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Oops! Fox & Friends Accidentally Identifies Elie Wiesel As “Holocaust Winner”

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Wow. We all make mistakes and typos. There will probably be at least one in this post alone. However, some typos are worse than others. This is one of those typos. Last week, Fox & Friends had on Elie Wiesel to talk about human rights injustices. However, eagle-eyed viewer Young Manhattanite was rewatching the clip online and noticed that they accidentally combined “Holocaust Survivor” and “Nobel Prize Winner” in the chyron so as to identify Weisel as a “Holocaust Winner.” Again, wow.

There’s really nothing else you can say about this. It was a mistake and they fixed it quickly. But, seriously, you could not have picked a worse moment to screw up.

Watch the video of the segment below. The typo occurs around the 0:50 mark.

(h/t Outside the Beltway via Reddit)

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  • Hugo Daun

    FNC Cheerleader: “Well, what exactly was WRONG about the original chyron crawl? If the guy is still alive, isn’t he a “holocaust winner”?

  • Atticus Draco

    Hugo Daun said:
    FNC Cheerleader: “Well, what exactly was WRONG about the original chyron crawl? If the guy is still alive, isn’t he a “holocaust winner”?

    well isnt he?!

  • Liberty Back For More
  • TfT

    Why highlight this even? This site just cracks me up, you ignore all/most of the mistakes on other networks but always highlight what happens on FNC. You are getting more and more like MSNBC – which is the network about FNC, now mediaite is going to be the site about FNC?

    Really, CBS made a huge error with President Bush’s book, where is that story?

  • Atticus Draco

    TfT said:
    Why highlight this even? This site just cracks me up, you ignore all/most of the mistakes on other networks but always highlight what happens on FNC. You are getting more and more like MSNBC – which is the network about FNC, now mediaite is going to be the site about FNC?

    Really, CBS made a huge error with President Bush’s book, where is that story?

    lol,, they dont like FOX here,, and yet,, the FOX audience is their largest users here

  • dunt

    A cynic might say he’s made a career out of celebrating his survival of the holocaust, which would make him something of a ‘Holocaust Winner’.

    However, that is too darkly funny for Fox & Friends, and perhaps my own stomach.

  • Liberty Back For More

    TfT said:
    Why highlight this even? This site just cracks me up, you ignore all/most of the mistakes on other networks but always highlight what happens on FNC. You are getting more and more like MSNBC – which is the network about FNC, now mediaite is going to be the site about FNC?

    Really, CBS made a huge error with President Bush’s book, where is that story?

    You really can’t be surprised.

  • Atticus Draco

    dunt said:
    A cynic might say he’s made a career out of celebrating his survival of the holocaust, which would make him something of a ‘Holocaust Winner’.

    However, that is too darkly funny for Fox & Friends, and perhaps my own stomach.

    The alternative “Holocaust Loser”?

    You know ,, “Holocaust Survivor”,, he survived,, he endured,, he persevered,, HE F’n WON!
    That’s pretty frickin straight forward imo

  • skyfet

    Same POS who were making fun of someone’ slips. These are the same clowns that continually give free materials to Comedy Central.

  • Big Eddie

    skyfet said:
    Same POS who were making fun of someone’ slips. These are the same clowns that continually give free materials to Comedy Central.

    skyfet . Have someone read this to you :

    http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/cbs-shows-doctored-cover-mocking-bush-s-book-1.2558626

  • The Real Royal King

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  • Pablo

    They had another chyron gaffe this morning when they identified Paul Babeu as the Sheriff of Penal County, AZ. I thought that was Joe Arpaio.

  • mediaho

    As I recall most of the cable networks hire an outside vendor/contractor to provide the chyrons on screen.
    Perhaps the networks should also employ proof readers B4 the chyrons are actually aired.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chyron

  • leftofsocialist

    Dearly Beloved:

    First, whenever media screw up they should be called out, particularly when the screw-up reflects a covertly critical opinion. And that goes for CBS as much as for Fox. Such distortions, intentional or not, required correction from news purveyors.
    Second, attempts to JUSTIFY the screw-ups (see Dunt and Atticus above) are despicable and puerile. Are we to then refer to survivors of 9-11 as “9-11 winners?” Survivors are those escape tragedy. They are perhaps escapees but not winners.

