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h/t to Deborah from NewsHounds who writes:

"Bret Baier opened a segment [Sunday] with the question, " Will the high price of gas cost your kids their education?" Unfortunately, it looks like the weekend production staff at FOX News has their own education issues, at least in the spelling department."

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Required's picture

Considering their audience, I doubt anyone will notice.

casper46's picture

Surprised it wasn't edumacation.

liberalNmoderation's picture

Not really news, but damned funny.

dennis's picture

A clear typo.

Cutting edge reporting from Deborah at NewsHounds.

On top of her game.

Priceless!

Guess we already see the evidence of it costing someone their education. The first victim was the person who types the crawl info for Fox News.

CAlI's picture

Is our childrens learning?

Ruthless People's picture

Is our children learning?

Geraldo's picture

dennis @ 4:

A clear typo.

Cutting edge reporting from Deborah at NewsHounds.

On top of her game.

Yeah, big whoop. It's slightly amusing but not really worth wasting time commenting on. Oh wait.

peter's picture

It's their Moran moment

Ron's picture

Don't they have spell check? Or maybe Hannity set up their spell check.

Annoyed Canuck's picture

"Is our [conservative news shills] learning?"

No matter. Spelling and grammar are for gay, gun-hating, affirmative action-loving, tax-raising, tree-hugging Libruls.

CAlI's picture

Ruthless People @ 7:

Is our children learning?

lol I said it first.

RW's picture

Hey, FUX is run by inbred hillbillies in Armani's... didn't yer mama ever tell ya it AINT nice to make fun o mentally slow folk?

jazzmaniac's picture

Obviously their entire graphics department is home schooled.

Dr. Hussein Matt's picture

princess @ 4:

A clear typo.
Cutting edge reporting from Deborah at NewsHounds.
On top of her game.

It only took princess 3 minutes to run to the defense of faux.

On top of her game.

You forgot to include some typo from Obama...

Not on top of her game.

jeff's picture

When you hire people from Liberty U. what do expect?

casper46's picture

dennis @ 4:

A clear typo.

Cutting edge reporting from Deborah at NewsHounds.

On top of her game.

Clearly republics don't do irony either.

Dr. Hussein Matt's picture

It will only be a matter of time before faux resorts to:

Former President George W Bush (D)

or perhaps

Furmer Preizdent Geerge w Boosh (D)

jeff's picture

....waht do you expect.

Ironic

Obummer's picture

they should check thier fatcs.

liberalNmoderation's picture

Geraldo @ 8:

dennis @ 4:

A clear typo.

Cutting edge reporting from Deborah at NewsHounds.

On top of her game.

Yeah, big whoop. It's slightly amusing but not really worth wasting time commenting on. Oh wait.

*snicker* Hehehehe.

constituent's picture

i can't say much. i'm not the best at spelling.

PorridgeGun's picture

ah, they're just pandering to their conservative audience.

stevo's picture

Why can't Bretty read?

new word otter's picture

Annoyed Canuck @ 11:

"Is our [conservative news shills] learning?"

No matter. Spelling and grammar are for gay, gun-hating, affirmative action-loving, tax-raising, tree-hugging Libruls.

have you seen 'idiocracy'? luke wilson's character 'not sure' is accused of talking 'faggy' all the time. it's not gonna take 500 years as the movie suggests. more like 50 unless we all smarten up as a society.

liberalNmoderation's picture

casper46 @ 17:

dennis @ 4:

A clear typo.

Cutting edge reporting from Deborah at NewsHounds.

On top of her game.

Clearly republics don't do irony either.

Nope...satire and irony...two concepts they cannot fathom...like spelling.

liberalNmoderation's picture

new word otter @ 25:

Annoyed Canuck @ 11:

"Is our [conservative news shills] learning?"

No matter. Spelling and grammar are for gay, gun-hating, affirmative action-loving, tax-raising, tree-hugging Libruls.

have you seen 'idiocracy'? luke wilson's character 'not sure' is accused of talking 'faggy' all the time. it's not gonna take 500 years as the movie suggests. more like 50 unless we all smarten up as a society.

Yeah...fat chance these knuckledraggers are all gonna do us all a favor and go extinct anytime soon.

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liberalNmoderation's picture

Dr. Hussein Matt @ 15:

princess @ 4:

A clear typo.
Cutting edge reporting from Deborah at NewsHounds.
On top of her game.

It only took princess 3 minutes to run to the defense of faux.

On top of her game.

You forgot to include some typo from Obama

Not on top of her game.

doc..you're on fire!

Since we recognize the error or typo, does that make us educated elitist? If so, where is my glass of white wine?

