Another day, another outrage from Fox News

by Therese Odell, posted in Uncategorized

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I know that Fox News is out there every day doing terrible things: pushing lies about COVID and the vaccines, and defending Vladimir Putin, and claiming that Joe Biden is senile, and encouraging the Big Lie, and defending insurrectionists, and trading in antisemitism, racism, and misogyny, and ginning up outrage about non-sexy cartoon candies and mice. And it’s all too much, all the time, and if you paid attention to every bullshit thing they broadcast, your head would explode. I know that.

That said, a recent Fox and Friends segment about the Biden Administration’s efforts to resettle Afghan immigrants was so offensive that I can’t help but bring it to your attention. In it, Brian Kilmeade referred to migrants as “poison” and encouraged people to confront suspected immigrants in airports and “break out [their] iPhone, talk to these people, show the video.”

He added: “What you’re doing is you’re poisoning these cities and these towns and these schools with people that don’t belong there, that are circumventing the immigration process, that don’t speak English.” 

It’s not just Kilmeade — the entire segment is actually horrible, predicated on the idea that these immigrants who are here legally have no business in small American towns, and that residents of these towns and cities should be alarmed.

First of all, the racism on display here is absolutely repugnant. The suggestion that immigrants “poison” cities is literally straight out of the Nazi handbook and is contrary to the American experiment. Second of all, encouraging people to confront suspected immigrants — legal or otherwise — is not just a recipe for violence, it hinges on an assumption that anyone who is not lily-white does not belong here and deserves harassment. Finally, I’m old enough to remember when the criticism of the Biden Administration was that they weren’t doing enough to protect Afghans following our pullout of their country. Interesting that Fox News’s position now seems to be that the people who helped us and protected us while we occupied their country are toxic to our own. The entire thing is infuriating and disgusting.

Speaking of Fox News, Gretchen Carlson seems completely done with them and their lies.

Apple CEO Tim Apple Cook claims they “don’t make purely financial decisions about the content [on Apple TV Plus]. We try to find great content that has a reason for being.” So, basically, investors shouldn’t expect Apple TV+ to be a money-making part of the business anytime soon.

And while we’re on the topic of Apple TV+, here’s the first episode of The Afterparty, their new comedy that premiered today.

That defamation lawsuit against Netflix by chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili, in which a Queen’s Gambit character claimed that Gaprindashvili had never played against men, when, in fact, she had faced 59 male competitors by that point, can go forward.

The HRC Foundation has left Netflix off of their annual index of corporations’ inclusive policies and practices for LGBTQ+ workers and will not include them on their ‘Best Places to Work’ list because Dave Chappelle.

Wendy Williams isn’t returning to her show anytime soon. Get better soon, Wendy.

In Development

Casting News

Mark Your Calendar

  • Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber will premiere on Showtime on February 27.
  • Charmed returns on The CW on March 11.
  • Rich & Shameless will debut on TNT on February 19.
  • Fairview will premiere on Comedy Central on February 9.
  • Celebrity Big Brother returns on CBS on February 2.

  • The Circus returns on Showtime on March 6.
  • Rat in the Kitchen will debut on March 31 on PBS.
  • Love, Tom will premiere on February 24 on Paramount+.
  • Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery will premiere on Netflix on January 27.
  • RACE: Bubba Wallace will debut on Netflix on February 22.

WATCH THIS

FRIDAY

Janet Jackson.: A look at the icon’s untold story on the 40th anniversary of her first album. Premiere. 7 p.m., Lifetime & A&E

The Afterparty: This new series stars Tiffany Haddish as a cop investigating the murder of a party goer at a high school reunion after-party. And this cast! Dave Franco, Sam Richardson, Ike Barinholtz, Ben Schwartz, Zoē Chao, Ilana Glazer, John Early, and Jamie Demetriou. You can watch the first episode above. Apple TV+

All of Us Are Dead: A high school becomes ground zero for a zombie outbreak in this new Korean series. Premiere. Netflix

In From the Cold: A woman’s life is thrown into chaos when she must choose between putting her family at risk or returning to her past as a bioengineered Russian spy. Premiere.  Netflix

Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window: Kristen Bell stars in this thriller about an agoraphobic woman who is pretty sure she saw something happen across the street in what feels like might be a spoof of Rear Window/The Woman in the Window, and I’m confused why we’re not talking about that? Anyway. Premiere. Netflix

Nancy Drew: Mid-season premiere. 8 p.m., The CW

SATURDAY

Saturday Night Live: Willem Defoe & Katy Perry 10:30 p.m., NBC

The Eyes of Tammy Faye: Jessica Chastain stars in this biopic about the infamous televangelist Tammy Faye Baker. 7 p.m., HBO

SUNDAY

We Need to Talk About Cosby: W. Kamau Bell explores the life and career of Bill Cosby and why the revelation of his sexual predation and violence is such a shock and wound for the Black community. Premiere. 9 p.m., Showtime

Love Off the Grid: Couples think they’ve found the one — except that one of the partners lives off the grid in this new non-scripted series. NO MA’AM. RUN. Premiere. Discovery+

Late Night:

  • Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Friday): Lin-Manuel Miranda, Taylor Lautner, Chloe Kim, Griff x Sigrid
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: (Friday): Marlee Matlin, Mackenzie Davis
  • Watch What Happens Live (Sunday): Bridget Everett, Meredith Marks

FRI. 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30
ABC Shark Tank
(repeat)		 20/20
CBS Undercover Boss
(new)		 Magnum P.I.
(new)		 Blue Bloods
(new)
CW Penn & Teller: Fool Us
(new)		 Nancy Drew
(new)		 Local
FOX Friday Night Smackdown Local
NBC That’s My Jam
(new)		 Dateline

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SAT. 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30
ABC NBA Basketball
(live)		 News/Local
CBS Bull
(repeat)		 48 Hours 48 Hours News/Local
FOX 9-1-1
(repeat)		 The Cleaning Lady
(repeat)		 News/Local
NBC The Wall
(repeat)		 Dateline
(new)		 Saturday Night Live
(repeat)		 News/
Local		 Saturday Night Live
(Willem Defoe & Katy Perry)

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SUN. 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30
ABC America’s Funniest Home Videos
(new)		 Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
(new)		 Supermarket Sweep
(new)		 The Rookie
(new)
CBS 60 Minutes 60 Minutes The Equalizer
(repeat)		 SWAT
(repeat)
The CW Local March
(repeat)		 Two Sentence Horror Stories
(new)		 Two Sentence Horror Stories
(new)		 Local
FOX NFL Football
(live)		 Next Level Chef
(new)
NBC The Wall
(repeat)		 Dateline
(new)		 Law & Order: SVU
(repeat)

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