Fox News Hashtag #OverIt2014 Backfires Big Time

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Fox News closed the year with a bang on Tuesday when its morning show “Fox & Friends” tried to start a hashtag and instead invited a wave of Internet bile.

The hashtag in question was #OverIt2014. Asking viewers to tweet what they hope to leave behind in 2014, the anchors offered some examples, including “pretzel buns” and “attacks against Christianity.”

The Internet had other ideas.

Not since Fox contributor Ann Coulter left herself wide open for parody in mocking #BringBackOurGirls have conservatives seen such a boomerang effect on social media.

Roll those tweets:

h/t Gawker

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  1. Avatar for korvu korvu says:

    Snap goes the trap.

  2. Hey Elizabeth if you want “attacks against Christianity” over then before speaking reflect on what you are about spew on Fox & Friends. Maybe some self reflection on does what I’m about to say reflect my religion’s ethos.

  3. Avatar for meta meta says:

    Will somebody tell us what “I’m over” really means?

  4. Deal with it, Blondie. Attacks on the FOX brand of shoot-thy-neighbor, greed-is-godly, piss-on-the-least-of-these, Ayn Randian “Christianity” aren’t going away. Ever.

  5. More cannon fodder for comedians. Colbert may regret moving to The Late Show after seeing this. I am sure he could come up with a very long list LOL!

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