NBC Confuses Terry Fox for Michael J. Fox

[adedsfsdedasewdaww]

dude seriously, the liberal media stinks

[popFORfresh]

michael fox.. lmao.

[westernstarr1000]

Hillbillies. Dont be to hard on the yanks as they know no better. Think about it. How much schooling do you receive in the trailer court.

[Captmiloman]

Or Lorne Greene for either Red Green or Tom Green.

[Captmiloman]

They could've mistaken Jason Bateman for his sister justine.

[TheAngelsofgrace]

Shame on you for your ignorance NBC! First of all Terry Fox was the young man who died at 22 on June 28, 1981 of cancer. Michael J. Fox suffers from Parkinson's. Whenever you are communicating to the world, think and learn before you speak. A Canadian.

[Dakotaangel1]

TERRY...T E R R Y.  Get it right....

[mojo483]

I will now call Babe Ruth Steve Ruth and Martin Luther King now as Michael J. King!!!

Now how stupid does that sound!!!!! 

[monstahhh12]

Well, at least they didn't call him "Terry Squirrel". That woman thankfully had her rodents correct.

[TAz69x]

How the hell did this turn into a Canada vs American thing in the comments?!

don't be dumbasses guys; this is serial

it's so serial!

[TAz69x]

Wow!, Parkinsons AND running The Marathon of Hope for cancer research after the amputation of his right leg;

Michael J. Fox has been busier than I thought!...

ಠ_ಠ

[jurntjurnt]

What a dummy! She doesn't know what good reporting is

[Bike4life5]

that is fucked up

[HowlingWolf518]

To be fair, nobody outside Canada knows much about Canadian celebs; only we do, because only we care about who built the space shuttle's arm.

But at least we bother to find out about other countries. No wonder America's messed up: all they talk about - and know about - is themselves.

[Wipeouthunger]

I really don't think great American president Hot Rod Lincoln would have been impressed.

[dogstreamUNITED]

oh my FUCKING GOD MEREDITH VIEIRA.

[kingofweedswood]

Stereotypes are for stupid people, as an Englishman living in Canada and listening to people being stereotyped all the time just based on where they come from I can safely say most Canadians are stupid and probably Americans too. But am I stereotyping?

[hiyaasamantha]

lolololololol

[Alessandra6394]

Umm please tell me someone corrected her..............

[grkomanklr]

its fine to get a name wrong, but to put up a picture of MJF, that is just dumbass and piss poor research, typically arrogant americans

[akropiss]

whats strange is they're both pretty well known blokes, they are both BC natives and share the same last name, easy mistake to make but, they could have corrected her.

[smackbunny]

Have Canadians fucked up? Hell yeah!

We haven't launched wars for no reason or just decided to get all Croatian on you ass, but c'mon the dimmest of us can tell the difference between a guy who tried to run across Canada and a Canadian actor who has a serious disease.

[LutzakVideos]

I love how they show pics of both of them, funniest thing ever

[Brakethrooman]

I love how everyone here is judging America based on NBC.

[xdtnx]

@Brakethrooman Agreed, they should base it off Fox

[hellomynameis151]

@Brakethrooman and yet we judge Russians based on physical strength and ability. Where are the goals??

[leafs1319]

@Brakethrooman

Americans judge the entire world through  what they see on their TV, NBC, ABC, CNN, what ever thats all they use to judge the world. and when we use american networks to judge Americans its wrong?! Terry fox is one of the greatest canadians of all time! the least you could do is get his name right on nation television.

[TheNintendoJuggalo]

@Brakethrooman They're not much different. With the exception of a few most American's are ignorant dumbasses being controlled by the media.

[KungPaoBubba]

@Brakethrooman

I agree with you and I am even Canadian.

[TheVoyagerFan]

wow!

they sould be ashamed.

[Nuzz19]

simply pathetic

[Dosai99]

Typical Americans..... They know nothing about Canada!

[Ashtherebel]

@Dosai99 Typical Canadians, always judging countries based off of 1 person.

[Dosai99]

@Ashtherebel Haha! who's talking?

[Ashtherebel]

@Dosai99 Just mocking your post, but yeah I have plenty of Canadian friends who aren't like everyone posting in this comment section.

[opeygibs]

@Ashtherebel wow dude, you just used the same logic to draw a conclusion, about canadians, as the person whose logic you set out to "mock" in the first place. To put it simply, you just owned yourself without realizing it. Fail!

