TwitterWell this didn't go as planned…
Yesterday, Fox & Friends launched an end-of-the year Twitter campaign asking fans (and, well, anyone) to share some of the things they were glad to leave behind in 2014.
"2014 has been a year full of things we don't want to see in the New Year," the news show's Twitter posted. "What are YOU over? Comment with #OverIt2014."
Suffice to say, people really ran with that hashtag and turned it into something Fox probably should've seen coming from a mile away.
2014 has been a year full of things we don?t want to see in the New Year. What are YOU over? Comment with #OverIt2014 pic.twitter.com/FjE8C989d3
? FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) December 30, 2014Yep, you guessed it, tweets came pouring in filled with witty jabs, insults aimed at the network and nightly program, and just complaints all around.
It turns out that there's a lot to be over about this past year, and the Twittersphere isn't holding back.
And in looking back at 2014, Fox had a lot of company in the social media efforts gone wrong for companies.
Everyone from US Airlines to DiGiorno Pizza and American Apparel have run into major blunders on Instagram and Twitter over the last few months—only to be forced to apologize shortly after their offensive and/or ill-advised posts.
Companies not thinking about potential backlash stemming from their actions? #OverIt2014
Fox News' Racist, Sectarian Demogoguery and Corporate Propoganda being peddled as actual NEWS #OverIt2014
? Len O'Grady (@lenogrady) December 31, 2014#OverIt2014 Bill O'Reilly writing 58 "Killing" Books but not calling his autobiography "Killing Journalism"
? Crutnacker (@Crutnacker) December 31, 2014I'm over fake wars, fake fears, fake patriotism, fake stories, fake blondes, fake Christians, fake outrage and Benghazi #OverIt2014
? Arlene Norton (@arlenenorton) December 31, 2014Over .@FoxNews pretending to be a "news organization" and not a racist sexist homophobic xenophobic conservative PR machinery. #OverIt2014
? shubhankar.c (@monkeypreneur) December 31, 2014I am sick of Fox news lovers having the memory of a goldfish when proven wrong. #OverIt2014
? Rob F (@ospunx) December 31, 2014.@foxandfriends White people on TV explaining racism #OverIt2014
? SketchyTK (@SketchyTK) December 30, 2014Failed models and novelists trying to pass themselves off as respected reporters. #OverIt2014
? Eric Basile (@AnEricBasile) December 31, 2014What are you ready to leave behind in 2014?? Tell us using #OverIt2014 pic.twitter.com/b47q0bUyZz
? FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) December 31, 2014