Fox News SLAMMED by Fox Employees Over Pro-Trump Propaganda

The Trump Administration keeps on churning out scandals, and the news media keeps on reporting them to a horrified public.

Fox News, however, has been doubling down on its unwavering support for Trump.

Creators of some of the Fox television network’s most successful scripted shows have had enough, and are voicing their outrage.

Recently, one of Fox News’ most outlandish personalities, Tucker Carlson, told his viewers to simply believe the opposite of whatever other news sources tell them.

Carlson has voiced white supremacist conspiracy theories and other abhorrent material in the past, but this instruction crossed a line with Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane.

On Twitter, MacFarlane characterized Carlson’s segment: “In other words, don’t think critically, don’t consult multiple news sources, and in general, don’t use your brain. Just blindly obey Fox News.”

That about sums it up.

“This is fringe s–t,” MacFarlane tweeted, referring to Carlson’s clip. “And it’s business like this that makes me embarrassed to work for this company.”

He doesn’t directly work for Fox News, but … close enough.

We’ll explain in a moment.

Modern Family creator Steve Levitan chimed in.

“Let me officially join Seth MacFarlane,” Levitan tweeted. “In saying I’m disgusted to work at a company that has anything whatsoever to do with @FoxNews.”

It sounds like these sentiments had been building up for months or even years.

“This bulls–t is the opposite of what #ModernFamily stands for,” Levitan added.

He does intend to see this series through to the end, but he suggested that he might not choose to continue working with the network after that.

Time will tell.

Paul Feig, a producer, has similar sentiments.

“I have made two films for 20th Century Fox and love the people in the movie and TV divisions,” Feig tweets.

Feig continues: “But I too cannot condone the support their news division promotes toward the immoral and abusive policies and actions taken by this current administration toward immigrant children.”

Filmaker Judd Apatow makes it clear that, while he knows that many people need to keep their jobs, he believes that those who can should choose to avoid working for Fox in any capacity.

“We all choose who to work with,” Apatow writes. “I understand why that is easier for some than others but many powerful people are powerful enough to speak up to their bosses at a moment like this.”

The whole world is watching. And so is history.

And so, by the way, are advertisers. Many of whom are reportedly growing uneasy with not only Fox News, but other Fox properties.

We know that entangled corporate holdings can be a little complicated and that the average person probably doesn’t think about them all that much.

(Aside from the occassional line of “Nestle is monopolizing vital water resources like they’re James Bond villains? Don’t they make chocolate?”)

Fox News, 20th Century Fox, and everything within the Fox Entertainment Group is owned and controlled by 21st Century Fox.

(So while MacFarlane and Levitan don’t work for Fox News, they work for the same people … and clearly, that association has gotten to them)

21st Century Fox is owned and chaired by Rupert Murdoch.

During the mid-1990s, Murdoch created Fox News. He hired Roger Ailes, a former Republican Party media consultant, to run it.

Ah, the infamous Fox News.

The self-described news network has been broadly criticized for a perceived conservative bias.

During the Presidencies of George W. Bush and Donald Trump, the network has been criticized by many as functioning as state-run television.

During the Obama administration, in contrast, the network aired segments in which various mouthpieces criticized President Obama’s choice in mustard and the color of his suit.

Now, various Trump administration scandals seem to get little to no mention on Fox News while every other network covers them.

Many blame Fox for working to warp the views that older Americans hold about the world and the country.

Tucker Carlson telling his viewers — most of whom are white, conservative, and noteably old — to simply disregard other news sources is deeply toxic, even for Fox News.

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Donald Trump Shocks Reporters with Unprecedented Propaganda Video

North Korea is infamous for its state-run propaganda videos. Many of them, for years, have featured shoddy graphics of the destruction of America.

But when a curiously well-produced propaganda video started playing at the Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un peace summit, most reports assumed that it was Kim"s doing.

But it was not. The propaganda video was produced by the White House. And it is very, very controversial.

Reporters watched in confusion as the video began.

The narration is in English and the video is in high quality.

Though the video that we have included has English narration, the video played there was in Korean.

The images, though, depict North Korea as some sort of paradise. Children skip along happily in Pyongyang.

And throughout the video, Trump and Kim Jong Un are shown, back to back, in a manner that The Washington Post likened to how running mates are portrayed in political ads.

The video also features familiar images of nuclear missiles launching with cataclysmic results.

Except that the video features an alternative future, in which North Korea modernizes into something idyllic and almost out of science fiction.

After four minutes, the video looped — and played the same video again, but in English.

This was when reporters realized that the United States government had just provided a propaganda reel to one of the world"s most oppressive regimes. 

Donald Trump himself came out and confirmed 

"I hope you liked it,” Trump announced to the press. “I thought it was good. I thought it was interesting enough to show. … And I think he loved it."

The video was produced, specifically, by the National Security Council.

As Anderson Cooper quips: "I guess everyone"s a producer these days."

But little jabs like that may distract from how seriously many Americans are taking this video.

Many, from everyday citizens to reports, remarked that they have never seen anything like this from an American President.

The White House proudly posted this video on its Facebook page, provoking the scorn and outrage of Americans.

"WOW! People need to wake up, are u kidding me?" one concerned citizen writes. "This is the scariest video I have EVER seen."

That same commenter continues: "If u don"t know what the definition of PROPAGANDA is, I encourage you to look it up and then make the connection with this video and the very definition of propaganda. 45 needs to be stopped before it"s too late."

Another commenter notes that the video"s style looks familiar, writing: "How much did we pay for this BS? Looks like the Hunger Games or Scientology propaganda."

To be clear, they"re saying that it looks like something out of The Hunger Games" fictional universe, not like the films themselves.

"This is bizarre," another wrote. "I don’t understand why this was produced."

Presumably, someone imagined that it was a good idea.

"This started playing on my news feed." another commenter shares. "I thought it was a satire film…. that commentary. But then I realized it was posted by the white house! Lmao….."

They continue: "I can"t believe I"m still shaking my head 500+ days into this presidency. This isn"t an episode of the apprentice!"

"You have got to be effing kidding me!!!!!!" another writes. "This is so obviously an ego stroker for both of these "leaders"!!!"

Some commenters, however, felt that this propaganda video was a fine or even wise move on Trump"s part.

"Wow there are alot of Crybabies on here," one remarked.

"How could anyone be upset about the hopes for PEACE."

It is important to note that one can support the idea of talks with North Korea and still strongly object to how they are carried out.

"I"m so proud of our President," another commenter said, adding: "Thank you."

Another had a strongly worded message for a slew of their fellow Americans, writing: "Haters, so-called experts, liberals: YOU NEVER GOT THIS FAR."

Why does the video have such cheesy qualities? That is unclear.

Perhaps by design — it may be that experts figured that it would appeal to Kim Jong Un. But it may be that the people who made it thought that this is what a good propaganda video would look like.

The larger issue is that it exists at all.

Americans are accustomed to very limited propaganda, from military flybys at sports games to essentially every film of television show that features the military.

This video, however, is on another level. It looks almost satirical, but it is not funny.

Is whitewashing one of the modern world"s biggest monsters and mass-murderers the path to true, lasting peace?

Some Americans would suggest that, even if it is, is it worth our souls in the process?

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Bill Cosby just lashed out in the most bizarre way, saying reports that he’s conducting town hall meetings on sexual assault are just “propaganda” … despite the fact his P.R. people told us exactly that. Cosby just said, “The current propaganda…

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