Biggest Media Gaffes Of 2011 (PHOTOS)

The cameras are always rolling, profane words do not always get "bleeped" out, and teleprompters can sometimes go a little crazy. In 2011, some of the media's most seasoned professionals were reminded of these facts, and others had to learn the hard way. Below, we present our admittedly imperfect attempt to capture some of the most memorable media gaffes of 2011.

Note: the list is in no particular order.

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[percheron1]

03:11 PM on 12/26/2011

The biggest media gaffe occurs every night when FOX actually tries to convince people that Faux news is actually news rather than right wing propoganda...:rolleyes:

[nonucantmakemee]

03:01 PM on 12/26/2011

the biggest mistake is giving obama any airtime at all except for when he is drug out of the white house in 2012

[dakotanprudle]

05:23 PM on 12/26/2011

Replace him with who? Surely not any of the other goofs that are running!

[nowRnever]

07:22 PM on 12/29/2011

Are you serious? Did you really say "drug out of the white house"? One might take your bashing of the president a tad more seriously if you at least you proper grammar. FYI, the past tense of drag is dragged, not drug.

[Pandora1]

03:13 AM on 01/05/2012

Yeah, you tell 'em, nowRnever -- I might take YOU a "tad more seriously "IF YOU AT LEAST YOU PROPER GRAMMAR."

[flkewlkid00]

01:32 PM on 12/26/2011

while i detest the agenda of fixnews and resent their headquartering of the gop/baggers i must admit their women are more attractive and that is done for good reason,many of their viewers are bed ridden in hospitals,rehab centers or assisted living facilities and the rest are elderly! check out the intentional placement of the females on the "five" and how the heels and legs are emphasized!

[Pandora1]

03:17 AM on 01/05/2012

Huh? What does having more attractive women on Faux News have to offer the elderly, bed-ridden folk than any other newscasters. BTW, just because they are ailing or frail doesn't mean their brains have atrophied.

[Marine Staff Sergeant]

01:05 PM on 12/26/2011

I don't know, it's such a nice warm word, friendly, comforting, snuggling, what could be wrong with it?

[ae12wrangell]

12:22 PM on 12/26/2011

The biggest mistake was giving "The Playboy Club" and "Whitney" any airtime, as show's.

[Rosemary Hirsch]

11:03 AM on 12/26/2011

My media wish list for 2012 is no more Kardashian "news." No more Kardashian sham weddings and, hopefully, E! Entertainment TV will find another family to focus on. Also on the wish list is no more "Real Wives" reality shows with their alcohol fueled rages, plasticized faces, hostility, etc. Are these "Housewives" shows really watched or admired, or these "shows" just cheaper to produce? I do not care for these so-called "reality" shows. I find them all a hoax.

[mose joseph workman]

10:10 AM on 12/26/2011

BIgger Media Gaffes:
1. The Kardashian Humphries Fraudulent Wedding
2. The Goldberg Fart
3. The Olberman Meltdown
4. Anything said by Al Sharpton

[ae12wrangell]

12:25 PM on 12/26/2011

Whoopi's fart is second place, but why? Why not V.P Joe Biden's saying the F-word in front of the media as he and the President entered the Brieifing Room? It was heard on C-Span, CNN, FoxNews, CBS, NBC, ABC

[mose joseph workman]

03:03 PM on 12/26/2011

Whoopi is #2 (no pun intended) because it was the most intelligent thing to come out of her in ages...but yours should be in the top 5.

[Chillin Out]

08:55 AM on 12/26/2011

I don't understand the criticism of Al Sharpton. Without him and Jesse Jackson, who will keep racism alive?

[Larry Wilkes]

09:23 AM on 12/26/2011

Amen!

[Golfnjack]

09:25 AM on 12/26/2011

Who you ask? Why, the Tea Partiers of course.

[Chillin Out]

10:06 AM on 12/26/2011

I may have missed something, you know, being old and a canservative, but what has the tea party got to do with racism? Do you remember Twana Brawley?

[TeaParty Mike]

08:47 AM on 12/26/2011

Most of the national ones were liberals falling all over themselves to be smarties. I'm just sayin'.

[Beyla]

09:52 AM on 12/26/2011

Since when is Fox News liberal?

[LonaMarie]

10:34 AM on 12/26/2011

Yes, in what imaginary, alternate universe has that happened?

[LonaMarie]

10:34 AM on 12/26/2011

So that's the right's objection to liberal they're trying to be "smarties"? Does this mean it's the right in charge of dumbing down America?.

[stagebandman]

01:17 AM on 12/25/2011

But Laura Ingraham IS a RWS!!!!

[Neal Feldman]

08:40 PM on 12/24/2011

Why would they penalize him for telling the truth?

[TeaParty Mike]

08:53 AM on 12/26/2011

You two are just jealous because all the hot women are on Fox. Good luck watching Rachel Maddow.

[LonaMarie]

10:36 AM on 12/26/2011

Oh yes, and we all know the most important thing about the commentators is if they're "hot".

[Impaler]

02:46 PM on 12/23/2011

Ms. Nbc is the Air America of cable.

[stagebandman]

01:13 AM on 12/25/2011

You say that like it's a bad thing.

[AustrianSpeaker]

11:17 AM on 12/23/2011

"Resist we much" is an all time classic.

[Mudbones1]

11:01 AM on 12/23/2011

Is Fox trying to tell its viewers a vote for Romney is a lot like Obama?

[slocomgp]

12:04 PM on 12/23/2011

No, they are just letting their incompetence shine through.

[nonucantmakemee]

03:05 PM on 12/26/2011

incompetence is sitting in the white house to find the rest look up the ones that voted for him

[JTyroler]

02:42 PM on 12/23/2011

Well, Fox hasn't been the friendliest network to Romney - after all, he didn't used to work for them, so there is that possibility. Fox had an interesting week or so with it's graphics (i.e., 8.6% being greater than 9.0% for unemployment or rounding up the 8.6% unemployment rate to 9% in another graphic). Incompetence? Partially. Propaganda, also partially. I don't know if it's a 50/50 split between having incompetent people working there and trying to push propaganda - I doubt it. The propaganda has lasted longer than a week.

[TeaParty Mike]

08:50 AM on 12/26/2011

Fox gaffes= 1. Liberal gaffes= most of the rest. I'm just sayin'.

[Mademoiselle Godzilla]

11:01 AM on 12/23/2011

When it comes to Mark Halperin, it turns out, that the promise, that Joe Scarboroug­h and Mika Brzezinski made to MH, that they would censor Halperin’s use of an agreed-upo­n, 4-letter word, to be tossed at the President - was broken. (Or failed due to an especially high level of incompeten­cy).
Mark Halperin, with the encouragem­ent of Joe Scarboroug­h and Mika Brzezinski­, decided to use a 4-letter, derisive, verbal, water balloon, to be lobbed, (and allegedly bleeped simultaneo­usly) at President Obama.

But, Oops!!! Dang!! Darn!! Ding!! Only, the “lob” part worked!!!!
Sorry there Halperin.

That malfunctio­n, did not stop Joe and Mika, from enjoying their guffawfest over the whole thing. Would the convulsive giggling never end?

This, and Moronic Joke’s latest ad, and it seems that coarse and unprofessi­onal behavior, are not only common at the show, but a delight for Joe and Mika to promote.

[TeaParty Mike]

08:49 AM on 12/26/2011

yeah, but...it's mostly liberals.