Video: Fox News gets soundtracked!
posted at 10:09 pm on October 10, 2007 by Allahpundit
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They’ve always been ahead of the curve in the news game. There was only one thing left to try: musical accompaniment. Here’s the cut-in from commercial, exactly as it happened, at 6:15. I think this is the same song that Sara Carter Evans just performed on Hannity & Colmes; they must have been listening to it in the control room beforehand to figure out how they were going to shoot it and someone hit the wrong switch, and…
If you’re keeping score, there are now musical guests on H&C, body language experts and trivia contests on O’Reilly, and the occasional psychic on Fox & Friends.
Says the guy who relies on viral video for 80% of his content.
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Too bad it wasn’t a story on Mrs. Clinton with the lead-in song being “Maneater” by Nelly Furtado.
SouthernGent on October 10, 2007 at 10:11 PM
They’ve also got some new Michael Winslow type mouth sound effect thing going on when the chyrons fly in. Extremely distracting :( Shhhhhhwwwwwwiiiiiccccckkkk! Wocka wocka schwick!
BJ* on October 10, 2007 at 10:15 PM
Sara Evans.
Sue on October 10, 2007 at 10:17 PM
Michael Winslow.
Now there’s a name I haven’t heard in a while. Well done, BJ*.
see-dubya on October 10, 2007 at 10:19 PM
Oh GOOD! I thought it was someone here in “progressive” Nashville cable doing a CNN thing! I was going to call and lodge a complaint in the morning. Nice to know it was nationwide apparently. geeeeeeeeeeeeez it was annoying!
Not the song, the interruption!
Thanks for the info!
labwrs on October 10, 2007 at 10:19 PM
I live in Japan – they not only soundtrack ALL news programs here (using Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean, and other real soundtracks as well as pop music), they subtitle everything too. I’ve actually been thinking of studying the effect of including music with the perceived import of the story.
Deas on October 10, 2007 at 10:23 PM
That “Maneater” song is very annoying to me SouthernGent. I used to listen to, I’m pretty sure it was, Monica Crowley on Saturday afternoons, but she played that song seemingly continously so I stopped tuning in.
As I recall she was pretty much all anti-Hillary all the time as well, I guess there’s room for that for some, but it gets boring right quick for me.
ShoreMark on October 10, 2007 at 10:25 PM
Is why I like you so much See-Dubya that you would think that :)
BJ* on October 10, 2007 at 10:31 PM
I’ve been trying to figure out what fell out of Colmes’ mouth during a long shot on H&C. It was white and very weird.
Connie on October 10, 2007 at 10:32 PM
Yeah, but it’s fair and balanced viral video, so you’re still in FNC’s league of journalistic integrity.
billy on October 10, 2007 at 10:34 PM
That’s one beautiful lady!
Connie on October 10, 2007 at 10:35 PM
No way. The sound did not come back on with Dan Burton whining “and I just don’t understand…”
Jaibones on October 10, 2007 at 10:40 PM
“Now”? Sara Evans, Lee Greenwood, Charlie Daniels, etc. etc. have been coming on the program for years, haven’t they?
Interesting that they didn’t catch an anchor on mic in the bathroom trashing her sister in-law… or that they didn’t misteriously flash an X over a prominent Democrat’s face.
RightWinged on October 10, 2007 at 11:20 PM
She sure seems it.
Spirit of 1776 on October 10, 2007 at 11:45 PM
Last words on the clip: “And I just don’t understand…”
LOL
Wonder what those guys in the control room are smokin’.
leepro on October 11, 2007 at 2:08 AM
Lalala, Lalala, “and for the third time,” Lalala, “and I just don’t understand.”
- The Cat
MirCat on October 11, 2007 at 2:54 AM
i thought i was hearing things. i kept flipping between Fox and Law & Order ’cause i thougth my cable when screwy.
madmonkphotog on October 11, 2007 at 5:35 AM
MSPDQLSMFTNBCCNNHEADLINE NEWSexcept for BeckIs Fox News next on the strike list? OReally and the rest of the tabloidists have turned the network into the grocery store checkout of cable news. Sound down. Look up when Ham and Dhue are on. Sound up when MM is on. That is how I watch OReally these days. That body language mystic is very strange.
saved on October 11, 2007 at 6:14 AM
If they could play tunes instead of the sounds of Democratic voices, I would have no complaint. It even might serve to lower my blood pressure. Talking Heads would set a good standard for a starter. As the election progresses some bands with screamers would fit, I’m sure.
Hening on October 11, 2007 at 8:47 AM
Hilarious. I’m sure Brit was real happy about that one.
CP on October 11, 2007 at 9:27 AM
If Fox News is looking for good musical accompaniment, ahem:
http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/14300694/review/14467516/balls
I heard Elizabeth Cook do this song on the Woodsongs Radio show. My only fear about posting it here is that Hillary may find out about it, and co-opt it for her campaign.
Doug on October 11, 2007 at 9:37 AM
How about that witch’s cackle they dub in whenever Hillary is asked a serious question?
Sensei Ern on October 11, 2007 at 10:25 AM
I don’t think they need to dub anything in…she cackles like a witch just fine naturally
JetBoy on October 23, 2007 at 2:23 PM
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