Tuesday, July 24, 2018

A Producer's Worst Nightmare

Fox News booked a Democrat to talk about the migrant/child removal issue yesterday. They thought they were booking a Democrat who supported President Trump's ICE department. Her name is Ann Kirkpatrick.

Instead, they somehow booked a woman named Barbara L'Italian. She is also a Democrat, but whoo boy does she disagree with the president on this same issue. “I’m actually here to speak directly to Donald Trump,” she said during the broadcast. “I feel that what’s happening at the border is wrong.”

Fox News viewers across the nation probably passed out or were overcome with the vapors. Such a thing has never been said over their airwaves. The President himself probably threw his egg mcmuffin at the set.

Here's how it happened...

Desiree Dunne, executive producer for “Fox & Friends First,” said in a statement to The Washington Post the spokesman on file for Kirkpatrick had accepted the invitation for the candidate.

“This morning, we invited Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick to appear on ‘Fox & Friends First’ through her press contact on file, Joe Katz, who accepted the invitation on Kirkpatrick’s behalf,” Dunne said. “Katz followed with an email confirming the segment, which also included background information and a campaign logo for Ann Kirkpatrick. During the actual segment, Barbara L’Italien, appeared on camera instead of Kirkpatrick.

“Despite speaking to producers prior to the interview, L’Italien did not identify herself as anything other than Kirkpatrick until she was live on air, at which point we ended the interview.”

When asked whether he had sent Kirkpatrick’s background information and campaign logo to the network, Katz said in an email: “I showed the exact same commitment to the truth and accuracy that Fox News always has.”

Ah Karma. How you doin? Haven't seen you around for a while.