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Fox News Mistakes Robert Downey Jr. for Israeli Soldier [My Title]
AP via foxnews.com ^
| July 20, 2002
| AP
Posted on 07/20/2002 8:25:21 PM PDT by Levine2001
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:34:13 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Check out the curious caption under the photo of Robert Downey Jr. as it relates to his drug charges being dismissed.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: foxnews; israel; mistake; photocaption; robertdowneyjr
Unsure if this is the doing of Fox News or the AP. But I sure got a good laugh out of it....
To: Levine2001
I'm sure they'll correct this error within the hour.
Where's a picture of that Tom Cruise looking Israeli tank commander.
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To: Levine2001
It's just a photo captioning error. What's the big deal?
To: Levine2001
Robert Downey Jr., one of those people you look at and say.."I thought he was dead already?"
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posted on
07/20/2002 9:17:09 PM PDT
by
goodieD
To: Motherhood IS a career
It's just a photo captioning error. What's the big deal? Nobody ever said it was a big deal. But it is still a curiosity that provokes a laugh for those of us with a sense of humor...
To: Levine2001
Saved for posterity.
CLICK HERE to see the image in a new window.
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posted on
07/20/2002 9:52:09 PM PDT
by
mfulstone
To: Levine2001
He looks worse than I do.
To: Levine2001
3:14est and still no change.
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posted on
07/21/2002 12:14:54 AM PDT
by
fineright
To: Motherhood IS a career
WE REPORT....you decide.
To: Fred Mertz
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posted on
07/21/2002 12:37:50 AM PDT
by
dennisw
To: mfulstone
Very cool indeed. Didn't know you could "save" Internet screw-ups.
To: Levine2001
Robert Downey Jr looks like crap
To: Levine2001
Nobody ever said it was a big deal. But it is still a curiosity that provokes a laugh for those of us with a sense of humor... Well, ok. I guess I didn't think it was THAT funny, no funnier than a typo. But then again, some typos are funnier than others.
It's just that I like FOX News... a lot. They don't put a liberal spin on their stories, unlike CNN. And I like that. I think that accusing them of "Mistaking Robert Downey Jr. for an Israeli Soldier" is hardly accurate. What can I say, except I have a bad habit of being a stickler for accuracy. It was clearly a case of a misposted caption. Not one of mistaken identity.
If the caption had said "Here's an Israeli Soldier in a crumpled suit looking rather tired and sad" I might have gone along with the laugh.
Anyway, it's nothing to argue about. I wonder what the caption under the picture of the Israeli soldier checking the bag of the Palestinian girl says?
To: Motherhood IS a career
People who post items even remotely critical of Fox News should be banned. Either you are with us or with the terrorists.
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posted on
07/21/2002 11:30:03 AM PDT
by
Doe Eyes
To: Doe Eyes; Motherhood IS a career
Good to know that you never criticize people like Gretta Van Susteren or Geraldo Rivera....
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