Oops: Newspapers around the world use SNL pic as official Palin one

[Newsjock]

Source: TV Squad

As I was eating breakfast while flipping the pages of a French local newspaper this morning, my eyes caught the picture above, which accompanied an article about Sarah Palin. I couldn't put my finger on it right away, but I knew there was a problem with this picture. The caption under it says that during interviews, Palin is hesitant, troubled and clumsy but didn't offer more on where the picture was taken and who was on the right.

All day, I tried to discover what was wrong with the picture. Thanks to Quebec's news station 93,3, which I listen to in the afternoon, I learned what was wrong about it: it's a picture of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in a recent Saturday Night Live sketch! Oops!

... Thing is, the snafu wasn't only made in my local newspaper. Actually, the article, with the picture attached, was written by Agence France-Presse, a company similar to the Associated Press; this means that the article and the SNL picture was published around the world!



Read more: http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/10/01/oops-newspapers-around-the-world-use-snl-pic-as-official-palin/

[my2sense]

1. bwahahahahahaha

:rofl:

[Hand]

62. Dang! Ya beat me to it!

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. ROFL

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[oldtime dfl_er]

72. Tooo funny!!!!!!

I love it!!! :toast: :bounce: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Hardrada]

3. Art imitates Life imitates Art!

[MorningGlow]

43. That's must be what them librul eeelit intilleckshooals call "meta" n/t

[Lint Head]

4. I just spewed Jack Daniels all over my keyboard!

:dem:

[Enthusiast]

24. Hey, that's a waste of good whiskey!

:spank:

[dmallind]

51. Why?

He said he spat out Jack Daniels didn't he? That's about my normal reaction to it ;)

[Enthusiast]

78. Don't get me started.

I actually prefer 'real' Bourbon to the filtered Tennessee stuff.

[residentfan]

76. Good for who?

Begging the poster's pardon, but if he spat out Makers Mark it'd be a waste of "good whiskey" ;)

[Enthusiast]

80. If yiz sunza-bitches was

regular mericans you'd know Jack Daniels was good whiskey.

[jtrockville]

5. The French couldn't tell Palin the joke from Palin the candidate.

Neither can I.

[hvn_nbr_2]

9. Palin the candidate IS the joke. Relatively, Tina Fey is serious. nt

[MindMatter]

42. You can't blame the French. SNL comedy writers didn't change a word.

Unbelievable. When have you ever seen a parody that was so funny and when they quoted the subject word for word?

Sarah Palin: comedy gold.

[TrogL]

63. I thought they added a bit on the end

...but I recognized most of her "speech" word for word, which is just plain scary. :scared:

She's a parody of herself. With Bushisms you can at least see he's trying to address the subject, if badly. Palinisms are just Republican talking points strung together without bothering to think whether they actually make any sense or address the topic.

[smb]

64. Reminds Me Of The "Onion" Piece On Schwarzenegger's Election

They were able to run a typical parody-style piece without changing any of the actual facts of the situation.

[damntexdem]

82. No, they couldn't tell Palin the impersonator from Palin the joke.

And the punch lines were all the same.

[2Design]

6. This is their cover - it isn't palin make the mistakes - it is Tina Fey n/t

[NV Whino]

7. Priceless

The French win a DUzy!

[AmyCamus]

8. Tina Fey is much more qualified to be VP than Sarah Palin.

:rofl:

[Janice325]

14. Tina Fey is also intelligent, talented, sexy, good looking, has a great

sense of humor,has multiple Emmy Awards and as AmyCamus says, "Tina Fey is much more qualified to be VP than Sarah Palin."

[Buck Turgidson]

10. "Palin sows anxiety"

At least according to Google translation. At first, I misread 'sows' as 'sow', assuming AFP was making a play on the lipstick-on-a-pig story.

[Ravachol]

13. Yes, that's it.

Palin sows anxiety.

The article goes on about how the Republican camp is worried about Palin's idiotic mistakes.

*Waves from Quebec*

[TankLV]

86. They used "palin" and "sow" in the same sentence!!!

So much for "lipstick on a pig"...

[BayjanDem]

11. Boy do I need this

I worked at a bank making great money and I was laid off. So to say I'm a little stressed is an understatement. But stories like this have me ROTF!!! Tina Fey is on fire! People can't tell the difference. This is great, this and the "split" votes for Obama in the diner.

