Fox News: CNN, MSNBC Use Teabagging For "Frat House Humor"

The lead story on FoxNews.com Thursday afternoon hit competitors MSNBC and CNN for thinly veiled sexual puns based on the word "teabagging."

"TV TOILET HUMOR" screamed the home page image, while inside the headline read, "Cable Anchors, Guests Use Tea Parties as Platform for Frat House Humor."

Over the past week, hosts on both networks have had fun playing off the double meaning of teabagging — one meaning referencing the barrage of tax day tea parties around the nation, the other a sexual act Fox News describes as follows:

Teabagging, for those who don't live in a frat house, refers to a sexual act involving part of the male genitalia and a second person's face or mouth.

Last Friday, Rachel Maddow and Ana Marie Cox joked about teabagging, most notably with Cox asking, "Who wouldn't want to tea bag John McCain?"

David Shuster later joked that the GOP would "need a Dick Armey" for its teabagging efforts.

Anderson Cooper joked the other night that "it's hard to talk when you're teabagging."

Comments

[JonasH]

Whoever came up with the use of teabagging for the recent demonstrations is more than likely a former frat house resident/member. Think about it.

[bigbluenat4]

Fox's Morning show did it to. look it up on YouTube. Wow....pot meet Kettle.

[miamigary]

April 15th was very inspirational.
It was a golden shower of teabagging for the GOP. I heard most of them got choked up at the rallies ;)

[superjules]

I got a visual. :)

[MedinaM]

What I find so odd about Fox News is that they always say that nobody ever watches MSNBC or CNN and that their ratings are headed downhill while FNC's ratings are climbing higher and higher. Well, if that's the case, then why are they commenting on them? If supposedly nobody is watching MSNBC or CNN, then why complain? Why even waste time mentioning them exposing them to more publicity? Hmm...mayb­e they sense the competitio­n...especi­ally from MSNBC. CNN needs to really step up and start defending themselves. FNC always talks smack about them and they never respond. I've only seen Rick Sanchez have enough guts to say anything. And we all know that the crew at MSNBC have no problem in saying anything back to FNC--even Scarborough gets in on that action and he's a Republican. So CNN step up your game! And FNC can all suck it (except for Shepard Smith).

[abbeyroad]

"HUSSIEN" that ?

the "PINHEADS" at fox news ?

maybe the liberal media should be sent to re-education camps to learn some manners.

[Raleigh Dave]

Tea-Bagging was as intelligent as the phone companies star-69

[havok333]

Juvenile and sophomoric is no way to go through life, people. There's more to life than making South Park or Beavis and Butthead jokes about things that you're afraid of.

[tomjones44]

don't you DARE compare south park to beavis and butthead

[NotYouAgain]

I'm not particularly afraid of the Followers of the Holy Teabag. I just don't particularly want their kind of lunacy infecting those who are already marginal and might embrace a concept because they were misled by their simpler selves.

[TurkerB]

Especially if the 'true believers' start using violence to express themselves­.......

[The Ghost]

Dangerous mentally ill sociopathic gun fetishists with revenge fantasies SHOULD not only be feared, but locked away for their own safety.

[bigbluenat4]

Fox's morning show did it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfrNugqEKPI&feature=PlayList&p=43E30F422BD99796&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=26

[Raleigh Dave]

Fox - For Only Xenophobes

[Raleigh Dave]

Fox News (notice the word NEWS) is suppose to report the news, not create it,

The Tea Bagging was a FNC publicity stunt.

As for Frat Boy humor, just watch Sean and Glenn, Dudes.

[The Ghost]

Dr. Thompson would be proud. This FOX stunt may be the penultimate achievement of Gonzo Journalism.

[ObamacratInCA]

"The slobbering. This guy folks I'm telling you...If he keeps this up throughout the G20. Gordon Brown will come down with anal poisoning and may die from it."

Rush Limbaugh.

I'm pretty certain that Fox was there front and center with a statement about this comment.

[Drewbai]

Funny how Fox never complained when Rush did his radio show rant about the double meaning of "dikes" during the recent floods.

[AjaStrandski]

Excellent point!

[klondiker]

Excuse me while I consider the irony of FOX NEWS finding another network to be in bad taste.

[Amalek]

Fox, you are complaining about a self-inflicted wound.

[Supercruize]

Muahhahahahaaha!! Nice one. What they can do (Fox) we can do better, lol. That includes dirty play.

[LafnBacstage]

Fox,

If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Murdoc, your British mentality has trashed American values and have lowered our political system to the same brashness found in British tabloids and Parliament. You have taught us well, we know how to throw the same mud you throw in Brittan and around the world.

The tea bag movement failed because it was a contrived anti-Obama campaign. It failed because you are not an American and you tried to pull the patriotic heart strings of those that do think.

Fox, the election is over. Stop campaigning .

[Raleigh Dave]

Ditto

[solarian]

I thought he was from australia