Tag Archives: oops

NEW YORK: State GOP Chair Smashes $70K Vase At Catholic Art Event

New York GOP chairman Sen. Ed Cox accidentally smashed a $70K antique vase yesterday at an event to raise money to preserve the artwork at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan hosted the breakfast for New York notables including Home Depot billionaire Ken Langone and Blackstone’s John Studzinski in the bank’s swanky, art-filled corporate offices at One …

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Megyn Kelly Intro’s Mike “Fuckabee”

Via United Press International: Fox News host Megyn Kelly slipped up in a pretty big way Monday night while introducing former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. “Joining me now, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who is the host of Fucka– ah, Huckabee right here on the Fox News channel…” Kelly pressed on, getting only a small smile from the governor. But …

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Breitbart Headline Of The Day

According to Breitbart, US Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch should face tough questioning before the Senate over her role in the 1992 Whitewater hearings. The prosecutor has a long career built of some high profile cases but there is one case Lynch was involved in that few are talking about. Lynch was a part of Bill Clinton’s Whitewater probe defense …

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Commemorating?

They followed up with an apology tweet.

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Headline Of The Day

Remember NARTH’s boob lady? Turns out she had no idea.

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Frothy Mix: Sorry About That Judge

Former Sen. Rick Santorum has finally weighed in on having endorsed the judge that overturned Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage. When asked about Jones Friday by The Huffington Post, Santorum said, “We’re all entitled to a mistake.” His comments came after his speech at the Road to Majority Conference, a gathering of social conservatives sponsored by the Faith and Freedom …

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White House Mistakenly Reveals Identity Of Top CIA Official In Afghanistan

Teabagistan has having a field day.

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Frothy Flashback

“Attorneys Jones and Conner are highly qualified to assume the important role of Judge and the duty of protecting the Constitution and ensuring the effective operation of our judicial system. Since the onset of the war against terrorism, our federal judiciary has taken on an even higher level of importance, and it is imperative that we provide our courts with …

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HLN Misidentifies Progessive Radio Host David Pakman As Former Neo-Nazi

Progressive radio host David Pakman made the rounds of cable news shows this week as he was one of the most recent jounalists to interview the Kansas City shooter. Somehow HLN got Pakman’s photo mixed up and ran it during a call-in interview with a former neo-Nazi.

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Headline Of The Day

Details.

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Did Rolling Stone Flub Cover Art?

Wingnut sites like Breitbart are screaming bloody murder, but the magazine says “mistake” was on purpose. A source at Rolling Stone, however, said the John Hancock signature was deliberate and was meant to be “in the spirit” of Veep’s farcical tone. “The Declaration of Independence is on the other side, but we couldn’t fit all the signatures on there,” the …

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Fox Host Hails “NAACP” National Champs

Raw Story wonders if it was a Freudian slip. “The UConn Huskies are the 2014 NAACP national champs,” Childers remarked during the second hour of the Fox & Friends First morning show. On her next attempt, she correctly stated that the team had won the national title for the NCAA — or National Collegiate Athletic Association. The National Association for …

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Wires Crossed, Porno Pete?

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Worst Television Graphic In History?

MSNBC’s graphics editor was, of course, referring to the four BASE jumpers who parachuted from the top of 1 World Trade Center, the news of which has added to already huge scandal regarding lapses in the tower’s security.  But what an unfortunate choice of words. Teabagger sites are exploding with outraged posts that are also laden with plenty of glee …

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Fox TV Apology Of The Day

Deadspin has the apology: While reporting breaking news about the crash of the KOMO-TV helicopter in Seattle, FOX31 Denver accidentally broadcast an offensive photo while scrolling live through a Twitter feed of pictures from the crash scene. The photo was mistakenly broadcast by our control room. It did not come from the tablet many viewers saw being used by one …

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Anti-Gay Texas Pol Has Accidental Gladz

GOP Texas state Sen. Dan Patrick has deleted the first tweet above, but not before it was gleefully forwarded across Twitter. Snork! UPDATE: And there’s a parody account already.

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Unfortunate Photo Of The Day

Israel’s Haaretz has the story: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a joint press conference on Tuesday in which they addressed weighty topics such as Israeli-Palestinian peace, the Iranian nuclear program and bilateral ties. Shortly afterward, their meeting was nearly eclipsed by a photograph of the two leaders attributed to Jerusalem Post photographer Marc Israel Sellem. …

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Super Bowl Security Oops

(Tipped by JMG reader Jeff)

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Southwest Jet Lands At Wrong Airport

CNN reports: Welcome to Branson, Missouri. Well, maybe not. A Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago’s Midway Airport was scheduled to land at Branson Airport in southwest Missouri on Sunday night. Instead, the Boeing 737-700 touched down at Taney County airport — about 7 miles away, and with a runway significantly shorter. The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation on …

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Headline Of The Day

Details. I posted one of their videos back in June.

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