[Ashtherebel]

@opeygibs I dont honestly believe all Canadians are the same I just was making fun of a post.

[Siobanphotogirl]

@Ashtherebel well this isn't *really* based on only *one* person... but rather one example of MANY, MANY, MANY when it comes to American knowledge of Canadian facts. when something like this happens, we Canadians shake our heads in disbelief of the ignorance displayed on a regular basis.

[NonSane43]

@Dosai99 Hey I'm Canadian but I live in America. Not all Americans are retarded -__-

[ROFLCOPT3R90210]

rofl !

[imallfordabulls]

TODAY show EPIC fail.

[hnemers]

Wow...American journalists..

[94jaked]

that really makes me mad !!!! its like they are trying to mock terry !

[Hobiecat33]

Typical American reporting. Never thought I would rank NBC up there with FOX News.........................b­ut sadly I guess I have to.

[ProbableFiction]

Journalism is certainly dead, or at least the part that involves pre-broadcasting fact checking.

[MrJackMeOffski]

Fox left the Maritimes on June 10 and faced new challenges entering Quebec due to his group's inability to speak French and drivers who continually forced him off the road.

[ProbableFiction]

@MrJackMeOffski I've travelled through Quebec many a time and my French isn't exactly spot on, but I've never had trouble travelling through La Belle Province. People speak enough English in every roadside diner and motel that trouble only arises if the traveller is looking for it/expecting it. I think you have some beef with Quebec, and unless you can cite your information that Terry and his crew had trouble in Quebec, it will remain a sketchy claim.

[MrJackMeOffski]

@ProbableFiction Wikipedia Terry Fox source (29)

More proof how French are assholes like yourself.



[ProbableFiction]

@MrJackMeOffski Thanks for the source - which is all I asked for - and for the insult, even though I'm not French, and it's confirming my assumption that you're prejudice.

[MrJackMeOffski]

@ProbableFiction sucka my ballz assface!

[MIKEAB2010]

I can understand a name slip up, but they show a photo of Michael J Fox! dumb!

[dimsum73]

@MIKEAB2010 I know. It was premeditated. Don't they have fact checking people? And the other anchors didn't even bother to correct her : /

[team1200]

....All my grammar was correct in my last comment accept neighbor, it a weird word.

[kingjemil]

BAHAHAHA Wow America rules.

[GurkaranS7]

how absolutely pathetic..... what a wench... On a side note: Into the Wind the Terry Fox story premiered on TSN yesterday as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30... beautiful story of his life and very well done.. Steve Nash directed

[EssiacHempLaetrile]

Marathon of nope to the cure!

The Official Terry Fox You Tube channel (terryfoxcanada), has now blocked me & my previous 3 messages that were up for months only 1 remains.

[CYQT]

That's one of most insulting things I have ever heard.

Those fuckers BETTER have issued an appology statement.

Complete retards.

[corbycanada]

Typical americans. ignorant

[philipstephenbird]

it's Terry Fox not Michael J Fox one has parkinsons disease and the other ran from NFLD to Thunderbay Ontario. I do hope NBC did correct themselves after wards cause i find it kinda dumb that some americans dont know about terry fox and how they can confuse Michael for Terry.

[team1200]

typical americans....i wish we had better neighbours, not these jerks

[Back2DaFuture98]

@team1200 you know what asshole atleast i know how to speak ENGLISH no offense to any other canadians and michael j fox

[p1ippers]

Amateur

[bballpeterd]

Meredith, I strongly suggest that you watch the new 30 for 30 ESPN documentary about TERRY Fox (not Michael J. Fox) called Into the Wind. It just recentely debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and it should be released on television by the end of September or beginning of October. Maybe then you will learn who Terry Fox really was and what it means to be a true hero.

[bballpeterd]

It is very disheartening when a major American television personality is ignorant enough to confuse Michael J. Fox and Terry Fox, two of the most prominent founders of charities designated to finding a cure for the diseases that they suffer--or suffered--from: Parkinsons disease and cancer, respectively. Thank you Michael and Terry for not only being ambassadors of Canada, but also ambassadors for the fight against Parkinsons and cancer.

[medialies100]

so insulting. yet expected

[rrmaisha]

boneheads. do your friggin research.

[KelvTwelve]

FAAAAAAAILURE

[richardthewriter]

idiot americans

[JimmyG228]

you know Americans know nothing about Canada when...

