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More fun with cable news Chyrons:
Or maybe this was a signal that FNC thinks we should invade Egypt.
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Update: As noted in a comment below, this appears to be an FNC Chyron from July 2009. Nonetheless…….
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Certainly an interesting choice.
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I’m definitely NOT a fan of Fox News, but in the interests of fairness, I could see how this could be a hurried mistake when using an interface that whoever makes the graphics might not be accustomed to.
However, I really, REALLY hope it wasn’t up long. Their viewers are ignorant enough as it is.
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Achmadinejad can see Egypt from his house.
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While we’re at it, why is Lebanon shaded in like the west bank? I think they also have Lebanon confused with Gaza.
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http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907270040
July 27, 2009
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At Fox, you probably get a raise if you are responsible for something like this…
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Good one Fox! What a great source of factual information.
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And Chris Matthews thinks the Panama Canal is in Egypt. Silly me, I thought it was in Panama.
Fox news is still kicking everyone else’s behind.
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>And Chris Matthews thinks the Panama Canal is in Egypt.
I had to look that one up to know what you were talking about. (I’m not a regular watcher of Matthews or any other cable news pundit.) He offhandedly referred to Egypt as having “the Panama Canal,” and just a few seconds later corrected himself, and clarified that he meant the Suez Canal.
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/01/29/palin-and-bachmann-nitpicker-chris-matthews-says-panama-canal-egypt
By contrast, FNC has been displaying this incorrect map for more than A YEAR AND A HALF!
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To wingnuts, a slip of the tongue is equal to and cancels out actual ignorance and idiocy.
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> Fox news is still kicking everyone else’s behind.
Yea, ignorance and stupidity sell. When are they bringing “Snooki” on board?
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[...] Face palm over the unabashed display of total ignorance was courtesy of Doug Mataconis at “Outside the Beltway.” [...]
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“When are they bringing ‘Snooki’ on board?”
Oh come now, they already have a big reality star on board…one is more than enough…
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Yeah, and your hero, Chrissy Mathews stated clearly the Panama Canal was in Egypt. Go bite a big one Doug.
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It’s talking about something happening in Israel, and it shows Israel, Syria, and Iran.
Why are you talking about Egypt?
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@MooseOfReason,
because the map labels a country as “Egypt” that is actually Irak!
Giant fail Fox, what an embarrassment!!!!!
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[...] the “I shit you not” file, courtesy of Fox News: Share and [...]
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[...] h/t Outside the Beltway [...]
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