JR's picture

What do you expect? FOX is the mouth piece of the Bush Administration. Do you really expect them to be educatified?

Big E's picture

Dewds, it was a clear strategery ...

altho' not many folks know: that:

'EDUCTAION' is the process of building a germ warfare proof room with
grey duct tape and plastic sheeting.

Ron's picture

JR @ 31:

What do you expect? FOX is the mouth piece of the Bush Administration. Do you really expect them to be educatified?

Electrified, as in the chair for war crimes.

constituent @ 22:

i can't say much. i'm not the best at spelling.

Nor am I. That's why there is always a dictionary right here on my desk. It gets used a lot! Especially when the spell check here at C&L doesn't work for me, like right now.

constituent's picture

dennis @ 4:

A clear typo.

Cutting edge reporting from Deborah at NewsHounds.

On top of her game.

gotta have alittle fun

Jerry's picture

Meh it's OK, the US is rated the lowest in the western world in edumacation so there are no places to loose ....

constituent's picture

pissed off patricia @ 30:

Since we recognize the error or typo, does that make us educated elitist? If so, where is my glass of white wine?

i'll have a glass of that also....liquid lunch

cg's picture

I also like the Cavuto. Don't accuse Fox News for making such a ridiculous statement. They're just asking!

Psst - it's not gas prices that are hurting education, it's the fact that the GOP doesn't give a rat's ass about education.

bilhelm-X's picture

pissed off patricia @ 30:

Since we recognize the error or typo, does that make us educated elitist? If so, where is my glass of white wine?

I'll drink to that!

-Elaine Stritch

Fox pwns Fox, I really wanted to hear the story about how great everything is going, you know No child lefty behind and gasoline at $2K a bayroll!

A little OT but not much. The other night BillO said he had asked everyone to conserve energy and they had done as he requested and it showed. So he wanted to thank them for doing as he had asked them to do.

So it wasn't the high prices of gas or anything else that made Americans pull back on their energy use, it was the request of the mighty BillO.

constituent @ 37:

pissed off patricia @ 30:

Since we recognize the error or typo, does that make us educated elitist? If so, where is my glass of white wine?

i'll have a glass of that also....liquid lunch

Mine better show up soon or some orange juice cartons are gonna start flying here.

Jack Damage's picture

..... funny... sad, but funny..... The puns are writing themselves... I'mma gonna let others poke fun at these knotheads at Faux over ther edjumafication gaf-feee.....heheh JD

Jerry's picture

pissed off patricia @ 40:

So it wasn't the high prices of gas or anything else that made Americans pull back on their energy use, it was the request of the mighty BillO.

Mental energy that is ........... the country leads the world !

taller ghost walt's picture

I've lost all respect for Brett Baier.

He used to serve the Raleigh CBS market on WRAL but now I can't stand to look at him.

Ron's picture

pissed off patricia @ 41:

constituent @ 37:

pissed off patricia @ 30:

Since we recognize the error or typo, does that make us educated elitist? If so, where is my glass of white wine?

i'll have a glass of that also....liquid lunch

Mine better show up soon or some orange juice cartons are gonna start flying here.

I have been waiting for mine since I got 12 of 12 right on the pew test.

bilhelm-X's picture

No child left beehive!

goldenjoe's picture

“Bret Baier opened a segment [Sunday] with the question, ” Will the high price of gas cost your kids their education?” Unfortunately, it looks like the weekend production staff at FOX News has their own education issues, at least in the spelling department.”

Looks like the staff at NewsHounds HAVE their own educational issues....

OlGal's picture

Looks like correct grammar isn't a part of this commentary.

Looks like the staff (singular) HAS (singular) ITS (singular) own (not THEIR) educational issues . . .

Ron @ 45:

pissed off patricia @ 41:

constituent @ 37:

pissed off patricia @ 30:

i'll have a glass of that also....liquid lunch

Mine better show up soon or some orange juice cartons are gonna start flying here.

I have been waiting for mine since I got 12 of 12 right on the pew test.

Are you still bragging about that? I swear Ron, I'll buy you a bottle of white wine if you will stop rubbing it in that you are one question smarter than I am. Deal? ;)

Ron's picture

pissed off patricia @ 48:

Ron @ 45:

pissed off patricia @ 41:

constituent @ 37:

Mine better show up soon or some orange juice cartons are gonna start flying here.

I have been waiting for mine since I got 12 of 12 right on the pew test.

Are you still bragging about that? I swear Ron, I'll buy you a bottle of white wine if you will stop rubbing it in that you are one question smarter than I am. Deal? ;)

Well, I do deserve it since I'm such an elitist. LOL!

