Howard brings up an American Idol performance on the first of the Hollywood shows. Right after Howard explains that a guy came out with a guitar and sang a Paula Abdul song, Robins chimes in stating "...all the auditions now are a capella."
     
     As anyone with a clue knows, a capella means to sing without musical accompaniment. Either she doesn't know what the term means or she just doesn't listen. Maybe it's a bit of both.

     Thank goodness Richard stepped in to correct her, but Robin was positive that now it would cost $8 to "use" a blanket and pillow on American Airlines coach flights.
     
     Howard seemed confused..."You get to keep it, right?"
     
     "Oh no, I don't think so" she said.
     
     Again, that thing called Google Robin. "AA will sell a blue fleece blanket with an inflatable neck pillow in a clear zippered pouch."
     
     "Sell" should have been the first clue.
     
     http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=77990.blog

     Again, Robin tells us about "that movie about the Greek gods...I don't know what it's called..." but then of course proceeds to introduce a clip from one of the stars and gets Howard talking about what a dumb idea this must be - of course because she is not explaining it correctly.
     
     Ms. Quivers - it's "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" based on a hugely popular series of books by Rick Riordan. Both she and Howard sound like idiots not knowing about this. I'm sure they talked the same wy about Harry Potter before it became a multi-billion dollar industry on its own.
     
     While her lazyness will be on vacation next week, I won't be suprised if this film is number 2 or 3 over the weekend behind "Dear John" and "Valentine's Day".
     
     Why can't she at least get the title of the movie correct? I know... I expect too much.

     Howard teased Ronnie "The Limo Driver" Mund today a lot because Mund's beard color looks awful.
     
     Robin chimed in to tell everyone that there are no professional beard dyers (implying that Ronnie is forced to color his beard himself).
     
     Has Robin never heard of a barber shop for men? Many barber shops nationwide include beard coloring, including this one at: http://www.metroformen.com/services_hair.asp (They charge $22)
     
     You would think Robin would know that lots of men go to hair salons to get their hair dyed. So why wouldn't she naturally assume these salons would also do beards?

     Robin said: "Britney Spears doesn't write anything." Actually, Ms. Spears has co-writing credits for 5 songs in her 2001 album "Britney." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britney_Spears
     

     During Robin's News segment today, Robin started reading an article about Rush Limbaugh suffering from chest pains. She then realized that the article was written last December. She then inquired as to who gave her that story. It is now official, Robin doesn't do shit.
     
     I have a sneak preview of tomorrow's stories.
     
     - A German Zeppelin caught fire in Lakehurst, New Jersey while mooring on a tower.
     
     - Battleship USS Maine explodes in Cuba. Spain implicated.
     
     - Dewey defeats Truman in close victory.
     
     - WE LANDED ON THE MOON!!!!!

     During Howard's rant about his possible selection to take over Simon Cowell's job on "American Idol," David Hasselhoff's name came up in the context that he had few qualifications to be a judge on "America's Got talent."
     
     Robin jumped in and said David Hasselhoff's seat still has to be filled on "America's Got Talent."
     
     Howie Mandel is replacing Hasselhoff. Wikipedia has Mandel's name listed as the new judge for 2010.

     Even when Robin gets the facts of a news story correct, sometimes she ends up getting it wrong.
     
     During her news segment, Robin reported on the widely reported medical study that says drinking two or more cans of soda per week increases your chance of getting pancreatic cancer.
     
     Howard turned it into a long bit about how Coke refused to hire him for a well-paying ad campaign because of Howard's assumed low morals, yet Coke sells sugar drinks that might do harm to people's health.
     
     Towards the end, Howard thought Robin was wrong when she said two cans of soda per week. Howard thought it should be two cans of soda per day.
     
     Robin, perhaps still reeling from Will Murray calling her out on getting so many news stories wrong decided to look it up and then back down. She came back with that she has now found conflicting reports where some say it is two cans per week and some say two cans per day. So, she decided to change her story and report that it is two cans per day.
     
     If Robin simply went to Google and typed in "drink soda pancreatic cancer" (without the quotation marks, of course), she'd see many references to "two cans per week" right there in the results page, including from WebMD and ABC News and Yahoo News, etc.
     
