Although there is a ring of truth to labeling President Bus a "Professional Fascist" on a newscast, I find it difficult to believe that it was a mistake, as New Zealand TV3 spokesperson Roger Beaumont asserts. (Doesn't Roger Beaumont sound like a name for a movie test-pilot, or, more obviously, a cowboy?) Clearly the perpetrator needs to be found and hailed as a champion of the truth.
Personally, I like the mental image of three graphics interns, clustered around a TV that they drug into the broom closet, waiting for those triumphal 3.7 seconds of "George W. Bush, Professional Fascist" to flash across the screen, jumping up and down and giving each other high fives, then sneaking back out and assuming innocent "who? what? oh, that's terrible!" expressions...
Posted by: clare at June 23, 2003 05:42 PMYour comment actually made me realize how this could be an accident, rather than a deliberate joke. Staffers in the newsroom were joking around by titling POTUS as a "professional fascist" for each other's amusement and, by some glitch, their in-house joke went live.
Posted by: m4dd4wg at June 23, 2003 06:00 PMrecent entries
internet to zone out
internet to zone out
sticky situation and paperwork
just deserts
heap of burnt orange
update
wing in the happy house
rushing out of frame
not really that powerful
intertextual gaffe
about infobong.com
archives
January 2006
December 2005
November 2005
October 2005
September 2005
August 2005
July 2005
June 2005
May 2005
April 2005
March 2005
February 2005
January 2005
December 2004
November 2004
October 2004
September 2004
August 2004
July 2004
June 2004
May 2004
April 2004
March 2004
February 2004
January 2004
December 2003
November 2003
October 2003
September 2003
August 2003
July 2003
June 2003
May 2003
April 2003
March 2003
February 2003
January 2003
December 2002
November 2002
October 2002
topics