Head of Fox News makes fun of Soledad O'Brien's name
By Ben ReiningaApril 13th, 2012, 12:45 pmComments (9)Fox News chief Roger Ailes made fun of Soledad O'Brien's name in a Q&A at a speech at UNC... or, at least, that's what everyone is saying. Specifically, he randomly called Soledad O'Brien, "the girl that's named after a prison," a statement that, at least for me, raises more questions than answers.
For instance, is that even an insult? Or just a less than flattering comparison? Does it have to be a slur, since Soledad is half Cuban and Ailes is white? If Soledad called Roger "that douchebag named after a pirate flag," would anyone care?
And then there's the bigger question: why? It's clearly not true — people don't name their kids after prisons. Is it that, in some strange part of his lizard brain, Ailes can't stand all the negative press being given to Hilary Rosen (who, if you read the news, you might know as "that crazed lesbian who completely destroyed the Democratic Party and Obama's political future")? Like, he knew he should be happy, but he felt perversely jealous, not being at the center of the latest "scandalous" lamestream clusterfuck?
Of course, it turns out that Soledad O'Brien's parents didn't name her after a prison; they named her after the Virgin Mary, because they met each other at Mass. You know, samesies.
In order to ensure we'd have a diversity of talking points, Ailes also said he'd never hire Newt Gingrich, and defended Fox News' "alternative point of view" by telling the audience not to wet their pants over it, like a bunch of big fat real-fact-demanding babies.
Commentarium (9 Comments)
By "alternate point of view" I take it he means "alternate reality". Sounds like what Ailes needs is a proper rogering.
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Soledad O'Brien? Sounds like a good American name to me. Unlike Roger Ailes.
Liberals are as obsessed with Fox News as Jerry Falwell was obsessed with Playboy!
If you don't like it, "turn the channel" ... but you keep watching because JUST LIKE
Falwell, who wanted to see nudity, you WANT to hear some conservative views!
It's important for one to receive and understand a variety of views in order to form a more rounded opinion of their world. Liberals can, and should, watch Fox News just as Conservatives can, and should, watch MSNBC. If you see something that seems unfair or unjust, you should speak up, and not feel the need to be silenced just because you can turn the channel.
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There's not point in watching MSNBC, its drivel.
A better alternative is something like Pravda which is afraid of calling out O-dummya on foreign police.
Reminds me of an insult from 7th grade: You're so ugly, they named a train station after you. You know what they called it? The "Ugly Station."
Now you say something