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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,437 posts)
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 04:49 PM Jul 2019

Stunning Supercut Compares How Fox Treated Michelle Obama Vs. How They Treat Melania

Hat tip, Joe.My.God:

VIRAL VIDEO: Stunning Supercut Compares How Fox Treated Michelle Obama Vs How They Treat Melania
July 26, 2019

The Associated Press reports:

The news outlet NowThis has attracted attention with videos that illustrate inconsistencies by Fox News personalities, like one posted today that contrasts the news network’s treatment of Michelle Obama with her successor as first lady, Melania Trump.

Clips show Fox commentators criticizing Michelle Obama’s wardrobe, saying she needed to drop a few pounds and calling her the “merchant of death.” Meanwhile, Melania Trump is called stunning, spectacular and “a woman of strength who should be revered.”

Fox, for its part, pointed out that NowThis was founded by two men who worked on the Huffington Post, which the network regards as a liberal publication that opposes it.

The clip is really something. Watch it all.

Melania Trump and Michelle Obama receive shockingly different coverage from Fox News, a supercut


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Stunning Supercut Compares How Fox Treated Michelle Obama Vs. How They Treat Melania (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2019 OP
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jul 2019 #1
Yes, NowThis probably does oppose Fox. trev Jul 2019 #2
Fox also called Michelle "Obama's baby mama", despite the fact that they were Tanuki Jul 2019 #3
I do prefer Mrs trump wearing clothing in her photos now. Just a personal preference, Tech Jul 2019 #4
No amount of apologies can ever make up for the disrespect and rudeness FakeNoose Jul 2019 #5
WOW Takket Jul 2019 #6
Trump's Solvenian sex worker doesn't hold a candle to the Harvard Law graduate Farmer-Rick Jul 2019 #7
Oh, Malaria has a Master's Degree... SergeStorms Jul 2019 #19
PhD in.............. Celerity Jul 2019 #21
That about sums it up. SergeStorms Jul 2019 #23
... Scurrilous Jul 2019 #8
Somehow they overlooked the naked photos of Mel. Totally naked, not just bare arms. Vinca Jul 2019 #9
The difference is Melanoma is WHITE ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #10
Exactly! iluvtennis Jul 2019 #11
Not so sure that's entirely true. progressoid Jul 2019 #20
When it comes to Michelle, I think it's 99% racism ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #22
wow. barbtries Jul 2019 #12
Kick dalton99a Jul 2019 #13
Bookmarked and thanks. yonder Jul 2019 #14
The cesspool known as Fox News*. gtar100 Jul 2019 #15
I going to show this to a Fox lover, I think she'll miss ... Dorn Jul 2019 #16
I lost it right here. Hotler Jul 2019 #17
Sickening. yardwork Jul 2019 #18
I would like to meet sean hannity in public Demonaut Jul 2019 #24
They need to do more of these Wednesdays Jul 2019 #25
Kick ck4829 Jul 2019 #26

trev

(1,480 posts)
2. Yes, NowThis probably does oppose Fox.
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 05:00 PM
Jul 2019

But Fox can continue to deny reality--in this case, in the form of their own videotapes--all they want. It's all they've got to work with.

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
3. Fox also called Michelle "Obama's baby mama", despite the fact that they were
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 05:04 PM
Jul 2019

married for years before having their first child, and famously accused her of giving a "terrorist fist jab. "

Tech

(1,771 posts)
4. I do prefer Mrs trump wearing clothing in her photos now. Just a personal preference,
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 05:10 PM
Jul 2019

But the poetry she espoused on said clothing leaves much to be desired.

Really not a fair comparison. There is no way mrs trump can compete with the natural grace and beauty of Michelle. Not to mention class, intelligence, humor, humanity...

FakeNoose

(32,638 posts)
5. No amount of apologies can ever make up for the disrespect and rudeness
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 05:12 PM
Jul 2019

...that was shown towards Barack and Michelle Obama for their 8 years in the White House.

Yes Faux Snooze was the worst, but really all the GOP/conservative pundits were horrible towards the First Family. I blush with embarrassment for my country every time I think of it. The Obama Family was a shining example of American wholesomeness and goodness the entire time, but the conservative media and Repuke Party showed them nothing but rudeness.

Farmer-Rick

(10,169 posts)
7. Trump's Solvenian sex worker doesn't hold a candle to the Harvard Law graduate
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 05:27 PM
Jul 2019

Michelle Obama is a beautiful, intelligent and accomplished woman. Melaria is a nude model and escort who couldn't finish college even though tuition in Slovenia is free.

Melaria is a gold digger who prefers to use he surgically enhanced body instead of her mind. Why Trump married her has more to do with the dirt she has on him than any loving relationship.

But this sex worker is who Fox holds out to America as a sterling example for our daughters to follow?

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
19. Oh, Malaria has a Master's Degree...
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 08:14 PM
Jul 2019

but no one can seem to find it, or locate any College or University she attended to earn that Master's Degree. You know how those old-world Universities and Colleges come and go though. You'd think such a noted College or University would beam with pride for educating the future "worst lady"of the United States. But she had to have one because she was granted an elite EB-1 program—dubbed the "Einstein visa"— while she was dating "The Donald". Her achievements to that point in life seem to be posing for photographs in her underwear, and appearing in several print advertisements. So she must have that Master's Degree, right? Then her parents "chain migrated" after her. The old "do as I say, not as I do" republican bullshit.

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
23. That about sums it up.
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 11:09 PM
Jul 2019

The oldest profession, so to speak. I love that gif with the two women on the bicycle. I wonder if they live in that sharp single-wide trailer, or the little Cape Cod next door? I have a hunch, but I'll keep it to myself.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
10. The difference is Melanoma is WHITE
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 05:32 PM
Jul 2019

Why can't we just admit that Faux is a racist program, hosted by racists and watched by racists? It really is as simple as that.

progressoid

(49,988 posts)
20. Not so sure that's entirely true.
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 09:25 PM
Jul 2019

Yes, racism is a factor, but arguably Fox hates Hillary as much as, or even more than Michelle.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
22. When it comes to Michelle, I think it's 99% racism
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 09:54 PM
Jul 2019

I agree that there are other factors that make Faux nasty, such as misogyny and xenophobia. With HRC, I think it was the misogyny. With the Obamas, it came down to race. They may have used misogyny and xenophobia to pick on them, but the impetus was racism.

barbtries

(28,793 posts)
12. wow.
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 07:19 PM
Jul 2019

i never watch fox. they're worse than i even knew, in terms of piggishness and breathtaking hypocrisy. ai yi yi

gtar100

(4,192 posts)
15. The cesspool known as Fox News*.
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 07:42 PM
Jul 2019

Amazing the double standard. They just can't believe it! Hahaha And all they have to do is review their own recordings to find it. No one but fox news viewers is surprised by this.



* For entertainment purposes only. No accuracy to truth is expressed or implied. Side effects may include confusing talking points for facts, support for politicians and corporations that screw you over every day, misplaced rage, compulsive outbursts in public, and loss of family and friends. Viewer discretion is advised.

Dorn

(523 posts)
16. I going to show this to a Fox lover, I think she'll miss ...
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 07:51 PM
Jul 2019

the statements even Fox included alluding to Melania being a nude model:
"Charm the pants off you" and "She's beautiful inside, and out"

Sorry, I can't get over people voting for a president who cheated on his porn model wife

Hotler

(11,421 posts)
17. I lost it right here.
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 07:52 PM
Jul 2019

and “a woman of strength who should be revered.” Blew beer all over my monitor.

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