Fox News Manufactures Outrage Over Fox Network Show

NY Times:

A Sunday night episode of the Fox animated series "Family Guy" stirred up trouble by suggesting­ rather directly that Nazi officers would have supported the McCain-Palin ticket. And it was another arm of the News Corp. conglomerate, Fox News Channel, that first reported on the episode.

Fox (the broadcast network) aired the episode in which Stewie, the obnoxious baby character at the center of the series, and Brian, a talking dog, traveled back in time to Poland during the 1939 German invasion. The characters ambush Nazi soldiers in an alley and steal their uniforms so they can travel without drawing attention. Putting on an overcoat, Stewie notices a McCain-Palin campaign button affixed to the lapel. "Huh, that's weird," Stewie remarks.

"Family Guy" has never been known for its taste level. One recent episode depicted Jesus binge drinking, and the hit show once got in trouble with the Federal Communications Commission for showing a partially nude cartoon character. The series' creator, Seth MacFarlane, is a prominent supporter of Barack Obama's presidential bid. So fans of the program seemed to take the scene in stride: by mid-day Monday, the vast majority of blog mentions of the episode were favorable.

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Comments

[lovable]

let me get this straight . a lady canvessar of obama s was assulted and fox is worried about a cartoon. !!!!!!!!!! they did not even report on the lady and they say they are a news organizati­on.???????­???????

[DFutureIsNow]

Stewie was just wearing proper attire for your regular McCain/Palin rally.

[poeface]

Didn't Fox News once threaten to sue the Simpsons?
Heh.

[illinoisan]

FOX already cancelled Family Guy TWICE making it the only show ever to have that distinction.

[myangeldog1]

Ha! What the he l l do they expect?

If the shoe fits wear it!

[borgo]

Uhm, it's a CARTOON. Back here in real life, I've heard Rush Limbaugh and many of his cohorts that extend to Fox News call Obama much worse

[myangeldog1]

I have never listened to Limbaugh until recently..­..my G o d that man should have his show yanked.

These people are like bullys....­..t e r r o r i z e unmercifully and when the table is turned...r­un to momma.

[Bitsko]

He's laughing all the way to the bank. All Rush cares about is ad revenue. If socialism was popular, he'd be quoting Norman Thomas every day.

[PeepingTom]

Rush IS a cartoon. He's a caricature of himself.
And he's just uptight because he's not getting any.

[UltraClassic]

You know, I love a good laugh and love seeing politicos getting it stuck to them , left and right. South Park is great. The cartoons on Adult Swim are beyond funny, they rock big time. But there was nothing funny about this cartoon.

We toss around the term "nazi" with such little care. They killed 6 million jews and were responsible for 20 million killed Russians.

Sorry, there is nothing funny about calling your political challanger a nazi. It simple shows what a poor perspective one has on history.

I detest the leftist/progressive mind set. It is naive and fails to take into account human nature and mostly serves as an avenue for the Hugo Chavez's of the world to take power. But even I would not call Hugo Chavez a nazi. Stupid? Yes. A trouble maker? Without a doubt. But he is no nazi.

[AdamInMaryland]

Is it any different than saying extremists and terrorists support Obama and hope that he wins?

I'm not saying it's right...I'­m just saying that when you reap the wind, you sow the hurricane.

[mookworthjwilson]

"Sorry, there is nothing funny about calling your political challanger a nazi. It simple shows what a poor perspective one has on history."

Last time I checked Barack Obama didn't run "Family Guy"...and Seth didn't call McCain/Palin Nazis...he said they were supported by Nazis...

[myangeldog1]

I detest inciting h a t e and fear at U.S. political rallys. This is causing a backlash and it's not in the form of a cartoon, like the hanging 'ghost' in a Ohio yard.

[MajorKong]

The Communists killed millions too but that's never stopped the right wing in this country from using the term to describe anybody to the left of Generalissimo Francisco Franco.

[protagonia]

PRECISELY!

Good catch, MajorKong!

[Bitsko]

My father was a lifer in the Air Force, and he never hesitated comparing the right wing in this country to the nazis. In fact, he wrote his master's thesis on that very subject.

[noticeablejames]

Where does McCain go to get his free advertising?

[YellowDogInRedCounty]

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