Chaos reigned for a few moments behind the scenes on this morning’s telecast of Fox and Friends. Due to the combined inexperience of a new statistician and teleprompter operator, hostess Elisabeth Hasselbeck inadvertently announced an upswing in President Barack Obama’s approval rating. A visibly stunned co-host Steve Doucey went into an uncontrolled coughing fit and audible gasps were heard off camera. Co-host Brian Kilmeade seemed unshaken, as he was concentrating on a stain on the couch and wasn’t listening. Frozen for a moment Elisabeth regained her composure and smoothly transitioned to a commercial when she realized the severity of the situation. Producers offered praise for her quick reaction. Explaining the dilemma at that moment she confessed, “as a rule I never listen to what I am saying, so I was unsure as to what exactly had happened.” “But I just knew it was bad!”

After commercial the show regained it’s footing and moved on to the next feature “Finding the Uzi that’s right for you” Both statistician and teleprompter operator were remanded to the in-house news academy for Fox Priorities Training.