Foggy
05-25-2010, 07:25 AM
FoxNews.com edits out applause during Obama’s West Point speech
In his commencement address (http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2010/05/obama_at_west_point_graduation.html) to graduating West Point cadets on Saturday, the President outlined his upcoming national security strategy that is focused on international (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-west-point-20100523,0,4230058.story) cooperation (http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/05/24/obama-at-west-point-strengthening-the-sources-of-american-power-and-promoting-shared-responsibilities/) to meet the nation’s security challenges. He also praised American troops for their performance in Iraq. “A lesser Army might have seen its spirit broken,” he said, adding that “through their competence and creativity and courage, we are poised to end our combat mission in Iraq this summer.” At that point, cadets and the audience applauded for at least 12 seconds (http://mediamatters.org/blog/201005240010) (starting at roughly the 10:24 mark here (http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/president-obama-delivers-commencement-west-point)). However, as Michael Moore observed (http://twitter.com/MMFlint/status/14602550518), video from the speech on FoxNews.com edits out (http://video.foxnews.com/v/4208689/president-obama-speaks-at-west-point) that applause entirely, making it appear as if Obama is bizarrely staring silently for a long period of time. The audio is cut (http://video.foxnews.com/v/4208689/president-obama-speaks-at-west-point) (starting at the 0:44 mark) for the 12 seconds of applause, and then skips to another part of the speech. Watch it (the first clip is from FoxNews.com, the second clip is from WhiteHouse.gov (http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/president-obama-delivers-commencement-west-point)):
No Nudity
Source (http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/24/fox-obama-applause-speech/)
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee232/foghorn_leghorn_photos/animated/birds1.gif
Fox cut out 11 seconds of applause from the audio, making Obama look as if he is staring into the void.
Why does Fox think that they will be able to slip one by us? This one is so blatantly obvious.
I wonder what happened to Fox's "Zero Tolerance Policy" (http://thinkprogress.org/?p=70768) for such screw ups?Effective immediately, there is zero tolerance for on-screen errors. Mistakes by any member of the show team that end up on air may result in immediate disciplinary action against those who played significant roles in the “mistake chain,” and those who supervise them. That may include warning letters to personnel files, suspensions, and other possible actions up to and including termination, and this will all obviously play a role in performance reviews. So we now face a great opportunity to review and improve on our workflow and quality control efforts. To make the most of that opportunity, effective immediately, Newsroom is going to “zero base” our newscast production. That means we will start by going to air with only the most essential, basic, and manageable elements. To share a key quote from today’s meeting: “It is more important to get it right, than it is to get it on.” We may then build up again slowly as deadlines and workloads allow so that we can be sure we can quality check everything before it makes air, and we never having to explain, retract, qualify or apologize again. Please know that jobs are on the line here. I can not stress that enough.I suspect that it only applies to mistakes made with conservative officials.
In his commencement address (http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2010/05/obama_at_west_point_graduation.html) to graduating West Point cadets on Saturday, the President outlined his upcoming national security strategy that is focused on international (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-west-point-20100523,0,4230058.story) cooperation (http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/05/24/obama-at-west-point-strengthening-the-sources-of-american-power-and-promoting-shared-responsibilities/) to meet the nation’s security challenges. He also praised American troops for their performance in Iraq. “A lesser Army might have seen its spirit broken,” he said, adding that “through their competence and creativity and courage, we are poised to end our combat mission in Iraq this summer.” At that point, cadets and the audience applauded for at least 12 seconds (http://mediamatters.org/blog/201005240010) (starting at roughly the 10:24 mark here (http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/president-obama-delivers-commencement-west-point)). However, as Michael Moore observed (http://twitter.com/MMFlint/status/14602550518), video from the speech on FoxNews.com edits out (http://video.foxnews.com/v/4208689/president-obama-speaks-at-west-point) that applause entirely, making it appear as if Obama is bizarrely staring silently for a long period of time. The audio is cut (http://video.foxnews.com/v/4208689/president-obama-speaks-at-west-point) (starting at the 0:44 mark) for the 12 seconds of applause, and then skips to another part of the speech. Watch it (the first clip is from FoxNews.com, the second clip is from WhiteHouse.gov (http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/president-obama-delivers-commencement-west-point)):
No Nudity
Source (http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/24/fox-obama-applause-speech/)
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee232/foghorn_leghorn_photos/animated/birds1.gif
Fox cut out 11 seconds of applause from the audio, making Obama look as if he is staring into the void.
Why does Fox think that they will be able to slip one by us? This one is so blatantly obvious.
I wonder what happened to Fox's "Zero Tolerance Policy" (http://thinkprogress.org/?p=70768) for such screw ups?Effective immediately, there is zero tolerance for on-screen errors. Mistakes by any member of the show team that end up on air may result in immediate disciplinary action against those who played significant roles in the “mistake chain,” and those who supervise them. That may include warning letters to personnel files, suspensions, and other possible actions up to and including termination, and this will all obviously play a role in performance reviews. So we now face a great opportunity to review and improve on our workflow and quality control efforts. To make the most of that opportunity, effective immediately, Newsroom is going to “zero base” our newscast production. That means we will start by going to air with only the most essential, basic, and manageable elements. To share a key quote from today’s meeting: “It is more important to get it right, than it is to get it on.” We may then build up again slowly as deadlines and workloads allow so that we can be sure we can quality check everything before it makes air, and we never having to explain, retract, qualify or apologize again. Please know that jobs are on the line here. I can not stress that enough.I suspect that it only applies to mistakes made with conservative officials.