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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Lil Pun, Aug 4, 2010.

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  1. Lil Pun

    Lil Pun Member

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    .....according to Fox News:

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upsho...gizes-for-shirley-sherrod-maxine-waters-mixup

    Fox News host Greta Van Susteren is apologizing for "a doozy of a mistake" made on her show Monday when a picture of Shirley Sherrod was used to illustrate a segment on Rep. Maxine Waters, the Huffington Post reports.
    Waters, a California Democrat, has been charged by the House with ethics violations, and Sherrod was fired from the USDA for incorrectly being cast as a racist. What the two visually have in common is that they're both black women.
    Van Susteren took to her blog Monday to issue an extremely effusive apology, calling the incident on her "On the Record" program "a very bad mistake and a painful one for which we are very apologetic."
    "We really don't know what to say and there is nothing that you can post to make us feel better (not that we deserve to feel better!) This mistake was bad, very bad and we are immensely sorry," Van Susteren wrote.
    Though slip-ups are bound to happen on live television, this isn't the first time Fox has issued a public apology for mixing up black political figures. In 2007, a Fox host apologized after the network ran footage of Democratic Rep. John Conyers of Michigan while discussing the ethics troubles of Democratic Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana.

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    #1 Lil Pun, Aug 4, 2010
  2. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    I can't decide whether this is a big deal or not. It seems like an honest mistake, at the same time how do you make such a stupid mistake?
     
    #2 pgabriel, Aug 4, 2010
  3. justtxyank

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    Stupid thread title for a stupid thread regarding a complete non-issue.

    Do you know how many news programs and websites put the wrong photos up? The other day they had a story on Manny Ramirez's "mannywood" sign being taken down on ESPNnews and they showed a picture of A-Rod.

    I guess ESPN thinks all Brown people look alike.

    :rolleyes:
     
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  4. Qball

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    I dunno, seems like a non-issue. Prolly an honest mistake but coming from Fox Noise, I do have to hesitate.
     
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  5. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy

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    There are a few black folx out there who look alike.
     
    #5 KingCheetah, Aug 4, 2010
  6. GladiatoRowdy

    GladiatoRowdy Member

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    White folx too...

    [​IMG]
     
    #6 GladiatoRowdy, Aug 4, 2010
  7. RoxSqaud

    RoxSqaud Member

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    Black?
     
    #7 RoxSqaud, Aug 4, 2010
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    Those aren't the same person?? :eek:

    Rocket River
     
    #8 Rocket River, Aug 4, 2010
  9. GladiatoRowdy

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    Nope, one is a self absorbed diva with an inflated sense of his own worth and an insatiable desire to be on camera.

    The other one is an actor.
     
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    [​IMG]

    :eek:
     
    #10 RoxSqaud, Aug 4, 2010
  11. Qball

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    So they ARE the same person...
     
    #11 Qball, Aug 4, 2010
  12. Major

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    I tend to agree - though I will say this is a pattern with FOX. They tend to make a lot of these stupid mistakes, both with black politicians and also "accidentally" labelling Republicans going through scandals as Democrats. They've done that at least 3 or 4 times in the last year or two. They never "accidentally" do it the other way though.

    That said, while the D/R thing has political implications, there's not really any benefit or impacting from mixing up the black political figures. That strikes me as simple incompetence or just a lack of interest on their end.
     
    #12 Major, Aug 4, 2010
  13. Steve_Francis_rules

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    You forgot to mention that they also "accidentally" show footage of months-old protests and claim that these are recent anti-Democrat rallies.
     
    #13 Steve_Francis_rules, Aug 4, 2010
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    Awesome. shouldn't be too hard for me to find a beyonce or a halle berry look alike to hook up with.
     
    #14 R0ckets03, Aug 4, 2010
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    As Major stated, Fox's history in this regard minimizes the chance that this was an innocent mistake.
     
    #15 Rashmon, Aug 4, 2010
  16. Lil Pun

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    Calm down guy. I meant it as a joke as I find the mixup funny and obviously everybody else is having fun with it except you and so far you're the only one taking this seriously. Sheesh!
     
    #16 Lil Pun, Aug 4, 2010
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    All Asians look alike.
     
    #17 AXG, Aug 4, 2010
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    I am calm, but I'm sorry I assumed you were being serious since you posted in D&D. :confused:
     
    #18 justtxyank, Aug 4, 2010
  19. Lil Pun

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    I posted in D&D because this involves politics, race and Fox News. It was sort of a precaution in case in escalated into something, plus I figured given the subject matter it would have been moved anyway.
     
    #19 Lil Pun, Aug 4, 2010
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    Somebody's offended at the thread title.
     
    #20 dback816, Aug 4, 2010
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