Wednesday, October 19, 2005

George Carlin and I agree: We Hate This Crap.

So the Parents Television Council is mouthing off again.

Parents Group Warns Against 4 Fox Shows

George Carlin said it best:

There are two knobs on the TV...one turns the channel, and the other one turns the damn thing on and off!


The ironic thing, of course, is that Fox, the same company that owns Fox News, is being targeted here. I've said it before, nobody plays both sides like Ol' Rupert. One one side, he's got Fox News preaching (and I do mean "preaching") from the right, then you turn on Fox or worse yet FX (or "better yet", if you're me) and you get The Shield, Nip/Tuck, and Rescue Me. Those three shows, by the way, are ALL among the best five shows on television of any kind on any channel, and they all air on FX.

Organizations like the PTC do no good. None. Zip. Zilch. Nil.

This, however, is the funniest line in the story:

A Fox spokesman said the network never comments on reports by the Parents Television Council.


Why is that funny? Because when you go to FoxNews.com, you see this about every second week:

Plus, are R-rated movies keeping Hollywood's box office down? We'll examine the issue with Brent Bozell, president of the Parents Television Council.

Don't miss a very special edition of "Your World with Neil Cavuto" today at 4 p.m. ET!


They put Bozell on this channel to spew his nonsense whenever they can, and they never take him to task for his claims. That's why it's funny.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like Rupert knows how to use them. He gets viewers on Fox news to hear what they go to say, and then viewers on Fox to see what's wrong with those shows. Free advertising for Rupert.

BJ Stone said...

He is the master, no doubt.