Fox anchorman in Phoenix: 'Harriet Tubman? Who the hell is she?'

[Newsjock]

Source: FTVLive

This morning, KSAZ (Phoenix) was doing a story about getting a woman put on the $20 bill. The overwhelming choice seems to be replaces Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman.

Kristin Anderson did the story about the support for Tubman being on the twenty, when morning Anchor Rick D'Amico showed that he wasn't paying attention in 4th grade, by saying, "Harriet Tubman?! Who the hell is she?"

Needless to say, people on social media were not happy with D'Amico's ignorant comments.

Read more: http://www.ftvlive.com/todays-news/2015/5/13/you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me
(Video at link)

[libdem4life]

1. Bet he knows who Jamie Dimon is.

[groundloop]

65. Who the hell is that?

(OK, now I know, but not before a little help from Mr. Google.)

[Cooley Hurd]

2. "Isn't she the pancake lady?"

I've heard that, to my face, before.

Mrs Davis is buried yards away from my Mom, Dad, Brother, Grandmother and Grandfather, and feet (like 20) from my Great Grandmother and Great-Grandfather. I know who she is, and am PROFOUNDLY honored that my ancestors, parents and siblings are buried in the same hallowed ground as she is.

[okaawhatever]

4. That's great. Thanks for sharing that. nt

[TexasProgresive]

6. Help me out of my state of confusion.

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Aunt Jemima was Nancy Green and Hariet Tubman was born Araminta Ross. Nancy Green was the spokesperson for the Davis Milling Company as Aunt Jemima. Who is the Mrs. Davis buried close to your relatives

Edit to add:Nelson Davis second husband.

[cwydro]

29. I'm confused too.

You've got it better sorted than I, however.

Maybe we'll get a clarifier.

[TexasProgresive]

30. Near as I can tell Hariet Tubman had 2 husbands

The 1st was Mr. Tubman and the 2nd was a Mr. Davis. If I had read the who WIKI article I would've seen that but I did not.
By doing a search of Hariet Tubman Davis I got the following memoriam that was published on her death
http://www.harriettubman.com/memoriam2.html

[cwydro]

31. Thanks!

[Rhiannon12866]

66. Here's her actual stone:

Which I've actually seen in person. Hope this helps clear things up.

[etherealtruth]

3. One would think he would try to conceal his ignorance ...

... but, no. He wears it like a crown.

For the record I fully believe his ignorance was feigned

[freshwest]

7. So do I. Standard racist Fux talking head. I never heard such blatant racism growing up on TV. n/t

[etherealtruth]

10. I suppose the @$$ thinks he was "slick" about it, too

[freshwest]

13. We've got a generation brought up on Rush. So I'm unsurprised, but still ticked off.

The human race seemes divided into separate tracks to the future. Some will become better people, perhaps. Others will devolve into something utterly awful.

And DU showcases the worse of humanity through these media outlets, not the best, most days.

Hope things are doing well where you are, etherealtruth. And love your sig line there.

[yeoman6987]

55. At least it wasn't Fox News channel

But Fox station. Two different channels and companies but I could see Fox News saying this easily.

[ablamj]

26. i read that as

"he wears it like a clown"

[etherealtruth]

27. Clown works, too! :-)

[Duppers]

40. ...

[nxylas]

64. Assuming he really was ignorant

It's more likely that he would try to conceal his knowledge, since to his viewers, knowing who Harriet Tubman was would reveal him as a n****r-lover, or worse still, someone who reads books.

[SummerSnow]

5. Breaking news::

Racist won't accept the new $20 bills, but will only take 2 -$10 bills and 4- $5 bills.....

[freshwest]

9. Future breaking news:

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200 years from now, the question will be:

"Rick D'Amico?! Who the hell is he?"

The answer will be:

"A drooling racist on a fake news channel who spewed garbage for a living. He passed on from terminal flatulence in his sixties."

To which the crowd will all say:

"Amen! May he compost in peace!"

[LuckyLib]

17. In less than 10 years his name will have evaporated into the biosphere. He's a flea on the dog's

ass of media history.

[StarlightGold]

19. No, not sarcasm

took a gander at FR and one of them actually announced that he/she would not accept or trade with $20 bills if this comes to pass.

[Whiskeytide]

24. Tell 'em I'll give him a $10 for each pair of $20s he wants...

... to get rid of.

[treestar]

49. lol

Shows where they are really coming from, doesn't it?

[awoke_in_2003]

32. I will gladly buy every Tubman 20 off them...

I will give them a 10, a 5, and 2 singles.

[radhika]

56. They'll count it as 3/5th of a full white $20.....n/t

[jwirr]

8. Obviously does not know how to use google.

[awoke_in_2003]

33. No, obviously he is a stupid cracker...

who has no idea about African American history. He probably thinks Emmitt Till was a running back.

