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Fox wants Taylor Swift to stay out of politics. Here are the celebrities the network wants involved instead. (www.mediamatters.org)

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Fox hosts and guests have spent recent weeks warning Taylor Swift not to get involved in politics, but the network has a history of enlisting D-list celebrities to do just that. Whether discussing inflation with Pauly D or asking Larry the Cable Guy for his election predictions, Fox News and Fox Business have been eager to let any vaguely famous person weigh in on politics — so long as they support a right-wing agenda.

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[–] cmbabul 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

They elected Reagan and Trump, they do not care

[–] TrickDacy 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh they care deeply -- about actively harming vulnerable people. That and preventing any sort of progress from happening, ever.

[–] cmbabul 4 points 9 months ago

Oh they do care about that, I meant the hypocrisy

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

And Schwarzenegger.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I love her shows. It’s so awesome when the mosh pit starts, and she screams HAIL SATAN into the microphone and then they spray pig blood into the crowd

[–] FenrirIII 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How do people think she stays so young and thin? Orphan blood, obviously

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Ah yes, the sacrificial bloodletting performed at the Altar Of The Wretched. She usually does it right after singing Lover from her 2019 album of the same name. A timeless masterpiece!

[–] Philharmonic3 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't care. Don't bring Fox News to me. Thank you

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I've started thanking places that don't have fox news on in the waiting room. Most recently, urgent care had cooking shows on, and another medical provider had HGTV.

[–] givesomefucks 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Even if Taylor doesn't say a thing....

Telling her to stay out of it is going to have the same result on the Swifties.

They'd be better off just never saying her name, but conservatives can never keep their mouths shut

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I hope they keep picking this fight.

[–] DharkStare 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As a democracy, everyone should be involved in politics whether that person is poor or rich or famous. They're just further showing how they only want the "right people" to have political power.

[–] Jimbabwe 8 points 9 months ago

Ironically, the main exception is news networks. Fox, not Taylor Swift, should stay out of politics. Just stick to the facts, please. Editorials should be relegated to small dedicated segments with multiple visual cues to make it clear that the current bit is an opinion.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

How rich in hypocrisy is that? A news entertainment group is telling a musical entertainer to stay out of politics.

How about you take your own advice FOX "News"?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

the only thing they want to hear out of a pretty blonde is "dinner's ready, honey"

[–] pottedmeat7910 2 points 9 months ago

Wow, that list reads like a Who's Who of Who?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

There's a not-surprising amount of trash people there. Holy hell, does Jim Brewer look terrible.