  • FredCPA

    reminds me of an old cleveland joke:
    first prize: one day in cleveland
    second prize: 2 days
    substitute cleveland for auschwitz and thats what i thought of……

    hey TfT, relax about the bush book. every media outlet still says BHO wrote DOMF. when its now well known it was ghosted by billy A. they have a track record. expect it.

  • FredCPA

    Pablo said:
    They had another chyron gaffe this morning when they identified Paul Babeu as the Sheriff of Penal County, AZ. I thought that was Joe Arpaio.

    actually its adrienne BARBEAU

  • FredCPA

    Atticus Draco said:
    The alternative “Holocaust Loser”? You know ,, “Holocaust Survivor”,, he survived,, he endured,, he persevered,, HE F’n WON!That’s pretty frickin straight forward imo

    the way i heard it though, he had some secret alliances all thru the early tribal voting elimination rounds, whatever they call them things. and they say he totally backstabbed all thru it.

  • Atticus Draco

    leftofsocialist said:
    JUSTIFY the screw-ups (see Dunt and Atticus above)

    I’M NOT JUSTIFYING ANYTHING!!
    I’M JUST TELLIN’ YA HOW I ACCEPTED IT

    I’m NOT bent outta shape over it

    I CAN TELL YOU THIS,,
    I normally watch F&F,, i didnt today,,
    BUT IF I DID,, and i saw that,,
    I can swear to ya,, i woulda said to myself,, “AINT THAT THE TRUTH!”

    I’m NOT offended,, or embarrassed,, ashamed ,,, or whatever the F’k you liberals think of this ,,
    okay,, it was a typo that HAS MERIT imo
    in a very STRONG SENSE,, it is correct,, “Holocaust Winner”

  • FredCPA

    Liberty Back For More said:
    http://www.mediaite.com/tv/ann-coulter-if-gays-in-the-military-i-demand-that-there-be-heterosexuals-at-the-ny-times/ I wonder why Mediaite deleted this article all together?

    net neutrality buddy. its a new day. overseers didnt like it. freedom is slavery!

  • ImNotBlue

    I did a tour of FNC a number of years ago, and sat in for a taping of Hannity & Colmes. While in their pre-production phase, they noticed a lower third which read, “Insert Date Here.” The reaction was swift, as the VP of graphics happened to be in the hallway. On the spot, the worker who had failed to enter the information was fired.

    This was a pretty bad goof, and odds are someone will lose (or has lost) their job over this.

    BUT it’s just a goof… and those determined to make a big deal out of it are transparently foolish.

  • stoogedudes

    Kind of off topic, but if you haven’t read his chilling book “Night”, I urge you to do so.

    The chyron deal was just an unfortunate slip, nothing more, nothing less.

  • Atticus Draco

    stoogedudes said:
    The chyron deal was just an unfortunate slip, nothing more, nothing less

    It was just another opportunity for the MEDIAite staff to possibly embarrass FOX and let known to the majority of their users,, WE DONT LIKE YOU PEOPLE,, WE THINK YOU’RE STUPID FOR WATCHIN’ FOX,, WE ARE THOROUGHLY AMAZED WHY YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO HANG OUT HERE
    Well,, that’s my take on the situation,,
    but then again,, i’m not offended in the least by an obvious faux pas and for a brief few seconds of referring to Elie Wiesel as “Holocaust Winner”

    I dont come here for the content,, i come here for the humor
    I have NO preconceived notions of being properly informed at this place,, i just come here to laugh at their attempts to do so

  • http://www.squidoo.com/lauriebethsgrotto Laurie Beth

    I second the recommendation for NIGHT. Absolutely brilliant.

  • Socialist

    It was just a small typo.. nothing big.. lets just get on with life..

  • VoiceofReason

    Talk about picking fly shit out of pepper…….

  • Phocus2

    What are you Bershad…12?

