# Fox News employee advocates assassination of Obama **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 25, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597 "2008-05-25T21:29:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/1 "2008-05-25T21:29:33Z")
Here’s the [clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjYpkvcmog0). It’s Liz Trotta in a discussion of Hillary’s gaffe regarding RFK’s assassination. She says: “and now we have what … uh … some are reading as a suggestion that somebody knock off Osama … uh … um … Obama … well, both if we could.” I don’t think I’ve ever seen a U.S. newscast where a reporter has actually come out in favor of assassinating an American political leader. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/2 "2008-05-25T21:38:49Z")
[QUOTE=Pochacco] I don’t think I’ve ever seen a U.S. newscast where a reporter has actually come out in favor of assassinating an American political leader. [/QUOTE] You still haven’t. This is what people call a joke; albeit, one in admittedly poor taste. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/3 "2008-05-25T21:45:56Z")
More Kooky Komedy from the right. She and Huckabee should go on tour together. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/4 "2008-05-25T21:48:50Z")
Fox doesn’t do news. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/5 "2008-05-25T21:49:44Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] Fox doesn’t do news. [/QUOTE] _rimshot_ ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/6 "2008-05-25T21:55:16Z")
I do think that’s a joke and not a threat, but wow, poor taste. Any bets on her survival time at Fox? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/7 "2008-05-25T21:59:30Z")
Bet on a promotion for that one. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/8 "2008-05-25T22:20:45Z")
Not only a promotion, an accolade from Mallard Fillmore. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/9 "2008-05-25T22:37:49Z")
It’s the kind of “joke” that if someone made it about McCain, they would be all over it like flies on shit. Fucking morons. The Osama – oops! has been done on that station so much they should lose the legal right to call themselves a news station and just call themselves Fox Propoganda. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/10 "2008-05-25T23:51:07Z")
How do you think they’ll handle this? A. Act like it didn’t happen. B. “I regret that some people chose to misinterpret my comment.” C. “This is how liberals are; looking for any excuse to be offended.” ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/11 "2008-05-25T23:54:59Z")
All three, in sequence. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/12 "2008-05-26T01:58:02Z")
" We at Fox News are proud to announce our new Worldwide Director of News, Liz Trotta. Her on-air work exemplifies all that Fox News stands for in terms of content and position. We are confident that her particular brand of news delivery will become the Gold Standard the planet over. " :eek: Cartooniverse \*\* Yes. That was satire. I hope. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/13 "2008-05-26T02:14:19Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] You still haven’t. This is what people call a joke; albeit, one in admittedly poor taste. [/QUOTE] Joke or not, “jokes” and comments about killing or assaulting powerful Democrats have popped up disturbingly often from the right. Like the “Where’s Lee Harvey Oswald When We Need Him” bumper stickers during the Clinton years and that Congressman whose name escapes me who hinted that Clinton would be killed if he came to his state. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/14 "2008-05-26T02:20:35Z")
That was Jesse Helms. He did apologize, under duress. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/15 "2008-05-26T02:20:48Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] All three, in sequence. [/QUOTE] Or even simultaneously. Or both… ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/16 "2008-05-26T02:29:50Z")
Who is this old troll and what the hell is she thinking? ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/17 "2008-05-26T02:34:43Z")
The funny thing is that she kinda outed Fox on its partisanship. “…if we could.” What do you mean “we”, crazy Fox News lady? ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/18 "2008-05-26T02:42:53Z")
Osama and Obama. One is responsible for the worst act of terrorism on US soil. The other is guilty of trying to run for president. Yes, let’s kill them both. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/19 "2008-05-26T02:44:28Z")
> [@](#): > > How do you think they’ll handle this? > > A. Act like it didn’t happen. > > B. “I regret that some people chose to misinterpret my comment.” > > C. “This is how liberals are; looking for any excuse to be offended.” And don’t forget: D. “Look at how the liberal media is harassing this poor woman over a minor mistake. She’s the real victim here.” ---
**Author:** ![JohnnieEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@JohnnieEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnieEnigma)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597/20 "2008-05-26T02:54:17Z")
[QUOTE=Pochacco] Here’s the [clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjYpkvcmog0). It’s Liz Trotta in a discussion of Hillary’s gaffe regarding RFK’s assassination. She says: “and now we have what … uh … some are reading as a suggestion that somebody knock off Osama … uh … um … Obama … well, both if we could.” I don’t think I’ve ever seen a U.S. newscast where a reporter has actually come out in favor of assassinating an American political leader. [/QUOTE] uh, I think you’ve got it wrong… it’ wasn’t Fox news advocating the assassination of Obama… it was Hillary. Foxnews was just calling her on her motives. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-employee-advocates-assassination-of-obama/450597.md?page=2)