On the Thursday show, Robin stated that the TV show Scrubs was ending that night, prompting Artie to joke about Zach Braff "falling off the face of the earth." It is just the season that's ending. Scrubs is moving to ABC, but is not over.
     

     During the discussion of the The Fabulous Life, a show similar to Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, Robin, declared that the voiceover was being performed by 'a New Zealander or maybe an Australian.' And who could doubt the globe trotter, jet setter and know-it-all extraordinaire?
     
     Of course she was wrong. The voiceover artist is named Christopher Flockton. He is British. Not a New Zealander. Not an Australian. And not faking his British accent. We'll leave the fake accents to Robin.
     
     http://www.chrisflockton.com

     Robin reported that Maxim magazine is coming out with their annual Hot 100 list of babes, and that the magazine said Derek Jeter has had relationships with "about eight of the top ten, or something." Wrong.
     
     An accurate news reporter would have read the full article in AM New York and noted that Maxim reps said "Six members of the Jeter exes club have made the annual list," (somewhere in the top 100) and that of those six, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Biel land somewhere in the top 10 of the upcoming issue. Two in the top 10 is very different from nailing 8 of the top 10.
     
     No doubt Jeter is a stud, but Robin gives him too much credit with her made-up numbers. I can't even figure out where she came up with the number 8. The very article she was reading, which is referenced in her news section on howardstern.com, clearly says in massive bold letters in the headline that he has dated 6 women on the list. Ponderous...

     Howard was discussing Summer Verona, the porn star whose "dad" waxes her pubic area. She was a guest in-studio a few months back. Robin piped in to say, "Well it's actually her step-dad." Incorrect.
     
     He was actually a family friend who Summer refers to as a father figure, due to the fact that her own father has been absent most of her life. Her father figure is not a relative either by blood or marriage. He's just a creepy guy who lived next door to her when she was a kid.

     Despite the thousands of articles on this story and the fact that she's already made the EXACT same mistake on-air AND been corrected about it (see below):
     
     "It's almost as bad as the guy in Amsterdam locking the daughter up in the basment."
     
     It's Amstetten. Amstetten. AMSTETTEN! I'd advise Robin to stick with the broader AUSTRIA when discussing this story instead of going for the city name, but I have no doubt her brain would somehow twist that into "Australia".
     
     How many times can one "news reporter" make the same stupid screw up?

     While Nitwit Quivers was doing the story about the cyclone in Myanmar, Howard called it Mallomar. The genius corrected Howard saying "not the candy, the country." Of course a Mallomar is a cookie, not a candy.
     
     Not a huge goof, but still, anyone who calls herself a "News Woman" should strive for some level of accuracy.
     
     http://www.nabiscoworld.com/Brands/ProductInformation...

     Robin said Obama won the Guam primary so he gets the delegates:
     
     Guam delegates split, 2 votes to Obama, 2 to Clinton
     
     Associated Press - May 3, 2008 10:43 PM ET
     
     HAGATNA, Guam (AP) - In the end, it appears a seven-vote victory doesn't translate into much.
     
     Barack Obama eked out a win in the Guam caucuses with that tiny margin. More than 4,500 Democrats voted in the race and it took all night to reach the tally.
     
     The U.S. territory has eight pledged delegates, each with one-half vote. That means the delegates will be split down the middle, two more votes at the convention for Hillary Rodham Clinton, two for Obama.

     Robin, who is alledgedly African American herself, incorrectly stated that Barbara Walters slept with the first Black Senator. Barbara Walters is old, but not that old. The first African American senator was actually elected nearly 100 years prior to Senator Brooke.
     
     Hiram Revels, Republican from Mississippi, was elected to the Senate in 1870. Although he only served for approximately a year, he was a Senator.
     
     Edward Brooke wasn't next either. That distinction goes to Blanche K. Bruce, also a Republican from Mississippi. Senator Bruce did serve a full term, from 1875 to 1881.
     
     Edward Brooke may be the first African American senator, 'since reconstruction'. A distinction often made, but not made by Robin the Omniscient.
     

     This morning, there was a discussion about Erik Estrada and "the blond guy" on the television show, Chips. Howard asked why people could only remember Erik Estrada's name and not the other guy, and Robin piped up, "He's the cheesecake!"
     
     I think she meant beefcake, which denotes a male's sexual attractiveness and not cheesecake, which is a dessert.
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beefcake

     Robin reported a story that she got from the Times Online in the UK that a man had regrown a finger tip that had been chopped off during an accident by sprinkling magic powder on it. She declared that "Scientists are claiming an amazing breakthrough," which is not true.
     
     Robin goes on to read from the bogus story that four weeks later the man had regrown his finger to its original length. Then one minute later she asserts that four months later the man had regrown his finger.
     
     Was it four weeks or four months? The article she references says four weeks, so this part is simply another case of Robin's inability to get her news facts straight before "reading" them on the air.
     
     Howard asked, "How do they do it?" Robin responded, "They put some kind of magic powder on it." Yet, the very news article she was holding in her hand specifically states that the powder came from a pig's bladder, hardly "magical" in nature.
     
     Now, as ridiculous as it is to believe that powdered pig's bladder could cause a regrowth of a human finger, Robin never questioned that. Nor did she question the validity of the news article.
     
     And she also missed the fact that the "magic powder" in question was produced by a company owned by the victim's brother. Is it just sheer coincidence that this miraculous, magnificent breakthrough of miracle powder was developed by a company owned by the brother of the man who reportedly initially benefited from it? Robin didn't read that part of the news story.
     
     She might also want to know for future reference that Times Online produces a good amount of fake/satirical/parody content.
     http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article3850314.ece

     In response to rising gas prices, Robin reported on Wayne Gerdes' claim of nearly doubling the fuel mileage on his pickup truck using techniques known collectively as "hypermiling". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermiling
     
     Robin claimed that, among other gas-saving tips, Wayne recommends that, "You hyper-inflate the tires. You inflate the tires to their maximum capacity - not the recommended level - to the maximum capacity that it says on the tire and that's how you drive around."
     
     WRONG ... AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! While slightly over-inflating the tires can potentially increase your mileage (a claim disputed by others), even mileage-crazy Wayne Gerdes says the specific amount of overinflation should always vary depending on numerous factors including outside (road) temperature and road conditions. Moreover, the baseline PSI is always the recommended pressure as stated in the vehicle owner's manual - not the safe PSI range stated on the tire itself (which obviously still must be adhered to). http://www.safercar.gov/portal/site/safercar...
     
     Having said all that, even Wayne admits that an overinflated tire will wear out unevenly and more quickly and the ride will be rougher on the vehicle's suspension components - increasing maintenance costs and potentially making this a money-LOSING technique. http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:xyI-BCuTKXkJ:www.greenhybrid.com/...
     
     Most importantly, GROSSLY overinflated tires (as Robin wrongly promoted) will mean much less traction with the road and a vehicle that is potentially more likely to go out of control should the driver ever need to make a sudden maneuver in an emergency. Of course, absolutely no mention by Robin (the QUALIFIED RACE CAR DRIVER ... sigh) of any of these tremendous drawbacks in her "news" piece - just a bubbly quasi-endorsement of a highly-debated practice.
     
     Please Robin. Just stick to the back seat of your limo and don't offer up bad ideas to those of us who actually do the driving.