Fox News Lincoln-Douglas Graphic Shows Frederick Douglass

Hillary Clinton grabbed some headlines this past weekend by challenging Barack Obama to a "Lincoln-Douglas style" debate. Of course, she was referencing the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas during their Illinois Senate race.

But someone apparently missed that memo at Fox & Friends, and MSNBC noticed — last night on "Verdict" with Dan Abrams and tonight on "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann. noticed. Watch below:

Comments

[Chubbster]

It's impossible to effectively conceal deep ignorance. Or the dismal education of Fox researchers.

[Hillrick]

Fox news has a minuscule viewership who will never change their opinions. Their true purpose is to catapult garbage to the other stations by giving them validity.

[booksnmore4you]

Folks, MSNBC has this wrong. Fox is not THAT stupid. This was DELIBERATE and it should have many of us outraged.

[olivia]

I'd boycott Fox over this, but I am already boycotting them, as is every single person I am acquainted with except my rural small-town in-laws who are hopeless.

Seriously, if Fox is playing in a public place I have to leave the room because the lies and bias are so outrageous.

[Tropiholic]

nothing to say other than ROFLMAO!!!!! somebody call mensa stat!

[pertello]

I am always amazed at the brilliance over on Fox News. The saddest part is I bet none of their regular viewers saw anything amiss.

[helonias]

Uh was it Douglas Fairbanks or Kirk Douglas who debated Abe

[garymbrown]

Mistakes beget mistakes. Keith Olberman did have it on Countdown but the clip id from Dan Abrams.

[liberalissima]

Typo, typo besides.......

[liberalissima]

Let's face it; beaside the people that make news about the clowns of fox, who bothers to watch Faux News? You have to be really retarded and have a 0.5 IQ. If their rates don't go down to 10 people watching, then we have many DUMB DUMB DUMB Americans.

[Beckyjo]

There is not one person at Fox News who knows the difference between the two Douglas men!!!

[iBgood]

The trolls won't be bothered by this one bit due to the fact that they never hold their heroes up to any standards at all.

[Roxanna]

Unbelievable... Fox News plays to a "Not too educated audience". It is more like school yard mocking...

They do whatever they do to "Get Ratings" over balanced and fair reporting.

The Best anyone can do with a propagandizing untruthful station like that is to NOT WATCH IT.

[mhopgood123]

This is another example of a news network that is utterly ignoran and it is sad to see educated people watch FOX news. American needs to start researching and questioning everything they see on TV news.

[iBgood]

Accuracy in history is not part of the faux agenda.

Whether long ago or the not so distant past.

This is no surprise. They really are eff'n idiots.

[JamieFrevele]

Was this a Fox cross-promotional event for May sweeps, proving that FNC producers/anchors are indeed not smarter than a fifth grader? Ha ha...bad joke. Sorry.

[elisunday]

Goddam, that's funny--and not the least bit surprising.

[ProfessorDuh]

Well, when you're a fascist propaganda organization posing as a news organization, you naturally have contempt for news values such as accuracy. And this is the proof.

[nyboomer]

This is just another hash mark for America's educational system. (It is easy to blame Fox because I am sure they don't like to hire anyone who knows any history, but this is egregious. It is akin to our GOP pedophile Mark F. of Florida being tagged as a Democrat. Has Fox ever erred on the other side? Who can provide an example?)

[realpolitic]

A reporter must sell his soul to work for Fox.