More Hard News From Fox.

[Little_Nemo]

So here’s a naive question - what are the consequences to Fox News and this Sean Hannity person?

Well, they got stuck with eight years of George W. Bush being President. Which they may have deserved but unfortunately they took the rest of us down with them.

[Dangerosa]

@gonzomax

Hannity agreed they did it and claimed it was inadvertent. Sure, just an honest mistake anyone could make. They dug out the footage and spliced it in. BS

You know, that happens to me all the time. I go to pay my phone bill and instead of reaching into my inbox, I dig through my back files and pull one out from two months ago. I go into my closet in June and pull out my heavy fleece sweatshirt - cause, you know, its right there on top.

[MovieMogul]

Well, it looks like the last straw (dissing a Republican for a change) has created a Call to Action at Fox. From an internal memo:

We had a mistake on Newsroom today when a wrong book cover went on screen during a guest segment, the kind of thing that can fall through the cracks on any day with any story given the large amount of elements and editorial we run through our broadcasts. Unfortunately, it is the latest in a series of mistakes on FNC in recent months … Effective immediately, there is zero tolerance for on-screen errors. Mistakes by any member of the show team that end up on air may result in immediate disciplinary action against those who played significant roles in the “mistake chain,” and those who supervise them. That may include warning letters to personnel files, suspensions, and other possible actions up to and including termination, and this will all obviously play a role in performance reviews. So we now face a great opportunity to review and improve on our workflow and quality control efforts. To make the most of that opportunity, effective immediately, Newsroom is going to “zero base” our newscast production. That means we will start by going to air with only the most essential, basic, and manageable elements. To share a key quote from today’s meeting: “It is more important to get it right, than it is to get it on.” We may then build up again slowly as deadlines and workloads allow so that we can be sure we can quality check everything before it makes air, and we never having to explain, retract, qualify or apologize again. Please know that jobs are on the line here. I can not stress that enough.

[Onomatopoeia]

@ArchiveGuy

Well, it looks like the last straw (dissing a Republican for a change) has created a Call to Action at Fox. From an internal memo:

Oh please. Either they’re embarrassed for inadvertently promoting a book that mocks one of their icons (I don’t see what the hulaballoo is about, since I doubt many in FOX News’ audience read books anyway), or they’re simply feeling the heat from outside eyes now paying attention to the neverending, yet convenient “mistakes”, which are not mistakes at all.