  • http://thingsthatarefuckingstupid.wordpress.com/ Keane

    Laurie Beth said:
    I second the recommendation for NIGHT. Absolutely brilliant.

    I didn’t like the ending.

  • Michael_T

    Sometimes I wonder if “Fox & Fiends” (Don Imus’ descripion) is a serious news show or simply a platform to make the other Fox News programs look better better by comparison.

  • Contessa

    buffoons.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kim-Barker/693546751 A Kim Bo

    I didn’t know the Holocaust was a reality show like the Biggest Loser or Survivor.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kim-Barker/693546751 A Kim Bo

    Atticus Draco said:
    WE DONT LIKE YOU PEOPLE,, WE THINK YOU’RE STUPID FOR WATCHIN’ FOX,, WE ARE THOROUGHLY AMAZED WHY YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO HANG OUT HERE

    No, Mediaite don’t need to say that, we got tons of scientifically researched surveys to prove that. And then we got the politically illiterate drones on this board uttering things they only ever heard on Fox (but substantiated nowhere else) reinforcing that notion. This is just the latest epic fail on the part of Fox News’ asleep at the wheel chyron writers. But you are the 1 millionth apologist for those lazy mistakes.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kim-Barker/693546751 A Kim Bo

    ImNotBlue said:
    This was a pretty bad goof, and odds are someone will lose (or has lost) their job over this.

    BUT it’s just a goof… and those determined to make a big deal out of it are transparently foolish.

    And anyone determined to make constant excuses for something that is constantly happening on Fox News is an apologist. This happens OFTEN on Fox.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kim-Barker/693546751 A Kim Bo

    mediaho said:
    As I recall most of the cable networks hire an outside vendor/contractor to provide the chyrons on screen.

    Apparently Fox has outsourced their chyron writing to India.

  • Just4thefax

    Kim Barker said:
    tons of scientifically researched

    Fact: Liberals don’t do scientific research they only react after the fact just like when one farts the liberals react like its smell! They stink! Very bad at that!

  • Just4thefax

    Kim Barker said:
    Apparently Fox has outsourced their chyron writing to India.

    Fact: Thanks India does have the most graduates of college graduates per capita vs. population on the globe. US would stand higher on this same list but because of the liberals make up to many of the uneducated mass we haven’t got a chance!

  • Heywood Jablowme

    Fox & Friends Accidentally Identifies Elie Wiesel As “Holocaust Winner.”

    That is embarrassing.

    But, worse still, is MSNBC identifying itself as a “news network.”

    It is Comedy Central II, with some “Extreme Lockup” and “World’s Greatest Molesters” (Olbermann and Schultz) thrown in for laughs.

  • Heywood Jablowme

    “Apparently Fox has outsourced their chyron writing to India.”

    And MSNBC went to prisons to get most of their programming, while CNN trolled dens of iniquity for theirs.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lars-Svensen/100001028197161 Lars Svensen

    Eely Weasel is a holocaust hustler, which is all he has ever been. He is a clone of Morris Dees; or, vice versa.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Robert-Michael-Soran-Schwartz/1389112783 Robert Michael Soran-Schwartz

    Elie Wiesel is (IMHO as the kid of Romanian-Hungarian Holocaust survivors, in other words Elie’s co-nationals) a real Holocaust winner. Without the Holocaust he would have been a nobody, a writer with no good theme to replace missing talent. More than 95% of his royalties and his jobs are based on exploiting the Holocaust: as a writer, as an extremist Zionist (I call it Nazionism, which is a perversion of Zionism), as a self-made moral instance, as a Holocaust lobbyist, as a judge of history in official commissions, as a authoritarian censor in own matters, as a Madoff PR supporter, and many more). He succeeded in becoming the showpiece Good, Poor & Pure, Innocent & Blameless Jew of Governments, Organizations, the Blameless Jew with the Right to Blame the World and its Gentiles. Sorry, but this is the reality. He’s not a bad guy, he’s just a normal guy among his generation of Jews from Europe, with all the defects humans always had, have and will have. And with a strong drive to transform all he touches in profit. Like all humans in Western societies do…
    Happy New Year

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