Fox analyst apologizes for Obama assassination joke

[Ichingcarpenter]

With an uproar in the blogosphere, Trotta appeared around 9:40 this morning to apologize. Anchor Bill Hemmer reminded her that people have been criticizing her remarks.

Trotta: Yes, I am so sorry about what happened yesterday and the lame attempt at humor. I feel all over myself, making it appear that I wished Barack Obama harm or any other candidate, for that matter, and I sincerely regret it and apologize to anybody I have offended. It is a very colorful political season, and many of us are making mistakes and saying things we wish we had not said.

Besides joking about the assassination of a Senator who's had to take on secret service detail because of such threats, will analysts continue thinking its really funny to mix up "Osama" and "Obama" through November?

http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0508/Fox_analyst_apologizes_for_Obama_assassination_joke.html

[Nite Owl]

1. Apology is not sufficient

She needs to be fired.

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. she did it with a smile on her face

Fired, Fined, Investigated by the SS,
Chastised, Shunned, Boycotted........... You get the idea.

[elizfeelinggreat]

16. Yes. I'd rather see her shamed and fired

but if they continue to "apologize" with smiles on their faces their hypocritical behavior will become more and more obvious and their supporters will be put in the position of having to accept being hypocrites along with them.

A win/win in that sense so we must keep insisting they apologize even/especially if it's a lame one. NGU

[populistdriven]

20. She supports the current Fascism and worse - Schadenfreude is the order of the day nt

[natrat]

12. fired? prosecuted

[madokie]

2. It would appear the last best hope for the neo CON's is for something to happen to Barack

Things will start getting ugly for them once hes in office and they know that. Better to not let it happen if possible. They are some cornered dangerous and batshit crazy bunch, they are.

[gristy]

4. They let her back on the air?

For a non-apology? :wtf:

[yardwork]

27. Not only that, they allowed her a long "analysis" of Hillary Clinton's campaign first.

The fix is in.

[lonestarnot]

5. Has the fucker died of grief yet?

[lpbk2713]

6. Was she snickering? Trying to stifle a giggle?

Point is, WTF good is an apology froma Faux News talking head?

They are all empty shells. None of them have a trace of moral responsibility or even a clue as to what might be considered integrity.

[yardwork]

28. Smililng broadly and chuckling at herself, just like last night.

No difference whatsoever in her demeanor between last night and this morning. Totally unrepentent. Trotta is secure in the knowledge that she said what she was told to say - mission accomplished - and she will be rewarded, not punished, for her words.

[WindRiverMan]

7. As a U.S. Senator

Obama should demand action and investigation. Put an end to this bullshit right away. FOX cannot do that kind of nonsense, and if someone did it about Bush, it's a crime.

[tbyg52]

11. I don't think *he* will (not his style) but I think someone shoudl do it *for* him.

Preferably a Republican!

[EFerrari]

17. The Secret Service could do it. I bet his detail is pissed as hell.

Or, I hope they are.

[WindRiverMan]

23. Hey probably wont, and it's why we keep getting

kicked in the teeth all of the time. "Above the Fray" is good, but sometimes you need to make a stand. Having FOX news blatantly joke about assassianting a Senator and Presidential candidate is time to make a stand.

In my opinion, if John Kerry would have said "I will not, as a wounded and decorated veteran, have my war record smeared by someone who spent his duty stationed stateside in a unit known jokingly as the Champagne Unit" we would have only had four years of Chimpy.

[tbyg52]

34. You're right about that

*Somebody* needs to demand that more be done about this than just wait for it to go away.

[johnt66]

8. WHY???????

Why is this woman not in jail,Is it because of all the stuff going on in the secert service, noose being hung in African American agents locker room,e-mail being sent between upper management say so real bad things about African Americans, so I feel real scary about this whole thing, who is really going to protect Sen. Obama.

[Finn Polke]

9. Fox's ratings went up, I'd bet

Thanks for the update on Trotta.

