Posted on 01/21/2019 7:03:17 AM PST by Zakeet
The hosts of "Fox & Friends" on Monday apologized for showing a graphic saying Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dead, blaming a control room error.
The graphic, similar to those marking the deaths of other famous figures, briefly showed a photo of Ginsburg and the dates "1933-2019."
"We need to apologize ... A technical error in the control room triggered a graphic of RBG with a date on it," co-host Steve Doocy said later in the program. "We don't want to make it seem anything other than that was a mistake. That was an accident."
"We apologize, big mistake," co-host Ainsley Earhardt added.
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It's like a digital version of the World Almanac of Facts (only thousands of times bigger), which is what I, a trivia buff, used to consult when I was growing up in the 1970s.
So for the trivia, Wikipedia is a good source. For the more important stuff, not so much. Especially when it comes to politics.
Ainsley is NOT GUILTY.
The liberal media will turn her funeral into a Trump hating, Trump bashing circus that will make McCain’s funeral look like the Boy’s Scouts.
No need. Her clerks have been writing her opinions for some time.so as far as the Democrats are concerned, they’re qualified to keep doing it indefinitely.
My money says she never returns to the court, they will drag this out if they can till 2020 so Trump can’t appoint during the election.
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This.
Buzzy. Buzzy Ginsburg
Puke-worthy.
“I saw a promo for the “LEGO” movie featuring a legofied RBG. Hopefully the movie producers will find themselves in an uncomfortable situation as the movie opens in theaters.”
Yes, I saw that yesterday during the later playoff game. Since when do they put a Supreme Court Justice in a kid movie?
LEGO movie? I’ll pass...
She had surgery to remove 2 malignancies from her lung, then she was reported to have pneumonia. Technically, pneumonia is fluid in the lungs, whether caused by pneumococcus bacteria or any other reason like influenza or post-operative side effect. What if she is in a coma on a heart-lung machine, and it’s only a matter of timing to pull the plug? I doubt Fox “made a mistake” - it was an intentional error, a hint, or an opinion that she is braindead and has been for decades. Goodbye and Good Riddance to one of the wicked witches of the East.
Maybe FOX is pulling the democrat playing card...
“RBG is DEAD. Prove me wrong!”
WTH is a "parsimony situation"?
They prepare for likely events ahead of time is what it looks like.
I would accept her dieing today. She has been a significant malignancy on our Country.
So in this case, since they have made absolutely no effort to truly dispel the rumor, the rumor may then be true. The simplest answer is usually the correct answer.
What if she is in a coma on a heart-lung machine, and it’s only a matter of timing to pull the plug?
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I’d like to think that’s the case... but there was some YouTube video after that of her supposedly getting into a car somewhere (of course you couldn’t really see her, and THAT would be faked as well).
That’s the problem when you’re dealing with a dishonest media and a dishonest political party (make that TWO parties). You grow now to trust anything after a while.
You grow now to trust anything after a while = You grow not to trust anything after a while.
All major newsies have a ‘dead file’ on all celebs, personalities, pols, etc., just in case.
Similar pre-death announcement happened to Mark Twain, IIRC.
Is she dead yet, Jim?
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