Accidentally Speaking Moose To Power

Via the magnificent Rumpies, it seems somebody left the mic on for reporters after Moose Lady's speech this week at CSU-Stanislaus. KTXL-FOX40 sent it out...live.



Needless to say, they're scrambling to apologize.  Sort of.

First, FOX40 News was the only station streaming a live signal from CSU Stanislaus during Sarah Palin’s presentation. Friday, we were told by officials organizing the speech that we were not permitted to beam a live signal direct from the dining hall where Sarah Palin was presenting; instead, we were offered the opportunity to aim a FOX40 camera at a projection screen inside a room for assembled media down the hall from where Sarah Palin was due to speak. We were cautioned by the organizers of the event that there was an ongoing audio situation. We were faced with two decisions—to not carry a speech of local and national importance due to the low-quality methods we’d be forced to transmit, or to provide a signal by any means necessary. It was with the public interest in mind that we opted for the latter.

Second, following Sarah Palin’s address from CSU Stanislaus, several reporters could be heard making comments about the speech that some viewers considered inappropriate and unprofessional. Day by day, television, newspaper and radio reporters are asked to cover stories involving mayhem and misery, and occasionally off-color comments slip out on-air and online. Honestly, it’s happened on FOX40 News and on FOX40.com in the past during live presentations of news and events.

It's still quite hysterical to actually hear our media not trying to score points with Teabaggers by saying that Sarah Palin is, you know...not that bright.  Terribly unprofessional.  But very, very funny.