NEW YORK, July 2 (UPI) — A New York Times (NYSE:NYT) editor Wednesday said a Fox News Channel graphic in which images of two Times reporters were altered was “beneath comment.” Fox aired photographs of Times reporter Jacques Steinberg and television editor Steven Reddicliffe on its morning show, “Fox & Friends,” in a segment firing back at a June 28 Times report that referred to “ominous trends” for Fox News’s ratings. The liberal Web site Media Matters posted the photos of Steinberg and Reddicliffe, which appeared to have been manipulated to yellow their teeth, add dark bags under their eyes and distort other facial features.
The photos appeared to have been altered using graphics tools, Editor & Publisher magazine said Wednesday. As the photos aired, “Fox & Friends” personalities Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade chatted about the Times article and called it a “hit piece” on Fox News. They also derided Reddicliffe’s tenure as editor of TV Guide — owned by Fox News’s parent company, News Corp. (NYSE:NWS)
Neither Steinberg nor Reddicliffe was available for comment Wednesday, E&P said. Times Culture Editor Sam Sifton called the Fox graphic “disgusting.” “This was a hit piece by Fox News,” he said. “It is beneath comment.” Neither Fox News nor News Corp. had commented by Wednesday afternoon, E&P said.
It would be kind of funny if it wasn’t so badly botched.
Hey Bobbo, your comment reminded me of something my old buddy did when he would throw a party.
He would start with one very good bottle of Vodka, and when that went away he would “get rid of the bottle” and come out of the kitchen with another, just like the first.
I don’t think anyone caught on that he was refilling the bottle of “good” vodka with dirt cheap vodka!
I guess after you’ve had a few, it all taste the same…
#33–Ah Yea==I very much enjoy doing the same thing with wine snobs. Very few of us have the “nose” to tell which side of the mountain some champaign grape was grown.
For the rest of us, twist top Carlo Rossi can’t be told from the premium blends–especially one drink into the meal.
Most things we humans do, especially those of cultural consequence, is mostly bogus. Gives me a caution to everything I think I think.
We know how to PARTY! 😉
stunned nobody has shot back: