Fox News Replaces Desks With Ridiculously Large Touchscreens

It what looks like something out of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory — or maybe Minority Report but with teeny tiny people — Fox News unveiled on Monday what it believes to be the future of the newsroom.

In a video posted to Fox News this morning (embedded below), anchor Shepard Smith debuted the Fox News Deck, where journalists will be on camera as they sift through posts on Twitter and Facebook to keep track of emerging news. But staffers will be using large 55-inch Microsoft touchscreens in the background of the broadcast

"That's where our journalists will be, using brand new tools to track developing stories and bring them to your screen as quickly as possible," Smith said. "We call these BATs. Big area touchscreens." Read more...