# This Just In...Fox News Channel is bunch of lying fucks **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 22, 2021, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180 "2021-01-22T06:13:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 30
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/582 "2021-10-07T09:11:11Z")
And yet they’ve got a strict “get vaccinated or get tested **daily** ” policy, with more than 90% vaccinated. > **[Fox's vaccine criticism focuses attention on its own policy](https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-arts-and-entertainment-fox-corp-26096a8781c7c7f1d6c0ddff98a5fe6d)** > > NEW YORK (AP) — A steady criticism of COVID vaccine mandates by figures on Fox News has drawn attention to its own company's stringent rules on the topic — even from President Joe Biden. The president was denounced as an “authoritarian” and... ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/583 "2021-10-07T12:09:53Z")
Well, that does go along with the right-wing “government is incompetent and corrupt, but businesses and executives are noble benefactors” narrative. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/584 "2021-10-07T15:19:44Z")
October 7, 1996: Fox News Network goes live, 25 years ago today. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/585 "2021-10-07T16:33:15Z")
So we’ve had a generation of lying fucks. The republic is pretty resilient to withstand it this long. Of course, cancer doesn’t kill you all at once. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/586 "2021-10-07T18:22:41Z")
_The Daily Show_ has a handy compilation of [a quarter century of treating women like shit](https://youtu.be/CzdajPfEiL0). ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/587 "2021-10-07T19:48:13Z")
Rumors that [del]Fucker Tarlson[/del] Tucker Carlson may [quit FOX](https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-has-a-feeling-tucker-carlson-might-be-about-to-quit-fox-news-122950725912?fbclid=IwAR3Tod7jkXkpA6Dt1u0x1iiJlT_4AAFPzbxi2dtOaWHVSWAalOWrWROK66s)? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/588 "2021-10-07T19:58:13Z")
From [Is Tucker Carlson Quitting Fox News? Details on His Departure](https://marketrealist.com/p/is-tucker-carlson-quitting-fox-news/) : > > Carlson has yet to take to social media or the screen to rebut Hayes’ predictions. It’s currently unclear whether he’ll deny the claims entirely, prove Hayes is right, or take a stance somewhere in between. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/589 "2021-10-08T04:49:03Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > OANN is 95% funded by… > > ATT. Well, hell. I’d boycott but: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/kArdzyX.png "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/kArdzyX) I’d consider switching if I could get even half that speed elsewhere. Fuck them and OANN 😕 but I use this pipe for my job. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/590 "2021-10-08T05:00:32Z")
I’ll believe it when I see it. From that article: > As Hayes puts it, the alternative is that Carlson “just does not believe any of the stuff he’s saying, and it’s all just a craven, cynical act for ratings while he himself is [vaccinated].” I think that Hayes’ “alternative” scenario is about 100 times more likely that Hayes’ primary scenario of Carlson quitting. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/591 "2021-10-08T08:52:17Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Rumors that [del]Fucker Tarlson[/del] Tucker Carlson may [quit FOX](https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-has-a-feeling-tucker-carlson-might-be-about-to-quit-fox-news-122950725912?fbclid=IwAR3Tod7jkXkpA6Dt1u0x1iiJlT_4AAFPzbxi2dtOaWHVSWAalOWrWROK66s)? Top tip: code for strikethrough is now \< strike \> \< /strike \> (without the spaces): ~~Tucker Carlson~~ ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/592 "2021-10-08T09:45:45Z")
Seems to me Chris Hayes is doing a comedy bit. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/593 "2021-10-08T13:50:06Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Top tip: code for strikethrough is now \< strike \> \< /strike \> (without the spaces): ~~Tucker Carlson~~ Merci Beaucoup! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/594 "2021-10-08T20:49:33Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Top tip: code for strikethrough is now \< strike \> \< /strike \> (without the spaces): ~~Tucker Carlson~~ Or ~~Fox News~~ simply \< s \> and \< / s \> ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/595 "2021-10-08T21:00:51Z")
[s] [/s] also works. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/596 "2021-10-09T00:06:42Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I’ll believe it when I see it. > > From that article: > > > As Hayes puts it, the alternative is that Carlson “just does not believe any of the stuff he’s saying, and it’s all just a craven, cynical act for ratings while he himself is [vaccinated].” > > I think that Hayes’ “alternative” scenario is about 100 times more likely that Hayes’ primary scenario of Carlson quitting. > [@JohnT](#): > > Seems to me Chris Hayes is doing a comedy bit. ^ Yes, this. Hayes is 100% trolling the hypocrite Carlson; Hayes has no illusions about Carlson quitting Fox out of intellectual consistency (about the fact that Fox News rules about vaccines are more stringent than the rules of the entities Carlson decries). Hayes is genuinely convinced (in my view) that Fox News is doing substantial harm to the welfare of the USA with its dishonest and cynical anti-vaccine content. He’s going to stay on the story. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/597 "2021-10-09T00:22:32Z")
I think the Tuckster needs to be asked every time he appears on a public street: 1. Have you ever been vaccinated for anything? 2. Have you been vaccinated for Covid 3. Do you wear masks at Fox News? All the while this is happening he needs to be played back his clips of advocating for americans to call the police or child services when they see masked children. Why are there not activists and picketers ratfucking Tuckster around this issue? How target rich an environment does he have to be? Maybe the Fox 25th will be a good occasion to get serious about this asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/598 "2021-10-09T00:22:32Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Hayes is genuinely convinced (in my view) that Fox News is doing substantial harm to the welfare of the USA with its dishonest and cynical anti-vaccine content. He’s going to stay on the story. I completely agree with Hayes. I’ve been saying for two decades that Fox is the cancer coursing through the corpus of our nation. I’m glad Hayes is on it, and I hope he stays on it. Relentlessly. I catch his show most nights. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/599 "2021-10-09T00:26:01Z")
Yes, Hayes’ show is always worth watching. No filler; no massive ego taking center stage. I know Maddow has dedicated fans and I’m not saying she hasn’t done excellent and useful journalism—I think she has. But I find the Hayes hour to be the most worth watching in the prime-time lineups of both MSNBC and CNN. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/600 "2021-10-09T00:30:38Z")
I generally catch Maddow because I think a lot of new news breaks during her hour just because they know Maddow will parse it quickly and disseminate it to her viewers. She’s broken so many important stories and has a knack for breaking them down so they’re comprehensible. She also has a nose for which bits of vague information are likely to develop into much bigger stories. That said, she’s exhausted and I think she’s moving on to a different format soon, one that will allow her to dig deeper into stories she finds worthwhile. I hope Hayes steps into her slot. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/601 "2021-10-09T00:58:22Z")
'Fox News has provided a friendly platform to dozens of people who refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine in recent months. The network’s propagandists often portray those guests as heroes fighting for freedom against “authoritarian” mandates – even though Fox itself has a vaccine requirement for employees." > **[Fox News keeps turning vaccine resisters into culture war heroes](https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-keeps-turning-vaccine-resisters-culture-war-heroes)** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180.md?page=31)