Chyron of the Day

Jason Linkins

Fox News Chyron Highlights 2012 Apocalypse Fears

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media


It seems that Fox News is keeping abreast of the issues that matter to America and not at all indulging in bizarre, paranoid fantasies. In this case, apparently "many people" believe the world is going to end in 2012.

Chyron Of The Day: Sex & The Single Brit (VIDEO)

Alex Leo | Posted 11.24.2009 | Media


Alex Leo

This morning Hoda Kotb and Donny Deutsch hosted the fourth hour of the "Today Show" and talked about a recent study which found that while the average...

Chyron Of The Day: That's About Right

Alex Leo | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media


Alex Leo

To be totally accurate it should probably read, "despite the fact that everyone blames the Internet for the demise of newspapers it's really people like me that instill a serious distrust of the media in the American psyche."

Chyron Of The Day: Drunk Driving Is Awesome

Alex Leo | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media


Alex Leo

Typos are tough in chyrons. Changing a 't' to a 'w' can make a world of difference, like, say, encouraging drunk driving instead of warning against it...

Chyron Of The Day: Baby Found In Sandwich

Alex Leo | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media


Alex Leo

Don't you just love weird town names? Like all those places in Britain called Olde Craptown and Ur Mumms A Whora? They make chyrons like this possible.

Chyron Of The Day: CNN Takes A Slap At Obama

Alex Leo | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media


Alex Leo

I don't even know where to start with this one, well actually let's start with the word "at." You can take a swipe at someone or you can slap someone,...

Chyron Of The Day: A House Derided

Alex Leo | Posted 07.04.2009 | Media


Alex Leo

Oh, I get it. Whereas an "Economic Alert" tells you something incendiary and untrue about the economy on Fox News, an "Ecoonomic Alert" tells you something true but completely stupid.

Chyron Of The Day: Hold The Phone

Alex Leo | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media


Alex Leo

Had I not watched "The Situation Room" I may have thought my tingly pinky finger was not a big deal...

Jason Linkins

Fox News Chyron Mislabels Dem Strategist As Bush Staffer

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.23.2009 | Media


Via Media Matters, here's a chyron from this morning's Fox News broadcast, misidentifying Democratic strategist Michael Brown as the incompetent horse...

Chyron Of The Day: It Only Counts If You're White

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 06.03.2009 | Media


Morehouse College had its first white valedictorian this year, and that's the kind of story FOX News loves: The kind in which the past intolerance of ...

Chyron of the Day: Boobs

Alex Leo | Posted 06.03.2009 | Media


Alex Leo

2007-11-20-2611_medium_fp.jpg I hate when things get in the way of my breasts. Name tags, bibs, shirts -- all verboten. And when a network tries to cover a woman's bosom with chyrons, it takes a heroic cable news channel to say no.