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When Fox News Channel cancelled Glenn Beck, there was progressive dancing in the social media streets. Beck was off television, after all, and it had a lot to do with grassroots efforts to convince advertisers that it's a bad idea to have their brand linked with an incendiary fraud.
But then Fox News filled the time slot with easily the dumbest show ever. It's called The Five -- an obvious cable news knock-off of The View (and all of its imitators) in which four conservatives and one liberal (for balance) snark about the issues of the day. If Fox News was trying to create a show that would amplify the intellectual stature of the usually moronic Fox & Friends, they totally succeeded.
The moderator of the show is serial race-baiter Eric Bolling and the panel consists of a Lazy Susan of cackling simpletons. Greg Gutfeld, whose previous credits include both Fox News Channel's overnight show and The Huffington Post where he blogged about his calf muscles and made hilariously smart cracks about Cenk Uygur's name, is evidently the designated jokester, d-bag and misogynist of the group. There's also former Bush press secretary Dana Perino and legal analyst Andrea Tantaros. "Democratic strategist" Bob Beckel, who recently said "fuck" on the Hannity show, is the token liberal and, in keeping with Fox News policy, makes really weak points and often appears to be drunk. A perfect target for the conservatives on the panel.
Everything you need to know about the dynamics of The Five is contained in this a clip from Friday's show:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/the-dumbest-show-on-fox-n_b_1453058.html
cindyperry2010
(846 posts)been a hard choice given that network is populate with utter crap
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)The other Fox programs are going to get their fee-fees hurt.
WhoIsNumberNone
(7,875 posts)"It's not right wing"
"When they come down on the liberal side, it's the final word, and it's pristine"
And the best part: When asked to provide an example of the court siding with liberals:
"I don't have to"
Typical. Republican talking points don't require supporting evidence. They are pristine. (Oops- did I say that?)
BlueDemKev
(3,003 posts)....I've had that channel blacked-out on my TV screen for three years now. So nice that Direct TV has "parental controls".
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)The entire network lowers the IQ of a hamster, when exposed for greater than 30 seconds.
joe1991
(178 posts)Closeted muppet-face Doochy who can't open his mouth without lying about the President, the dumb blonde former miss Amerika with more kids than octomom (but fewer brain cells), or Brian the no-lipped boy-blunder who doesn't even care about politics but will say anything for just one more dollar.
These bozos' whole schitck is repeating the latest whines, lies, and conspiracies from the far-right propaganda websites.
The Five at least has a version Alan Colmes, who occasionally rolls his eyes and calls bullshit.
Initech
(100,099 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)sonna baka na, kirai yo!
sadbear
(4,340 posts)determining the most carcinogenic cigarette.