Well, they acted, with Greg Gutfeld giving some half-baked apology (apologizing if his words had been misinterpreted, because it's possible to misinterpret when a guy goes into a lisp and talks about troops on the beach in their fabulous capris.)
Y'know, I'm fine with Canadian-bashing. I'm a big boy, I can take it. But soldier-bashing? From these tools? And on the same weekend Canada chalked up its 116th through 119th troop death? As an aside, Doug Benson was booked into an Edmonton comedy club. I say was because the owner cancelled, saying he can't guarantee Benson's safety. CFB Edmonton is the home base of many who've served in Afghanistan. I can imagine if a few of them would be less than impressed with Benson's smirking mug on Faux News. On 3/23/09, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hey, I'm all for Canada-bashing, but for Fox News to be critical of > > any soldiers willing to fight and die in a war endorsed (if not > > sponsored) by that very network is unbelievably tacky. > > > > Were it me, I'd bash the Canadian government for authorizing the > > deployment of soldiers in the first place... but then I'm not likely > > to perform punditry on Fox News. > > Humor at the expense of returning soldiers, no matter which > nationality and no matter the popularity of the war, is as classless > and tasteless as you can get. Soldiers have their own black humor but > it doesn't work with those who haven't shared the experience. > > The government shouldn't step in as it's covered under free speech. If > FNC had a soul, they should take action. I wouldn't hold my breath > waiting for that - unless the Canadian media can raise the profile of > the issue enough that FNC would have to act to save face. > > Tom W > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
