About that Aretha Franklin/Patti LaBelle mixup by Fox News.

[Arkansas Granny]

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[malaise]

1. All the other networks should be playing both this clip

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and the one about Japan

[Arkansas Granny]

3. I must be missing something here. What about Japan?

[angstlessk]

8. "We defeated communist Japan"

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/11742774

[Arkansas Granny]

12. OMG. And did her co-hosts correct her?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

82. They thought she was right.

[Sophia4]

30. Ainsley Earhardt, education:

"After high school, she attended Florida State University (FSU) on a leadership and academic scholarship, majoring in biology. Earhardt served the student body as a senator in student government. She then transferred to the University of South Carolina (USC) after deciding to pursue a degree in journalism. Earhardt has a bachelor of arts degree (B.A.) in Journalism from the University of South Carolina (1999).[3] While in college, she was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi (Iota (FSU) & Beta Epsilon (USC) chapters) sorority, was inducted into four honor societies, won the Caroliniana Creed Award based on character, leadership, and personality and was elected to the University's Homecoming Court.[citation needed]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainsley_Earhardt

University of South Carolina, you owe the world an apology. If Ainsley Earhardt is one of your star students, what is the rest of your student body like?

You'd think she would have checked her facts before making a fool of herself. Good heavens. She could have asked her parents or grandparents.

Fox News. Never fails to fail its viewers.

A fellow graduate student who was jealous of my grades once said to me of a professor, "He sure grades on the curve." It was completely untrue. I simply worked hard.

But Ainsley Earhardt??????

[Gamecock Lefty]

34. I Also Graduated from Carolina!

Maybe this Gamecock Lefty can offset that horrible Earhardt???

Forever to thee. Go Cocks!

[Sophia4]

35. I hope you do. She is a disgrace.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

83. Me, too! Although we called it "The USC" to distinguish it from that Left Coast school.

[central scrutinizer]

73. Is this her?

https://m.

[Sophia4]

79. Good Question.

But Wikipedia says no. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Teen_USA_2007

That was Caitlin Upton on Fox News. Apparently not the Miss Teen USA 2007.

[JI7]

81. why was she ridiculed but people like Bush and Trump made President

[cstanleytech]

66. Just proves the real meaning of MAGA

Moronic
And
Gullible
Assholes.

[Scarsdale]

86. Come on, people.

An honest mistake, since EVERYBODY knows all black people look alike. Right? (sarcasm alert) I did not know that the U of S. Carolina had such low standards.

[Buns_of_Fire]

67. Well, we had to after they invaded France. nt

[demmiblue]

9. Here:

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[pazzyanne]

27. They did not correct the faux pas directly

but did restate by her changing her words to "communism, Japan and other things as well". Guess they are just like tRump and can't take responsibility for their mistakes.

[Mosby]

60. its not a faux pas, its just ignorance.

[wellst0nev0ter]

78. Doocey helpfully restated her claim

by saying America defeated communists AND Japan, as opposed to communists IN Japan.

[OnDoutside]

10. One of the Fox blondes said that the US defeated Communist Japan....

[Totally Tunsie]

44. LOL - One of their few brunettes (Abby Huntsman) called tRump a "dictator".

Sometimes the truth hurts.

[OnDoutside]

56. Ouch ! :)

[democratisphere]

2. Looks like severe and rampant cases of DB syndrome.

Hope fox propaganda network can get to the ROOT of the problem.

[CurtEastPoint]

13. Douche Bag? LOL!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. I think referring to "dyed blondes" and undyed hair roots. . . . nt

[Arkansas Granny]

18. I caught one of the home shopping channels one day showing wigs. All the blonde wigs had dark roots

I guess that's the "natural" look for blondes these days.

[Hortensis]

32. No kidding! Your OP post's spot on. Love it.

[CurtEastPoint]

23. Yes, I got that. Just a little (very little) humor.

[smb]

52. The Peroxide Is Seeping Into Their Brains nt

[crim son]

61. Ah. Dumb blonde jokes.

Does that mean I'm free to make fun of fat people too?

[democratisphere]

17. Yeahhhhhhhh.

That too.

