Fox News and the Oompa-Loompas

Fox News' "Giant iPads" Became an Online Meme

A fresh technical solution introduced by Fox News has caused a stir among Internet users. portal writes about this Buzzfeed .

The renovated Fox News studio now features touchscreen devices for editors, reminiscent of an Apple tablet computer. They differ from the iPad in size: each diagonal is 55 inches (about 140 centimeters). After Shepard Smith, one of the channel's presenters, gave a tour for viewers , the American Internet began to joke about what they saw.

“Fox News either bought huge iPads or hired very, very small people.”

Either Fox News just bought a bunch of gigantic iPads or they employ very, very tiny people. pic.twitter.com/5HXNXIQU6F

— Seth Fiegerman (@sfiegerman) October 7, 2013

“Shep Smith Willy Wonka, and the people behind him are Oompa-Loompas” ( little people from Roald Dahl’s fairy tale “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” - editor’s note ).

Shep Smith is Willy Wonka and the Fox News people behind him are the Oompa Loompas. pic.twitter.com/cogxOruTRE via @BuzzFeedAndrew

— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) October 7, 2013

Following the jokes, “photographs” appeared on Twitter, in which Smith is compared mainly with the captain of a spaceship or Agent Smith from “The Matrix”, they are ironic about the use of tablets and sarcastically about the Windows 8 installed on them.

According to a commentary by Fox News , this decision is intended to bring in a new audience: a younger one, passionate about gadgets and the latest technologies. In addition to the “giant iPads”, the image from which the editor can immediately broadcast, the studio installed panels reflecting the current Twitter feed, and a video wall on which photographs can be moved.

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