P.D.'s picture

It just seems to get better. McCain's gaffes, Faux News exposed for the right-wing propaganda network they truly are. What's next? McCain doing a Bush moment and start to dance around, while reporters watch speechless?

constituent's picture

VP pick for mcBush...my educated guess m. romney
alias george hamilton

LongTooth's picture

Whi on urth wast my tiym with this drivil? Whutz yur poynt?

abarts's picture

Fail Engrish? Unpossible.

Beelzebud's picture

ROFL

Classic Fox News right there.

Ron @ 49:

pissed off patricia @ 48:

Ron @ 45:

pissed off patricia @ 41:
I have been waiting for mine since I got 12 of 12 right on the pew test.

Are you still bragging about that? I swear Ron, I'll buy you a bottle of white wine if you will stop rubbing it in that you are one question smarter than I am. Deal? ;)

Well, I do deserve it since I'm such an elitist. LOL!

I'll see you your smarty pants test score elitism and raise you a pair of Birkenstocks. Now, who is more elitist?

White wine all around, bartender.

rain's picture

Did anyone ever stop to think that just maybe the word was spelled incorrectly for a reason? After all, they were speaking about the education of our children.

dashriprock's picture

it is Fox....facts and spelling are not paramount for the viewers

constituent's picture

http://pewresearch.org/newsiq/

take the test if you missed out.......if you have trouble understanding your score which many did Ron will
interpret for you....with glass in hand

arkadin's picture

the more important gaffe here is the quote that schools are "making kids walk further from home," which is, of course, incorrect. the kids must now walk farther, not further.

Bonkers's picture

constituent @ 58:

http://pewresearch.org/newsiq/

take the test if you missed out.......if you have trouble understanding your score which many did Ron will
interpret for you....with glass in hand

Ok! I took it and scored an 11/12 (91% better than average). The one I missed was about the Dow Jones. I don't know how I feel about that, but if I had to miss one and not be ashamed, that would be it. Speaking of which, I can't believe that only 28% of people got #3 correct...maybe they guessed higher, but geez oh man...

leftminded's picture

“Bret Baier opened a segment [Sunday] with the question

Actually, they phrase it in the form of an exclamation.

cg the 2nd's picture

arkadin @ 59:

the more important gaffe here is the quote that schools are "making kids walk further from home," which is, of course, incorrect. the kids must now walk farther, not further.

Actually, the real gaffe is the suggestion that creating a situation where kids might have to *gasp* walk is a bad thing.

Nicky's picture

I am tired of this constant effort to be liddle our only Fair and Balanced" news sores.
FOX NEWS AND THE HORSE YOU ROAD IN ON.

Holy Cow!'s picture

FOX News is a prime example as to why more money needs to be put into education!

Nicky's picture

Nicky @ 63:

I am tired of this constant effort to be liddle our only Fair and Balanced" news sores.
FOX NEWS AND THE HORSE YOU ROAD IN ON.

Sorry, that should have been HOARSE. It's not like I'm as stooppid as Terry Bradshaw or nuthin.

Robert's picture

Funny that in the video the question is punctuated by an exclamation point.

cg the 2nd's picture

Robert @ 66:

Funny that in the video the question is punctuated by an exclamation point.

Actually it is a question mark (i.e. a "Cavuto"). It certainly looks like an exclamation mark though.

Nicky's picture

arkadin @ 59:

the more important gaffe here is the quote that schools are "making kids walk further from home," which is, of course, incorrect. the kids must now walk farther, not further.

Is that one of them pointy headed liberal New Yorker jokes. If it is, I still don't get it.

Is it "The farther I get from the truth, the more I need truth from the Father.
or "The further you is from the Father, you don't need to tell no truth?" Don't want no nuns a rappin on me.

Pericles's picture

Why do libruls hate dyslexics?

cg the 2nd's picture

Pericles @ 69:

Why do libruls hate dyslexics?

We untie, not divide.

Space Coyote's picture

You libruls can keep sending ur kids to pubic schools, I'm gonna get my kid into Regents Universaty so he can get a real eductaion.

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Johnny "Terrorist Fist Bump" Bravo's picture

1 Required Says: Considering their audience, I doubt anyone will notice.
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Damn you beat me to it :-D

Pericles's picture

constituent @ 51:

VP pick for mcBush...my educated guess m. romney
alias george hamilton

Not George Hamilton. Romney=Hymie The Robot.

sluggo's picture

If this represents the level of their news checking skills I really want to listen to FOX news about all the recalled food/drugs/toys/cars. When people's lives are on the line who can you trust more than Fact-Checked-FOX news?

fuKKKs!
you just can't get any dumbberer

Jeff's picture

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,388942,00.html

"Obama's Overseas Trip a Politial Stunt? Supporter Sen. Claire McCaskill Reacts"

That's some nice spelling there Lew. Someone needs to get fired.