[princessjennyy143]

HAHAH that lady said it with so much confidence... SIGH T___T

[adamzeppelin91]

fail

[nakas999]

respected Vieira as a journalist until this, completely lost it now! No offense, your husband has MS, but cancer killed this HERO!!!

[vetttech1999]

dumass media ,,,owned 

[brlaranjo]

WOW. Why would they show Michael J. Fox and Terry, I mean it even says his name on the shirt. Awful researching or just a confusion or incident idk

[SpeakToMe19]

Hahahaha, Viera is a fucking idiot. Go back to hosting Who Wants to Be A Millionaire and getting hot flashes when sailors come on the show.....

[smartbarley]

And you wonder why they are going out of business. They don't know what they are talking about and comes with this shit up their asses.

[h2jazz5]

idiots

[Ember121Scorpio]

LOL, Americans eh?

[mojo483]

dumb ass americans!!!!!

[elmo007millie]

how dare she? grr

[DssillyG]

...wow

[MrMouthman]

Wow!  Way to do your research NBC! Embarrassing....

[JRoca79]

INCREDIBLE FAIL!!!!!!!

[Ian74263]

Wow... Fail.

[kahlua101]

i love dumbericans!

[kahlua101]

I love dumbericans!

[kioshoe]

lololol theres a slogan on terry's tshirt too @_@;;

[stubsfahey87]

this is why nobody watches NBC anymore.

[droolingdonkey]

disrespectful

[poomaster2000]

What's most ridiculous is that this clip has been viewed more times than any of the videos that actually honour Terry Fox.

[c00per69]

Wow the ignorance is shocking

[team1200]

Im disguested, i hate amercia, so rude.

[JulieAubrey1]

fail

[Blacksagetheking]

a BITCH

[TRaNCeProductionz]

She is a perfect example of an "American"

[BellasForbiddenFruit]

WTF?! I read a lot of these comments, and I 100% agree with everyone about the Today Show and NBC, but everyone is using the stupid people on the Today Show as a representation of ALL Americans....You guys are the ignorant ones....Jezze...I personally never did anything wrong to you, and I love learning about history, not just about America...I shouldn't even comment on this, because that's what everyone outside the states does, is pick on all of us like we're one individual. Screw you...

[SM110989]

@BellasForbiddenFruit well if a major US newcast and News network not get simple facts right then thats just sad and yea well base assumptions on that. its like saying that John F. Kennedy was abreham lincoln or the americans won the war of 1812. its all known that jfk was a guys who shot the president, and everybody knows america lost the war of 1812 y do u think the american flag has the same colours as the union jack

[BellasForbiddenFruit]

@SM110989 Um, if you're trying to make a point, at least learn how to spell....It's ABRAHAM for an example.

[SM110989]

@BellasForbiddenFruit the example seemed to work for canadian 5th graders and above but seemingly not u... for 1 i dont care how its spelt. 2 the point was basically to put random facts, and complete bull up there. i like the fact that thats the only part u wrote about... JFK was the GUY WHO SHOT the president... and to just add on a random little comment to another one u put in. u elect a guy 1 guy to run the country... and the one sure way to get a picture of a country is through the news.

[BellasForbiddenFruit]

@SM110989 Are you serious?! I won't even waste my time pointing out all the mistakes in that piece of bull you just wrote. Go read a history book if you're going to write about it like you actually know something.

[SM110989]

@BellasForbiddenFruit congratulations u finally managed to catch the whole point. everybody knows jfk was probably the best president as far as american leaders go. and when i read a history book theres always something omitted. so i read at least 4 versions of it. now go back to ur new twilight crap and ur halfmoon or watever the hell it is and pay more attention to what ppl say and do. america really doesnt seem to know anything about the world there destroying

[BellasForbiddenFruit]

@SM110989 You really are an ignorant jerk! Who gives a crap if I like Twilight? Just because I like Twilight, DOES NOT make you superior to me. It seems everyone is being raised to hate ALL Americans. Just because I'm an American, doesn't make you better. At least I know how to spell! For your information, I hate Americans who give us a bad name. I bet your country also hates people like you, who make the rest of them look like hateful people. I will simply ignore your next comment.

[SM110989]

@BellasForbiddenFruit i was not raised to hate americans. i was raised to have a lower respect for ppl who bomb their allies, and invade peaceful nations. also all the twilight fanatics ive known are airheads.

