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She started her report with, “Don, we’ve’ heard about this woman…” and closed out the same way. Holmes joked about it directly after. “Yes, I’m T.J., it’s alright,” he said. “She knows who I am, it’s okay.”

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Fox avoids this problem by having no black hosts.

YYZ on April 3, 2010 at 12:10 PM

Tell that to Harris Faulkner.

jix on April 3, 2010 at 4:10 PM

TJ Holmes is a wuss.

This is pretty weak-tea. It happens a lot and should be no big deal. It’s really only noteworthy when the confused names share ethnic or racial characteristics.

The more egregious errrors come when there was time to research or correct the record but mistakes still get made. David Mills (RIP) — the best blogger in the world — used to do “misidentified black man” posts. Very funny stuff.

Really folks, there’s nohing to get worked up over. It’s not like she called him “0gabe” or “W00kie.”

The Race Card on April 3, 2010 at 4:30 PM