[humbled_opinion]

69. Just use your unemployment benefits for now

and Obama will be President before they run out. He knows how to get the country back on track and jobs will be plentiful.

[ejbr]

12. I hope the repukes see that while eating "freedom" fries! n/t

[question everything]

15. A "pregnant" Katie Couric should have given them the clue (nt)

[rucognizant]

49. I guess that would be.........

Amy Phoeler. I didn't know.

[progressoid]

16. Oh that's rich!

[krispos42]

17. Tina Fey for Veep!!!!

:rofl:

[OakCliffDem]

30. She can't be any worse than Cheney

[EFerrari]

18. I was right! Nobody really doe fact checking any more.

:rofl:

[Usrename]

19. Tina Fey for VP!

:rofl:

[meowomon]

20. OMG this is so sad and funny!

[GuvWurld]

21. Sarah Palin is, in a word, Campy

Sarah Palin wants to be taken seriously but the things she does are laughed at, whether it is really her or a spot-on spoof. To me, Sarah Palin is the epitome of campiness.

From wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campy

Camp is an aesthetic in which something has appeal because of its bad taste or ironic value. When the term first appeared in 1909, it was used to refer to ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical, effeminate or homosexual behaviour. By the mid-1970s, the term was defined as "banality, artifice, mediocrity, or ostentation so extreme as to have perversely sophisticated appeal."<1> American writer Susan Sontag's 1964 essay "Notes on 'Camp'" emphasised artifice, frivolity, naïve middle-class pretentiousness and shocking excess as key elements.

(snip)

The term "camp" as we now know it comes form the Batman TV series from the 60's. It was the first time a genre parodied itself. In the past, comic book recreations tried to appeal to the kids who read the comic books. But the Batman show actually made fun of the whole thing -- the corny dialogue, the improbable scenarios, the ridiculous clean cut nature of the heroes et al, all the while playing it with a straight face. One reviewer described it as something on the level of a play they put on in "camp." The show turned out to be a success because kids liked it anyway and adults found it funny and the term "camp" remained the catch phrase as a style that described the tongue-in-cheek silliness of the show with its gaudy colors and flamboyant characters. The term stuck as a part of American colloquialism and is today used as a description for anything over the top in a theatrical way.

[leftrightwingnut]

22. "I'm not a politician, but I play one on TV."

Fey standing in for Palin in campaign ads...

[dchill]

23. It's a well-known fact that...

we all look the same to them! :crazy:

[DUlover2909]

25. Belly laughs!

:rofl:

[TooRaLoo]

26. OMG! Hahahahahahaha!

THAT is funny! :rofl:

[chknltl]

27. OMG The French deserve a DUZY AWARD!!1!!

[Dystopian]

29. I've seen that photo several times....

You captioned it perfectly....beautiful.
Thank you for touching my heart....

peace~

[chknltl]

31. Thank You....

That caption has been a work in progress...looks like I may have found a winner. That photo...fellow DUer ColbertWatcher found it and posted it here first with the caption "Here Is What Hope Looks Like". When I asked to use it, ColbertWatcher shrunk the photo down a bit and lightened it slightly for me. Truth be told I post a lot of snark but this photo makes it hard for me to do so...likely a good thing in these scary times. This photo touches me greatly too, to me it is an inspiring reminder of what we fight for and why we can never give up.
Here is the origional as posted by ColbertWatcher:
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[Dystopian]

84. And I also thank you....

:loveya:
Heartfelt thanks for taking the time to explain the background of this photo. I share your sentiments, and the caption is simple truth and beauty.....an inspiration to us all...
This photo brings tears to my eyes....I've not felt joy and hope for a long time...a precious moment in time captured forever.

Enjoy the debate tonight!

peace~

[debriefed]

28. hahaha

Look at Katie lol.

[liberal N proud]

32. ROFLMAO

:rofl:

[Demeter]

33. Words Cannot Express the Emotional Response

but delight, glee and schadenfreude are in there somewhere.

[jberryhill]

34. Does Palin read the foreign newspapers too? /nt

[sutz12]

71. Well, she said she reads "all of them"

;)

[DeeDeeNY]

35. Palin is now a worldwide joke.

[Suji to Seoul]

36. Way to Go, Gidget! You suck globally! You're a worldwide fucking punchline!

[juno jones]

57. Yep

Her suckitude is of major league proportions- her political abilities, not so much.

