The Washington Redskins, Saddam Hussein, and WTTG Fox 5 News

So the Redskins won a nailbiter yesterday. A defensive penalty on the last play of the game game them field position to kick a field goal on one last untimed down, which barely made it through the uprights. A great ending. Shortly after the game ended, they did a teaser for the local news. Here’s what they said in the teaser (paraphrased):

White Guy Anchor: What an amazing game. Fox 5 will recap the game from start to end.
Black Lady Anchor: We’ll also stop by the locker room for the reaction from Coach Gibbs and the players.
White Guy Anchor: And the fans were out in full force. We’ll have their reaction as well.
Black Lady Anchor: Oh yeah, and Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death today. We’ll cover that, too.

Shows where the priorities are in local news. Not that I was expecting much, but it was so surreal I just wanted to share.

Was the lady Renee Poussant?

Gee, I hope they asked Saddam for his thoughts on the game. :rolleyes:

“I am outraged by the phony death sentence from this puppet government, but I am even more outraged that the invader referee called Kosier for a 15-yard facemask when the contact was clearly unintentional. That game was even more rigged than my genocide trial.”

You must be lying. If it was a Fox affiliate, they would have an update on American Idol before moving to Saddam.

They probably would, if they didn’t do American Idol during the off-season.

When Bob Hope died, all the major papers–except the Washington Post–ran him above the fold. The Post put Ramsey above and Hope below.

Well, really, Ray Charles coulda seen Saddam’s death sentence coming a mile away. That farce they billed as a “trial” was every bit as booked as Hogan over Andre at Wrestlemania 3. It’s just not a huge shocking story…and the Cowboys got screwed on the 15 yard facemask call. Can’t say I blame them for the teaser on a local news program focusing on the game.