{"id":35912,"date":"2017-10-16T19:34:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T02:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35912"},"modified":"2017-10-16T20:01:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T03:01:54","slug":"unbelieveably-stupid-fox-news-anchor-wonders-why-poor-people-would-want-to-be-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35912","title":{"rendered":"Unbelieveably Stupid: Fox News anchor wonders why poor people would want to be healthy"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve spent any considerable amount of time watching Fox News (and why would you), you are already used to some astonishingly idiotic comments and punditry. But every now and then they endeavor to outdo themselves in the dimwitted department.<\/p>\n

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Today on the morning program, Happening Now<\/em>, anchor Jon Scott went above and beyond the call of doofus. In a discussion about health insurance and the subsidies that Donald Trump recently halted, Scott asked a question so ludicrous it deserves special recognition (video below). Are you ready?<\/p>\n

SCOTT: What\u2019s the motivation? If these are the poorest Americans who are getting their co-pays and things like that covered, what’s the motivation for them to try to live a healthier lifestyle? I mean if it doesn’t cost them anything to go to the doctor, what’s the motivation?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Um, WHAT? Apparently Scott thinks that poor people don’t want to be healthy simply because it’s preferable to being sickly. He thinks having a low income makes one less appreciative of the blessings of good health. They must not care if their children or other loved ones are sick either.<\/p>\n

According to Scott, the benefit of having society assist people of limited means to pay for medical care is too much fun to pass up. So they will deliberately eat junk food, or play on the freeway, so they can enjoy doctor visits that are partially paid for. They will let their kids develop diabetes or maybe a brain tumor in order to stick it to the government. What a thrill it must be for them to have their co-pays covered by Uncle Sam. No wonder they would lack motivation to stay healthy and keep their families that way as well. “We’ve got free healthcare kids. Go crazy.”<\/em><\/p>\n

So Scott is puzzled by what would motivate poor people to live a healthy lifestyle if the government pays their medical bills. Does he also wonder why rich people would be motivated since they have more than enough to cover any malady they might contract? Does he wonder if everyone who lives in Canada or England or any other industrialized country lacks the motivation to stay healthy? Is he confused about the motivations of military personnel whose healthcare is paid for by the government?<\/p>\n

Or maybe all people just want to stay healthy so they can enjoy their lives and spend more of it with those they love. That concept may be too complex for a Fox News anchor – or viewer. But the fact that he could ask that question out loud, on the air, reveals something about the culture at Fox News. They seem to not care how ridiculous they sound so long as they can demean poor people. And that’s a sickness I’m not sure their doctor can cure.<\/p>\n

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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

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Fox anchor: If we help the poor afford health care, what's their motivation to live a healthy lifestyle? <\/p>\n

… seriously, he asked that pic.twitter.com\/CgPRwzQP36<\/a><\/p>\n

— Lis Power (@LisPower1) October 16, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n