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Contrary1

(12,629 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 05:57 PM Jun 2015

Fox News Repeatedly Mocks And Misgenders Caitlyn Jenner

Geez...who woulda thunk?

"A segment on Fox Business’ Cavuto repeatedly mocked Caitlyn Jenner, who debuted her new identity Monday on the cover of Vanity Fair, and misidentified her with male pronouns.

Neil Cavuto introduced the segment by asking in an exaggerated voice, “What the hell is going on?!?” The reporter, Dagen Mcdowell then proceeded to incorrectly use the pronouns “him” and “his” to refer to Caitlyn seven times.

Cavuto makes a joke of wanting to end the segment quickly, “Look at the time…” He then introduces his next guest, Charles Payne, as “Charlene Payne” to uproarious laughter.

Cavuto wraps of the discussion by suggesting the Vanity Fair cover was a sign of the end of American civilization. “Rome, final days. But that’s fine,” he concludes."

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/06/01/3664799/fox-news-repeatedly-mocks-misgenders-caitlyn-jenner/

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Fox News Repeatedly Mocks And Misgenders Caitlyn Jenner (Original Post) Contrary1 Jun 2015 OP
Cavuto is one of the biggest assholes on Fox News, but he's up against real competion, becasue RKP5637 Jun 2015 #1
Seriously he's a complete slimebag. Initech Jun 2015 #2
He's an asshole and dumb as a bag of hammers Major Nikon Jun 2015 #4
Cavuto is one of the biggest assholes on Earth. Full stop. frylock Jun 2015 #19
Yep, this sums it up quite well!!! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2015 #21
Rome fell because of military over expansion and favors to the rich killing the economy Scootaloo Jun 2015 #3
The rise of Christianity is always conveniently left out ..... A HERETIC I AM Jun 2015 #25
Not one smidge of humanity there....what is the matter with these bozos? CTyankee Jun 2015 #5
Tell your husband he can let go now. Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #31
So they're assholes. Warpy Jun 2015 #6
He probably has a whole notebook full of fart jokes. lpbk2713 Jun 2015 #7
Fart jokes are funny... Cavuto is not. Glassunion Jun 2015 #33
He was playing to his audience, who lapped it up like mother's milk. Arkansas Granny Jun 2015 #8
They are disgusting. DawgHouse Jun 2015 #9
I've seen the cover of the magazine and Caitlyn is beautiful. Tobin S. Jun 2015 #10
Isn't she? I was blown away by her beauty...and I'm so happy for her! CTyankee Jun 2015 #11
She certainly is exceptionally beautiful! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2015 #22
What do you expect from Fox? vankuria Jun 2015 #12
OMG Fox News are a bunch of transphobes? Skittles Jun 2015 #13
"Forget it, Jake, it's Foxtown." KansDem Jun 2015 #14
+ 1,000,000 winstars Jun 2015 #20
Such compassionate humans. City Lights Jun 2015 #15
exactly as i expected from faux.....a faux 'news' agency spanone Jun 2015 #16
Just further alienates and diminishes themselves Blue_Adept Jun 2015 #17
but, but, but.. she's a Republican! mountain grammy Jun 2015 #18
Well, I expected this of FoxNews Jack Rabbit Jun 2015 #23
yet more Fauxism who'd have expected anything else for these scums n/t azurnoir Jun 2015 #24
LOL! Why is it that idiots can only mention Rome? Is that all they remember from school? Rex Jun 2015 #26
I think the fact that they insult and attack someone who had done nothing to hurt them LostOne4Ever Jun 2015 #27
Fucking cockroaches - all of these people... Oneironaut Jun 2015 #28
No mention of Denny Hastert? Democrats_win Jun 2015 #29
At Fixed News its much easier making fun of transpeople d_legendary1 Jun 2015 #38
faux news is for ignorant gopiscrap Jun 2015 #30
I suppose he's living up to the court ordered "entertainment" designation. Sheepshank Jun 2015 #32
But they do love those who keep it in the family...brothers and sisters...aka Duggars. libdem4life Jun 2015 #34
Best wishes to Caitlyn. Elmer S. E. Dump Jun 2015 #35
I thought she was one of them. Republican, that is. Ed Suspicious Jun 2015 #36
Well Caitlyn is a republican. Egnever Jun 2015 #37
Maybe not. Won't she have to change her name on her registration papers? yellowcanine Jun 2015 #39

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
1. Cavuto is one of the biggest assholes on Fox News, but he's up against real competion, becasue
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 06:01 PM
Jun 2015

there are so many flaming assholes on Fox News.

Initech

(100,149 posts)
2. Seriously he's a complete slimebag.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 06:06 PM
Jun 2015

There's a reason why I have both Fox News and Fox Business blocked from my DVR and he's definitely one of them.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
4. He's an asshole and dumb as a bag of hammers
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 06:08 PM
Jun 2015

Which makes him a perfect 'intellectual' for Faux news.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
3. Rome fell because of military over expansion and favors to the rich killing the economy
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 06:07 PM
Jun 2015

leading to a series of dynastic struggles that shattered the whole thing, at least when it wasn't being ridden hard and put away wet by fourth-century puritanical Christians.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,382 posts)
25. The rise of Christianity is always conveniently left out .....
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 01:13 PM
Jun 2015

when references to the fall of Rome are made.

