In the running for 'The most bone-headed question of the war.'

Fox News Channel | 4/20/03 | Cousin Eddie

[Cousin Eddie]

Just to prove that there is an exception to every rule (in this case the rule is 'there's no such thing as a dumb question'):

This was just on Fox. Don't know the last names, but the studio anchor named Katherine (sp?), short black hair, was talking to William (seen him a zillion times but can't think of his last name) embedded with the 3rd ID in Baghdad. He's outside of Saddam's palace, midday Sunday, where an army chaplain is leading a service for the troops...

K: "I'm sure you've spoken to many members of the 3rd ID, and uhhh, the service must have special significance for them. What were they telling you about the reasons for holding it?"

W: (with a perplexed look on his face) "For the service, that is, Katherine?"

K: "Yes."

W: "I'm sorry. I didn't understand your question, Katherine, go again."

K: "Why did they decide to hold the service today, I mean, why was it so significant for them to do that?"

W: (trying to be polite) "Well...[pause]...it's Easter Sunday..."

[EternalVigilance]

I saw this whole incident, and laughed my butt off!

[MJY1288]

LOL, she does come off a little like a "Tom Boy"

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

What a doltz!

And I gotta wonder if they were having Easter/Good Friday Services in one of Saddam's palaces? Naaaaaaaaaaaaa, can't be, they have tents and chairs outdoors for these things.

[beaversmom]

Hannity was talking about something Flipper, his call screener, had said on Friday. She had been calling over to the Syrian embassy to try to get someone to come on Hannity's radio program. She couldn't get through to anyone there so she pondered out loud to Hannity that maybe they were closed because of Passover.

[Cousin Eddie]

Actually he talked for a while. After saying "it's Easter", he went on about Protestants and Catholics and how it's such an important day. After a minute or so, she jumped back in and changed the angle of her question.

[tkathy]

Fox also plasters slime all over the lips of its female commentators. I sure hope they don't start plastering slime on the lips of the men.

[Rasputin_TheMadMonk]

You try talking for hours to a camera without suffering an occasional moment of stupidity. I dare you.

Yes, she made a bonehead remark. That doesn't mean she should be trussed up like a pinyata and whacked by small latino illegals!

Some of you people are absolutely ruthless. One instance of a blonde moment and you go for the jugular. Sheesh! Remind me to never invite you guys over for a beer and bullshit session. It could get absolutely hostile.

[EternalVigilance]

You have a point. But it was still funny... ;-)

[Miss Marple]

I don't mind so much the bone-headed questions posed by anchors who are filling tons of dead air time and are probably exhausted.

I DO mind the questions asked at briefings and press conferences, when the reporters have had hours to think up questions.

From one of the CENTCOM briefings:

Have you thought about having an 800 number so Iraqis can call up and surrender?

[R. Scott]

Another Dumb Question often heard -
Reporter interviewing family of rescued POW: “How do you feel now that the POWs are rescued?”
How are they supposed to feel? Would anyone say, “Damn! I hoped they’d stay there forever!” ?

[Rasputin_TheMadMonk]

Thats not bonehead, thats intentional idiocy. Were I to get a chance at a centcom briefing or even better, an Ari palooza, I sure wouldn't waste time musing about thier cell phone charges.

I suppose that's why I wouldn't ever get a press pass. I'm neither photogenic nor capable of glaring acts of divine Duh.

Unfortunately, we are assuming that those representatives of the fourth estate have IQ's above room temperature. Never under or over estimate the intelligence of a given monkey, they'll all sling feces at you in the end.

[~Vor~]

My favorite question by a news anchor to an embedded reporter (don't remember now who it was) during the very early part of the war was, "did our troops read the Iraqi POW's their miranda rights?"....

[RightOnline]

"Have you thought about having an 800 number so Iraqis can call up and surrender?"

LMAO!!!!

1-800-Don't Shoot?

1-800-I Give Up?

1-800-Holy S**t!

What fun this could be..........:)

[Rasputin_TheMadMonk]

1-800-14A-M.O.A.B. And yes, we deliver.

[dinok]

That fake deep voice is so pathetic...

[expatguy]

I bet she wont forget the Muslim holidays

[kayak]

When I watched the DOD Townhall the other day the one thing that immediately jumped out at me was the great questions that came from the audience.

If they could just get people like these in the regular press corps.

Light bulb going on!!!

Imbed the military into the press for one month.

What a brilliant idea .... hehe!

I nominate this as Quote of the Day.

[ladyinred]

ROTFL!

[Publius6961]

Some of you people are absolutely ruthless.

Did you miss the irony between that statement and your name?

[Rasputin_TheMadMonk]

No, please, tell me what you really think of me.

:-P~~~


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