and trump never includes the 'fake news' KINGS when referring to the media spanone Jan 2019 #10

Omg these sick mfers Sunsky Jan 2019 #11

Clarence is retiring this year, so there's plenty to be concerned about. secondwind Jan 2019 #13

They need to be banned from OUR airwaves 2naSalit Jan 2019 #14

"Accidental" needs quotes. So does "Apologizes". Sugar Smack Jan 2019 #17

That is horrible bdamomma Jan 2019 #19

Yeah. They're nazi pigs. Mc Mike Jan 2019 #21

The dumbfucks apologized because there was an outrage Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2019 #22

Initech

(100,043 posts)

1. OMFG!!!! Don't scare us like that!!!!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:09 AM

Jan 2019

Bad Fox News, bad!!!

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)

2. They're trying to remind folks to hang on because......

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:10 AM

Jan 2019

they'll attempt another SCJ. So diabolically sick. RBG

tavernier

(12,370 posts)

3. Wow.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:11 AM

Jan 2019

Just wow.

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)

4. Fuck those evil vultures!! Long live RBG!!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:12 AM

Jan 2019

still_one

(92,061 posts)

5. F**K YOU FOX NEWS, that was no accident. I only wish the worst for them, may their bullshit

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:15 AM

Jan 2019

propaganda and lies eventually be their demise

flying_wahini

(6,578 posts)

6. Agree, that was no accident.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:16 AM

Jan 2019

Love to know who decided to splash that. Koch brothers?

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)

7. Someone had to create this graphic.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:17 AM

Jan 2019

onenote

(42,608 posts)

12. I'm sure every network has one. And a canned obit.

Reply to EffieBlack (Reply #7)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:25 AM

Jan 2019

Pretty much standard tv journalism practice.

That doesn't excuse them displaying it.

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)

18. This isn't like a canned obit

Reply to onenote (Reply #12)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:49 AM

Jan 2019

Those are done in advance because it takes too long to research, write and edit them upon someone's death. That's not the case with this kind of graphic, which can be done on a moment's notice.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)

20. They may have a photo picked out, and maybe a birth date recorded. They don't have a death date n/t

Reply to onenote (Reply #12)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:53 AM

Jan 2019

Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)

16. Exactly. This is not like newspapers preparing obit info in advance

Reply to EffieBlack (Reply #7)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:30 AM

Jan 2019

Summarizing all of the accomplishments and milestones of a major public figure's life takes a lot of research and preparation, and can't be produced on a nano seconds notice. Periodically newspapers update that info so as to be able tor respond quickly if needed.

It takes NO lead time to caption a photo of a person with birth and death dates. In fact, it can't be done in advance when a person is STILL ALIVE. This is heinous, pure and simple, whether they ran that graphic for a second or an hour. Vile.

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

8. Wtf?!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:19 AM

Jan 2019

Eyeball_Kid

(7,429 posts)

9. FNC is the ONLY television station that makes errors of this kind.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:22 AM

Jan 2019

Over the years, they've published trash like this, then rescind the report. It sets viewers up for more viewing, glues them to the tube for a few more hours. FNC always picks a person who is perceived as an obstacle to fascist rule, publishes nonsense about them, then claims it was an error of some kind. It's an old tactic.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)

15. Yes

Reply to Eyeball_Kid (Reply #9)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:28 AM

Jan 2019

when a Republican is charged with a crime, he is mysteriously listed with a (D) after his name... "innocent mistake" by a low level staffer is what is claimed. Scooter Libby, that Congressman that was "sexting" teens, etc.

spanone

(135,795 posts)

10. and trump never includes the 'fake news' KINGS when referring to the media

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:24 AM

Jan 2019

this SHIT doesn't happen by random. IT'S DELIBERATE.

Sunsky

(1,737 posts)

11. Omg these sick mfers

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:24 AM

Jan 2019

Why was the graphic created in the first place? Now we can see what is their wet dream. Funny how these so-called pro-lifers are always quick to wish people dead.

secondwind

(16,903 posts)

13. Clarence is retiring this year, so there's plenty to be concerned about.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:26 AM

Jan 2019

2naSalit

(86,345 posts)

14. They need to be banned from OUR airwaves

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:26 AM

Jan 2019

AND there needs to be a revolt of cable users.

Sugar Smack

(18,748 posts)

17. "Accidental" needs quotes. So does "Apologizes".

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:44 AM

Jan 2019

It wasn't any accident. It's sheer cruelty & gaslighting.

bdamomma

(63,803 posts)

19. That is horrible

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:53 AM

Jan 2019

just for that I would take them off the air. WTF!!

Mc Mike

(9,111 posts)

21. Yeah. They're nazi pigs.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 10:59 AM

Jan 2019

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,766 posts)

22. The dumbfucks apologized because there was an outrage

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:11 PM

Jan 2019

They're probably still chuckling to themselves in private.

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