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Fox's football fail: Can they get anything right?

November 19, 2009 11:13 am ET

On November 19, Fox News' America's Newsroom displayed an onscreen graphic suggesting that the biggest rivalry in college football is between The Ohio State University and Michigan State University:

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    • Author by all your eyes (November 19, 2009 11:16 am ET)
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      yawn.
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      • Author by brian3451 (November 19, 2009 11:44 am ET)
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        I'm not surprised its coming from the same control room that gave us Hannity's BS last week.
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      • Author by Bad News (November 19, 2009 12:22 pm ET)
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        Fox News has three categories of Journalism.

        1. Sadistic

        2. Poetic License

        3. The Copy Editor ate my Home Work


        Mr. News
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        • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (November 19, 2009 2:50 pm ET)
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          The Copy Editor ate my Home Work
          On Fox News, no one knows you're a dog...
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    • Author by DAWUSS (November 19, 2009 11:16 am ET)
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      Production error from the copy editor again?
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    • Author by MidnightWriter (November 19, 2009 11:19 am ET)
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      I'm surprised they didn't add a (D).
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    • Author by foghornleghorn (November 19, 2009 11:22 am ET)
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      What's especially sad is that Ohio State played Michigan State about 6 weeks ago.

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    • Author by MickD (November 19, 2009 11:25 am ET)
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      They simply don't care. When you write false chylons all day, you think there is an "editor?" F-no.
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    • Author by RINO (November 19, 2009 11:32 am ET)
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      The funny thing is that Bill Hemmer is from Cincinnati, OH.
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    • Author by tbone (November 19, 2009 11:43 am ET)
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      Hard to believe there wasn't a SINGLE staff member who is a Wolverine or Buckeye running through the newsroom yelling NOOOOO!

      Most alums are serious about their football but these two schools approach semi-rabid. For full on rabid though, you gotta go to the (Big 12) or almost any team in the SEC.
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      • Author by political_left-religious_right (November 19, 2009 12:52 pm ET)
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        Maybe Ann Coulter (alumna, UM Law School) will have something to say about it.
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      • Author by foghornleghorn (November 19, 2009 6:03 pm ET)
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        OSU/Michigan is the biggest game of every year. But then again, I'm terribly biased due to being a Buckeye.
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    • Author by woody357 (November 19, 2009 11:45 am ET)
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      Football: No. 12 Ohio State Routs No. 20 Michigan State in East Lansing Courtesy: OhioStateBuckeyes.com Release: 10/18/2008
      They do play Michigan in Ann Arbor this weekend but thats not Michigan state so this footage is over a year old.


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    • Author by princeofwheels (November 19, 2009 11:53 am ET)
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      Next week they'll show the crowd from Michigan Stadium as the crowd for Palins' book signing.
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    • Author by rwmacdonald2091 (November 19, 2009 12:05 pm ET)
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      ALRIGHT THIS HAS GONE TO FAR

      For these nimrods to call themselves a news network, when they can't even get my alma mater correct when talking about THE football game with that other school. This has to be the epitome of hack journalism.

      I for one, will quit watching this sorry excuse for a new source, until they clean up their act and quit lying to the American public.

      Oh damn, wait a minute, I don't watch them now! Sorry for going off the handle.
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    • Author by goesto11 (November 19, 2009 12:10 pm ET)
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      Mark my words:

      You'll see Michigan State added to Glen Beck's labyrinthine conspiracy road map before the end of the week.

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      • Author by MidnightWriter (November 19, 2009 12:15 pm ET)
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        I believe he already has a working theory going on the true meaning behind the bow the OSU sousaphone player offers when he dots the "i" in "Script Ohio."
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        • Author by Don Hussein Fabuloso (November 19, 2009 12:22 pm ET)
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          Fox knows that all universities are infested with liberal professors trying to indoctrinate young minds. They just meant to write Michigan Statist.
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        • Author by DAWUSS (November 19, 2009 12:24 pm ET)
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          Also, buckeyes do have some similar traits with acorns.
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    • Author by PurpleState (November 19, 2009 12:25 pm ET)
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      I've heard that SEIU and ACORN will be there to try to sway the score in Michigan's favor.

      Go JACKETS!
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    • Author by open_mind (November 19, 2009 1:25 pm ET)
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      WITH? Is this just pointing out another example of Fox's general level of incompetence?
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    • Author by Boxer1979 (November 19, 2009 2:02 pm ET)
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      On November 19, Fox News' America's Newsroom displayed an onscreen graphic suggesting that the biggest rivalry in college football is between The Ohio State University and Michigan State University:

      WTF!

      Do they even know college football rivalry?!? Hey FOX Snooze! It is Ohio State vs Michigan! That is the forever rivalry! *Facepalm*
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    • Author by Russ139 (November 19, 2009 2:57 pm ET)
         
      Come to think of it, Fox's News' anchors seem more like tennis types than football types.

      An honest mistake (KEYWORD: "Mistake")
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