If you are a dedicated pagan you were probably upset with the recent rant about wiccans on Fox news. And I have to admit I was a little ticked off myself. So I did my standard research, and I came to a rather different conclusion as many other have. Fox news is to be looked at as a source of poor humor and nothing else.
If a famous comedian was to make a comment about all of pagan holidays , which there isn't that many. and said something to the effect that he needed a few more days off during the summer, most of us would have laughed with him. Why because he was saying this with an intent of humor. So why are so many so ticked off.. because it is fox news.
Fox news, has this history of making outrageous comments that offend people in some way or another. They have commented about presidents, senators, liberal activists, and anyone else that liberals and moderates can associate with. I know of a TV program that does something like that on a weekly basis, Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update. The Only difference is that fox news never ends, it is 24 hours a day of non-stop show with poor comments meant to entertain certain people.
As I said I did my research, if you go online and research the fox news written report on the University of Missouri Religious Holiday article. It is accurate, they mention that Wicca has 8 sabbats, not the 20 that the anchors mentioned. So this would have to mean that Live action fox news is not reading and researching fox news articles. They are being told to ab lib the news and add a conservative christian twist to the news. They are there just to entertain the conservative christians not actually deliver the news.
I remember a few months ago an article that stated people that don't watch news programs were better informed than people that watch fox news. SO this should tell you again that fox news is a 24 hour a day conservative christian version of SNL's Weekend Update. Something that we should never take serious. Don't get angry at them, laugh at them. Fox news if taken serious is the worst source of information on current events.
So why would Fox news hire such buffoons to be on TV if they are trying to be a form of entertainment? They are following the Will Ferrel model, someone that is a terrible actor and comedian. Look at the movie "Night at the Roxbury" or "Elf" . Will Ferrel's comedy is poor, he usually plays a stupid bore that only entertains by saying or doing something stupid. Something stupid is a way to describe the Fox News TV personalities. Will Ferrel has had limited success in movies, and thankfully nothing that has ever created a sequel. They must be looking for the bottom half of the journalists that graduate from christian colleges to be part of their network.
I would defend my opinion with Bill O'Reilly. We have all seen Bill O'Reilly get mad and have yelling fits about anything. Bill O'Reilly is the Angry Comedian, going on his rants about stupid topics to entertain others. Bill O'Reilly is Fox News Answer to George Carlin. George Carlin had style, character, and a good punchline. George Carlin was better because he used facts in his rants, which goes against the Bill O'Reilly 'No Spin Zone' mentality.
What do comedians do when they get successful? They go on tour, traveling from city to city telling as many people as possible their comedy routine. And Fox news did they same exact thing. Do you Remember Sarah Palin's bus tour across America? What did she talk about ..... the constitution, something she has never read. And didn't we all have a good laugh at everything that she got wrong. Fox news was there to cover every little bit of it.
Look at the special guests that Fox News has on every week, these are just like the SNL special guests. They are meant to keep the ratings up and join in on the conservative christian ramblings meant to entertain people that don't use empathy and intuition. Mike Huckebee, Karl Rove, and Ann Coulter deliver such outrageous comments to get ratings. It would be too boring if they deliver facts, so they are going to lie. It is entertainment.
And then watch the ladies of Fox News, they are all skinny little toothpicks wearing miniskirts. And if you go online you can See images of these ladies is some skimpy clothing. When they are sitting down on those extra wide chairs, you can see the ladies butt. You know they were hired because of their looks and not their brains. Again to target the guys out there that think with the wrong head. They will agree with anything coming from a tall slender blond in a mini-skirt. And why do they do this? Because they are in the entertainment business not the news business. Lets face it, Tina Fey is a beautiful woman and they have to compete against her.
So what would make Fox news better? Better script writers was my first idea. I have also thought that maybe just maybe someone should put the bible down for a couple of hours and actually read the news from a secular view point.
Next time those buffoons from "False News" say something stupid, don't get mad, laugh at them. Tell them that you found the discussed topic funny and full of silly mistakes. Then tell then the facts that they got wrong. Ask them when there comedy routine is going to be in your city, and that you want tickets. Don't give them your energy, take their energy by making them look as silly as they are.
I agree about fox news, but I find Will Ferrel hilarious :P
ReplyDeleteI also agree, don't take Faux Newz as something serious. Might as well take the Onion seriously.
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