Posted on 01/21/2019 8:15:48 AM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
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.
A Fox News spokesperson told The Hill: “This was a technical error that emanated from the graphics team."
Ginsburg, 85, is working from home as she continues to recover from surgery to remove cancerous nodules from her lung.
The court announced that there is no evidence of remaining cancer and Ginsburg is expected to return to the bench.
She missed oral arguments this month for the first time .....
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Shades of Bob Hope. He was sitting at his breakfast table drinking coffee and reading the newspaper when he heard the announcement on the radio that he died during the night.
Right. Every news organization has obituaries ready for every prominent person, for the reasons you describe. This was a technical foul-up, as Fox says.
Well one thing about it... This will go viral and force their hand and make them prove she is still with us or not...
She stepped on a lego piece fell down hit her head and bleed out with her dentures falling out of her face
when it does happen the left will go batsh7j crazy
Every celebrity even near death an obituary is developed and ready to go when the time comes. It is in the computers ready to go on a moments notice. No big deal.
“Be Prepared” that’s the Boy Scouts marching song.
They are just waiting for the 4am talking points memo.
Accedent?
She’s alive? Could have fooled me.
I’m okay with this.
“That’s a half-baked explanation. The graphics team doesn’t run the production of the show. It might, however, have already worked up a graphic design for when RBG dies. But this is no different from many newspapers who have ready-to-print life bios on notable people in case they die.”
You have to wonder why they would create such a thing to begin with? Unless it’s an error, maybe they have information that there’s a strong chance that something is imminent?
Technical error? BS whoever did it should be fired.
the graphic button is right there?! Like break glass in case of emergency?
don’t you need to do a search in your graphics fies etc for it to appear?
Sum Ting Up
59 seconds before this post is a post about RBG in a Lego movie
(Okay, now prove she hasn't died!)
Bless their little heart’s! They may have been factually wrong but they were morally right!
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