Did Hackers Really Hijack Fox News Ticker And Post Anti-Fox Messages?
- Posted on May 31, 2011 at 4:58pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
- Print »
- Email »
“We are being lied to. Rightwingers are destroying the middle class and trying to kill our unions.”
If you were strolling by Fox News headquarters on Sunday night, that might be the message you saw scrolling across the news ticker running outside the news outlets building. At least that’s what one YouTube video claims.
The video purports to show hackers breaking into the Fox system and posting a string of anti-Fox news messages.
“Last night I hacked into the FoxNews news ticker on 6th avenue in NYC,” the video’s description, posted on May 30, says. “I accessed the Fox ticker basically to get your attention. Also because Fox deserves it: they’re the 24/7 mouthpiece of the right wing. They are huge perpetuators of the big lie.”
Here’s the video making the rounds and purportedly showing the hack:
If it’s true, it would be incredible. But according to Fox, it’s not. TV Newser reports Fox says the video is a “hoax” and the ticker “was not hacked.”
Still, that hasn‘t stopped the video’s poster from doubling down. The video‘s description has been updated to reflect Fox’s response, but it also now includes a promise to soon explain “how I did it,“ which ”will hopefully prove it for all the naysayers.”
Still, that seems unlikely. Gawker posted a series of points which it says probably show why it’s a fake:
Firstly, fake “video hacks,” in which bystanders seem to take control of a public electronic screen, are a growing trend. Secondly, while a few passersby in the video glance up at the hijacked ticker, none of them seem to react appropriately to seeing an anti-corporate political message scrolling out in front of the News Corp. headquarters. And thirdly, our guess is that the video was taken on or about May 9. A fragment of the normally functioning ticker visible in the video reads “…trucks may have problem with fuel tanks that could cause spills and fire.” That language corresponds with an AP report about fuel tank troubles with the Ford F-150 that appeared on May 9. Which means that these people pulled off a really cool trick and then waited three weeks before announcing it by placing it anonymously on YouTube with no fanfare. Which would be odd.
If I were a betting man, I would put my money on a movie marketing campaign or something similar. At least that’s what came about from the last big-screen hack video that went viral.
Popular Stories
Does Misstated Marathon Claim Prove Paul Ryan Is Dishonest? (POLL) 685 Comments
‘Jumah at the DNC’ Speaker: ‘Muslims Visited America Prior to Columbus’ & ‘It Was a Muslim’ Who Guided Him to the ‘New World’ 533 Comments
Paper Details Obama Admin’s Alleged Secret Note Sent to Iran: If Israel Attacks, We Won’t Get Involved 440 Comments
Obama: RNC Like Watching ‘Black-and-White TV’ Because Romney ‘Did Not Offer a Single New Idea’ 373 Comments
Roseanne Barr: Most Billionaires ‘Violent Pedophiles’ & ‘Heartless’ Cocaine Addicts 331 Comments
Faith
This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 286 Comments- Pakistani Muslim Cleric Accused of Framing Disabled Christian Girl in Koran-Burning Case Read More
- ‘Made Up Religion’: TV Historian Enrages Muslims, Receives Threats After Producing UK Documentary Questioning Islam’s Beginnings 293 Comments
Meet the Controversial German Imam Accused of Brutally Beating His Wife & Pushing Sharia Law Read More
‘Self-Proclaimed Messiah’ & Unification Church Leader the Rev. Sun Myung Moon Has Died — Here’s His Life Story Read More
Business
President Obama Issues Major ‘Green Energy’ Executive Order 179 Comments- Germany’s Upcoming Court Ruling Will be Huge for the EU Read More
Ford Looks to Beat Toyota for Best-Selling Car in 2012 With This Model 148 Comments
Bernanke & QE3: Here’s What You Need to Know Read More- ‘Extortion’: Why Did the Labor Department ‘Drop the Hammer’ on Oregon Farmers? 301 Comments
Technology
- This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 286 Comments
‘TaserDrone’: Hackers Weaponize Quadcopter With Actual ‘Shocking’ Technology Read More
Ever Heard of the Wild ‘Burning Man’ Festival in the Middle of the Nev. Desert? Here’s Your Primer Read More
Stanford Develops Technology ‘Better Than Steroids’ for Athlete Recovery Read More
Have You Pretended to Know What ‘the Cloud’ Is? You’re Not Alone Read More
Submitting your tip... please wait!
