Chyron of the Day: Sean Hannity Goes “Rouge”

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by Steve Krakauer | 9:21 am, November 18th, 2009

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Fox News, 9:04pmET:

Sometimes a chyron misspelling is particularly glaring because it accidentally makes a separate point. And rarely the misspelling serves to reinforce the exact opposite point. Thus was the case last night on Sean Hannity’s 9pmET FNC program. But besides the misspelling, there was also a serious discussion about the viability of Sarah Palin as GOP contender.

While Palin’s new book, “Going Rogue” is going bestseller, there’s another book that sounds just like it – “Going Rouge” that’s out this week as well. This one from two Nation editors aims to mock Palin instead.

Well, for several minutes during Hannity’s top-of-the-show interview with Frank Luntz, the chyron said “Palin Goes Rouge.” A few minutes later, it was corrected to “Palin Goes Rogue”…but not before the Palin haters (who probably weren’t watching Hannity anyway) got some chuckles.

Meanwhile, the interview itself was about the language used by Sarah Palin, and Luntz discussed how viable a candidate she is. You can imagine how Hannity felt. “If she decides to get in in 2012 she will be a formidable candidate, period,” he said.

Luntz wasn’t so sure, but had a theory on why her language is sometimes picked on by her detractors. “Because she is so real, she will say things that are not as effective as they could have been,” said Luntz. Interesting theory – “backassward” is just so real.

Luntz also had a different idea for how Palin could have conducted her book tour interviews:

She should have done it live. If I had been her adviser, ‘CBS, Katie Couric, ABC, NBC, come, I’ll do an interview with any of you but you’re going to come out to Indiana, you’re going to come out to Kentucky, you’re going to come out to Nebraska, you’re going to come do it live in front of the American people.’

Seeing Palin in a one-on-one live interview would mean she couldn’t say any editor made her look bad, and maybe we could all see the “real” nature of Palin Luntz describes on full display. But instead, we get all pre-taped interviews this week.

Here’s the full interview (h/t BangTheNews):

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shootfromthehip

Fox makes mistakes like this all the time on their crawl. And Luntz is an idiot, per usual. Would closeup shot fan Glenn Beck agree that “the closer they get to you, the more likely it is that people distrust you”?

Fox News is not news at all.
Fidoohki

Nice to see you hit all the Democrapic talking points there… now what do YOU think?
ImNotBlue

shootfromthehip says:
November 18, 2009 at 11:20 am

So you disagree with years of psychological studies about television viewers, their opinions, and how to influence an audience? Really?

Nahh… you just hate all things FOX, because you’re a hater! “The sky is blue,” says FNC… and SFtH replies, “Only during the day… they’re all idiots, trying to mislead everyone. Poopy pants.” Irrational hate to the end.
tjl

Fidoohki with a typical argument: talking points blah blah, talking points blah blah… It’s a tired act man. That’s the best you can do? Instead of coming back with substance you claim that Steve is using talking points?? Yawn. We’d love to hear some substance from you when you’re ready.
ImNotBlue

tjl says:
November 18, 2009 at 2:11 pm

tjl with a typical argument: talking points blah blah, talking points blah blah… It’s a tired act man. That’s the best you can do? Instead of coming back with substance you claim that Fidoohki is using talking points?? Yawn. We’d love to hear some substance from you when you’re ready.

How easy was that?!