[jwirr]

42. LOL

[underpants]

52. LOL#2

[LittleBlue]

11. Not surprising

These line reading dudes aren't journalists, just hairdos in suits

[bullwinkle428]

12. Proving that he couldn't possibly be better qualified as a Fox "news" person.

[packman]

14. Can't wait - some day in the not too distant future

Ronald Reagan on the 1$ bill - Lord, it gots to happen.

[KamaAina]

35. Oh, the kooks have been on that for years

they seem to favor the $10 bill, though, 'cause, y'know, Alexander Hamilton wasn't 'Murkin, I guess. (The constitutional provision about only "native born citizens" being eligible for the Presidency was aimed at him.)

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

15. That's presidential press secretary material right there.

[RecoveringJournalist]

22. Be careful

If she's saying that she might as well be pouring fuel on the fire for 9/11 conspiracy theorists.

[CrawlingChaos]

61. And let's not forget another golden Perino moment

When she revealed that she had no idea what the Cuban Missile Crisis was:

... During a White House briefing, a reporter referred to the Cuban Missile Crisis -- and she didn't know what it was.

"I was panicked a bit because I really don't know about . . . the Cuban Missile Crisis," said Perino, who at 35 was born about a decade after the 1962 U.S.-Soviet nuclear showdown. "It had to do with Cuba and missiles, I'm pretty sure."

So she consulted her best source. "I came home and I asked my husband," she recalled. "I said, 'Wasn't that like the Bay of Pigs thing?' And he said, 'Oh, Dana.' "

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/09/AR2007120901336_pf.html

[AngryOldDem]

16. No, we don't need to teach history anymore. n/t

[MADem]

18. Fox anchorman in Phoenix: 'I went to a shit school that didn't teach American history!!'

'And I'm PROUD of my abject ignorance, TOO!!!!'


S...M...H!!!

[RecoveringJournalist]

20. Inexcusable!

And to think idiot scuzz buckets like him have jobs in this important industry while people with brains who don't follow the corporate media overlords' master plan get "RIFed" is a complete outrage!

I'm never EVER going back to this horrible industry!

[struggle4progress]

21. oh dear

[eloydude]

23. Time to fire the homeschoolers and the dropouts..

That would leave with how many people with high school diplomas? 5? And all janitors!

[NewJeffCT]

25. my daughter knew about Harriet Tubman

in second grade. And, yes, from a public school.

[americannightmare]

28. This is both racism and ignorance...

and shows that the powers that be have been trying to destroy our education system for a very long time. They're just a lot better at it now because they have Bill Gates' backing, among other things...

[olddots]

34. its Fox

you expect anything other than talking meat puppets ?

[KamaAina]

36. I guess you don't even need a high-school diploma to work for Fux.

[Buns_of_Fire]

37. Apparently, there are only two rules:

1) Take care of whatever that thing is hanging out your nose;
2) Don't drool on camera.

The Google Machine only shows about 2.4 million references. I can see how it might be overlooked.

[Art_from_Ark]

41. I learned who Harriet Tubman was when I was in second grade

thanks to a Scholastic book called "Runaway Slave: The Story of Harriet Tubman".

[YOHABLO]

38. Typical

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

39. Bunch of dumb Fux nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

43. ...

[RoccoR5955]

44. I believe that we are in the age of ignorance. n/t

[left-of-center2012]

45. The 1st sign of stupidity

Working for Fox

[lovemydog]

46. It's a learning opportunity for her & others.

They'll learn about a talented vocalist who won five grammies for her contributions to hip hop music.

(j/k)

[Donald Ian Rankin]

47. Is she the one who was managed by Andy Warhol and collaborated with Nico? N.T.

[lovemydog]

63. Yeah, she started the Velvet Underground Railroad.

[TNNurse]

48. Fox News

Not ashamed to show their ignorance and general lack of knowledge.

[malthaussen]

50. In fairness, he probably doesn't know who Andrew Jackson was, either.

Harriet Tubman would make a far better $20 bill than war criminal Jackson.

-- Mal

[underpants]

53. Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Michael, and Andrew

Right?

[leftofcool]

51. Basic history 101, must have escaped him.

[Smarmie Doofus]

54. You know, Rick. C'mon! The one who was married to OZZIE Tubman!?!?

Got it now?

K and R

[lonestarnot]

57. That pile of crap knows less about anything on any particular day. Not surprised. Proverbial def.

of stupid. Does he win a prize for that?

[Oneironaut]

58. I hate when people purposely act like dumbasses.

I truly hope he did this on purpose. I used to do stuff like that when I was 12 and thought it was cute.

[bobjacksonk2832]

59. More Proof that right wingers are uneducated fools.

I'm positive this moron probably knows who the original leader of the KKK was. How sad and pathetic!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

60. Displays of ignorance by ignoramuses is not uncommon.

[dawn frenzy adams]

62. Who's surprised?

Fox doesn't hire smart people. But then again, neither does most of Mainstream Media.