Fox viewers: Fight space aliens before greenhouse emissions
Sometimes you hear something so ridiculous it’s beyond belief. That’s common fare in Mad Magazine, and on TV’s Fox News. Such as Friday, when the Foxers went off their gourds on a story positing that space aliens might attack Earth because of global warming. “True story!” one host trumpeted it. “I am not making this up,” Fox host Megyn Kelly said. (Later she took that back.)
It was all a small part of a larger study written by some scientists (one of whom apparently works at NASA) and some bloggers who probably have a dry sense of humor. But Fox New treated it as so real that you’ve really got to wonder about those folks.
They even did an unscientific viewer poll on the question. The results: 3 percent of respondents said we need to curb greenhouse emissions. 19 percent said we need to fight space aliens. And 79 percent or so said scientists should “stop their research and create jobs.” No kidding.
Rick Perry will probably be talkin’ ’bout this on the campaign trail soon. . .
August 20, 2011 - 8:00 AM
Illegal immigration isn’t just a national problem anymore – it’s gone galactic.
Meanwhile, scientists are researching the possibility of repairing the diseased job market with a stem cell transplant.
Tongue-in-cheek is a phrase used as a figure of speech to imply that a statement or other production is humorously intended and it should not be taken at face value. The facial expression typically indicates that one is joking or making a mental effort.
Two questions arise:
Does Mr. Casey not get it?
Does Mr. Casey think we don’t?
Everyone knows this story is a diversion to draw our attention
away from the impending attack of the giant catfish from Smith
Mountain Lake.
Can Gorgo save us from the evil Catzilla?
Faux fighting aliens? That’s rich (sorry, I mean job creator). Strange that they would want to fight themselves!
Most reporters and commentators I’ve seen on Fox networks have difficulty in making a mental effort.
Wait a sec; this piece is actually pretty rational coming from the Faux news network; they actually ran a piece last week that suggested Bachmann and Palin had reasonable odds of winning the republican nomination for the presidency. Talk about out there…
Ummm. ..you have it backwards, Dan as usual. the NASA dude is the one who put this out as a serious story. Then FOX ran the spoof survey and its intelligent wry audience responded in kind.
You got this lying spin from Media Matters which is a laughable and oft-discredit sources.