Fox & Friends’ stunning hypocrisy: “We were never told the nature of (Dylann Roof's) bias”

[DonViejo]

The gang also argued that racism isn't a real problem in the U.S.

JOANNA ROTHKOPF

On Thursday morning’s “Fox & Friends,” hosts Steve Doocy, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Brian Kilmeade demonstrated a fairly impressive feat for a five-minute segment, denying that racism is a widespread problem in the U.S. then swiftly arguing that it isn’t their fault they didn’t know Dylann Storm Roof, the Charleston shooter, was a white supremacist.

Hasselbeck first said, “It’s disappointing and it’s irresponsible to call racism when it’s not racism because it basically underscores the hate when it actually does happen–”

“It blunts it,” Kilmeade corrected.

“If we were a racist nation, Barack Obama would not have been elected president of the United States twice. It’s a math thing,” Doocy chimed in.

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[randys1]

1. None of them deserve to bag groceries, and I am not fucking kidding.

This all just makes me so sick...

I dont even pay attention to what they say anymore, my outrage is that ANY of them have a public voice to say it.

[3catwoman3]

2. So they are so stupid that they needed...

...to be TOLD the nature of the bias? It was quite obvious, was it not?

[Botany]

3. WTF is she saying?

Hasselbeck first said, “It’s disappointing and it’s irresponsible to call racism when it’s not racism because it basically underscores the hate when it actually does happen–”

[Gormy Cuss]

4. This is what happens when you let Palin write your cue cards. n/t'

[Botany]

5. try to read that gibberish out loud and word for word and you can feel ....

.... your brain trying to escape from your body.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

7. Just for starters maybe she meant 'undermines' instead of 'underscores'?

Why is she on TV again?

[Gormy Cuss]

11. What she meant was clear.

They ran with the War on Christians motif without even once throwing out the idea that it could have been a racially motivated attack and now they're trying to deflect the blame for it.

[Johonny]

14. In their world view: The right believe there are mostly mythical calls of racism on the left

They think 99% of outrage against racism inherent in American social systems is made up. Hence she is confused when it so obviously can't be brushed away in an instance. So instead they use a dodge. Here is racism, yes, but we are slow to call it that because the term is so precious and misused in society. Of course, if you know this whole scenario is batshit insane talking points by the right then it sounds stupid. But most FOX viewers think 99.9% of racism is trumped up. They pander to their audience to the extreme and to the point they don't know their lies from truth. Fox news destroys your brain.

[Botany]

15. They just make crap up

Johonny

[niyad]

6. okay, clearly I have not had sufficient caffeine this morning. what in the HELL is any

of that supposed to mean?

(or maybe it should be alcohol, not caffeine. do you think that would help?)

[Botany]

8. Doesn't this help to clear things up?

“If we were a racist nation, Barack Obama would not have been elected president of the United States twice. It’s a math thing,” Doocy chimed in.

[niyad]

9. no

[Botany]

10. It is a math thing ..... now you get it don't you?

Nobody can be that dense ..... he is just reading words that were put in front of him.

[awoke_in_2003]

12. "Nobody can be that dense"

Want to bet?

[Liberal Veteran]

13. They are all still butt hurt the "war on Christianity" angle they tried to push didn't work. -nt