On Saturday, December 16, Kellyanne Conway was interviewed by Fox News's Jesse Watters on his program Watters' World, and she was asked about the ongoing FBI investigation into possible ties between Trump's presidential campaign and Russia. But it wasn't Conway's responses that caught the attention of most people on social media; rather, it was the banner that the network chose to run along with her interview.

As many people pointed out on Twitter, Fox displayed the words "A coup in America?" on the screen as Watters and Conway spoke. Several folks took issue with the fact that the network seemed to be conflating an official FBI investigation with a coup, which is defined as a "seizure of power" from a government by members of the military or other high-up officials.

Coups are often violent, and frequently result in a disruption of the current governmental system. A famous example from history would be at the end of the French Revolution, when Napoleon Bonaparte took power in France. In more current times, Turkey recently experienced a failed coup attempt, when a section of the country's military tried to take control of the government in July 2016.

When news of Fox's word choice hit Twitter, many people slammed the network, accusing them of using irresponsible language. CNN's Brian Stelter tweeted: "Cable news banners don’t just appear out of thin air. Producers brainstorm, fact-check, proof-read them. Hosts are sometimes involved too. Yes, mistakes slip through occasionally. But this doesn’t look like a mistake." And Kevin Baron of Defense One pointed out that he covers actual coups, adding that the network's use of the term was "inflammatory," "baseless," and "dangerous."

As for the actual interview, Conway argued that there might be a "bias" against Trump within the FBI investigation, and she also took time to defend the GOP's controversial tax bills. Her comments about the investigation also earned reactions online, with people pointing out that "the more the White House interferes...with the investigation, the more they prove why a Special Counsel was necessary in the first place."

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