[Roland99]

4. Bazinga!

[underpants]

7. I second that

[peekaloo]

5. Chain, chain, chain

eff 'em.

[Takket]

6. There is no chance in hell that was an accident.

Dog whistle blowing big time.

[Hortensis]

40. Probably was. Aretha and her music

have been part of the lives of most Fox viewers also. They undoubtedly recognized, and I'm guessing most did not think well of, this mistake.

[brush]

11. FOX has no black people on staff so....

Oh, except the one on the "five women in short skirts" show.

Guess they didn't ask her, "Is this Patty or Aretha?"

[Merlot]

16. Taking a page from melania's book - They really don't care.

Or should I say taking a coat from melania's closet.

[uponit7771]

21. They have Harris Faulkner

[brush]

26. Oh. I only end up on FOX briefly when looking for CNN or MSNBC.

They're channels 21, 20 and 19 in that order in my area and I can't get off FOX fast enough.

I just looked her up. (I had to as I'm not familiar with the people on that network. Also didn't know until I saw a photo that Harris Faulkner is a woman).

And btw, isn't she one of the women on the "women in short skirts" show?

[LakeSuperiorView]

62. I blocked/removed Fox from my channel lineup.

You may have the option to remove it too, sounds like you have cable or satellite TV. I could still tune to it by entering the channel number, if I wanted to see it or could remember the number. I also blocked the televangelist/shopping/infomercial channels.

Never having to see Fox News probably shaved a bit off my blood pressure.

[brush]

63. Good idea. May even add a couple of years lifespan too 'cause sometimes FOX can be stroke inducing.

[jcgoldie]

75. What happened to Juan Williams?

I don't watch fox news so no clue.

[brush]

76. Don't know. Haven't heard about him in several months.

[1cheapbeemr]

15. Heh

They all look like MILF porn stars to me...

[smb]

54. Why Is One Reason It's Dolt45's Favorite Network nt

[Scurrilous]

19. Yikes!

[Richard D]

20. That is such a creepy composit n/t

[Arkansas Granny]

22. I know. I don't watch Fox. Do they all really have the identical shade of blonde hair?

[SidDithers]

24. The Onion nailed Fox for the Aretha screw up...

https://entertainment.theonion.com/fox-news-apologizes-for-mistaking-patti-labelle-for-are-1828403466




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[Iggo]

43. That's the best!

[B Stieg]

25. All wypipo look the same to me.

But god, the pic looks like some sort of perverse, postmodern Warhol!
However, "I do have a blond friend" so I'm no bigot!
Or, as many wise men have said, "I'm not racist: I hate everybody!"

[pazzyanne]

29. It surely does look like a piece of Andy Warhol's work ! Good catch, Stieg.

[B Stieg]

39. Thanks! I was thinking about the Marilyn piece(s)

https://www.google.com/search?q=warhol+and+marilyn+monroe&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS760US760&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=PC3MqLNoEV1TsM%252C5Eaxv_iJnoQy9M%252C_&usg=AFrqEzcGhM8f1g7dkQ4c7RfLpZtnDjZ-NQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7m6uWrvTcAhVE4IMKHRFMDFkQ_h0wIXoECAMQBA&biw=1344&bih=742#imgrc=PC3MqLNoEV1TsM:

[yallerdawg]

28. Fox News isn't even trying anymore.

Not fair and totally unbalanced.

They dropped that motto, you know. It worked only as a punchline.

[Chemisse]

31. I can just hear them - 'yeah, just grab a pic of some black woman.'

'Nobody will know the difference.'

[Ferrets are Cool]

58. Actually it was "none of OUR viewers will know the difference."

[LanternWaste]

33. Kind like the Sistah Soulja/Queen Latifah moment DU had three years ago.

Not DU en toto, of course... just the ones who told us how illiberal we all were yet oddly enough, no longer post here.

[dalton99a]

36. Kick

[KPN]

37. Perfect!

[BarbD]

38. Incredible collection of inept clones.

Just when I think I can no longer be appalled, Fox pulls something like this. They can no longer justify the word "News" in their title.