[BellasForbiddenFruit]

@SM110989 I'm someone who invades peaceful nations and bombs my allies? Well maybe all the Twilight fanatics you've known are airheads, because they have to be airheads to even be associated with you. I don't know why you think you should attack me for being an American. I never did anything wrong, but post a comment on this video defending those Americans who ARE NOT stupid. Since I'm an American and a Twilight fan, that means I have to listen to your mean comments?

[SM110989]

@BellasForbiddenFruit u assume too much, as a nation there is a history of attacking unprovoked forno reason, as a male ive had to put up with the crappy twilight books and movies from gfs and their friends, as a canadian ive had to put up with american styreotypical superiority complex for 21 years. my friend and neighbour almost died in afghanistan from an american bombing run. all my previous comments have not been toward u specifically but as a country

[BellasForbiddenFruit]

@SM110989 You shouldn't talk to me like I'm the represntation of what warlike America is. I don't like war! My uncle died over in Iraq a couple years ago. I wish the world didn't have war. There's a lot of annoying Twilight fans out there, but if someone I know hates Twilight with a passion, I don't invade them with it. Twilight is something I love. I'm sure you love something that others hate too. I can see how you feel about war. I feel the same way.

[SM110989]

@BellasForbiddenFruit u started it. ppl do look toward international network news as an outlet just like how the PM or Pres is a figure head, and for the first time in about a decade the world likes the current American leader. war is a neccessity in human culture, any human culture. at any time. when theres something one country wants like oil they invade iraq i mean a country for it. if theres a huge public demand for action against a terrorist cell they half ass invade afghanistan, or country

[BellasForbiddenFruit]

@SM110989 I didn't start anything....you just like to argue about something I can't control. I'm just a citizen of the U.S. Good luck with your life. I hope you find what you're looking for. You can talk more if you like. That's what I expect you to do. I will simply ignore it though. So, try anything you like. It must make you feel better about yourself.

[pattijor]

No biggie, Meredith. He's only the biggest national hero ever and it's only yr friggin' job.

[braaaainz]

hahah the flash of michael j fox was the kicker.

unbelievable.

[curiousgangsta]

this is actually one of the most disturbing things i have ever seen.

[RoLexus]

NBC did this for the LuLz

[thatsthetime]

lol, what a fail.

[rtsoccerplayer]

hahaha okay then...

Betty Fox should've light the torch. Terry fox is an inspiration to me.

[berfie]

I've already written a letter of protest to their President Derrick Osama.

[MonkeyKong21]

Do you work for NBC by chance?

[wheelzwheela]

I love how she Meredith acts like she came across this touching story and is casually bringing it up around the camp fire.  LOL. At first I thought it was funny that she had said michael instead of Terry but when they showed the picture my jaw hit the floor. I wonder if NBC puts this much effort into all their News. WOW.

[MsEmberScorpio]

lol, that is the funnest thing. My friend would faint, she really has a great deal of respect for Michael...opps I meant Terry

[lovelylass13]

This made me seriously LOL... how sad. It would've taken exactly 2 seconds for them to atleast google things beforehand to make sure what they were saying was correct. I thought Michael J. Fox was well known in the US...how did they fail so badly?

[laurenmerc17]

@lovelylass13 IS well known. He is still alive.

[stushment]

wow...did she confuse a LIVING canadian actor suffering from parkinsons with a DEAD canadian hero who died of cancer?!?!?!?!

wow...just...wow. times like this i am thankful for ctv

[shaun127969]

To play dumb like American as I can see take no time out of their so call busy lives to learn about their friends up north. I bet the American leader is called Prime Minster, and they are home of the Whopper.

[davidemiable]

Another example of our Canadian inferiority complex. Chill.

[KidHum]

man I never knew Michael J Fox was missing a leg , that guy !!!!

[karly604]

im pissed off what NBC said about terry fox and thinking it michael j. fox. i love michael j. fox in his movies like back to the future but i think NBC should do more research about canadians next time. i wonder how terry fox parents felt about this if they heard this ?

[Joe22c]

"I'm gonna get cancer?! Whoa. Doc - this is HEAVY"

"Great Scott! In preventing the onset of your Parkinson's we've somehow induced cancer!

Marty, we must get you back to Canada in time for you to have Cancer and run across the nation; we must go BACK to the FUTURE!"

*music plays inexplicably in the background*

Oh and Meredith (the woman acting as a reporter for some reason) it's time for you to make like the useless quasi-celebrity that you are, and getta outta here!

[obbe69]

shut up fagget

[gigiplayshere]

isn't she the same idiot from The View who referred to canada as having a president? how can she call herself a newsperson...?

