‘Simpsons’ Creator: I Was Told to Lay Off Fox News after We Called It ‘No. 1 with Racists’
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‘Simpsons’ Creator: I Was Told to Lay Off Fox News after We Called It ‘No. 1 with Racists’
Don't expect the show to cave to pressure from Fox anytime soon.
By Brad Reed / Raw Story
July 23, 2017, 8:23 AM GMT
http://www.alternet.org/culture/simpsons-creator-i-was-told-lay-fox-news...
Simpsons creator Matt Groening says that he got pressure from 21st Century Fox to lay off Fox News after his show lampooned the cable news network for being popular with racists.
During a ComicCon panel in San Diego on Saturday, Groening played clips of an animated version of President Donald Trump appearing on the Simpsons this year, and then revealed that Fox News’ parent company expressed its displeasure with a joke the show made about the network.
Specifically, the show labeled Fox as “not racist, but No. 1 with racists.”
“Then Bill O’Reilly called us pinheads and look what happened,” Groening joked, as reported by the Hollywood Reporter.
Despite pressure from 21st Century Fox, however, no one should expect the Simpsons to stop using topical humor anytime soon.
“Our show holds up a Springfield mirror to society, so that never fails to inspire us,” exec producer Matt Selman said during the panel.
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Cool article
Cool article
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How long before Sinclair eats
How long before Sinclair eats into Fox's share of the racist demographic?
Expect some batshit content in the run-up to the mid-terms.
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Good to see that no one
Good to see that no one around here makes ignorant assumptions that feed their prejudices.
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^first racist in thread.
^racist fox news viewer posting in thread.
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racists gotta race
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>>Good to see that no one
>>Good to see that no one around here makes ignorant assumptions that feed their prejudices.<<<
I cannot believe you posted that bullshit, Thom.
You constantly post ignorant generalizations about "the left" that expose your prejudice. And the pathetic part is, I suspect you believe the inane drivel you post.
You have zero self-awareness, eh?
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Jilly - your just funny
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Jill from DOWNTOWN!
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You constantly post ignorant
You constantly post ignorant generalizations about "the left" that expose your prejudice.