It's Election Day in Virginia, so here's a thread with some relevant stuff I wrote this year about the Fox/GOP effort to make the gubernatorial election all about "critical race theory."
Fox News ran nearly 100 segments on “critical race theory” in Virginia school systems from March through June, nearly five hours of coverage mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-n…
Fox regularly hosted people presented as concerned parents or educators who oppose the teaching of so-called “critical race theory” in schools who also had day jobs as Republican strategists, conservative think-tankers, or right-wing media personalities mediamatters.org/fox-news/foxs-…
One such frequent guest, "Loudoun County Parent" Ian Prior, has worked for the Trump DOJ, the NRCC, the Senate Leadership Fund, and American Crossroads.
This GOP strategy is being road-tested in Virginia. If they come away from today thinking it succeeded, expect to see it rolled out in races across the country. mediamatters.org/critical-race-…
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I will be availing myself of the generous @mmfa parental leave policy for the next few months. I will not be watching Fox News. I will be staying off this site instead of randomly tweeting “THE POOP MUST FLOW” or “THE SLEEPER HAS AWAKENED” all the time. See you all in January!
1. Tucker Carlson's snide dismissal of paternity leave is in stark contrast to his network's paternity leave policy, which his male colleagues rave about. mediamatters.org/fox-news/tucke…
Left, Tucker sneering at paternity leave (and gay dads).
Right, Fox corporate doc highlighting how its "parental leave policy allows eligible new parents to bond with their children for a substantial period with full pay."
Left, Tucker sneering at paternity leave (and gay dads).
Right, Fox's Todd Piro op-ed at FoxNews.com praising the network's paternity leave policy after he returned from six weeks with his spouse and infant.
Another major organization he mentions in the piece, "Fight for Schools," is headed by Ian Prior, a political operative who previously worked at the NRCC, Karl Rove's American Crossroads, the McConnell-allied Senate Leadership Fund, and the Trump DOJ mediamatters.org/fox-news/foxs-…
Fox News regularly tries to pass off GOP activists as regular concerned parents. Yesterday they repeatedly featured the head of "Educators for Youngkin" as a "Fairfax County Parent." mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-s…
Fox is still passing off GOP activists -- including the chair of "Educators for Youngkin" -- as simply concerned Virginia parents mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-s…
Bill Hemmer opened a segment on Fairfax County parents "defending the right to speak out about what is taught in their kids’ schools."
Who did Fox talk to?
This "Fairfax County Parent" is a former Trump Education Department official who is now a senior fellow at a right-wing group.
Here's Tucker Carlson airing an ESPN employee's complaint about that network's vax mandate, then saying mandates are "sick and scary" but "happening everywhere and no one is saying anything about it."
He did not mention that Fox has a mandate because he's a hypocrite and coward.
Tonight's the night Tucker shows the courage of his convictions and quits in a blaze of glory, I can feel it. He doesn't care about the paycheck, he's no company man, this is it.
Twenty-eight individuals who said they were defying COVID-19 vaccine mandates by rejecting vaccination appeared a total of 30 times on Fox’s weekday programs from August 2 through October 5.
The tally includes nine appearances by nurses, six by law enforcement officers, five by teachers, and two by members of the U.S. military.