Pericles's picture

cg the 2nd @ 67:

Robert @ 66:

Funny that in the video the question is punctuated by an exclamation point.

Actually it is a question mark (i.e. a "Cavuto"). It certainly looks like an exclamation mark though.

FOX has invented the punctuational equivalent of a SPORK. A symbol that could be either an exclamation point or a question mark, and has no function other than to send subliminal messages to hillbillies. It's only fitting that it should be called a Cavuto. (I see it's already in the Urban Dictionary. It should probably be in Wikipedia, too.)

I find it really ironic that the conservative movement made such an effort to reduce the American political discourse to a series of knee-jerk three word slogans, and while they were successful in that, they also ended up adding so many words to signify political dirty tricks to the American political lexicon. "Cavuto," "Swiftboating," "Watergate" (and the practice of adding 'gate' as a suffix to any political scandal), "Rovian playbook/tactics," "Bushed," to give somebody a "Dick Cheney." What are some others?

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Pericles @ 78:

cg the 2nd @ 67:

Robert @ 66:

Funny that in the video the question is punctuated by an exclamation point.

Actually it is a question mark (i.e. a "Cavuto"). It certainly looks like an exclamation mark though.

FOX has invented the punctuational equivalent of a SPORK. A symbol that could be either an exclamation point or a question mark, and has no function other than to send subliminal messages to hillbillies. It's only fitting that it should be called a Cavuto. (I see it's already in the Urban Dictionary. It should probably be in Wikipedia, too.)

I find it really ironic that the conservative movement made such an effort to reduce the American political discourse to a series of knee-jerk three word slogans, and while they were successful in that, they also ended up adding so many words to signify political dirty tricks to the American political lexicon. "Cavuto," "Swiftboating," "Watergate" (and the practice of adding 'gate' as a suffix to any political scandal), "Rovian playbook/tactics," "Bushed," to give somebody a "Dick Cheney." What are some others?

Gannonize. (verb)
democratic underground defines it as "to ignore something until it goes away", but I always thought it was probably something much more disturbing and probably scatological.

mister mix's picture

all of you also missed the fact that there was a "!" and not an "?" at the end of that statement/question. so they just butchered the hell out of that educational segment. can't spell and can't comprehend grammar.

Rusty Shackleford's picture

liberalNmoderation @ 29:

Dr. Hussein Matt @ 15:

princess @ 4:

A clear typo.
Cutting edge reporting from Deborah at NewsHounds.
On top of her game.

It only took princess 3 minutes to run to the defense of faux.

On top of her game.

You forgot to include some typo from Obama

Not on top of her game.

doc..you're on fire!

Matt has a PhD in troll-pwning.

Joe!'s picture

Learning the difference between a mispelling and typo is a great deal.

Dumbest blog report ever.

Georgi's picture

I enjoy irony as much as the next man. However, this IS a typo, and that takes quite a bit of fun away from it. It being posted on a blog routinely attacking Fox that is... Compared to the other, quite substantive things, this post seems just plain futile...

gempei's picture

LongTooth @ 52:

Whi on urth wast my tiym with this drivil? Whutz yur poynt?

U lrnt frum hukt onn fonix tu?

Annaleigh's picture

Faux News, the edumacation channel! Seriously, it's right up there with Discovery and TLC! ;)

hello's picture

My first thought was that maybe FOX had outsourced their captioning department, but then I remembered that most of the english-speaking noobs I've ever chatted with can actually spell 'our' words very well.

Pure FOX incompetence at play again here. It's what happens when all of your interns are UCLA cheerleaders and frat boys.

hello's picture

jazzmaniac @ 14:

Obviously their entire graphics department is home schooled.

Nothing wrong with home schooling, if you has a good teacher.

The public eductaion school system also has more than it's share of bad teachers too, as some of us have learned the hard way.

Herbert's picture

This post is childish.

chiechie's picture

all they did was transpose the letters....i agree with Herbert.

Annaleigh's picture

Every television channel makes mistakes and has typos and other errors, but with Fox News this is too commonplace. Anyone else remember their confusion of Frederick Douglass and Stephen Douglas with respect to the Lincoln/Douglas debates?

Joe!'s picture

Herbert @ 88:

This post is childish.

...and embarrasing

[How are you embarrassed? By your spelling of 'embarrassing' no doubt-Sitemonitor]

bilhelm-X's picture

Annaleigh @ 90:

Every television channel makes mistakes and has typos and other errors, but with Fox News this is too commonplace. Anyone else remember their confusion of Frederick Douglass and Stephen Douglas with respect to the Lincoln/Douglas debates?

