• HumanPenguin@feddit.uk
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    37 minutes ago

    No one will say things like that. Unless they actually believe it…

    So an apology is clearly a worthless attempt to save face.

    • spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.orgOP
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      2 hours ago

      An insincere apology is not newsworthy

      is there an article with better framing that you think I should have posted instead?

      because I certainly agree the apology was forced and insincere…but the original comment about executing homeless people was definitely newsworthy, don’t you think?

      and annoyingly, I didn’t see any major news outlets covering his comments, until he was forced to issue the apology.

      so it’s kind of unclear if you’re just complaining for the sake of complaining, or if you have any constructive criticism to offer.

  • spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.orgOP
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    21 hours ago

    Jones was talking on “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday about public money spent on trying to help homeless people and suggested that those who didn’t accept services offered to them should be jailed.

    “Or involuntary lethal injection, or something,” Kilmeade said. “Just kill ‘em.”

    hypocrisy from the right-wing with regards to advocating/endorsements of “political violence” has been on full display recently

    …but this is just very lazy and heavy-handed from the writers of this season of Reality. come on, try to be a little bit subtle.

  • ExtremeDullard@piefed.social
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    17 hours ago

    “I apologize for making Nazi comments” doesn’t unmake you a Nazi.

    An apologetic Nazi is still a Nazi. Fire the sonofabitch already.

    Any less than that officially makes Fox a Nazi outfit (the keyword here being “officially”, before you point out that Fox already is one).

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    20 hours ago

    Far out, Americans should be spamming fox news calling for him to be cancelled into oblivion, what an animal

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    20 hours ago

    Well, as a homeless person with several mental-health diagnoses, that’s somewhat alarming. Must be nice to be on Fox, where being an asshole doesn’t get you canceled, while other media outlets are held to the “don’t be mean about Charlie Kirk” standard.