     You can read more at:
     http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/pepsi-challenged-study...
     
     I then searched Google for "drink soda pancreatic cancer two cans per day" and could find no reports that link two cans per day specifically with pancreatic cancer. It was all two cans per week.

     The song parody right before the news today was a take on "Barry White's" Can't Get Enough Of Your Love....not "Jeffrey Osborne" as Robin blurted out.
     

     Robin was talking about legal gambling in NY, and said "you know Aqueduct race track, where the Belmont Stakes is held" Last I checked Belmont Stakes was at Belmont Park.
     

     A caller asked Howard if he noticed that Miley Cyrus' breasts have been looking bigger lately. Howard said he did, and then started talking about how old she was. Robin of course jumped right in with "19".
     
     Miley Cyrus was born on November 23, 1992, making her only 17. I hope no one is using Robin's calendar if they're thinking about dating a girl - it might just land him in jail.
     
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miley_Cyrus

     Robin reminisced to Howard about "the day you went on your rant about Kathy Lee and Buddha." Buddha?? The correction quickly came: Hoda as in Hoda Kotb, Kathy Lee Gifford's partner on the Today Show. Buddha? For goodness' sakes!!
     

     When Robin was "reading" her news this morning she mentioned the Regis Philbin's new album was being sold at "F.Y.I."
     
     Robin, sweety, the store is known as "F.Y.E." which stands for "For Your Entertainment." Now entertain us and turn your microphone OFF!
     

     While reading a story on the Indianapolis Colt's defensive lineman Dwight Freeney today, Robin called him Dwight Feeney. You can't expect Robin to get everything right. She has to prepare for the show...during the show.
     

     During her news segment, Robin reported on the soon-to-be released movie titled "Dear John," starring Channing Tatum.
     
     Howard asked Robin: "Who is that?" (referring to Tatum, of course).
     
     Robin: "He's a new star." (That is all she said about him.)
     
     He's not that new. Tatum had his first feature role in 2005, opposite Samuel L. Jackson in "Coach Carter." Tatum's next role was as the lead costar with Amanda Bynes in "She's The Man" in 2006. Also in 2006, Tatum was launched to stardom by starring in the big hit movie "Step Up." This movie grossed $114 million dollars.
     
     Later that year, Tatum played in the 1980s-set drama "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints" starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Shia LaBeouf. Tatum's performance received positive notices at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, where the film premiered. The acclaim continued when he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for "Best Supporting Actor."
     
     In 2008, Channing Tatum starred (with Ryan Phillippe) in the movie "Stop Loss."
     
     In 2009, Channing starred in "G.I. Joe," which was huge...grossing over $300,000,000 worldwide. Also in 2009, Tatum starred in a movie called "Fighting." (Terrence Howard was also in the film.)
     
     So, Channing Tatum has been known for over 4 years now. He has had a big following of fans since his breakout role in "Step Up" in 2006.

     This morning, Robin started talking about her previous evening. This included a viewing of "The Wolfman." This led to a discussion on Benicio Del Toro, which led to a discussion of his film "Che." Then Robin opened her pie hole.
     
     She mentioned the Ernesto "Che" Guevara was kicked out of Cuba for being "too communist." First off, he was never "kicked out" of Cuba. He did have his differences with Fidel Castro, and the Soviet government was putting pressure on Castro to distance himself from Guevara, but it is widely known that Che left Cuba to pursue his dream of global revolution.
     
     The irony of this is, Robin later chastised Will for calling Castro a Prime Minister instead of a President. BTW Will, if you are reading this, THANK YOU for giving it back to that moo cow. I hope you do keep a note of all the mistakes Robin makes.
     
     Also, if Che was kicked out of Cuba, then why is he buried there, and immortalised in so much artwork and statuary?
     
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_guevara#International_diplomacy

     Robin was reporting on the decision of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to begin the process of rescinding the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy in which gays can serve in the military so long as their sexual preference is maintained confidential. She reported on Senator John McCain's opposition to rescinding the policy, stating: "He seems to be the only one against the policy and he's not even in the military anymore."
     