Wha? Michael Douglas debated Lincoln??

John W's picture

Sometimes the jokes just write themselves. And sometimes the folks at Fox help.

Annaleigh's picture

bilhelm-X @ 92: Wha? Michael Douglas debated Lincoln??

Yeah, and Warren Beatty was the moderator. I heard on Fox News, it must be true! :P

Peter G's picture

I love it when those new or infrequent posters like Joe, chiechie and Herbert drop around to defend Fox and call everyone childish. We do know where you're from you know. You're not fooling anyone.

Peter G's picture

While you're here trolls can you explain why the chyron operator always substitutes a D for an R next to the name of every politician caught diddling pages or otherwise getting caught in flagrante delicto. Wiki that term and get back to us.

Joe!'s picture

Joe! @ 91:

Herbert @ 88:

This post is childish.

...and embarrasing

[How are you embarrassed? By your spelling of 'embarrassing' no doubt-Sitemonitor]

No that this site keeps lowering its standards by making stories out of non-stories, a trend of Fox News ... how ironic eh?

[But you still visit. How's THAT for irony? Sitemonitor]

Joe!'s picture

Peter G @ 96:

While you're here trolls can you explain why the chyron operator always substitutes a D for an R next to the name of every politician caught diddling pages or otherwise getting caught in flagrante delicto. Wiki that term and get back to us.

I'm not a troll, and it is totally legit to call them out on that. But it's a completly different thing since when they mess with the R's and D's or photoshop faces of their enemies, then it's intentional and it's slander. This "story" however is crap. It's a fucking typographical error.

hello's picture

Joe! @ 98:

Peter G @ 96:

While you're here trolls can you explain why the chyron operator always substitutes a D for an R next to the name of every politician caught diddling pages or otherwise getting caught in flagrante delicto. Wiki that term and get back to us.

I'm not a troll, and it is totally legit to call them out on that. But it's a completly different thing since when they mess with the R's and D's or photoshop faces of their enemies, then it's intentional and it's slander. This "story" however is crap. It's a fucking typographical error.

Yet too commonplace and typical of FOX Noise.

I can't understand how they can stay on the air, quite frankly -- or why anyone would watch any of their crapola.

Shag's picture

Why the surprise? They are a bunch of rightwing idiots, who are in such a rush to further their bullshit agenda, they don't care about truth and editing, nor quality control.

Joe!'s picture

Joe! @ 97:

Joe! @ 91:

Herbert @ 88:

This post is childish.

...and embarrasing

[How are you embarrassed? By your spelling of 'embarrassing' no doubt-Sitemonitor]

No that this site keeps lowering its standards by making stories out of non-stories, a trend of Fox News ... how ironic eh?

[But you still visit. How's THAT for irony? Sitemonitor]

ahhh you got me...

fish's picture

The education issues continued tonight at Fox, with Bill O'Reilly claiming that 2/3 = .750 -- bonus on the funny considering his show is called "The Factor".

"John McCain was correct that the war was fought ineptly for years and correct about the surge. So he's batting 750. The one strikeout for McCain, and for most of us, was going into Iraq in the first place."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,388621,00.html

While of course we can also debate the entire premise of O'Reilly's scorekeeping, I'm fairly certain that 2 hits and 1 strikeout would be 2 out of 3... a batting average of .666 -- probably a good call that he just didn't want that number associated with McCain.

Nate's picture

It's called a typo...

miss_kitty's picture

Nate @ 103:

It's called a typo...

It's called 'unprofessional' 'not proofread' and 'ironic' as well. We GET that it's a typo...

VegasRage's picture

might as well been idiotcation

jeff k's picture

[Deleted. Troll-Sitemonitor]

Robert's picture

mister mix @ 80:

all of you also missed the fact that there was a "!" and not an "?" at the end of that statement/question. so they just butchered the hell out of that educational segment. can't spell and can't comprehend grammar.

Perhaps you should read all the posts before making such comments, as that issue has been addressed at length.

ExSubmariner's picture

Good lord, this is a NEWS organization????....Have they not heard of spell checker in their little word processor thingy?....Even without it....can't spell 'EDUCATION'?.....what a bunch of morons.....

NoGWBpolicyleftinplace's picture

Its not mispelled! Look it up on conservadictionary.

- Sean Hannity

DBouher's picture

Fcuk there stoopid.

Mike V.'s picture

Fox News is the spawn of the son of Satan Rupert Murdock. They are so busy spewing filth hate and lies that spelling is probably the least of their concerns.

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