because, War on Christmas!
I’m a conservative, but I’ve never been infatuated with war and the military and weapons like so many people especially Republicans are. Renewing the conflict with Russia is a wet dream for Peters. They’re a politically correct villain that can be bullied with sanctions as well. In reality, China is a far more worthy adversary, but the Chinese don’t make good villains which is another topic worth delving into. You know, the Chinese should come up with their own version of Captain America now that I think of it.
I agree and I personally don’t give a shit either. If the college and student body want to do that then fine. Why should I care? Not up to me and presumably if the students (who are adults) have issue with it they can make a fuss themselves.
My problem with it is this is steroid-super-juice for conservative trolls. They start jumping up and down with excitement and quiver with sexual release at the blatant example of political correctness run amok. It is then up to us to clean up the mess.
Hey! That’s OUR word! :mad::mad::mad:
Said, rather. That was posted to YouTube a decade ago, and who knows how old it was then.
Of course, it’s still absurd, but aren’t there enough contemporary examples of Fox?
Is Fox covering these protests? Their website sure isn’t. There is a video buried at the bottom of the page entitled:
“March for Our Lives’ gun control rally to draw thousands across US: Everything you need to know”
“Thousands”. Not “hundreds of thousands”.
I caught a few minutes of Fox Sunday news panel discussions, and was somewhat surprised on how normal they seemed. Chris Wallace was interviewing some Florida student protesters – so yes, they acknowledge now that the protests happened. He was a tad skeptical that today’s activism will turn into votes in November, and pointed out the historically poor turnout rate of young voters. Not unreasonable, and he never asked them to confess that they were funded by George Soros.
Later, another panel spoke disapprovingly of Trump’s congratulatory call to Putin.
I imagine Hannity and Carlson have an entirely different tone, but I’m not sticking around for those clowns.
Yes this has been the one surprising thing this year – Chris Wallace and Shep Smith have decided to stay credible, which in the current climate means saying the opposite thing of almost everyone else on FOX, almost all of the time
But they are outnumbered by the deplorables; the people quite happy to lie, stoke fears and contradict themselves all day long. Not just Hannity and Tucker, but Judge Pirro, that angry blonde woman (not the young angry blonde, the other one), and let’s not forget fox and friends – any one of which has a better time slot and higher ratings.
But yes in criticizing FOX we do have to say that one or two of their shows present somewhat reasonable opinion and news.
Ironically, Fred Rogers was Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom… by Bush.
Somehow I’d expect a news channel to aspire to a higher standard of accuracy than the twice-a-day success of a broken clock.
This unrolled Twitter thread points out how Fox & Friends spent less time dealing with Stormy Daniels’ allegations, even the day after the 60 Minutes episode, than it did alleging that Obama was staring an a minor’s ass (and it turned out he wasn’t).
THey are playing a delicate balancing act to try and keep a lifeline trail of crumbs back to reality, on their programs outside of primetime. I think the model will break down at some point. They will be at war with themselves for one thing.
The cognitive dissonance will become untenable for a lot of viewers. Something “else” will happen then. I hope it’s good.
Thanks to my father-in-law, I watch more FoxNews than should be allowed under the Geneva Convention. To me, the interesting thing about Fox’s coverage of the Stormy storm is that, if they discuss it at all, they discuss the salaciousness of it. For them, it’s about the sex. So, this naturally leads back to Bill Clinton. They report breathlessly on the trove of allegations of various things against the former president. They have even gone to going after John Kennedy. Their thesis is that Democrats are all upset that Trump has allegedly cheated on his wife (which he didn’t, but if he did), but they are silent when Democrats like Clinton and Kennedy are unfaithful to their spouses. So, they defend the morally indefensible by citing the moral failings of others. It’s classic whataboutism.
The rest of the media world, however, doesn’t focus on Stormy boinking the dapper Don. Instead, the story is about threatening a young woman in front of her infant daughter (or anywhere else), improper campaign contributions, improper influencing of an election, and so on. FoxNews NEVER (NEVER!) mentions those issues related to the Stormy story. Their position is just that people are upset about the sex and that they shouldn’t be because other presidents have had sex. There is no acknowledgement that that isn’t what the story is about at all.
Laura Ingraham mocked Parkland survivor and student leader David Hogg for having had his application rejected by some of the colleges he applied to. People immediately called out Ingraham for being a hateful asshole, and Hogg asked people to contact the sponsors of Ingraham’s show. At least two sponsors dropped their ads from her show. Today, “in the spirit of Holy Week” Ingraham tweeted a non-apology: " I apologize for any upset or hurt my tweet caused him or any of the brave victims of Parkland", as though the tweet sprung to life on its own and not from her repugnant brain.
What a weaselly apology.
“In the spirt of holy week” means “I don’t actually believe this apology”. “I apologize for any upset or hurt my tweet caused” means “You are oversensitive.”
On the one hand, I’m 100% supportive of David Hogg’s cause, and Ingraham is an asshole.
On the other…welcome to the big leagues, kid.
And you can’t go around calling for boycotts just because somebody was mean to you.
Apparently, at least two of her sponsors disagree already.
Well, you can. The question is whether or not people will join in.
And if the person that was mean to you is also a complete piece of waste of space themselves, then people will be happy to join in.
It worked.