Fox News Is a Toxic Waste Dump
Fox News rising star Jesse Watters made a thinly-veiled on-air oral sex “joke” about the First Daughter, Ivanka Trump, on the second day of the embattled news network’s new post O’Reilly prime time lineup. (See update below.)
Bill O’Reilly was fired after multiple women, at least seven, accused the 21-year Fox News veteran of sexual harassment. The allegations cost the network tens of millions in payments to the women (up to $13 million), a payout to O’Reilly ($25 million) and unknown millions in lost revenue as more than 60 advertisers fled “The O’Reilly Factor.”
But Tuesday night Watters, who often appeared on O’Reilly’s show, and has now been promoted as a co-host of the new primetime Fox New show, “The Five,” ignored all the sexual harassment reports (the Fox News hotline reportedly has been very active) and made an oral sex joke involving the president’s daughter.
After playing a clip of Ivanka Trump being hissed and booed by the audience at an international conference focusing on women’s empowerment, the W20, part of the G20 economic forum, Watters first blamed liberals for expressing displeasure with Trump’s remarks.
Ivanka Trump had told the audience in Berlin that President Trump values, respects, and empowers women. The moderator referred to his “Access Hollywood” comments as proof he does not, after the audience made clear her remarks were offensive, given Donald Trump’s track record.
No one knows who was in the audience, but Watters decided that they were all liberals. Because it’s Fox News.
Then he compared them to and audience at a soccer match. And then he got her quote wrong, claiming she was talking about Trump respecting “families,” when it was about women. Watters actually says Donald Trump has probably hired a ton of fathers and mothers and children. Children?
And then, well, watch.
Fox News is a toxic waste dump.Â
Longer clip, in cae you need to subject yourself to it:
Fox News is also embroiled in a racial discrimination lawsuit brought by past and present employees. Can’t wait to see what Watters has to say tonight.
Some responses via Twitter:
UPDATE – Fox News Co-Host Jesse Watters Issues Statement: Ivanka’s Voice ‘Resonates Like a Smooth Jazz Radio DJ’
UPDATE II:
Just noticed via Joe.My.God. this David Frum tweet mocking Watters. Frum, of course, is a former George W. Bush speechwriter who has become relatively moderate on many issues:
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