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NBC’s Embarrassing Fox Flub

It seems that when it comes to Fox news, NBC reports, but can’t decide.

In a flub that might have slipped past many Americans, NBC’s “Today” show confused two of Canada’s most iconic figures in the run-up to the opening ceremonies.

When the question of who might light the Olympic cauldron came up, co-anchor Meredith Vieira suggested that it could be Betty Fox, the mother of the late Terry Fox — an amputee who set out to run across Canada (and made it half way) to raise cancer awareness.

The trouble is that Vieira called Betty’s son “Michael Fox,” possibly confusing Terry with the actor we all know and love, Michael J. Fox.

That’s understandable enough, but the graphics person was a bit too quick on the switch by removing the correct photo of Terry Fox on the screen and replacing it with Michael J. Fox.

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