'Fox & Friends' accidentally shows graphic saying Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dead

[Arkansas Granny]

The hosts of “Fox & Friends” on Monday apologized for showing a graphic saying Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dead, blaming a control room error.

The graphic, similar to those marking the deaths of other famous figures, briefly showed a photo of Ginsburg and the dates “1933-2019.”

“We need to apologize … A technical error in the control room triggered a graphic of RBG with a date on it,” co-host Steve Doocy said later in the program. “We don’t want to make it seem anything other than that was a mistake. That was an accident.”

“We apologize, big mistake,” co-host Ainsley Earhardt added.

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/426276-fox-friends-accidentally-shows-graphic-saying-ruth-bader-ginsburg-is-dead

So, they already have a graphic ready to go. Is this standard practice or wishful thinking.

ETA: ?w=620

[Iliyah]

1. They are truly evil . . .

Christians my ass.

[CentralMass]

26. Seriously. These people are vile.

[Snotcicles]

2. Oh those calculated errors.

“We don’t want to make it seem anything other than that was a mistake. That was an accident.”
Seem is the key word here.

[mitch96]

18. "calculated errors."

EXACTLY. I remember another "faux pas" they made when a republican Florida legislator got caught in a male prostitution sting.. They plastered all over that he was a Democrat. I guess there are other "mistakes" they make on purpose.
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[lapfog_1]

3. standard practice - but in Fox world, hopeful wishes

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/tom-brokaw-pre-tapes/n10894

[walkingman]

4. That should get the evangelicals talking in tongues

[Dr Hobbitstein]

5. Standard practice for news networks.

Newspapers, too. They have articles on file and only need to fill in the dates and COD.

[Tarc]

6. CNN has done this several times as well, for conservative people, save the pitchforks for now

Standard practice to have graphics like this pre-done for older, famous people who may shuffle off soon.

Save the angst for genuine concerns.

[Botany]

7. "A technical error in the control room triggered a graphic of RBG with a date on it, ... "

Please so a computer put together and edited the picture and then put it out
over the air all own its own?

[Ms. Toad]

16. Nope. Pretty sure they've got graphics ready for virtually all famous people.

That way they're not caught off guard scrambling for a suitable photo. This is standard practice for networks. No one wants to be delayed in reporting a death by a an inabilty to post quickly.

A technical error literally only triggered the displah of an existing graphic.

[FM123]

8. Just wow.

This is like those shady repug candidates that send out flyers with the wrong dates / polling addresses to very specific people - not a mistake. Maybe they want to gin up the base that they should stick with trumpy and the repugs because any day now they can get a new judge, I don't even know anymore.....

[Takket]

9. Are they going to reimburse their viewers for all the champagne bottles they opened?

On a more serious note... if she dies in early 2020 will McConnell hold her seat open until after the election?

[bigtree]

10. shit, I just saw a glimpse of your thread title and it almost gave me a stroke

...phew!

[dewsgirl]

11. I stumbled upon a local news affliate on youtube during the election, that verbally announced

Hillary Clinton had died. It's only like 7 seconds.

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. "Accidentally"?

I don't think so....

[WillowTree]

13. To be fair.......

…….most news outlets, both print and media, have obits pre-prepared for aging public figures so they don't have to scramble to get something fact checked and up when the time comes.

[BlueStater]

21. And RBG just HAPPENS to be the graphic they accidentally show?

The SC justice they're constantly and gleefully talking about replacing sometime soon?

Yeah, I'm too cynical to buy that. These people are scum.

[Jake Stern]

14. Definitely NOT the first time a media outlet had a SNAFU and put out a living person's obit

Wouldn't read too much into it.

[DFW]

15. Yes, errors occur, but this was Fox and Frauds

So I doubt there was any mistake

[MichMary]

17. You may not be old enough to remember,

but the Mary Tyler Moore show had a hilarious segment where they wrote a tongue-in-cheek obit for some prominent person--and then that person died. The anchor, Ted Baxter, read it in all seriousness, as the writers watched in horror.

[Arkansas Granny]

22. I'm definitely old enough, but I don't recall that particular episode.

[MichMary]

23. Here's a link with a synopsis

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0642803/

[missingthebigdog]

28. That was my first thought!

It is the only episode of the show I have a specific memory of.

[MagickMuffin]

19. "A technical error in the control room triggered a graphic of RBG with a date on it,

Yeah, right!!!

A "technical error" sure, whatever you say.

[BlueStater]

20. These people are beyond sick.

"Control room error" my ass. What a bunch of goddamn lowlifes.

[dlk]

24. How Much More Proof is Needed to Demonstrate Fox is Merely a RW Propaganda Outlet?

They get their facts wrong on a regular basis.

[Joe941]

25. Unbelievable. A bunch of gutter dwellers.

[sweetroxie]

27. They just can't wait can they.

[struggle4progress]

29. Fox is off-air after angry crowds spontaneously destroyed their studios

Oops. Sorry. I posted that by accident. Really.

[DesertRat]

30. Scumbags

"A technical error in the control room triggered a graphic of RBG with a date on it"