I am simply stunned by what I heard E.D. Hill, the Fox News babe, state on a teaser for an upcoming segment. She asserted that Barack Obama’s fist pump to his wife could have been a terrorist jab! A code if you will. I would expect that type of assertion on some fringe websites but I would think that Fox News would be beyond this type of silliness.
If the GOP wants to guarantee a huge Barack Obama victory, then I suggest they continue with this type of tactic. Fox News should not lower themselves to the level of Keith Olbermann, who is nothing more than a shill for Barack Obama. As for the fist pump, I am 42 years old and use the fist pump all the time. I am relatively certain that I am not a terrorist. Are my fist pumps really terrorist jabs in disguise? In fairness to E.D. Hill, that script may have been written for her but as a so-called journalist, she and Fox should know better than to engage in this unseemly behavior. In the end E.D. Hill makes a fool of herself and Fox News’s fair and balanced slogan is not worth Geraldo Rivera’s mustache.
The political implication of this is easy to surmise. This type of “reporting” gives the left the moral high ground and will make the independents more likely to vote for Barack Obama. Shame on Fox News! Click below to read more from Jonathan Martin at politico.com.
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E.D. Hill “Terrorist Fist Jab” Video (Fox News)
June 9th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
MDefl - I REALLY like E.D. Hill. I was surprised at her saying this as well. She’s done some specials on terrorism and the war. I can’t help but think she got caught up in the moment or was trying to be funny or something. Still, it really was a major faux pax.
She needs to apologize.
June 10th, 2008 at 4:53 am
I think we can all agree here. And just for fairness I’ll agree with you about Olbermann, too. I sometimes like him, but too often he’s WAYYY out there (more so now that he’s becoming more popular).
June 10th, 2008 at 4:57 am
E.D. Hill is a partisan nut-job who daily pollutes the air waves with her relentless pro-Republican filth.
June 10th, 2008 at 6:35 am
The way that she uttered these words, my guess would be that these were prepared statements. It was obviously meant to be a joke, but the way she said it made it seem like she was being serious. Or maybe by “terrorist jab” she meant something in the way of a punch? But it was a gesture…
My guess is a joke gone array.
June 10th, 2008 at 9:05 am
People are too uptight about words. Get a sense of humor since it was obviously a joke that wasn’t presented well.
June 10th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Well, her show’s been cancelled. One less shill on the air, sure to be replaced by four at Faux News.
June 10th, 2008 at 10:05 am
I think comparing a fist pump to a terrorist jab is over the line, even if she was kidding and it did not sound like she was kidding.
I am all over the left when they compare Bush to Hi*ler. I will not give someone on the right or a right leaning organization a pass. I will carry water for no one.
June 10th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Her sentiments may be due to her husband Rick Leventhal being imbeded with troopps in Iraq and Afghanistan for quite a while.
I’m not making excuses for anyhting she may have done intetionally or otherwise.
She may have some really high defense measures going on when we have reporters like Daniel Pearl and Steve Centanni a FOX reporter taken hostage in the Gaza strip.
By the way , her show has not been cancelled and she just issued a formal apology, 30 seconds ago
June 10th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Oh I agree, MDefl. The news babe was over the line, especially since girls aren’t suppose to be funny, but what this has to do with GOP Party “tactics” or even FoxNews institutionally is mysterious.
Do you think that the liberal media, 90% of which votes Democratic and tilts the news coverage 24×7 for Obama, will change in any way as a result of her indiscretion? I mean, what moral highground are they gaining which they haven’t claimed before?
Is there a video of this?
June 10th, 2008 at 11:11 am
The video is right here.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200806060007
E.D. and this polyester suburbanite she is talking to are a couple of dufis dorkettes without a clue.
Neither of them are aware of the meanings behing the fist pump. Its equivalent to high fiving someone, its like saying hello, right on , thank you, whatever.
I think the terrorist implication was just sheer iognorance on the part of a dork with no malicious intent
June 10th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
McCain,
I know the majority of the media is biased towards the left. Thus my Keith Olbermann mention. I could do an entire post on MSNBC and how deranged they have become.
However, that does not absolve Fox News or there talking head from criticism when they cross the line. In this situation, imo, they did.
The excuse that the people at Fox are dorks who don’t know what a fist pump is makes me laugh. These things only help Barack Obama. I expect to read this nonsense on sites like polipundit.com but think that Fox should have a higher standard. Lastly, if it was intended to be a joke, it was not only NOT funny but just plain stupid.
June 10th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
It was not intended to be a joke.
It was sheer ignorance due to someone who just need to get out more, watch the video.
June 10th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Also , it certainly doesnt sound as if she was “asserting” that it was a “terrorist fist jab”
I just watched it again, and the real context seems pretty clear in that she was saying some people would percieve it as a terrorist fist jab. She most certainly did not say that she thought it was one.
June 10th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Get a life. If you were to catalog every faux paux or bumbling statement by a news person just this year, it would probably run several thousand pages. Mostly she’s pleasant giving out opinions and the news and is able to at least string a few original thoughts together unlike most the nattering nabobs of the MSM.
June 12th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
So it is OK to repeat something that the fringe would pass off as fact? C’mon, we don’t really believe that.
Hinting that the Dem nominee for Pres is making a hidden terrorist gesture is a regular ol chucklefest.
Both sides need to show a little decorum. Don’t worry, I will not hesitate to point out the looniness on the left.
June 12th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
E.D. Hill is a texas democrat. she is a dem con.
June 13th, 2008 at 6:07 am
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July 11th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
ED Hill was right on with her possible analysis of Hussein Obama actions. Thanks