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Fox News Irony

Recently, co-host of the Fox News show The Five, Kimberly Guilfoyle, said young women shouldn't vote because "they don't get it" due to a lack of life experience.

This isn't the first time someone on Fox News has made such a statement.

Earlier this month on the Fox show, Outnumbered, Tucker Carlson said, "Do you want your government run by people whose favorite show is Say Yes (To the Dress)?"

Fox's Harris Faulkner also said this on the show Outnumbered earlier this month: "Do we want young people to vote if they don't know the issues?"

This is ironic on multiple fronts. First off, when a person turns 18-years-old, he or she is eligible to join the military, which could result in going to war and placing his or her life on the line as a sacrifice for the country. So, in these Fox News pundits' minds, just because you're old enough to die for this country in war doesn't make you old enough to vote.

Fox News: "Sure, you all can go to war and die for this country, but there's no way in hell you should have the right to vote for these leaders that could possibly send you to war!"

Also, study after study shows Fox News viewers to be the least informed of anyone, even those whom don't watch any news.

Fox News: "These young people are too uninformed to be voting! They don't know the issues!"

Reality: "If people watch Fox News, they're too uninformed to be voting! They don't know the issues!"

Fox News: "We distort, we decide, and the uninformed continue to abide!"

http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/10/21/right-wing-media-discourage-young-women-from-vo/201259

http://inthecapital.streetwise.co/2014/02/07/study-people-who-dont-watch-the-news-are-more-informed-than-fox-viewers/
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