{"id":32719,"date":"2017-04-26T16:10:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T20:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=32719"},"modified":"2017-04-26T16:10:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T20:10:57","slug":"great-lines-for-our-fox-y-times-warning-male-sex-organ-cited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=32719","title":{"rendered":"Great line(s) for our Fox-y times. (Warning: male sex organ cited)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make TV stars.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

—Gene Lyons, in “What Bill O\u2019Reilly (And Roger Ailes) Should Have Learned From A Mirror,” in The National Memo, Wednesday, April 26, 2017.<\/p>\n

And one of Lyons’ quotes:<\/p>\n

Let The Daily Beast\u2019s Pete Dexter and Jeff Nale deliver the punch line of the year: \u201cO\u2019Reilly became a very important man at Fox News, and this he took to heart. His show reached number one of cable news shows, and Mr. O started letting his penis do the thinking. It is not a smart penis.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

In more Fox-related news, from today’s New York Times news briefing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\u2022 More trouble at Fox News:<\/strong> Eleven current and former employees have filed a class-action lawsuit<\/a> against the network alleging racial discrimination and expanding on a complaint filed in March.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Fox News spokeswoman denied the allegations, which came less than a week after the ouster of the network\u2019s star host Bill O\u2019Reilly<\/em>.<\/p>\n

From me, again, a perhaps not unrelated answer to my regular question: How to lose your station\u2019s FCC license | Radio & Television Business Report<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make TV stars. —Gene Lyons, in “What Bill O\u2019Reilly (And Roger Ailes) Should Have Learned From A Mirror,” in The National Memo, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. And one of Lyons’ quotes: Let The … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337,1175,1055],"tags":[42,748],"class_list":["post-32719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","category-the-facts-of-life","category-american-war-on-women","tag-class-action-lawsuits","tag-racial-discrimination-lawsuits"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t