     Giving Robin the benefit of the doubt, that she meant to say Senator McCain is against rescinding the policy, she still erred. In fact, the decision to rescind the policy is quite controversial with large numbers of people on each side of the issue. For example, in just one Washington Post article, it is reported that "Over 1150 former generals and admirals have grave reservations about the repeal." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn.... Senator McCain is far from alone in opposing rescission of the policy.

     I am hoping Admin posts this submission, not necessarily as a Robin mistake, but because it deserves to be since someone on Howard's staff finally called Robin out on something Admin has been posting about for so long. It is kind of vindication for this site and all of us.
     
     There was an incredible exchange this morning, at about 9:40 a.m., between Will Murray and Robin. Will went on the attack...and it was so sweet.
     
     Retaliating for Robin jumping on him for what she perceived as his factual errors on the Castro question during the "Win Sal's Money" game, Will let Robin have it concerning her innumerable mistakes made while reporting the news.
     
     Will was very upset and very serious, telling Robin he could point out the endless factual errors she reports. Robin tried to justify why she makes many mistakes, saying she prepares the news during the show. Will rightfully called her on that bullshit excuse, saying she should have an interest in the news and be watching it the night before.
     
     If anyone has a link to this, I recommend everyone listen.
     
     Will was pointing out one of the biggest issues I have mentioned before on this site, and that is Robin shouldn't make the news mistakes she makes if she simply watched the news every night.
     
     Will repeated again that Robin should be watching the news and have an interest in the news naturally (and because it is her job). Will implied he wouldn't make the numerous mistakes Robin makes because Will has an interest in the news and watches the news every night.
     
     Admin Note: Here is the audio

     Howard continued talking about the widely publicized Rip Torn story this morning. An inebriated (and passed out) Rip Torn was arrested after breaking into a bank, as everyone knows.
     
     Robin chimed in expressing her shock, stating that Torn must have been SO drunk since after he broke the window a loud alarm went off and Torn slept through it. Robin also told everyone that every bank has a loud alarm that goes off if one breaks a window and enters the closed bank.
     
     Robin is wrong on two counts here, as apparently Robin never heard of a silent alarm.
     
     Many banks use silent alarms, of course. And, in this specific Rip Torn case, it has been reported that Torn triggered a silent alarm.

     Howard was talking about Beyonce's performance on the Grammys. He stated that he doesn't really get her music and that he saw her on 60 Minutes and that they treated her like the next big thing. Robin jumped in to say that she's won a ton of awards and that she won the most (Grammys) ever by a woman.
     The second part of her statement is incorrect. In fact Beyonce is third on the list for most Grammys won by a female artist. Alison Krauss won 27, Aretha Franklin won 18 and Beyonce won 16. As always Robin quick to give information as if it were factual when it is completely incorrect.
     
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_records...

     While coming back from break Fred played "Wonderwall" covered by Ryan Adams. Howard asked who was singing the song. Howard thought it was "the guy who f'd Jennifer Aniston" so without skipping a beat Robin jumped in and said it was a Dave Matthews song.
     
     Of course Fred had to correct her saying it was Ryan Adams. Even still she fought back saying, "No it's a Dave Matthews song" to which Howard and Fred both stated that it was an Oasis song (sung by Ryan Adams). Robin finally conceded. How wrong can someone be all the time yet still open their mouth to give "information".

     Robin started out a news story about a Toyota recall and described the cause as faulty brake pedals. Further into the story, she read that the cause was faulty gas pedals. Realizing her error, she corrected herself and said it wasn't brake pedals, it was gas pedals. Shouldn't Robin review her stories before she reads them?
     

     The gang was discussing the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding the ability of corporations to contribute to political campaigns and Justice Alito's reaction when President Obama proclaimed, during his State of the Union address, that the decision will open up contributions by foreign entities. Feeling the need to contribute, Robin weighed in:"It's supposed to be one man, one vote but this money thing is screwing things up." The campaign finance decision by the U.S. Supreme Court has nothing to do with the principle of one man one vote. While corporate contributions might influence voter choices, they still have one vote per person.