Perhaps I should pay more attention to Faux, I mean Fox, News than I do. After all, in its own way, it's brilliant: It whips up resentment against everyone in the world except the ones who are making the lives of their viewers more difficult. Of course, the reason for that is that Fox is owned by the sorts of people who make their viewers' lives less tenuous.
A friend of mine alerted me to an egregious (even for Fox) example. When the first Transgender Days of Remembrance were held, Fox executives and producers could honestly claim they were unaware: Hey, I was, too! However, I don't think that they could make such a defense of themselves now.
Certainly there's no defense for what they did on Tuesday, the 20th: They started their day's "news" broadcasts with an alert that mocked transgender Massachusetts inmate Michelle Kosilek's request for electrolysis treatment.
A friend of mine alerted me to an egregious (even for Fox) example. When the first Transgender Days of Remembrance were held, Fox executives and producers could honestly claim they were unaware: Hey, I was, too! However, I don't think that they could make such a defense of themselves now.
Certainly there's no defense for what they did on Tuesday, the 20th: They started their day's "news" broadcasts with an alert that mocked transgender Massachusetts inmate Michelle Kosilek's request for electrolysis treatment.
Whether or not you believe that she had a "right" to such treatment, I don't think you can defend the network's timing. I, for one, cannot see it as anything but a cynical ploy that shows Fox executives and producers have as much contempt for their audience as they do for those against whom they try to fan the flames of resentment.
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