Posts Tagged ‘typos’

MSNBC includes deceased auto tycoon in poll data

TVNewser reports that MSNBC displayed an on-air graphic yesterday that incorrectly listed one of the candidates as “Henry Ford.” Henry Ford died in 1947 and was founder of Ford Motor Company.

The graphic should have read “Harold Ford Jr.” who, as TVNewser points out, once served as an MSNBC contributor.

Apprently this Chyron op didn’t major in ‘cummunication’

A tipster sent us this screen grab from Fox Sports’ Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

FNC briefly ‘reassigns’ Sanford to wrong party

TVNewser noticed that Fox News Channel incorrectly identified South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford as a democrat. The site reports: “The (D) on the lower third banner appeared for about seven seconds. The banner was then switched to quotes Sanford was giving before the correct (R) designation was inserted” and also mentions this occurred in October 2006, Fox News mislabeled disgraced Florida GOP congressman Mark Foley as a democrat.