Just last week, Fox News host and barbie-lookalike #94 on their channel - Megyn Kelly - had this to say about Jesus and Santa Claus, in response to a writer suggesting we should replace the white Santa Claus image with something that has a greater mix of colors, such as a penguin:
"For all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white. But this person is just arguing that maybe we should also have a black Santa. But Santa is what he is. Just because it makes you feel uncomfortable doesn't mean it has to change, you know? I mean, Jesus was a white man too. He was a historical figure, that's a verifiable fact, as is Santa - I just want the kids watching to know that."
After receiving a great deal of criticism for her comments and hearing late-night talk show hosts crack jokes about her, Kelly then responded with this:
"Humor is part of what we try to bring to this show. But sometimes that's lost on the humorless. Queue the firestorm controversy over my declaring Santa's skin color. ... This would be funny if it were not so telling about our society. In particular the knee jerk instinct by so many to race bait and to assume the worst in people, especially people employed by the very powerful Fox News channel. ... Contrary to what my critics posited, neither my statement nor Harris's (the writer she was responding to), I'm sure was motivated by any racial fear or loathing. In fact it was something far less sinister. A lifetime of exposure to the very same, quote, commercials, mall casting calls and movies Harris references in her piece from Miracle on 34th Street to the Thanksgiving Day Parade to the national Christmas tree lighting, we continually see St. Nick as a white man in modern day America. Should that change? ... For me, the fact that an offhand jest I made during a segment about whether Santa should be replaced by a penguin has now become a national firestorm says two things. Race is still an incredibly volatile issue in this country and Fox News and yours truly are big targets for many people."
Oh, so she was joking? Gosh, that's funny. What was the joke again, Megyn? Please tell me. I'd love to hear it again.
"For all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white. But this person is just arguing that maybe we should also have a black Santa. But Santa is what he is. Just because it makes you feel uncomfortable doesn't mean it has to change, you know? I mean, Jesus was a white man too. He was a historical figure, that's a verifiable fact, as is Santa - I just want the kids watching to know that."
Hilarious! Go figure that a Fox (not really) News host's humor is above those whom make their living telling jokes. Given Ms. Kelly's wondrous example of a "joke," allow me to rattle off a few more I believe she'll tell in the future, if she hasn't already:
- "Basketball is a game played with a square ball, where the goal is to place that ball into a basket some 6 or 8 feet above ground. Those are all verifiable facts. I keep hearing about some of these changes that may get made to the game. The game just is as it is, you know? Change isn't always a good thing, people!"
- "When I'm helping cook Thanksgiving dinner, and being a vegetarian and all, I have to constantly remind myself that while a turkey is a bird, it's not a meat. That's a verifiable fact. If that offends other vegetarians, then that's really their problem and not mine. Speaking of fact, that sounds like fat. I want some bacon. Gosh, I love being a vegan or whatever that's called."
- "It's a verifiable fact that there's way too much sex in anime or, what is it? Animated films. Yeah, that's it. Like, in The Little Mermaid, when the mermaid and crab get it on, that's just downright disgusting. Children should not be watching this filth! Animated films, like The Little Mermaid, should be appropriate for kids. Ariel doesn't need to be getting crabs. That's just sick and wrong."
Yeah, I think it's safe to say that it's a verifiable fact either Megyn Kelly is the world's worst joke-teller or she thinks the word "joke" is defined as, "Anything reported on Fox News." Actually, now that I think about it, that does makes some sense. Perhaps she was "joking" after all...
http://crooksandliars.com/2013/12/fox-news-host-megyn-kelly-assures-children
http://thedailybanter.com/2013/12/megyn-kelly-was-only-joking-santa-isnt-white/
"For all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white. But this person is just arguing that maybe we should also have a black Santa. But Santa is what he is. Just because it makes you feel uncomfortable doesn't mean it has to change, you know? I mean, Jesus was a white man too. He was a historical figure, that's a verifiable fact, as is Santa - I just want the kids watching to know that."
After receiving a great deal of criticism for her comments and hearing late-night talk show hosts crack jokes about her, Kelly then responded with this:
"Humor is part of what we try to bring to this show. But sometimes that's lost on the humorless. Queue the firestorm controversy over my declaring Santa's skin color. ... This would be funny if it were not so telling about our society. In particular the knee jerk instinct by so many to race bait and to assume the worst in people, especially people employed by the very powerful Fox News channel. ... Contrary to what my critics posited, neither my statement nor Harris's (the writer she was responding to), I'm sure was motivated by any racial fear or loathing. In fact it was something far less sinister. A lifetime of exposure to the very same, quote, commercials, mall casting calls and movies Harris references in her piece from Miracle on 34th Street to the Thanksgiving Day Parade to the national Christmas tree lighting, we continually see St. Nick as a white man in modern day America. Should that change? ... For me, the fact that an offhand jest I made during a segment about whether Santa should be replaced by a penguin has now become a national firestorm says two things. Race is still an incredibly volatile issue in this country and Fox News and yours truly are big targets for many people."
Oh, so she was joking? Gosh, that's funny. What was the joke again, Megyn? Please tell me. I'd love to hear it again.
"For all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white. But this person is just arguing that maybe we should also have a black Santa. But Santa is what he is. Just because it makes you feel uncomfortable doesn't mean it has to change, you know? I mean, Jesus was a white man too. He was a historical figure, that's a verifiable fact, as is Santa - I just want the kids watching to know that."
Hilarious! Go figure that a Fox (not really) News host's humor is above those whom make their living telling jokes. Given Ms. Kelly's wondrous example of a "joke," allow me to rattle off a few more I believe she'll tell in the future, if she hasn't already:
- "Basketball is a game played with a square ball, where the goal is to place that ball into a basket some 6 or 8 feet above ground. Those are all verifiable facts. I keep hearing about some of these changes that may get made to the game. The game just is as it is, you know? Change isn't always a good thing, people!"
- "When I'm helping cook Thanksgiving dinner, and being a vegetarian and all, I have to constantly remind myself that while a turkey is a bird, it's not a meat. That's a verifiable fact. If that offends other vegetarians, then that's really their problem and not mine. Speaking of fact, that sounds like fat. I want some bacon. Gosh, I love being a vegan or whatever that's called."
- "It's a verifiable fact that there's way too much sex in anime or, what is it? Animated films. Yeah, that's it. Like, in The Little Mermaid, when the mermaid and crab get it on, that's just downright disgusting. Children should not be watching this filth! Animated films, like The Little Mermaid, should be appropriate for kids. Ariel doesn't need to be getting crabs. That's just sick and wrong."
Yeah, I think it's safe to say that it's a verifiable fact either Megyn Kelly is the world's worst joke-teller or she thinks the word "joke" is defined as, "Anything reported on Fox News." Actually, now that I think about it, that does makes some sense. Perhaps she was "joking" after all...
http://crooksandliars.com/2013/12/fox-news-host-megyn-kelly-assures-children
http://thedailybanter.com/2013/12/megyn-kelly-was-only-joking-santa-isnt-white/
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