by NoahAn Update Of Yesterday's Midnight Meme Post:In lieu of my usual Sunday Thoughts, I have decided to devote today's Midnight Meme Of The Day! to another form of Republican religion; FOX "News" and their primetime Jesus.On Wednesday, some sponsors, emphasis some, began withdrawing their corporate sponsorship of FOX's Tucker Tiki Torch Carlson program. Among those were Papa John's, SmilDirectClub, T-Mobile, and ABC's traditionally far-right homophobic Disney. It's horrific enough that any corporation had ever supported Carlson's racist diatribes but Disney's press comment was particularly heinous. They claimed that their ads had been placed by a third party without their knowledge! Here's their statement.
The ABC advertisements were placed on the show without our knowledge by third party media buyers who were unaware that we do not advertise on the show, and they have been notified not to place any further ads.
Welcome to Neverland! Un-fucking believable! Can you imagine a corporation the size of ABC-Disney not knowing where their advertising is appearing? Yeah, me neither. In my career, I worked for 4 corporations. 3 of them were among the largest entertainment corporations in the world. I, and people in similar positions, approved the script, visuals and placement of every single advertisement for the things we were selling to the public. That included the show or publication, the frequency, and the time. Disney says they had no idea. Who knew? Give me a break!. Assholes!The larger question is why does the corporate world advertise on ANY FOX "News" program let alone Carlson's but we know the answers to that one. No doubt, these, and other "very fine" corporations will continue to put money into the Murdoch family pockets by advertising on various FOX "News" programs as they continue to do the dance of death on the necks of any minority they see.As for Mr. Tiki Torch himself, he continues and continues to venture further off the rails of sanity. On the same day that some advertisers began pulling their advertisements, he did a double down of sorts. I'll quote you this from FOX's own "news" site. If you want to read the whole thing you can click on the link but don't say I didn't warn you. It's more than jaw-dropping. Here's the first paragraph:
Tucker Carlson blasted Democratic leaders Wednesday night, accusing them of using the coronavirus pandemic and the unrest over George Floyd's death to distract the American public from the negative impacts of lockdowns.
Nice to see that FOX "News" now calls the pandemic a pandemic and no longer a hoax, eh? But, yeah, Mr. Tiki Torch went there. He used the death of George Floyd to attack proponents of saving American lives by sheltering in place and locking down. He did this while the numbers of cases and deaths are exploding in states, like Florida and Arizona, that re-opened way too early or otherwise didn't take the idea seriously. This is the stuff of a virulent sociopath.Here's how Tucker Tiki Torch describes his own show. I guess self-awareness is not his forte-
Tucker Carlson Tonight is the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness and group think
Oh, and one more thing: Today is Trump's Birthday. Tweet him a nice picture of Obama. It's a thing. Millions are saying.