{"id":31311,"date":"2016-04-03T20:29:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T03:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=31311"},"modified":"2016-04-03T20:34:55","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T03:34:55","slug":"fox-news-hires-duck-dynastys-donald-trump-fluffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=31311","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Hires Duck Dynasty’s Donald Trump Fluffer"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you thought that the Republican presidential primary has had the intellectually vacant stench of a reality TV show, then you have obviously been paying attention. The past nine months have been a virtual Survivor-like season with enemies and alliances and losers literally getting voted off.<\/p>\n

Starring in this parade of idiocy is the actual host of a real life reality game show, Donald Trump. And he has milked the genre for all its worth. Trump’s demeanor has exhibited all of the juvenile melodrama that epitomizes the worst of an already pedantic television format – insults, anger, ignorance, betrayal, pandering, and transparent phoniness.<\/p>\n

\"Fox
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

Recognizing the tone of the campaign, Fox News has decided to give up on news entirely and adapt by reinforcing their staff with the sort of experience that is best suited to the shallowness of the GOP and their constituents. To that end they just hired Willie Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame as a contributor. I guess Honey Boo Boo must have turned them down. Still, Fox News could not have made a better choice to affirm their utter disrespect for journalism and their audience.<\/p>\n

Robertson, of course, has no reporting credentials whatsoever, so he is no less qualified for the position on Fox than the rest of the crackpots on the network. His ultra right-wing Christianist dogma will fit in nicely with his new colleagues. And his endorsement in January of Trump makes him an ideal representative of Fox’s notorious unfairness and imbalance. As an added bit of tabloid conflict, Willie’s father Phil endorsed Ted Cruz. All of this adds up to Fox’s abandonment of journalism in favor of low-grade entertainment, a devolution that News Corpse has described previously<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Fox News has redefined television journalism by fundamentally transforming it from an information medium to an entertainment medium. They dress up their pseudo-news segments in the same melodramatic packaging that entertainment outlets use: conflict, scandal, mystery, and hyper-charged emotions including hero worship and fear. Fox employs flashy graphics and attention-grabbing audio whooshes and gongs to decorate their reports that are presented as \u201cALERTS\u201d regardless of the news value. And always there is sex. Fox\u2019s roster of hosts has more former beauty pageant contestants that journalists. And they aren\u2019t shy about putting their \u201ctalent\u201d in revealing clothes and camera angles. In fact, Fox CEO Roger Ailes demands it<\/a>. As for news, Fox\u2019s concentration on tabloid thrill-fiction like Benghazi and Obama\u2019s birth certificate is the news equivalent of porn.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I can’t wait to see Robertson’s contribution to the circus atmosphere that is the Republican Party’s Presidential Apprentice contest. But you have to hand it to Fox News who, rather than bolstering their team with seasoned professionals as the campaign approaches the general election phase, chose to snag a duck call huckster to bring his unique insight to American democracy and to pitch for the Storm-Trumpers.<\/p>\n

\n

How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you thought that the Republican presidential primary has had the intellectually vacant stench of a reality TV show, then you have obviously been paying attention. The past nine months have been a virtual Survivor-like season with enemies and alliances and losers literally getting voted off. Starring in this parade of idiocy is the actual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Fox News Hires Duck Dynasty's Donald Trump Fluffer","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[152,1,684,16],"tags":[554,1166,33],"class_list":["post-31311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-media-bias","category-wankery","tag-donald-trump","tag-duck-dynasty","tag-fox-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/foxnews-dick-dynasty-willie.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-891","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32975,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32975","url_meta":{"origin":31311,"position":0},"title":"OMG! Fox News Ties Hillary Clinton To Diabolical Donald Duck Conspiracy – No, Really!","author":"Mark NC","date":"10\/25\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Just in time for Halloween, Fox News has uncovered a frightful tale of horror. Naturally it implicates Hillary Clinton in a fiendish plot to destroy America. And this time she has recruited an accomplice with magical powers and no pants. The latest scandal to be revealed by Fox is that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fox News Donald Duck","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/foxnews-donald-duck.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/foxnews-donald-duck.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/foxnews-donald-duck.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31156,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=31156","url_meta":{"origin":31311,"position":1},"title":"Sarah Palin Ditches Her Husband In ICU To Stump For Donald Trump","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/14\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The media has been chock-full of stories this morning about a snow machine (snowmobile for non-Alaskans) accident involving Sarah Palin's husband Todd. Mr. Palin was said to be seriously injured and in intensive care. The reports further said that Palin had canceled her scheduled appearances with Donald Trump in Florida\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Election"","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump Sarah Palin","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-palin-hearts-sm.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-palin-hearts-sm.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-palin-hearts-sm.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":32032,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32032","url_meta":{"origin":31311,"position":2},"title":"Exclusive: Donald Trump’s List Of Speakers For The Republican National Convention Just Leaked","author":"Mark NC","date":"7\/10\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Republican National Convention is now just one week away. Preparations are being made for what Donald Trump and his campaign are promising will be a unique event that will bring more entertainment value to the normally staid political gathering. Among the most highly anticipated announcements is who will share\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Election"","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"Trump's RNC","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/rnc-speakers-circus-sm.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/rnc-speakers-circus-sm.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/rnc-speakers-circus-sm.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33370,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=33370","url_meta":{"origin":31311,"position":3},"title":"Donald Trump’s Grossly Contradictory Positions On The Electoral College","author":"Mark NC","date":"12\/20\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Like many things with Donald Trump, it doesn't take much effort to find him contradicting himself. Either that or reversing his stance. Or downright lying. Here is a Twitter Moment that perfectly illustrates this with regard to his opinions on the Electoral College. Donald Trump On The Electoral College Sadly,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Election"","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"Trump Baby","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-baby-tweets.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-baby-tweets.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-baby-tweets.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31061,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=31061","url_meta":{"origin":31311,"position":4},"title":"Fox News Admits That The Media Is Rooting For Donald Trump","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/2\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday News Corpse published an article on The Trump Effect that laid out how the media has a profit motive to keep Donald Trump in the race. The article included a quote from the CEO of CBS who confessed that, with regard to Trump, \"It may not be good for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Election"","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump News","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Campaign-2016\/trump-news-channel.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Campaign-2016\/trump-news-channel.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Campaign-2016\/trump-news-channel.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38875,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=38875","url_meta":{"origin":31311,"position":5},"title":"Rudy Giuliani is Right: In Donald Trump’s World ‘Truth Isn’t Truth’ (See Fox News)","author":"Mark NC","date":"8\/19\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Just when you think you can't find another bizarre event that needs to be describe with the preface \"Just when you think...\" Donald Trump or one of his surrogates\/sycophants steps up to provide more blithering idiocy than you previously imagined possible. Among the lunatic ramblings of this Sunday morning, one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-exec-order-lies-e1570506197201.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-exec-order-lies-e1570506197201.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-exec-order-lies-e1570506197201.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31311"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31318,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31311\/revisions\/31318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}