Fox News, climate change deniers, and even the “President” of the United States are bullying this 16-year-old activist but she has zero fucks to give.

As I’m sure you’ve heard, there is this 16-year-old Swedish climate activist named Greta Thunberg (who happens to have Asperger’s syndrome) who sailed to the United States from Europe, lead Friday’s climate change school walkouts and then yesterday, spoke in front of the United Nations to DEMAND that they do something about the climate issue. She’s a tiny badass in the mold of Lady Mormont and she has definitely crawled under the skin of climate change deniers, right-wingers and even our President. 

Rule #1 of social media: Do not come for the children on social media:

Other people Greta has stirred up: a bunch of idiots on Fox News. Because obviously.

In a segment about her, a Fox News contributor, Michael Knowles, called her a “mentally ill Swedish child” and claimed that she is being manipulated by her parents and the “international left.”

scully fucking asshole

Fox News, to their credit, apologized for the comment: “The comment made by Michael Knowles who was a guest on ‘The Story’ tonight was disgraceful — we apologize to Greta Thunberg and to our viewers” and The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Knowles will not be invited back on the network (don’t hold your breath, though).

Fox News is not apologizing, however, for Laura Ingraham’s ongoing attacks on Thunberg, including last night when she compared her to the Children of the Corn — because Ingraham has never met a child activist that she didn’t want to bully:

But someone who is apologizing: Ingraham’s brother, Curtis:

Good for you, Curtis.

Elsewhere on Fox News, the new Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephanie Grisham, explains that there won’t be any more White House press briefings anymore because reporters were “all getting famous off of this presidency.”

Meanwhile:

The White House’s attack on the free press is not something I’ve written about here in a while, but this story from the publisher of The New York Times is a shocking and appalling reminder that under President FAKE NEWS, this administration hates reporters:

Two years ago, we got a call from a United States government official warning us of the imminent arrest of a New York Times reporter based in Egypt named Declan Walsh. Though the news was alarming, the call was actually fairly standard. Over the years, we’ve received countless such warnings from American diplomats, military leaders and national security officials.

But this particular call took a surprising and distressing turn. We learned the official was passing along this warning without the knowledge or permission of the Trump administration. Rather than trying to stop the Egyptian government or assist the reporter, the official believed, the Trump administration intended to sit on the information and let the arrest be carried out. The official feared being punished for even alerting us to the danger.

Eventually, The Times went to the Irish embassy who helped remove the reporter from Egypt. Jesus fucking Christ.

And lest you think this animosity towards media outlets is harmless, a U.S. soldier was arrested this weekend for planning on planting a car bomb outside of CNN’s headquarters. Good times, y’all.

In Other TV News

Here’s a sobering fact for broadcast networks: it’s been THIRTEEN (13) years since a broadcast drama won Outstanding Drama at the Emmys. And it’s been five years since a broadcast comedy won Outstanding Comedy.

Tick tock, HBO. Now with Game of Thrones over, what’s next? (Actually, I suspect they’ll be just fine. They may not have another huge hit like GoT for a while — if ever — but they know from talent, so.)

Speaking of Game of Thrones, Kit Harington is going around claiming he didn’t watch the final season. OK, bro.

Also, just in case you were wondering, it was always going to be Bran. Now, why they didn’t make that revelation MAKE ANY GODDAMN SENSE or MEAN ANYTHING AT ALL, you’d have to ask Benioff and Weiss.

Please stop yelling at Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child. And why are you yelling at Michelle Williams in the first place? Her Emmys speech was amazing. Y’all need to calm down.

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates is going to be Oprah’s first book for the Apple TV+ series, Oprah’s Book Club.

Modern Family will have a happy ending, instead of the tragic one we were all expecting.

I ♥ Chidi.

In Development

Casting News

Mark Your Calendars

  • Servant will debut on Apple TV+ “soon.”
  • Glad You Asked will debut on YouTube on October 8.

R.I.P.

J. Michael Mendel, Producer on Rick & Morty and The Simpsons

Jan Merlin, Emmy-winning actor and writer

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The Conners: Becky’s baby is here. Season premiere. 7 p.m., ABC

NCIS: Ziva gives Gibbs a cryptic warning. Season premiere. 7 p.m., CBS

The Resident: Red Rock Mountain Medical takes over the hospital and brings new rules with it. Season premiere. 7 p.m., Fox

Bless This Mess: Mike and Rio host the Huskers kickoff party. Season premiere. 7:30 p.m., ABC

Empire: Lucious is on the run while Cookie tries to focus on new projects. No one mentions Jamal. Season premiere. 8 p.m., Fox

FBI: A bomb detonates at a restaurant in Queens. Season premiere. 8 p.m., CBS

mixed-ish: Rainbow’s parents move the family from a cult to the suburbs in this new spin-off of black-ish. Series premiere. 8 p.m., ABC

This Is Us: Jack meets Rebecca’s parents. Season premiere. 8 p.m., NBC

black-ish: Pops reveals he’s getting married. Season premiere. 8:30 p.m., ABC

Emergence: A young girl survives a mysterious plane crash in a small town in the opener of this mystery box series. Series premiere. 9 p.m., ABC

NCIS: New Orleans: Pride has to cut his vacation short when Hannah is suspended. Season premiere. 9 p.m., CBS

New Amsterdam: Max tries to deal with becoming a parent and the catastrophic accident. Season premiere. 9 p.m., NBC

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  • Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Demi Moore, Justin Hartley, Mark Ronson featuring Yebba
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  • Jimmy Kimmel Live: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Morgan Wallen
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  • Conan: Anna Faris, Gavin Matts
  • Lights Out with David Spade: Michael Rappaport, Christina Pazsitsky, Dulce Sloan
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