News Corp Explosion: CNN Reacts

[NewHampster]

Source: Huffington Post

CNN clamored into breaking news mode over reports of an explosion at the News Corp headquarters in New York this morning. At first CNN thought Fox News was the target of the attack. Fox News is based in News Corp's Broadway headquarters.

CNN dropped the breaking banner when one of their producers reported, "there are about 100 people outside waiting to go into their offices...but no stretchers with people on them." And while the producer was describing how Fox News wasn't destroyed, CNN anchor Heidi Collins couldn't resist blurted out "Oh!" Next time the control room producers need to cut her microphone!

Damn! False alarm but such fun anyway.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/17/news-corp-explosion-cnn-_n_77127.html

[magellan]

1. Wasn't this the result of a soda can exploding in the FAUX break room?

Or was someone just joking about that?

America, the paranoid.

[Fredda Weinberg]

4. The last NY1 (local cable news) report said it was a chemical explosion n/t

[IDemo]

5. Just waiting for the 'Democrat' banner next to a Pepsi can image

[TwilightZone]

6. It was a joke.

Satire, to be more accurate.

Edit: at least I assumed that it was a joke....

[magellan]

8. I wasn't sure either

FAUX are so paranoid it's easy to believe they'd evacuate over a burst soda can.

[LeftHander]

11. Yes it was...:::nudge nudge, wink wink....nt

[balantz]

2. The more lies people swallow

the scarier their own shadows get.

[sasquatch]

3. If it was a guy that did it in a Guy Fawkes mask I would of lost it

:D

[balantz]

7. Did somebody's meth pipe explode?

[Myrina]

9. ... another Reichstag fire?

... the Reich wingers are getting so predictable ... yawn.

[rockmanac]

10. Correcting a factual mistake....

Next time the control room producers need to cut her microphone!

Um... It's not the Producer's responsibility to cut the mic. That would be the job of the Audio Engineer, and then, even at that, it's not really up to them anyway. They pretty much do what the Director asks for. (Hence the title, Director.)

The video at the link won't play and I don't have cable, so I didn't see it, but I'm going to guess that the anchor was asking questions to whoever was out in the field and that is why their mic was still open.

-Adam
(Newscast Director)

[David Zephyr]

12. Roger Ailes just farted. It happens all the time.

.

[Dr.Phool]

13. Bill O' Reilly's head exploded when someone mentioned Olbermann.

[Sam Ervin jret]

14. FOX NOISE - The last place to be targeted by any self respecting terrorist

[shaniqua6392]

15. I think Roger Ailes head exploded when he found out

that one of the female anchors came to work in pants instead of the short skirt that they are "persuaded" to wear. Even the ones who have gone through pregnancies have had to wear a skirt right up to their delivery date. :sarcasm:

[Arugula Latte]

16. All the hot air from Fox News lies probably built up and reacted with methane from all the bullshit

:nuke:

[uppityperson]

17. OK, who wrote this comment there...

"Rudy Guiliani was seen rushing to the scene of the explosion at FAUX, where he personally directed the building evacuation. Rudy! The hero of 12/17! It is why we fight!!!!"