# 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:** 84
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1662 "2023-04-20T11:54:49Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > I, for one, still smiled a big smile hearing about the $ **787.5BN** check that FN has to write. And Smartmatic, Newsmax, OANN, and others _are_ still in the pipeline. \*$787.5M (not BN) I have a quixotic side, too 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1663 "2023-04-20T12:09:22Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > What happens if Fox runs with the Republican playbook of “What if we don’t?” A person failing to pay could have their wages garnished, but what happens if a corporation doesn’t pay a judgment? A lien on their assets, one presumes. _Tucker Carlson will not be seen tonight, because we’re all locked out of the building._ ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1664 "2023-04-20T12:15:57Z")
It sounds like it is going to be paid by taxpayers (via a tax write-off) and probably insurance. Sadly, this isn’t likely to damage Fox News profitability very much if at all. They settled because have their people testify might have caused some damage. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1665 "2023-04-20T13:14:44Z")
> **[Cash-Strapped Fox Forced to Sell Kevin McCarthy](https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/cash-strapped-fox-forced-to-sell-kevin-mccarthy)** > > “I wish Kevin well,” Rupert Murdoch said. “I hope whoever buys him finds as much use for him as I did.” ---
**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:** [April 20, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1666 "2023-04-20T13:19:09Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > [Cash-Strapped Fox Forced to Sell Kevin McCarthy | The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/cash-strapped-fox-forced-to-sell-kevin-mccarthy) > . Borowitz warning. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1667 "2023-04-20T14:02:28Z")
1. Kevin McCarthy may not be suitable for younger viewers. 2. Warranty void in fifty States 3. Price does not include thirty pieces of silver. 4. Product may cause nausea or indigestion. 5. Tell your doctor if you develop signs of increased blood pressure or post-purchase regret. 6. Only your financial advisor can verify if this purchase is right for you. 7. Comes with free bottle of smelling salts. 8. Oversized American flag not included but available as extra. 9. Overblown rhetoric included with basic package. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1668 "2023-04-20T14:07:44Z")
I’d like to take a brief moment to share this Classic Kevin McCarthy Moment: In a “60 Minutes” interview that aired [on a] Sunday, Scott Pelley asked House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy about the phone call between Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that now sits at the center of Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into the President. And then this happened: Pelley: What do you make of this exchange? President Zelensky says, “We are almost ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes.” And President Trump replies, “I would like you to do us a favor though.” McCarthy: You just added another word. Pelley: No, it’s in the transcript. McCarthy: He said - “I’d like you to do a favor though?” Pelley: Yes, it’s in the White House transcript. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1669 "2023-04-20T14:32:48Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Tucker Carlson will not be seen tonight, because we’re all locked out of the building. “Tucker Carlson will not be seen tonight, because he has been sold to a firm doing cosmetics testing.” ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1670 "2023-04-20T14:46:30Z")
I’m not advocating – in any way, shape or form – harming Tucker Carlson, but I do happen to love rabbits. Maybe a swap could be arranged? > **[Eye irritation: in vivo rabbit eye test template for pre-existing data](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/eu-reference-laboratory-alternatives-animal-testing-eurl-ecvam/alternative-methods-toxicity-testing/validated-test-methods-health-effects/eye-irritationserious-eye-damage/eye-irritation-vivo-rabbit-eye-test-template-pre-existing-data_en)** > > The Draize rabbit eye test is an acute toxicity test for assessing the effects of chemicals, substances and mixtures in terms of their potential to... ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1671 "2023-04-20T15:53:39Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > [@EllisDee](#): > > > > What happens if Fox runs with the Republican playbook of “What if we don’t?” A person failing to pay could have their wages garnished, but what happens if a corporation doesn’t pay a judgment? > > A lien on their assets, one presumes. Not just a lien. They could levy assets - literally a court order to go in and start seizing stuff to pay the debt. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1672 "2023-04-20T16:03:31Z")
Doesn’t FOX more or less have the cash to lay it out on the barrelhead? I’d expect a frozen bank account or several would be the simplest way to enforce payment. But I don’t expect FOX will avoid paying as soon as they can. It’s not in their interests to drag it out. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1673 "2023-04-20T16:06:42Z")
I’m reminded of the story from some years ago where someone took a bank to small claims court for some improper financial activity and was awarded a judgment, then showed up at the local bank with a sheriff to literally seize physical items to collect the money they had been awarded. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1674 "2023-04-20T16:13:33Z")
I remember that story, I think they had incorrectly foreclosed on his house or something. Wells Fargo maybe? The guy showed up at a branch office with a sheriff’s deputy and started loading up computers and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1675 "2023-04-20T16:26:43Z")
Which novelist Tim Dorsey used as a major plot point in his 2015 book _Shark Skin Suite_. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1676 "2023-04-20T16:34:14Z")
Yep, that’s the one. As I recall, the bank figured they could just blow off the judgment because they didn’t think it was enforceable. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1677 "2023-04-20T16:56:10Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > But I don’t expect FOX will avoid paying as soon as they can. It’s not in their interests to drag it out. Me either. They pay it off and pretend nothing happened, and publicly act like they didn’t do anything wrong and are still the paragon of journalistic excellence they always have been. 🤮 ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1678 "2023-04-20T17:32:59Z")
Here you go…… > **['Sweet Justice': A Florida Couple 'Forecloses' On Bank Of America](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/06/06/137002727/sweet-justice-a-florida-couple-forecloses-on-bank-of-america)** > > The story started familiarly: Two Florida homeowners were taken to court by Bank of America. But it ended very differently: the homeowners backed by deputies about to load a moving van with the bank's assets. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1679 "2023-04-20T19:15:07Z")
Never mind (The claims that fox has fired some of its hosts is just speculation at this point. I jumped the gun). ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1680 "2023-04-20T19:35:19Z")
that would be awesome, just gathering stuff while the cameras roll. please, exit the couch. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-fox-news-channel-is-bunch-of-lying-fucks/931180/1681 "2023-04-20T21:23:06Z")
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