Comments (149)
CHICAGOTHUGBUCKET
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 6:22pmI hacked into obamas head and there was no hard drive I would have to get him to lip sync the program. Oh wait, that is his program! President LIp sync of the tele millie vanilie presidency.
Report Post »slp
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 6:21pmObviously a fake. Light from the windows reflects off the underside of the sign before it goes blank, as soon as it blacks out, the sign gets a bit taller and the reflections disappear.
Report Post »ApokTheGreat
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 11:04pmThe reflection of the light from the “cavuto” window disappears. That was the most obvious one.
Report Post »I couldnt stand listening to that banshee in the video long enough to see other discrepancies. Since the reflection disappearing is impossible with just a change in what the sign says…proof positive it’s a fake.
Besides, if it was real it must of happened around 2-3am (employees start coming in to work around 3:30am -4am. The lack people on the sidewalk is also an indication of the time. So apart from the video which was supposed to get people’s attention got about 4 people to look at it and none of them seemed to care one bit.
These goofball teenweenies receive the EPIC FAIL AWARD of the day for having Styrofoam spacers to keep their ears from touching.
dontbotherme
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 6:18pm… fuel tanks that could cause spills & fires… May 9th news feed… busted. That’s all I needed to know.
Report Post »Atrocities
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 6:17pmTwas a hoax. Now if someone did this to CNN or MSNBC, then it wouldn’t be a hoax.. they are lying to us on a daily basis.
Report Post »Lt. Hutch
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 2:09amIf someone did this to MSNBC or CNN, there would be cries for revenge
Report Post »debbdi
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 6:02pmPathetic…
Report Post »jdawg
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:57pmProbably a hoax.
http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-spokane/leftists-video-claims-fox-news-ticker-got-hacked
Report Post »adouglass1
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 7:37pmNo probably about it. The tape cuts out then back in any idiot can see that also the ticker board got bigger when that started. Fake for real if anyone doesnt believe me I have some beachfront property in Nevada I can sell you.
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:55pmThis is some clueless idiot that one day 10 years from now and will ask what happened. His parents will boot him out and he will have found out obama didn‘t win reelection and didn’t take care of him.
Report Post »SoonerRed
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:53pmI wonder if these were the same “people” who “allegedly” hacked Rep. Anthony Weiner’s twitter account?
Report Post »AmericanHorse
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:34pmI’m as good as that hacker. All I need is a video camera and iMovie to make people think I did something that I didn’t. I don‘t even need mommy’s basement.
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:44pmThey will CGI the return of Christ and debut it on Youtube.
Report Post »ApokTheGreat
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 10:43pmAdobe After Effects can do this (somewhat expensive, okay i paid out the nose for it; but pirated copies exist online)
Adobe Premiere Pro can do this (same deal expense but pirated copies exist)
iMovie, MS MoverMaker can do it (comes with all computers or downloaded free)
This is basic video editing stuff, and it was probably the only thing they paid attention to in high school.
Can someone tell me if these building tickers are closed systems (where hacking them takes a person on site not on a remote computer) or open (connected to the internet and can be remotely hacked into)?
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:27pmand the moron obamadrones would shut down FoxNews, too, thinking without FoxNews we would just shut up and resign ourselves to being mindless obamadrones TOO? no way.. the obamadrones doing all this typical nonsense are obama’s most desperate morons, they are so afraid to see their little fuhrer god obama go down in a BLAZE.
Report Post »Non-sequitur
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:29pmNo, but without Fox News I wouldn’t have to listen to half as many retarded talking points so it would be a net gain.
Report Post »beckbotsrlame
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:36pmYes folks, the BeckBots mental midgets are very real, just read the above comments..
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:45pm@beckbotsrlame
Report Post »Obama hacked your brain. Get your life back.
American Saint
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:48pm@Non-sequitur
You don‘t have to listen to Fox’s talking points…you choose to! Well, maybe your receiver in the basement is connected to your Mom’s in her room and she likes Foxnews so you are forced to watch it. Yes, that must be it.
Report Post »indy1
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 6:50pmIt’s pathetic that these stupid anti-free speech libs obsess about FNC instead of trying to make the country a better place.
Report Post »brickmoon
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 7:15pmYou mean “talking points” as in Chuck Schumer’s “I always use ‘extreme,’ That is what the caucus instructed me to use.”?
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 8:43pmYou stupid trolls are free to leave anytime but you choose to stay here, idiots.
Report Post »manster
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:25pmI remember when hack was what you did with a loogie. Same thing I will do with this story! HAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAHAAAAAAA er…… hem…………. hack………. haw………….. whew! I feel better now!
