PUPPET PROPAGANDA
Fox Picks Fight With “Left-Wing” Muppets; Muppets Win
IF YOU HAD ANY DOUBT THAT FOX NEWS WOULD PICK A FIGHT WITH ANYONE OR ANYTHING THEY CONSIDER LIBERAL, YOU GOT YOUR ANSWER when Fox Business News blasted the Muppets for being part of the left-wing conspiracy to destroy America.
The evidence: a puppet named “Tex Richman” depicting a greedy oilman in the the latest Muppets movie.
“It’s brainwashing in the most obvious form, right?” laments talking head Andrea Tantaros. “I just wish liberals would leave little kids alone.”
Folks, these are sock puppets Fox is feuding with. How low will Fox News go? Let’s see:
Not to be out-done (and it’s Fox, how hard can it be?) Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy held their own press conference in London last week to refute the charges.
“It’s a funny thing, they were concerned about us having some prejudiced against oil companies, and that’s categorically not true. And besides, if we had problems with oil copanies, why would we have spent the entire film driving around in a gas-guzzling Rolls Royce?”
“It’s almost as laughable as, uh, accusing Fox News of being…news,” chimed in Miss Piggy.
You know we are living in very strange times when college-educated journalists start arguing with socks with eyes sewn on them, and these puppets have a press conference of their own. Let’s just hope Fox doesn’t go after Elmo and Big Bird from Sesame Street next.
Kenneth Sibbett has hitchhiked Europe and America collecting stories about people and places. He’s now back in his sweet home North Carolina where he writes short stories, fiction and nonfiction. You can visit him at OpenSalon or follow him on Twitter @scannersalon.
