Chyron Of The Day: McCain’s Challenger Was ‘Formerly’ Female, Says FNC

Fox News, 10:09amET (Monday):

Gawker noticed an error yesterday on FNC’s America’s Newsroom – a pretty glaring chyron mistake, that identified J.D. Hayworth, running against Sen. John McCain in the Arizona Senate primary, as a “former Arizona Congresswoman.” Yeah, that’s not right.

The chyron was up for about seven seconds before it was taken down and replaced with a new one, but certainly enough time for viewers to catch it. Does this fit into the new “zero tolerance” policy at FNC?

Hayworth was talking about a female politician at the time – that Sarah Palin had endorsed McCain and will be campaigning for him. This continues a theme of endorsements for the longtime Senator, from tea partiers like Dick Armey to former primary opponents like Mitt Romney.

Meanwhile, it’s probably not a great idea to misspell the word “chyron” when a misspelling is the crux of your story – but that’s what Gawker did in the first sentence (“chiron”).

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