This morning Fox News & Friends, a morning show on that cable news network that we all know and love, showed digitally altered photographs of New York Times reporter Jacques Steinberg his editor Steven Reddicliffe.
Reddicliffe, who once worked for the Rupert Murdoch-owned TV Guide, has recently upset Rupert Murdoch through the mind control techniques he has applied to his reporter, Jacques Steinberg, who in turn, has written a piece about how Fox News is no longer going to be #1. Learn the sordid story at Media Matters. A KABOBexplanation and prediction after the jump.
So, okay. Maybe yellowing your friends’ teeth, receding their hairlines, exaggerating their chins and ears, and giving them dark circles under their eyes is now considered endearing. Didn’t I read somewhere that dark under-eye circles were once a hot accessory back in the 80s? Something about them either making you look like you worked hard at your white-collar job and got little sleep, or making you look perpetually coked-up. Double points for both.
Fox News & Friends showed the offending mug shots this morning while reporting that these two reporters had previously reported that Fox News’ place as the #1 cable news source for the past decade or so (gah, has it really been that long?!), is currently being threatened by CNN and MSNBC.
The story, which ran a couple of days ago in the Times, described this as an “ominous trend” for Fox News — a choice of words to obviously deliberately upset The Rupert Murdoch.
While seeking answers for Fox News’ imminent demise, Steinburg’s New York Times article found someone to actually say to him that partly to blame is that the competition has “cooler maps.” Ouch. So if Fox News’ current graphic design department is any indication of what the future holds for that network…
For the sake of Murdoch’s wallet, let’s hope they can find a Lynndie England-type of intern to blame for those crappy photoshop skillz.
Related posts:
- Thank You Mr. Murdoch
- What Would Jesus Smoke?
- Nadeem, did AOL Time Warner hire your photoshop hand for some freelance work recently?
- Bad News Fridays
- A Slow News Day
What the hell is this post doing on this blog?! Is there NOTHING going on in the Arab world?
Aren’t you in Egypt, QuiQui? What, no food riots to cover?
Posted by Firouz | July 2, 2008, 2:14 pmI don’t understand who Firouz thinks he is to try to manage the content on this blog.
Firouz, nobody likes you.
STEP.
Posted by Anonymous | July 2, 2008, 2:44 pmMy, my. Firouz, don’t you just sound pissed to see your favorite news source called out like that.
Good work, QuiQui.
Posted by Bonty | July 2, 2008, 2:59 pmIt may come as a shock to some, but this isn’t High School, though, apparently, some of you may need to go back and finish. I don’t need you to like me. What are you, 5 years old?
I don’t even have cable!
Why should ANYONE put up with substandard content like this drivel, from the “premier” Palestinian-American blog.
Posted by Firouz | July 2, 2008, 3:23 pmPalestinian-American?
Posted by Mohammad | July 2, 2008, 3:28 pm“Why should ANYONE put up with substandard content like this drivel…”
AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO FIROUZ! Is somebody forcing you to come by here every hour on the hour?
This is laughable! Einstein once defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Stop visiting, Firouz, and you don’t have to be subjected to any of it.
Wow, I really can’t stop laughing at you.
Posted by Bonty | July 2, 2008, 3:39 pmBonty, while you laugh, Palestinian children are crying for bread and Palestinian mothers are crying for their sons and husbands. Old men are crying for their land. But you keep laughing, Bonty, you keep laughing. You’re a joke.
That was Clintonesque, if I do say so myself.
Posted by Firouz | July 2, 2008, 3:46 pmYes, I do. I have no one else.
Posted by Firouz | July 2, 2008, 3:53 pmAnd I do enjoy talking to myself.
Posted by Firouz | July 2, 2008, 3:53 pmI know, Firouz joon. I know.
Posted by Firouz | July 2, 2008, 3:54 pmhahahahaha!!!!!!
let’s make sure Firouz crawls to the Zionist hole he came from
Posted by Anonymous | July 2, 2008, 3:58 pmI know, Firouz joon. I know.
It’s good to see you guys are learning Farsi already. Way to stay ahead of the curve.
Posted by programmer craig | July 3, 2008, 9:50 amThe better… we are coming.
Posted by shirzad | July 3, 2008, 11:55 am