Report Post »bjc535
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:25pmHacking can make things like that (first few sec.) want me???? I must learn this skill……hahahahaha
Report Post »adouglass1
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 7:38pmJust tape her mouth
Report Post »The Third Archon
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:22pmLolz
Report Post »jim
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:21pmOMG, unions are great! (Sorry, someone just hacked my keyboard.)
Report Post »American Saint
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:44pmFunny!
Report Post »MikeDiesel
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:20pmWhat a joke! Anyone who actually listened to the girl in that video better know she was acting–poorly. “Yes, it’s still happening! Oh my G**!” Give me a break.
Report Post »thinkinghuman
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 10:32pmYeah, it was VERY BAD acting. So contrived.
Report Post »reconmarine
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:17pmMore lies, smoke and mirrors by the children of Obama.
Report Post »bobodu
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 7:20pmHah !!! The truth could smack people like you on the nose with a 2 X 4 and you wouldn’t see it.
Report Post »As long as you continue to live in your 4500 year old Earth and listen only to FOX and Israel, you never will be without a broken nose.
Silly Wabbit….
pothos42
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:15pmWhat’s the MSNBC ticker say? “Weiner hacked, Lorena Bobbit is being questioned.”
Report Post »AMERICA4EVER
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 6:02pmLol!
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 6:38pmThat is the best one I’ve seen yet. gave me a really good chuckle.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 7:01pmMore like, “Today, Nancy Pelosi farted and the paint fell off the walls …”
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:13pmyawn…..wow, really creative, a story about some guy living in moms basement and the so-funny things he does. yawn
Report Post »survivorseed
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 6:10pmYawn…Ted’s in his moms basement with a box of whiiine again…..yawn
Report Post »Patrick in AZ
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:12pm“All your base are belong to us.”
Report Post »MikeDiesel
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:22pmSomebody set up us the bomb.
You have no chance to survive make your time.
Report Post »FISCALRIGHT
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:12pmI liked the first few seconds.
Report Post »Hope2changeHopeandchange
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 6:44pmYou and me both! LOL
Report Post »hcjr1fan
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 7:04pmfunny lol
Report Post »adouglass1
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 7:29pmNice backside!!
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:11pmIt’s the truth people
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:10pmNot to bright posting his face all over the screens like that. But there are people out there that have nothing better to do.
Report Post »Reduce.Our.Govt.Footprint
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:09pmSomeone hacked into the oval office, and he is still there!!!
Report Post »bobodu
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 7:14pmYou mean Dick Cheney is pulling Obama’s strings too?
Report Post »jackbauer
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 10:20pmDidn’t you mean to say we have a hack in the Oval Office?
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:07pmI hacked into the BLAZE COMMENTS SECTION and posted this post.
MUHHAAAAHAHAAHAAHAAHAA
If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd every time, no matter how much slaughtering he did on the side.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 7:55pmGreat analogy Red
Report Post »SLEUTH
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:06pmHa
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:10pmThe Truth is the first casualty of war.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:22pmLiberal idiots just want attention, poor clueless fools.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:25pmHello, hello?
Report Post »My name is Sobeartha….no Soetaro,……..no Bounel,………no it’s Obama this week and I have assumed control, assumed control, assumed, assum, assu, a$$.
KickinBack
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:28pmSo, The liar was lying about the lie.
Report Post »101
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:33pmLMAO…that was funny, Fox was out Foxed
It was leftwing lies but hey, they got ya…cool prank!
Report Post »Uncurable wound
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 5:35pmYah, I got your big lie right here you tool.
Report Post »It wont be long now
tifosa
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 6:01pmAwesome!
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 6:09pm^____^____^
So these hackers they have MBA’s, Phd’s in economics and finance? Les not focus on the hackers lets focus on where this vid originated as the girl and guy filming know who hacked the system.
As far as the comments on an uprising be careful what you wish for lefties. Remember those on the right are the ones who love and have the guns you all do your best to outlaw and restrict…. oh and those crazy racist, bible & constitution loving, gun toting haters KNOW HOW TO USE their guns.
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 6:09pmYou have to love the Libs…Notice how they don’t say anything about PMSNBC, being the 24/7mouth piece for the mentally retarded. The Liberals are really worried
Report Post »ENCIINOM
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 6:17pmLOL. This proves how ignorent feaux news is.
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 6:50pmWhy seek the truth when we have CNN, MSNBC, NYTimes, etc.?
