FOX News is well-known as a champion of right-wing, conservative, and often quite biased reporting, a fact that can irritate and frustrate even the most mildly reasonable among us. This can also, apparently, extend to their promos, where even the innocent Simpsons watcher is not safe. The offending promo I saw wasn't even for their news; it was for their weather guys.
FOX's weathermen, it would seem, find it completely unacceptable that the public might think, in any way, that their jobs are boring. "We have to show them how goddamn BAD-ASS we are!" I imagine them saying to each other. So what do these guys have that's bad-ass, you might ask? Well, enormous, potentially fatal storms, of course. These guys were practically orgasming over the thought of getting the chance to cover a storm. "It really gets the adrenaline pumping!" They don't seem to particularly care that these storms affect real people in terrible ways, they just want to add some excitement to their day. I guess I can't blame them for latching onto the one exciting thing about their jobs, but the ad was tactless and unnecessary.
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Nicely done Dana! You should post your Sheaf articles on this blog too!
Thanks man! That's a thought, too. I'll look into it.
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