The two went hand in hand.

CTyankee

(63,926 posts)
5. Not one smidge of humanity there....what is the matter with these bozos?
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 06:13 PM
Jun 2015

While these guys are total assholes, I think lots of men have unease at what happens during sex change surgery such as what Caitlyn had. I talked about it with my husband who has no ill feelings whatsoever for Caitlyn but doesn't like to think about what's involved in doing so. I told him that Caitlyn looks very lovely. I think it'll take some time for him to be comfortable with what happened physically in the sex change...but he'll be fine...

Snobblevitch

(1,958 posts)
31. Tell your husband he can let go now.
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 01:41 PM
Jun 2015

Jenner has had breast augmentation and facial surgery...so far anyway.

lpbk2713

(42,775 posts)
7. He probably has a whole notebook full of fart jokes.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 06:26 PM
Jun 2015



And anything else that would appeal to a ten year old's sense of humor.


Arkansas Granny

(31,543 posts)
8. He was playing to his audience, who lapped it up like mother's milk.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 06:30 PM
Jun 2015

What they don't understand or agree with, they ridicule.

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)
10. I've seen the cover of the magazine and Caitlyn is beautiful.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 06:44 PM
Jun 2015

I'm sure Cavuto is going overboard to denigrate her because he's trying to hide the inner conflict of his true feelings, probably like a lot of guys who have seen the magazine.

vankuria

(905 posts)
12. What do you expect from Fox?
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 07:45 PM
Jun 2015

They're ignorant and don't know any better. My husband and I were bowled over by Caitlyn's beauty and wish her well. And she deserves a lot of credit for coming forward and making this public, it was a very brave thing to do.

Blue_Adept

(6,402 posts)
17. Just further alienates and diminishes themselves
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 10:46 AM
Jun 2015

The next generation is already treating this as a hugely positive thing and "business as usual" going forward. A lot of people in the generations prior are having mixed reactions depending on upbringing and exposure, as is to be expected.

But the young'ns are seeing how outlets are playing it. You get the big three out there and yeah, they're running it into the ground with expansive coverage for a couple of months now, but they're using it to talk, educate, inform and normalize for people.

Which is hugely important.

Fox goes for the short term gain while losing the long term battle.

It's unfortunate that they end up taking down a few other people (i.e. their viewers) along the way.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
23. Well, I expected this of FoxNews
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 01:06 PM
Jun 2015

And I expect more of it in the near future. It's their modus operandi.

FoxNews is un-American and anti-democratic. They are about exclusion, not inclusion. To accept Ms. Jenner is not a sign of the end of American civilization but a sign of its affirmation.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
26. LOL! Why is it that idiots can only mention Rome? Is that all they remember from school?
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 01:13 PM
Jun 2015

Why is anyone here surprised at what small minded bigots say and do on TVEE? It is FOXNEWS for fucks sake! Foxnews is the gummy, sticky shit in the bottom of the trashcan. That oozing green slime on the movie theater floor.

WHY any honest, intelligent person even watches that channel - is beyond my understanding.

LostOne4Ever

(9,301 posts)
27. I think the fact that they insult and attack someone who had done nothing to hurt them
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 01:17 PM
Jun 2015

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]Says way more about them as human being, than any words I could use to describe the scum at faux.[/font]

Oneironaut

(5,547 posts)
28. Fucking cockroaches - all of these people...
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 01:18 PM
Jun 2015

They certainly don't act human. Imagine what these assholes would be spewing when Martin Luther King was alive? Now they just invoke his name so that they won't be (correctly) called racists.

I guess they have to fit some good ol' LGBTQ bashing in-between all of that racism and poor-people bashing. Program diversity is important, and all.

Democrats_win

(6,539 posts)
29. No mention of Denny Hastert?
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 01:28 PM
Jun 2015

I'm glad that Caitlyn is doing this publically so that we can understand what other Trans-people are going through and learn how to respond empathetically to them.

Just because this is on the cover of Vanity Fair doesn't mean anything about America's "final days." Maybe FAUX should be more concerned about the pedophiles and war criminals that they've foisted upon America over the past decades. Faux can try to point at what they perceive to be faults in others, but they can never hide from the mountain of sins that they have perpetuated against the American people.

d_legendary1

(2,586 posts)
38. At Fixed News its much easier making fun of transpeople
Wed Jun 3, 2015, 05:58 PM
Jun 2015

than it is beating up one of their own. Plus according to them Denny H. is a Democrat, don'tcha know?

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
32. I suppose he's living up to the court ordered "entertainment" designation.
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 01:46 PM
Jun 2015

real and accurate news has always been optional at Fox.

yellowcanine

(35,705 posts)
39. Maybe not. Won't she have to change her name on her registration papers?
Thu Jun 4, 2015, 10:13 AM
Jun 2015

If she hasn't done it yet, Caitlyn Jenner is not registered to vote so technically not a Republican.

Maybe after all this she will change her party also.

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