Unfortunately, She isn't Don Imus or this issue might have a longer life in the media, as it should, until she was fired for what she said.

Trotta probably got a pat on the back, good ol' boy-style, from the Fox producers, and they probably apologised to her for making her do damage control. Fox's caveman view base loved her original morbid comment, I'm sure.

[book_worm]

10. the truth is that for her "joke" she should have at least been suspended.

Didn't MSNBC suspend David Schuster for some comment on Hillary Clinton?

[lpbk2713]

14. Don't look for that to happen.

Not with the BushCo FCC calling the shots.

[Subdivisions]

13. FUCK HER! She advocated for the assassination of a

United States Senator and candidate for the Presidency of the United States!

I'm sick and goddamned tired of these assholes getting off scot-free with disingenuous public apologies instead of going to fucking jail where they belong!

[CTyankee]

15. Liz Trotta has been a right wing a-hole for a long time.

I knew her when she was a reporter in NYC. She was a big defender of the Vietnam War. That was so long ago, I thought she was dead already...

[yardwork]

30. She is probably a CIA operative.

Look at her bio. She was one of the first women sent to "cover" the war in Vietnam. How'd she get that assignment? What did she report? She's been New York bureau chief of the Washington Times.

Operative all the way. She's untouchable and she knows it. The fix is in.

[cbc5g]

18. She got away with it, conservative media wins another battle

Now they'll be able to call Obama Osama and bring up assassination whenever they want.

[populistdriven]

21. They are the real-life ELITISTS

I wish we could get word out about this fact.

[RedCappedBandit]

19. This is sickening

but not surprising.

History repeats itself.

[nichomachus]

22. The nuns taught us

that saying you're sorry is the first step, but to get forgiveness, you need to make reparations for what you've done.

What does she plan to do to undo the damage she has caused.

The apology isn't enough.

[yardwork]

31. She didn't apologize. She didn't acknowledge what she said.

Last night she said that she hoped that somebody would kill both Osama and Obama. This morning she apologized for "sounding like I was saying" something that she now claims she didn't say.

The fix is in.

[Joe Chi Minh]

39. It would be nice to think somone else would make the decision, and the answer would be, "time".

[Nite Owl]

24. In case anyone missed this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6133159

petition to fire her link

[BreweryYardRat]

25. She should resign.

What a poisonous little wretch.

[grateful581]

26. Apology not accepted.

We all know Liz Trotta meant what she said. She is a horrible person. Liz should be fired and faux should be fined.
But I’m not holding my breath for either to happen.
It really pisses me off that faux gets away with shit this.

:grr: :grr:

[Zodiak]

29. "It is a very colorful political season"

Anyone else hear dog whistles?

[yardwork]

32. I noticed that, too. AND did you hear her say "Hillary is standing by her guns"

earlier in her commentary this morning.

She didn't miss a beat. Stuck to the script all the way.

[rosesaylavee]

33. I think there should be a hefty fine to accompany such remarks in the future.

I sure miss journalistic integrity.

[roody]

35. Did she really say, "I feel all over myself,"?

What does that mean?

[Canuckistanian]

36. So, is a "lame attempt at humor" the same as a "botched joke"?

I guess the only difference is that a "botched joke" merits 24/7 media coverage and near universal condemnation on the TeeVee.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

37. Would she mind if everyone on the blogosphere talked about offing her?

Or if she received dozens of calls in the middle of the night on her cell phone from people telling her how much they hoped she would be taken out? You think she would accept a light-hearted smiling apology from those people after that?

[Joe Chi Minh]

38. Fox analyst? Isn't that an oxymoron? There's an oxymoron for you, if ever

there was one. "Military intelligence" is an oxy-genius, in comparison!

[Marr]

40. They just keep on making assassination jokes, and just

keep on apologizing. Amazing how that thought seems to be so much on the right-wingers' minds these days.