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3:50 pm - 01/21/2013

Downton Abbey "Poses A Threat To The Left" Because It Portrays Nice Rich People, So Says Fox News



The popularity of Downton Abbey in America is a threat to progressives because it celebrates rich people, according to FOX & Friends:

“Rich people, powerful people, in America today, are reviled,” Varney said. “They’re dismissed as fat cats who don’t pay their fair share.” The general consensus is that “rich people are evil.”

Then comes along Downton Abbey… making rich people seem nice. The characters in the show are kind and generous. “They create jobs, for heaven’s sake. They’re classy, they’ve got style.”

“It poses a threat to the left, doesn’t it?” he asked. Because the left says we must hate rich people.

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uglybunnie 21st-Jan-2013 10:03 pm (UTC)
Is Fox News some kind of social experiment?
my_kneazle 21st-Jan-2013 10:09 pm (UTC)
omg your icon how cute
iamglory 21st-Jan-2013 10:53 pm (UTC)
I would die after like 10 years they revealed they were basically as fake as The Onion and joked how America was dumb to believe ANYTHING they have EVER said.
tundra1800 21st-Jan-2013 11:10 pm (UTC)
There have been an unfortunate number of times when I've gotten a FOX headline mixed up with an Onion headline.
jef_martel 23rd-Jan-2013 12:33 am (UTC)
i'M pretty sure at one point FOX news used The Onion as a source for their news.
r0ckthec4sbah 23rd-Jan-2013 05:08 am (UTC)
Was it the abortionplex thing? Or that might have been a republican senator. Either way it was hilarious.
angelmonster 21st-Jan-2013 11:35 pm (UTC)
It truly amazes me how dumb they are, didn't they fuck up the map of the Middle East last week? Jfc this people...
lachica2000 22nd-Jan-2013 01:10 am (UTC)
They were going after math and history last week. I just don't want to believe this can be a real thing on tv.
miss_lurker 22nd-Jan-2013 02:40 am (UTC)
I think Fox News is like Scientology. I think it occurred to Rupert Murdoch one day that he could convince a lot of people to buy a bunch of BS and make a lot of money (or get a lot of power).
uglybunnie 22nd-Jan-2013 03:19 am (UTC)
That's basically it tho. It's some rich guy convincing half of the country to vote for the policies that benefit him.
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