# This just in...someone on FOX Noise actually said something great **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 20, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-someone-on-fox-noise-actually-said-something-great/593399 "2011-08-20T02:44:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-someone-on-fox-noise-actually-said-something-great/593399/21 "2011-08-20T22:08:05Z")
Have to give it to FOX news for taking on a highly respected person like Chris Brown, it took a lot of courage to alienate him like that and potentially never be able to interview him again. When they take on someone meaningful I might give FOX some props. But yeah that was pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-someone-on-fox-noise-actually-said-something-great/593399/22 "2011-08-20T22:30:28Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > Have to give it to FOX news for taking on a highly respected person like Chris Brown, it took a lot of courage to alienate him like that and potentially never be able to interview him again. When they take on someone meaningful I might give FOX some props. > > But yeah that was pretty funny. Actually, it was fairly reminiscent of what The Daily Show does. Levy took a semi-unprovoked swing at Chris Brown over Twitter as a joke, then when Brown and his fans fought back he committed and escalated, yet managed to stay on the ethically correct side. (I mean, seriously. The guy beat his girlfriend. He should be glad jokes are all he’s getting right now, even if it was two years ago.) It’s not too unlike what Jon Stewart did when Jim Cramer sniped at him for his CNBC attacks. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-someone-on-fox-noise-actually-said-something-great/593399/23 "2011-08-20T22:40:32Z")
That was pretty amazing. Well played. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-someone-on-fox-noise-actually-said-something-great/593399/24 "2011-08-20T22:46:38Z")
That was awesome! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-someone-on-fox-noise-actually-said-something-great/593399/25 "2011-08-20T23:30:40Z")
Okay, Breezy? Is that what people are calling him? Anyway, would have been more amusing without that highly annoying snickering in the background. Ending punchline was good, though. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-someone-on-fox-noise-actually-said-something-great/593399/26 "2011-08-21T00:34:06Z")
Wow. I knew who Chris Brown was before I opened this thread. I’m so hip and happenin’. Of course, I knew him mostly as a famous asshole, but still, I am down with it, my friends. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-someone-on-fox-noise-actually-said-something-great/593399/27 "2011-08-21T00:44:43Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > “I don’t get why more people don’t talk about how _she_ had a _major_ hand in what went down. Like, if it weren’t for her and her attitude, it would have never happened.” > > :eek: I recall that some people were asking why in the world Rihanna stayed in the relationship with Chris Brown for weeks after he beat the hell out of her, and her actions (or possibly lack of action) after the assault seemed to somewhat lessen the overall amount of public sympathy that she was shown, as well as the amount of condemnation and scorn leveled at Chris Brown… (I had never heard of either one of them until seeing her bruised and bloodied face on the news or the internet.) ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-someone-on-fox-noise-actually-said-something-great/593399/28 "2011-08-21T03:16:06Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > How dare someone rebuke a monumental, if misunderstood musical genius like Chris Brown!!! > > The young, upstanding gentleman has suffered enough—Afterall, he fully paid for his little misjudgment by picking up trash for over 4 FULL HOURS one day, and he was only allowed to Tweet about this courageous, selfless act of public service six times during that grueling afternoon of relentless (and quite frankly, probably racially motivated) punishment. …still laffing… ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-someone-on-fox-noise-actually-said-something-great/593399/29 "2011-08-21T03:36:29Z")
Harrumph! I thought this was supposed to be Cafe Society not GD. Fox News says great things like this all day long. One day you’ll understand (maybe when you find you don’t give shit who Chris Brown is…) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-someone-on-fox-noise-actually-said-something-great/593399/30 "2011-08-21T04:24:22Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Okay, Breezy? Is that what people are calling him? Anyway, would have been more amusing without that highly annoying snickering in the background. Ending punchline was good, though. I actually find it somewhat disturbing that the other anchors are busting a gut while our friend is describing Rihanna’s severe injuries. But yeah, other than that. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-someone-on-fox-noise-actually-said-something-great/593399/31 "2011-08-21T18:56:59Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Wow. I knew who Chris Brown was before I opened this thread. I’m so hip and happenin’. > > Of course, I knew him mostly as a famous asshole, but still, I am down with it, my friends. Me too, I was so proud! I deal with magazines for work and it’s so humiliating that I never recognize the people on _Billboard_’s cover anymore. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-someone-on-fox-noise-actually-said-something-great/593399/32 "2011-08-22T20:47:40Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I actually find it somewhat disturbing that the other anchors are busting a gut while our friend is describing Rihanna’s severe injuries. But yeah, other than that. They aren’t anchors, one’s a host, one’s a disgusting sidekick, and the other three are guests. TV’s Andy Levy himself is the ombudsman. Nary an anchor in site. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-someone-on-fox-noise-actually-said-something-great/593399/33 "2011-08-22T20:57:41Z")
Hmm, I beat **pulykamell**. I don’t know Chris Brown, and I only learned of Justin Timberlake from those Best Buy commercials a couple of years ago … and only that because I asked some coworkers if Peyton Manning had officially come out of the closet, since I’d seen him in the commercials with a guy named Justin who seemed to be his boyfriend. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-someone-on-fox-noise-actually-said-something-great/593399.md?page=1)