Fox & Friends opened Friday’s show covering President Joe Biden’s visit to New York City to address growing crime rates and boy, were they angry.
“Wait, what?” you might say. “Hasn’t Fox & Friends been obsessed with growing crime rates in major cities since Biden took office? Wouldn’t they be somewhat happy with the effort?”
Nope. The Fox & Friends gang was almost entirely critical of the president, which is a surprise to absolutely no one who consumes media critically. But this still needs to be called out for what it is: a perfect illustration of why the nation is currently so divided.
Steve Doocy opened the segment by holding up the front page of the similar-minded conserva-rag New York Post with a blaring headline that literally read “Blah Blah Blah” and a predictable editorial that only found fault with the sitting president.
What followed was a litany of complaints about Biden’s comments, which were largely focused on gun reform. Mayor Eric Adams, a former cop who became something of a Fox News darling post-Bill de Blasio, ALSO hit the “guns are a major problem” theme, which suggests that his shine at the conservative network is soon to fade.
In the middle of the segment, a clip of Tucker Carlson was played in which he condemned the president (shocker!).
“Keep in mind, in New York City, Biden-endorsed
The way that the police were applying stop and frisk was also ruled by a judge to be unconstitutional in 2013, but who cares about that. Tucker was all too eager to hit Hunter Biden’s gun charges because he apparently is a big part of the American crime problem.
The whole thing was just so stupid, yet even worse, presented with a smarmy sense of “we know better.” Some might even call it a perfect illustration of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
If there is one thing that Fox News viewers know it’s this: the country is going to hell in a handbasket and it’s entirely the fault of President Joe Biden and the “Democrat” party.
There are a number of core issues the network plays on a repeating loop: a lax southern border and the stream of illegal immigrants that are changing the face of American culture, apparent government overreach on vaccines and masks mandates as an effort to end a pandemic that has led to the deaths of nearly 900,000 American lives, and of course, a spiking crime rate.
It appears to be a winning message, as Fox News is the top-rated cable outlet by a
But when every single thing that an elected official does is painted in the absolute worst light — particularly given the reach and influence of Fox News — of course, it will have a malignant effect on the body politic.
It’s no wonder our nation is so bitterly divided, and it’s because there is a great deal of profit in it. Who cares if it leads to the ruination of our country if it pleases the shareholders, amirite?
Watch above via Fox News.