Fox News Fires Producer Who Chyroned Michelle Obama Barack's "Baby Mama"

Fox News has fired Jessica Herzberg, the freelance producer responsible for the "Obama's baby mama" chyron from June, according to Chickaboomer.

In June, during a segment on Fox News' "America's Election HQ," a chyron read: "Outraged Liberals: Stop Picking On Obama's Baby Mama!"

At the time, Fox News' Senior Vice President of Programming, Bill Shine, acknowledged Herzberg's poor judgment, saying, "A producer on the program exercised poor judgment in using this chyron during the segment."

Herzberg has reportedly moved on to CNBC.

Comments

[Ged2012]

Uh oh. Fox News little by little lining up behind Obama must scare the s__t of the GOP.

I noticed that they have been slowly but surely doing the right thing, especially their talking heads. If they run out of ideas defending McCain with all his gaffes and lies, who in the hell would watch Fox News if they would not try to change their GOP-biased coverage?

[LibSlayer]

Joe Biden thinks Roosevelt was president at the start of the great depression. Biden said televisions were around in 1929. Biden knows nothing.

Biden wrong choice, wrong party.

[Shayrae]

I beg to differ. He knows enough to sign onto winning campaign. You sound like a spiteful child playing one upmanship. It's unbecoming for an adult. You might want to pass that little nugget on to McCain. Now run along and play and let the adults have a conversation.

[BillCarson]

Probably a slip of the tongue. FDR went on the radio with his famous "fireside chats", as everyone knows.

[Shayrae]

You nailed it. I was surprised that Fox demanded that Major Garret's voice be removed from one of McCain vicious attack ads. Shocked even.

[BillyShears]

Fox News is so embarassing on so many levels. Telling people you watch Fox is like telling people you never made it past the third grade.

[CFAmick]

ROFL!

[DieHardObamaSupporter]

Off topic:

Do not allow Mc to postpone the debates call Commission on Presidential Debates at

[phone]

Leave a voicemail message.

[BushBites]

She already had another job lined up?

This sounds like a "she can't quit, we fired her" thing.

[cosmo86]

FOX should do something about Hannity...he is ..plain and simple ...a jerk!

[Yuma]

He makes too much money.....­..........­..........­..100Mill.

[LibSlayer]

Yup, and Hannity has 5 times the audience that MSNBC does.(aka the Obama channel)

[bdd]

Faux news must sense that Barak is going to win this.
So they want make sure he will forgive them this when it comes time for access to the White House after inauguration day.

[demofem]

Scary? Really? Did she shoot animals out of a helicopter or have her pastor lay on hands to cast out the witches and pray for campaign funding? Oh. No. Wait. That's Sarah Palin.

[john85msy]

Yeah what's up with her pastor friend and the witches?

[evekendall]

It's much worse than just casting out witches and praying for money. It's about infiltrating the government so she can end the separation of church and state.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl4HIc-yfgM

http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2008/09/23/transcript-of-thomas-muthees-sermon-endorsing-sarah-palin/

http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2008/09/17/thoma-muthee-who-consecrated-sarah-palins-run-for-governor-advocates-violence-and-force/

http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2008/09/24/why-the-palin-witch-issue-matters-brutal-violence/

[evekendall]

"On October 16, 2005, Thomas Muthee delivered a sermon at the Wasilla Assemblies of God, the subject of which was “Why Palin?” Why Elect Sarah Palin Governor of Alaska? Ignore for the moment that church electioneering is against federal tax law. Let’s focus on Thomas Muthee’s reasons to vote for Sarah Palin.

#1. Vote for Sarah Palin because she is one way for “God’s Kingdom” to “invade,” “infiltrate” and “influence” society.

#2. Vote for Sarah Palin to install the Christian God and the Ten Commandments in control of the Public Schools.

#3. Vote for Sarah Palin to combat and rebuke the forces of witchcraft.

#4. Vote for Sarah Palin to end the separation of church and state in the United States of America.

Theocracy: Thomas Muthee spoke unmistakably in favor of it. Sarah Palin watched him advocate it in the audience. Then she took to the stage, Thomas Muthee laid hands on her, she bowed her head, and together they prayed for it."

http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2008/09/24/muthees-sermon-why-sarah-palin-in-political-offic/

We saw Jeremiah Wright on television day after day without letup. Why not this?

[Zingaro Zorro]

Never trust a pastor who prays for a politician to pull a divine rabbit out of her bonnet and decalare it a miracle.

[thepianodiva]

"#3. Vote for Sarah Palin to combat and rebuke the forces of witchcraft."

What? How can she do that? Satan can't cast out Satan -and I have that on Good Authority.

[Zingaro Zorro]

Mental illness manifests in using the concept of 'god's favor and will'to deceive the 'elect.'

Jesus warned his disciples of such apostasy.

[Calicoe99]

"By the way, where is Ms Obama these days? Does the campaign keep her out of sight on purpose? She does appear to be a very angry scary woman."

Yes, I'm sure it is very scary for some of you to see a highly educated, intelligent, dignified black woman. But don't worry, you'll get used to it.

[grata2ude]

She unlike Palin is raising their two daughters. She doesn't leave her children in the care of others. She also works.

She is one classy lady. A role model . Can you say the same for yourself? Your words say otherwise.

[EdT]

hmmm...

I don't think you understood Calicoe's comment. You both seem to admire Michelle.

[LeftRight]

To be fair to Gov Palin, her husband is not running for high office, and is therefore available to raise the kids....

[cosmo86]

Yea right, the first Dude has been with his wife for weeks now standing behind her podium.. What we have not seen is the kids. So I would guess that the family has these children not Mr First Dude Dad

[mysterygirl18]

Michelle Obama is a lady with a lot of class. Shame on the person who called her a scary wyoman. She got a bad rap from the press big time.

http://www.myspace.com/wakeupnowpeople

[lulamaebroadway]

"wyoman"? What is this, 1986 at Wesleyan?

[SeaBoatbuilder]

I think it's called a "typo" or some such thing. I'll need corroboration.

[hockeeman48]

What a joke. No woman is classy who only for the first time in her adult life is proud of her country. As far as I am concerned she is totally classless.

[BushBites]

Shut up, Hillbilly.

[LeftLeanWing]

Most of us understood her sentiment. Deep down inside that cynical soul of yours which still contains a sliver unbiased logic, reason and warmth.. you comprehend too . We've heard this Hannity-infused interpretation before.. It didn't matter to us THEN and it doesn't matter NOW.

If you are coming on HuffPo to do battle... please PLEASE ... get some new material.
I'm sure the other Witches of Wasilla are not very proud of YOU either

[Yuma]

I am not proud my country.
But I love my country.

[BillyShears]

Betchya like all them tobacca chewin pipe smokin women - 'specially when dey's shootin at sompin ta eat.

[CFAmick]

Not a lot to be proud of at the moment, "hockeeman."

[simkmer]

No wonder NBC and it's affiliates are sliding down a slippery slope.

[deadsinktohell]

Wow, and the pundtits from Fox "news" complain about the slow speed of government. Oh, and hats off to CNBC who are dumb enough to hire somebody fired from Fox!!!??? Yeah, it's thunderdome ladies and gentlemen.

[bdd]

and rollerball.

[majorteddy]

Well it's high time that they showed some sense of decency.

[GolfingDevil05]

The way this campaign moves, this feels like it happened last year. What took so long?

[Seamus]

She displayed such poor judgement that CNBC hired her? I already boycott Faux News for such slimy, sleezy reporting - if you can call it reporting.

[socratiskiss]

What the hell took them so long?