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 6:53pm@ENCIINOM
You call that proof? I have a large footed friend in Spokane that would like to meet you for a little troll in the woods.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 7:00pmEncinoman – It just proves how gullible you are. Wasn’t it a few months back that a similar story came out showing video of the hackers tapping into the signs in New York? Turns out it was for a movie. Sip some more cookaid encinoman!
Report Post »bobodu
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 7:11pmSure…..I’m supposed to take the FAUXnews denial as fact? I know you folks will accept anything spoon fed to you by FOX and it‘s so called reporters but I don’t buy it.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 7:27pm..
Report Post »I knew it was democrats. Fox news only has one “x”.
That was the giveaway, victims of gub’ment schools.
bobodu
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 7:30pmUmm….if you look at some of the hacker boards…This was posted on them three weeks ago!!!
FOX LIES folks.
Here’s one dated May 10…..
http://tickerforum.org/akcs-www?post=185764
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 7:32pmSo. If you dumbass hackers THEN immediately post a video with the girl’s face on the vid, number one, it isn’t a “slap in the face’ to Fox news, but rather a big sentence in JAIL for you. Second, who are you getting over on by admitting it was YOU who hacked into, than created this message? if you go viral, then everyone will know it was a perpetrated crime and not a Fox News admittance.
You kids should have studied engineering, or physics, of burger-flipping.
All would have been more productive for yourselves than this costly act.
Stupid liberals…Trix are for kids.
Report Post »DirectlyUnPCman
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 7:49pmYea yea, we arent broke. We are rich. The richest in the world. But where did all this debt come from? Ah well, nevermind, we are rich……RICH!
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 9:49pm@pajamash “Cookaid”? Funny!
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 10:33pmNAME ONE LIE. When was it on. YOU can’t.
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 10:38pmFox Rocks!! Yea I’m one of the Right Wing Guys. all you sissys er lilberals get a real job. at least find something constructive to do. stand on your own, feel like a man.
Report Post »101
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 12:27amI wonder how long the prison sentence will be for hacking into Fox Network News sign…they’re guilty of multiple offences along with computer hacking!
All fun and games until you hack into a computer and slander a multi-billion dollar News organization
Report Post »Steverino
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 12:28amThis is truly lovely, boys and girls. If they cant win in the arena of ideas, then throw bombs wherever they can.
Not really a complex theory. Well, consider the source, I guess.
Steve
Report Post »http://stephencharles-poppin-off.blogspot.com/2011/06/im-back-howdy-gang-are-you-ready-for.html
thebarbarian
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 12:49amOk, you have them. U-tube or what ever that thing is. thier faces and intent. defame. deface, fraud, slander. go get em .alright Fox what are you waiting for? go get them.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 1:01amYet more proof why public education is a dangerous thing. They have poisoned a generation against the hands that feed them. Sad.
Report Post »chalkdust
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 2:53amMost likely a hoax. I wonder what the “big lie” is. I hear a lot of people say fox lies but they never say what is a lie. Is everything they say a lie? That would be hard to do. Only some things? Which statements are lies? Do they disagree with Fox’s opinion guys and confuse there disagreement with lies? Its a mystery.
Report Post »PCFreeZone
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:13amThe most awesome part of the video was the chick’s ass…the rest didn’t matter.
Report Post »bookofdaniel
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 4:49amits a fake.
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 5:09amThat was a very attractive backside running up the steps at the beginning of the clip!
Apart from that, who cares. Even if it is true (the hack), it is no different from legion left-wing nonsense found all over the web – and elswhere. Changes nothing. Passersby didn’t gather in shock. Life continues normally.
Lovely bottom, though. Nice of the loopies to put that in there.
I’m going to hell, I guess…
Report Post »jhonjhonson1
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 7:59amDon’t you think it would of made more sense to do it when there were more than 1 person there, instead of the middle of the night?? Nice azz, by the way, literally and figuratively!!
Report Post »N8ive NY-er
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 9:40amFake or Real … Why would you do it at 1:00 am when there is only 8 people on the street? If you are going to make a statement, do it when there are 1,000s of people on the streets.
Report Post »lana720
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:28amArrest her and her friends for trespassing and cyber intrusion or whatever laws prevail here. She sounds orgasmic at what they achieved. Little snots!!!
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on June 1, 2011 at 3:42pmLooks like a bad edit job to me, typical though, they lie, name call, and accuse others of doing everything they are really doing.
Report Post »