Friday Night Fights: HuffPost vs Buzzfeed

On Friday afternoon, Fox News infamously aired a car chase that ended very badly. A man who had stolen a vehicle outran police  until finally pulling into a field, pulling out a gun and shooting himself in the temple. We know this because FNC fell asleep at the switch and didn’t cut away from the man, so if you were watching Fox on Friday, you saw a snuff film. Anchor Shep Smith later explained that it was operator error and it would never happen again on his watch.

Meanwhile, mid-chase Twitter exploded with details.

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