Colbert: Air Quotes Will Fix Fox News (VIDEO)

Fox News came under fire recently after the network was caught using footage from Sarah Palin's vice-presidential campaign to illustrate one of her book signings. This prompted the network to issue a pledge of zero tolerance for on-screen errors.

During the segment "Tip of the Hat/Wag of the Finger," Stephen Colbert called out the network for its stupidity: "What are you doing? You're fair and balanced. To be fair, you have to balance every fact with corresponding bullshit." His solution: using air quotes during the newscast. This strategy would allow the network to let the audience know that they are being ironic when reporting the news.

He went on to give an example to help clarify:

Sarah "Palin's" New "Book" Has Been Released "Excellent" Reviews. And many people are "reading" it.

Colbert then added that if that measure was not enough, they should have Sean Hannity do every show wearing an ironic "Journalist" t-shirt.


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[lolairquotes]

09:12 PM on 01/31/2010

I think there might be some air quotes missing in the logo:
"Fair" and "Balanced"
There. That's better :)

Speaking of air quotes, check this out:

http://www­.twitter.c­om/LOLairq­uotes

[Scarborian]

12:40 AM on 12/10/2009

This is Fox, why would they waste money on shooting new footage when they can just reuse a crowd scene from Ben-Hur or Lawrence of Arabia?

[Nikkiefied]

07:29 PM on 12/09/2009

Lol, just when I start getting too serious about the news, Stephen Colbert is always there to bring me back.

http://spe­akonit.com­/

[LMPE]

07:00 PM on 12/09/2009

Isn't this always the case with Fixed News?

[LeFlaneur]

11:32 AM on 12/09/2009

This is how I learn that Fox used footage from the campaign in place of a book signing? This is now happening about once a week. Is anyone keeping count? Is there really no recourse? When you you lose the right to call yourself "News?" I'm not saying they should be taken off the air but maybe there should be a disclaimer that what you see may not actually be true, and then they can do whatever they want.

[Hollyhock988]

11:16 AM on 12/09/2009

'' its ability to make so many mistakes that the rest of the media reports on them and people go watch out of curiosity.­''

Nukemind, by golly I think you nailed it. It's the only reason I watch for a few minutes at a time. To witness their neverendin­g trainwreck and whining negatism.

[michelesda]

09:29 AM on 12/09/2009

Colbert got it backwards. Fox should balance their "News" with an equal amount of news.

[mikebarden]

04:12 PM on 12/08/2009

Still: "The Most Tr
Whhhhhhhhh­hhhooooooo­oooooppppp­pppsssssss­ss,
Wrong thread.

[AGammaRaye]

02:44 PM on 12/08/2009

LC Executione­r:

I clicked and cut & pasted both ...
message is "The URL contained a malformed video ID"

[Whinger]

02:12 PM on 12/08/2009

Miracles are a thing of the past, we may have to wait until 2013 before we witness the next.

[Forester]

01:21 PM on 12/08/2009

Here is a "link" folks might find "humorous"­:

http://www­.unnecessa­ryquotes.c­om/

[Lark817]

07:12 PM on 12/09/2009

Thanks, really needed that.

[Forester]

01:19 PM on 12/08/2009

The greatest ratings threat to Comedy Central fake news shows are Fox News fake news shows.

[billblow3]

01:14 PM on 12/08/2009

WHAT, FOX ( STAGE SHOW ) NETWORK is going to have a no tolerance policy on their on air stage shows, WELL, I guess FOX ( STAGE SHOW ) NEWS will be off the air soon. The American people who have a clear mind will not miss FAUX NEWS.

[ninthraphael]

01:09 PM on 12/08/2009

BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA...FAUS SH*T!

[Vetinari]

12:43 PM on 12/08/2009

This prompted the network to issue a pledge of zero tolerance for on-screen errors."

So Fox is going out of business then?

[billblow3]

01:08 PM on 12/08/2009

LMAO, that's a good one!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!­!!