[njhoneybadger]

41. That is Fox saying "I really don't care do U

No R-E-S-P-E-C-T here and don't forget about the feud between her and Patti Labelle

[DesertRat]

42. More (including men)

[Scurrilous]

45. FOX News is to dye for.

[Arkansas Granny]

48. LOL. Good one.

[appalachiablue]

64. Thread winner

[DesertRat]

65. Can't forget the dyer-in-chief

[bdamomma]

70. good one

[malaise]

87. DUzy

Excellent!

[Totally Tunsie]

46. Stunning montage. So funny, but so true.

"Type"? What type??

[hot2na]

47. Hey they all look alike!

The Barbie-Bots on Fox, that is!

[rurallib]

49. no, no, no - one has glasses

[KY_EnviroGuy]

84. Diversity is the 'in' thing, ya know....

.......

[heaven05]

50. I know what this is all about

we all look alike, to a certain sub-culture.... Ugly has really shown up again from the grave 'decent' people were trying to bury it in. Even had 8 years of a decent human being as POTUS, his FLOTUS and his VPOTUS who really tried to do things right. And that in the face of unprecedented racist obstruction by the WSP/POP/GOP.

It just saddens me that this is always the go-to when white people want to prove they are REALLY in charge, always.....Civil War, 'free the slaves', segregation- Jim Crow-laws-regulation...on through to 1960's, white racism in the form of lynchings, drownings, disappearing whole family's, arresting and disappearing black men for 'vagrancy' and such. Renting them out to amerikkkan corporations doing the real dirty work, mining for elements needed and dying by the hundreds, graves never marked!!! Human beings murdered for the elements needed by U. S. Steel et al.

Killing, disappearing and lynching AA, everywhere and almost every day. Army veterans mostly because they saved up pay to buy land when the got finished serving this ungrateful and viciously racist country. Men and women who tried to grab hold of the 'American dream', everywhere and every day. My grandfather was one of them and he and the sheriff had an understanding, they were both vets of the same Hearst created conflict. Klan came one night, klan left empty-handed that night and never returned after a fairly short firefight. They never were to bother my family again. Long story short.

And here we are again with the 'white patriots' marching through the streets, killing and maiming. Ostensibly for their civil rights...what bullshit!!!!

We all look alike to them. That's why faux snooze did it. No other goddamn reason except they did it on purpose just to disrespect the Queen of Soul's passing.

[keithbvadu2]

51. One black woman's pic for another. To FOX, they all look alike.

[kimbutgar]

53. It appears the same hair color dye is required to be on Fox.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

85. They've all been ran through the Murdoch Prep Machine...

First, they suck out all their brains.
Next, they're forced to drink a gallon of Murdoch Kool-Aid.
Then, dye all hair same blonde color (Rupert's fave).
Install above the knees skirt and high heels and cleavage-revealing top.

I did read the couches they sit on are special built to show max leg. You're notice how uncomfortable the men are sitting on them, LOL.

....... ........

[hibbing]

55. We beat the communist in Japan n/t

[ooky]

57. Hmm..wonder what the qualifications to work there are?

[Onyrleft]

59. I'm gonna miss Aretha's sweet potato pie though.

[Quayblue]

68. It was intentional nt

[bdamomma]

69. just looking at those

pictures that is their aryan society wtf:

[JHan]

71. K&R

[Lithos]

72. Ohh

I expect the carpet doesn't match the drapes here...

And yes, it was bias...

L-

[GulfCoast66]

74. The minute I read It knew it was no mistake.

And a disgusting dive into freeperville proved it. Not 5 post in and they started on the ‘they all look the same’. Racist bullshit.

From the beginning Fox rejected the the non-partisan label.

This is the first step into their descent into open racism.

I fully expect within the next couple of months to read where they are defending bringing back racial epithets in the name of the first amendment.

Notice I typed I read it. Fox is blocked in my home.

And if I go into a business playing it on the TV I object politely. If they do not change it, I leave.

[Billsmile]

77. Article the image is from.

https://www.thecut.com/2017/08/politics-of-blonde-hair-from-persephone-to-ivanka-trump.html

[Honeycombe8]

80. A powerful tweet. nt