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Fox News Guest Jokes About Killing Obama

'Many of us are making mistakes,' journalist says in apologizing

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted May 26, 2008 2:10 PM CDT

(Newser) – A Fox News analyst yesterday laughingly suggested on the air that Barack Obama be "knocked off." Commenting on Hillary Clinton's recent remarks about RFK's assassination, Liz Trotta referred to "what some are reading as a suggestion that somebody knock off Osama, uh Obama—well, both, if we could." She apologized today for her "lame attempt at humor."

Trotta was immediately raked over the coals in a number of blogs. "I do not believe there are very many people in our country who find it remotely funny when broadcast pundits make jokes about killing an elected leader," wrote Jeffrey Feldman for the Huffington Post.

Liz Trotta appearing on Fox News, where she mistakenly referred to Barack Obama as Osama and then laughed that they should both be knocked off.
Liz Trotta appearing on Fox News, where she mistakenly referred to Barack Obama as "Osama" and then laughed that they should both be "knocked off."   (RealSuccessUSA)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama.
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama.   (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a Memorial Day town hall-style meeting at the Farm and Ranch Museum in Las Cruces, N.M., Monday, May 26, 2008.
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a Memorial Day town hall-style meeting at the Farm and Ranch Museum in Las Cruces, N.M., Monday, May 26, 2008.   (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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