[swest666]

Wow, that's almost as funny as the hamster on the 6:00 news! xD

[seymourkid12]

fucking dumbass

[fataleffect71]

usa is a fuckin embarassment...fuck me go back to bombing 3rd world countries for oil instead of realizing who the TRUE heroes of the world are.

[alexicoff]

wow, NBC, I could see this coming from FOX maybe..

[wookie72]

This isn't bad as I first heard, actually, which was that they said Michael J Fox was the son of Terry Fox...

[theurbansoul]

Epic Fail for NBC

[magic203]

o vicente fox

[MvDiStasio]

They should've show all the Foxs to help her distinguish between them:

Terry Fox

Michael J. Fox

Megan Fox

Redd Fox

[kellehh1234]

Oh my Gosh!

[tombraider60us1]

shows that the Americans no so much about our Canadians they even screw up the news lmfao

[carmencarmencarmenca]

FAIL

[RayGun25]

0:14 made me laugh! Terry Fox's picture... then Michael LOL

[flanstar]

lol, I'm guessing whoever fielded that response to her/whoever picked those pictures was fired later that day

[STFUg00f2011]

What NBC airs something other than FUCKING COMMERCIALS?

[STFUg00f2011]

Haha everyone knows the yankees education ends at the border.

Dumb fucks.

[RodStewartfan1]

OMG! Its Terry Fox! NOT Michael Fox!! I wish more people in the US knew about Terry and what he did for Canada!! He truly was a hero and one of the most inspirational people to ever walk the face of the earth!

[struckwitharuckus]

Wait...they actually showed a picture of MJF too...the name slip is somewhat understandable...but showing what looked to be a recent picture(well after Terry died) is complete ignorance!

[B4nks]

LMAO.. man these reporters are spoon fed everything their souls have been completely sold to corporation

[struckwitharuckus]

Musta went back to the future

[corrupt200]

WTF? MJF doesn't even have cancer (for now), though he has some other terrible disease. Mixing up up one Canadian for another...I'm especially mad with NBC since this network aired the top running show that launched Mike's career.

[aceofspades627]

Michael J. Fox had Parkinson's disease by the way.

[corrupt200]

i know that

[kittymouse86]

This is an epic fail. However, I had never realized that the Today show is on for FOUR hours five days a week. No wonder it consists of mindless blather punctuated by glaring errors. The number of people who have watched it here on youtube is probably greater than the number who even registered it on the Today show in the first place.

[D8nrace]

How the f@ck has there been nothing from NBC no apology still show how ignorant Americans are they could careless of making such a ridiculous mistake.... And at the end if the day Americans not only know nothing about the rest of the world they barley learn about the rest of the states just plan ignorant...... Love CANADA woooooooo

[ummcdous]

EPIC FAIL!!!!!

[ROTTIMAN31]

OMG any 8 year old Canadian would know that. They probably think that Rick Hansen is one of the Hanson brothers from Slapshot. Ignorant yanks

[butterflytrail]

I'm utterly unimpressed! Whoever did the research for this...probably did it in a nanosecond! I can't believe this person actually got paid to be this reckless!

Signed,

Vancouverite

[Goatiful]

this is.. just.. no

[Dupdawg72]

Ouch.

Signed,

Canada

[dramaboy4u]

This is embarassing America. We have to learn about you and your stupid history... but you can't even distinguish between Terry Fox and Michael J Fox. Terry was a fucking legend. Idiots. I hope they got fired.

[Snapscape]

This is why they cut short the closing ceremonies. NBC sucks! Thank goodness we have CTV to cover it all.

[QCDeViLMaN666QC]

ROFL U KIDDING ME ???? HAHAHA

[katfrk]

LOL!!!!

[DoinThupidThings]

LOL the queens of the silver and bronze medals better check their facts LOL too funny.

[ummcdous]

Holy crap what rotten luck for someone to die of cancer come back to life to have a successful acting career then get Parkinsons LMAO

[bullrunfan514]

Jesus Christ, are times that bad that NBC had to lay off their fact checker ? Come on people, Focus !

[freerider12341]

@bullrunfan514 Fact checkers? Lets not forget this is American media

[corrupt200]

yea but MJF was on a top-runnng show on this network during the 80s

[NESherv]

I want to slap these people in the face.

[hellorocketship]

Wow, really? REALLY?

[KRug47]

i thought back to the future was well known to americans, that is sad...

[corrupt200]

@KRug47 even worse, this is the network that broadcast "Family Ties"