Chyron Of The Day: Fox News Covers Breaking Missing Dummy Story
Fox News, 11:38amET:Before we start this story, we want to make clear that this is real, and not an Onion video or something. Ok so on the afternoon news show Happening Now, Fox News covered the case of a missing ventriloquist dummy. It took an anchor, a reporter and a graphics department that surely had...
Chyron Of The Day: Tiger Woods Is “Back With A Bang”
MSNBC, 10:28amET:Tiger Woods had a great first round of golf yesterday at the Masters - his best first round ever in the tournament. But which network's chyron writer was going to take the bold step to make a sex joke with the news? Not Comedy Central - MSNBC.
Chyron Of The Day: Rick Sanchez Is Sad About This Zebra
CNN, 3:29pmET:Rick Sanchez has some sad news for you, CNN viewers. Remember Lima the Zebra? No?Well listen, he escaped in Atlanta but now he's dead. Let Rick soothe your soul with this sad report, set to some Salsa music.
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.
Chyron Of The Day: CNN Can’t Spell “Massachussettes”
Praise be to spell check! Without it, we'd reveal ourselves to be poorer spellers than we appear to be. An thankfully, its now ubiquitous; no longer just a feature in word processors - its now built into e-mail clients, blogging software, you name it. But one application that does not yet appear to have spell...
Chyron of the Day: Fox & Friends Explores Pres. Obama’s Bowing Problem
Fox News, 8:14amET:Several blogs picked up the story of Pres. Barack Obama appearing to bow yet again over the weekend. Only this time it wasn't with a foreign dignitary - it was with the Mayor of Tampa, Florida. Fox & Friends used this opportunity to explore all the bowing this President has done...
Joan Rivers on Larry King: Air Travel A Nightmare, Airport Agent A “Moron”
On last night's Larry King Live, Joan Rivers was not pleased about her treatment at a Costa Rican airport. Thanks to a mixup at the ticket counter, she was held back by airport security while her family flew home to the US. Rivers wasn't afraid to show her indignation: she called the agent who detained...
Chyron Of The Day: The San Francisco Sea Lions Hate America
Fox News, 11:40amET:Look what you did, America? You made those famous sea lions at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco go away. Thankfully, Fox News is all over this story.
Chyron of the Day: Dr. Nancy Asks If Tiger Woods Is A Sex Addict
MSNBC, 12:20pmET:"What's up with all those women?" asked Dr. Nancy Snyderman today on MSNBC, during her discussion about Tiger Woods and the increasing number of names being associated with the billionaire golfer. And she has a theory: sex addiction. And some other theories.
Chyron of the Day: Bad Golf News Puns Begin In Tiger Woods Story
Fox News, 12:14pmET:It took about 12 hours for the initial reports of the serious nature of Tiger Woods' car crash to turn into more questions than answers. It took another 12 before news anchors began making bad golf puns - as is par for the course.
Chyron of the Day: Sean Hannity Goes “Rouge”
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...
Chyron of the Day: Dr. Nancy Bravely Questions Women’s Athletics
MSNBC, 12:50pmET:By now, everyone has likely seen the video of the hair-pulling, punching female college soccer player who has been suspended indefinitely. Dr. Nancy Snyderman took this as an opportunity to delve into the topic of whether women athletes are just too darn aggressive and emotional these days.
