A Study in Subtitles

June 28, 2009 7:24 PM

A Study in Subtitles (SIL).
posted by WCityMike (28 comments total)

of course, they missed one.

Fox News . . . what can one say?
posted by @troy at 7:37 PM on June 28 [1 favorite]

I haven't watched even one second of Fox News in years and I honestly don't know if these are real or a parody.
posted by drjimmy11 at 7:46 PM on June 28

You're not going to hear me argue that Fox's editorial standards are anything above shitty, but shouldn't a "study" lead to some sort of conclusion? All this tells me is that Fox uses a lot of words on-screen. Oh, and that Cavuto is crazy nuts.
posted by kittyprecious at 7:47 PM on June 28

I thought it meant "study" in the artistic sense.
posted by drjimmy11 at 7:49 PM on June 28

The conclusion is rather obvious. Fear mongering.
posted by dhruva at 7:50 PM on June 28

wOW.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 7:52 PM on June 28

Fox News is crazy and 3100 × 4700 mosaics of randomly sized, randomly placed screen grabs are a poor way to present information. What else is new?
posted by ixohoxi at 8:01 PM on June 28 [4 favorites]

Didn't the Daily Show do a bit on this several years ago? FOX adds a question mark to any of their ridiculous insinuations to avoid accusations of lying and fear-mongering - and for some reason no one's called them on it yet.

Here's the bit.
posted by Partario at 8:09 PM on June 28 [5 favorites]

I'm trying to pick a favorite, either "Is Mr. Rodgers ruining kids?" or "100 hours to turn America into San Francisco." But I just saw another gem..."The Best President?" under a picture of Bush. Colbert doesn't even need to change that one.
posted by allymusiqua at 8:17 PM on June 28

I look forward to recieving this attached to an email soon. Maybe something titled FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW LOOK!!!!
posted by FireballForever at 8:26 PM on June 28 [1 favorite]

What the hell is a "TANG BOMB"? Should we be warning our astronauts?
posted by GuyZero at 8:38 PM on June 28 [2 favorites]

I don't know why anyone takes Fox seriously.

The far right is even more batshitinsane than I thought!
posted by kldickson at 8:51 PM on June 28

What the hell is a "TANG BOMB"?

Liquid explosives that resemble juice, Tang or Gatorade if you only see them in a clear plastic bottle. It's why you can no longer carry a bottle of water past airport security.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 9:14 PM on June 28

I though "TANG BOMB" is what you did to other players if you pwned them in Halo 3.
posted by turgid dahlia at 9:16 PM on June 28

It's even worse on their official fansite/blog/whatever, Fox Nation. The current front page headline:

Treason? House Passes Direct Assault on Industrial Base of America
posted by Rhaomi at 9:22 PM on June 28

What the hell is a "TANG BOMB"

It's an Anglicisation. It was originally "WU-TANG BOMB"
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 9:55 PM on June 28

Something something left wing smears something something terrorists will kill you, dems love terror.

Left wing smear follows: there was a time, according to the photographic evidence presented, when nothing Bill O'Reilly said was overshadowed by his jowls.
posted by IvoShandor at 11:41 PM on June 28

As a collage it's good, as a way to make a point it's ok-to-mediocre.

It does look like a parody of some kind though. I mean, half those titles are just laughable. aren't they?
posted by From Bklyn at 12:12 AM on June 29

too wide; didn't read
posted by Pronoiac at 12:31 AM on June 29 [1 favorite]

One bit became true, though.

Pennsylvania Senator
Arlen Specter (D)
posted by imperium at 2:00 AM on June 29 [1 favorite]

You know when you've been Tang-bombed.
posted by Phanx at 3:32 AM on June 29

A Tang Bomb is when you take a glass of Irish whiskey and drop a shot of Tang into it, then CHUG.
posted by orme at 4:01 AM on June 29

That's what we call upchug. You don't even tell it goodbye because you know it's coming back.
posted by pracowity at 4:55 AM on June 29 [1 favorite]

Suzanne Somers is the Tang Bomb.
posted by xod at 9:17 AM on June 29

I read 'Subtleties,' then wrestled with the cognitive dissonance.
posted by songfromme at 9:31 AM on June 29

I'll stick with the CBC, thank you.
posted by Premeditated Symmetry Breaking at 1:35 PM on June 29

I had thought this topic might discuss the questionable merits of YELLOW vs. WHITE in foreign films.
posted by blindkoala at 1:42 PM on June 29 [1 favorite]

needs batshitinsane tag.
posted by Xere at 4:34 PM on June 29