Fox News debuts bizarre, giant tablets in its newsroom

[dz0ny]

http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/7/4812630/fox-news-shepard-smith-news-deck

[ClintTorres]

This comic is 10 years old now, and still as relevant as ever:

http://okcancel.com/comic/3.html [Minority Users]

I wonder what cognitive scores you've got to exhibit in order to be an on-camera operator for the news?

[notok22]

New, practical, fast. And gone in 2 weeks after everyone gets sore arms and they can't rotate people around anymore.

[chris_wot]

This is sort of like the Homermobile, only they gave Homer a news room and said "Go for your life and make the coolest newsroom ever to grace this green earth!".

[astrodust → chris_wot]

Green as in money? Or green as in environmental? This is Fox News, the distinction is important.

[elwell]

Why did they have to make each one look like a giant iPad with the white border and such?

[jared314]

Are they actual workers, or just background set pieces? (The people using the tablets.)

[samstave → jared314]

Yes.

[chris_wot → samstave]

Best. Response. Evar.

[pachydermic]

"BATs" = big ass tablets

Anyways, this is completely ridiculous.