Say goodbye to FauxNews' version of "The Daily Show"

[kay1864]

Saw this in kpete's journal:

Tuesday, Aug 14
Fox Half Hour News Hour Shelved

First on TVNewser: In a memo to senior producers this afternoon, FNC's SVP of programming, Bill Shine announced the network "will not continue the Half Hour News Hour beyond its current 15 episode run." Shine did leave the door open, however: "we are considering ways to retool the show for future scheduling needs."

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/half_hour_news_hour_shelved_65085.asp?c=rss

Nice try you clueless fucks.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

1. Haha.

:rofl::rofl:

[AllegroRondo]

2. Confirming that the right just doesn't understand satire

[underpants]

4. It's ironic

but don't tell them-they wouldn't get the joke

[AllegroRondo]

5. They dont get irony either

but they do like jokes about bodily functions

[stuntcat]

3. aww

:cry: but it was so bitingly funny

[meegbear]

6. They were on the bleeding edge of humor ...

NOT!

Good riddance to bad humor.

[unpossibles]

7. heh... "retooled"

in other words, they need some other tools to replace the ones on the show now?

[mikeytherat]

9. "retooled" = "dismantled"

If I "retool" my kitchen so that it becomes a new master suite, I can't really call it a kitchen anymore. Well, if I work at Fox I suppose I can.

mikey_the_rat

[SteppingRazor]

8. I just posted the FNC memo over in GD...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1591072&mesg_id=1591072


Bwahahaha!

[kay1864]

11. Thanks!

And thanks for spelling it "Fox" instead of "FOX". Pet peeve of mine to see it in all caps. It ain't an acronym, and it definitely doesn't deserve the same stature of NBC or CNN.

Some funny replies in GD!

[Burma Jones]

10. Ya gotta have more than basic Brain Stem functionality to do (and get) Satire

The vast majority of Conservatives lack such functionality. And even the ostensibly funny ones, like P. J. O'Rourke, are far more Libertarian or just anti-authoritarian than Conservative.