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Dear Fox/Burger King: You Were Warned

Every once in a while - not too often, I readily admit - when I smell shit it actually turns out to be shit. On Tuesday I labeled this Fox/Burger King collaboration the dumbest video in the history of ever. Don't look now, but Fox/Burger King agree. In the form...
By Richie Whitt
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Every once in a while – not too often, I readily admit – when I smell shit it actually turns out to be shit.

On Tuesday I labeled this Fox/Burger King collaboration the dumbest video in the history of ever.

Don’t look now, but Fox/Burger King agree. In the form of …

An apology.

The tired, old mocking of Jessica Simpson’s weight was bad enough. I’m waiting for the press release apologizing for the video’s general half-assed suckiness.

Fox, of course, has removed the original video. The copy I’ve found – curiously – didn’t have Tony Romo wearing No. 13. Weird.

Still, another episode portraying Terrell Owens as a dumb-ass fisherman remains up.

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Richie Whitt

Richie Whitt has been a columnist, reporter, broadcaster and blogger covering Dallas’ sports scene for more than 40 years. He wrote the Observer‘s sports column 2005-2011 and has reported sports on TV, radio and online. You can read his latest work a <a href=”https://www.si.com/nfl/bears/author/richie-whitt”>SI.com.

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