[LynzM]

37. LMAO

Oh man... wow. Wow to Tina Fey being so good at what she does that she fooled the papers! :rofl:

Ok, and yeah, kinda sad.

[kmdemqueen]

38. I am rolling with you

But now the world knows that she is stupid.:banghead:

[Satyagrahi]

39. Funny, but just a goof-up in a local French Canadian newspaper, not in

"newspapers around the world".

The report is by "Agence France-Presse", the photo is by AP ("PHOTO AP").

The caption identifying Tina Fey as Sarah Palin ("à gauche") was probably written by the local journalist who simply chose the prettiest "Palin" photo he could find to accompany the report.

:rofl:

[Mad_Dem_X]

40. That's hilarious!

It's very telling that people can't tell the real Sarah Palin from the fake one.

[onlyadream]

41. I thought it would happen...

because Tina is soooo good at her imitation!

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

44. Gotta say, that is a really good picture of Palin

...even though that's not Palin,
:hide:

[Dangerously Amused]

45. OMG ROFL!

Great way to start the day AND the debate!

[Window]

46. Too funny.

[CruisePlanner]

47. Ohhh... if only!

Tina Fey seems to have sooo much more to offer. What a great story to start my day!

[racaulk]

48. OMG!!!!

HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!

:rofl:

[scarface2004]

50. tina for president!!!!

her answers were brilliantly incoherent!

[Bill McBlueState]

52. I like that the French have an adjective "gaffeuse"

I'm not completely sure how it translates, but it seems to suit Palin well.

[Daemonaquila]

53. That's so rocking awesome!

It's a silly accident, but man oh man is that funny! Knowing Agence France, I almost wonder if it's accidental, though. They do have that sort of sense of humor.

[Phred42]

54. LOL

:rofl:

[lonestarnot]

55. And the jackolantern, that must have been Lumpy! I saw some yellow corn in the mouth hole.

[morningglory]

56. Tina Fey doesn't need to get kicked to death in a Scorsese film to have

a terrific career boost. She is great!

[redqueen]

58. "Interesting times" doesn't even cut it anymore...

I don't know what word fits best... but "interesting" is far too mild.

[L0oniX]

59. Excellent ...made my morning laugh

[norepubsin08]

60. The tragedy of this is that Sarah Palin will never know it hapened

because she doesn't read anything...I'd take Tina Fey over Palin for VP any day!!!!

The other I watched a clip of Fey and Palin doing the "same interview" at times you couldn't tell them apart. While very funny, how truly sad that this country has been reduced to a parody by the Republican Party. It's time we as a nation grow up and quit voting for "stupid" because they are more likable!

[SteppingRazor]

61. Funny, but TV Squad is wrong here.

Just because the article was written by AFP doesn't mean the picture that accompanies it has accompanied it in every paper that runs the story. Each paper can run its own photos with wire stories, and so this is almost certainly the fault of the local paper, not the AFP.

[Bryn]

65. For Real?

You got to be pulling my leg. Impossible! We're in trouble because Tina Fey is so endearing that the whole world really, really love her and it's not PALIN! Oh, horror!

:rofl:

[Love Bug]

66. Y'know, you just can't make this shit up!

eom

[crispini]

67. Hahahhahahhahahahah. This just made my day.

My GOD, Tina Fey must be laughing herself silly.

[SeattleGirl]

68. OMG!

:rofl:

[RavensChick]

70. Hilarious!!

This has to be the laugh of the day!!!! I love it!!!

:rofl:

[asdjrocky]

73. Welcome to the other side of the looking glass everyone. nt

[derby378]

74. "Tina Fey" should be a mandatory square on every VP Debate Bingo card

Thanks for making my day! :hi:

[orleans]

75. that's hysterical! n/t

[jeff30997]

77. "Thanks to Quebec's news station 93,3"

Are you a Quebecer too ?:hi:

Yesterday I asked my mother about the

U.S elections in general and when I asked her if she knew Palin she replied:

"Qui?La folle?"

(Who? The crazy woman?).

I was a bit surprised but hey,my mom is very well informed. :)

[cui bono]

79. lmao!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[damntexdem]

81. Tina Fey for VP!

She makes more sense even repeating the exact same lines.

[jpertello]

83. HAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ayuh]

85. Palin *wishes* she looked like Fey

[Imagevision]

87. Tina and Amy must be laughing their heads off - too much!!!