Debbie Schlussel: Sadness: John McCain Concedes, While Detroit FOX News Affiliate Cuts Away to Video of Obama Supporters' Gyrations
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John McCain just finished delivering his concession speech. It's the classiest, most gracious, most heart-felt concession speeches I've ever heard. The guy is a mensch. It was a great speech, well delivered, and sad to hear. If only it was a victory speech.
Also, sad: Detroit's FOX News affiliate, which is owned and operated by FOX News' NewsCorp, cut away to scenes of urban Obama supporters doing victory dances and assorted "Soul Train"-style gyrations, while Senator McCain was delivering his concession speech. The audio was the McCain speech, but the video was the Obama hip-hoppers acting like they were in a Diddy video.
Rude, obnoxious, and disgusting on the part of FOX 2 News. Credit that to FOX 2's classless News Director Dana Kennedy Hahn.
**** UPDATE, 11/05/08: Reader Jim of Rouge Revival writes:
Read your piece this a.m. ... and wanted to let you know that I was actually watching the Detroit Fox News Affiliate (Fox 2 Detroit) last night ... when they made the executive bone-head decision of the century, to show the "soul train gyration" celebration in Grant Park while John McCain was giving his concession speech. I was appalled as well and followed up this morning with both a phone call to the station, and a certified letter, documenting my disgust AND my choice to now get my local news from Channel 7 Detroit.
Posted by Debbie on November 4, 2008 11:28 PM to Debbie Schlussel