Whoops! Fox and Friends Mixes Up GM With GE In Chevy Volt Report
On Friday’s Fox and Friends, segment producers accidentally flubbed a report that GE was ordering their employees the GM Volt. GE was mixed up with GM on the chyron and the teleprompter, causing a temporary panic on set. “GM is struggling to sell its Chevy Volts and the company is forcing its workers to drive them!” guest host Juliet Huddy erroneously began reading.
“Awwwww!” co-anchor Steve Doocy lamented, clearly torn up inside about employees having to drive company-bought electric cars.
The mistaken initial report seemed terrible — ‘GM can’t sell these cars, so they’re forcing their own employees to drive them!’ but in fact, was actually an effort by GE to green their fleets.
“All GM employees who get company cars are — they really have no choice!” Huddy continued. “They’re going get a $40,000 electric car… why are you?”
Eric Bolling — whom Fox News viewers know has never been a fan of the heavily-subsidized car and in fact, allegedly ran out of electricity in the Lincoln Tunnel test-driving one — interrupted Huddy and questioned whether they had gotten their companies mixed up.
“Is it GM or GE?” he interjected.
“GM,” reiterated Huddy.
“GE! Thank you!” she quickly corrected.
Whoops! As the late, great Gilda Radner might say, “Never mind!”
Amusingly, Green Car Report’s John Voelcker just yesterday anticipated a segment like this was on the way: “Stand by for shrieking from certain segments of the media about how ‘GE Forces Employees Into Electric Cars!'”
Watch the mix-up below via Fox News:
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