{"id":37662,"date":"2018-04-21T10:18:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T17:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=37662"},"modified":"2018-09-08T22:09:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T05:09:40","slug":"srsly-on-fox-news-loopy-trump-fluffers-diamond-and-silk-pass-for-legitimate-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=37662","title":{"rendered":"SRSLY? On Fox News Loopy Trump-Fluffers ‘Diamond and Silk’ Pass For Legitimate Journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a bad year for Fox News. Donald Trump, the presidential figurehead they’ve been propping up for the past year, keeps swirling the legal drain on the way to the sewer of disgrace. Perhaps reflecting that downward spiral, Fox’s primetime ratings nosedived<\/a><\/strong> fifteen percent in February year over year. And while their revenue rose by about seventeen percent, that’s a pitiful performance when compared to their competitors: CNN\u2019s rose thirty-two percent, and MSNBC rocketed up sixty-two percent.<\/p>\n

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What’s more, the on-air “talent”<\/em> at Fox News aint what it used to be. Bill O’Reilly was fired for repeated incidents of sexual harassment and abuse. Megyn Kelly fled perverts like O’Reilly for NBC. So now Fox has to rely on the smug, white nationalism of Tucker Carlson, the elitist bullying of Laura Ingraham, and whatever the hell Sean Hannity is. All three have been digging deeper into the conspiracy theory territory of crackpots like Alex Jones. Fox News has never been a haven for reputable journalists who took their jobs seriously. But their distance from credibility has lately grown to titanic proportions (in more ways than one).<\/p>\n

There is no better indicator of that than the rise of two sisters from North Carolina, Lynette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson, better known to Fox viewers as “Diamond and Silk.”<\/em> After having made a name for themselves at Trump rallies (and being paid by his campaign<\/a><\/strong> to do so), D&S have become familiar faces on Fox News throughout the broadcast day. In recent weeks they have appeared on Fox and Friends, Watters World, the Ingraham Angle, and Cavuto. No Republican politician or pundit has had the blanket bookings that D&S have managed. Never mind that they have no discernible expertise in anything. They are brought on to opine about the economy, North Korea, immigration, healthcare, the legal intricacies of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, and more. This from a network that’s determined to strip away the First Amendment rights<\/a><\/strong> of socially active celebrities and athletes, and even student survivors<\/a><\/strong> of mass shootings.<\/p>\n

Let’s not mince words here. These women are clowns. They appear in tandem to interject “amens”<\/em> and “that’s rights”<\/em> to augment whatever the other is saying. Their clothing, makeup, and accessories are straight from the Barnum and Bailey Collection. And their patter is strictly scripted to praise Donald Trump as America’s “Master”<\/em> of Ceremonies. He even thanked them<\/a><\/strong> in one his numerous tweets about them. Some of the past D&S episodes on Fox include:<\/p>\n