LA Times Interviews FNC's Greg Gutfeld, Who Says Fox Haters Are Hypocrites
Sunday's Los Angeles Times included an interview with Greg Gutfeld, host of Fox News Channel's Red Eye and a co-host of The Five. Irene Lacher asked Gutfeld what he had to say to "critics of Fox News who regard it as a tool of the right wing?"
He denounced them as intolerant hypocrites, that they claim to represent the open-minded, but cannot stand it when they come across people who disagree with them:
What do you have to say to critics of Fox News who regard it as a tool of the right wing?
I always love questions like that, because no one ever says, "I don't like Fox News." They say, "What do you say to the critics?" In the old days, major media was outrageously liberal, but they owned all the players on the teams, they owned the ball, they owned the stadium. And when Fox News shows up to play, everyone else wants to take the ball and go home. You hear nothing but whining about Fox News because they're kicking everybody's butt. And I love that. The people who whine about Fox News are hypocrites — they say they're totally tolerant, but when they run into someone who doesn't share their assumptions, they say, "Fox News is evil, and it must be stopped."
You had quite a cyber tiff last month with Adam Levine, when he tweeted that he wanted Fox News to stop playing his music.
I have to say that Adam Levine is truly a daring young man to go on Twitter to bash Fox News. He's so rebellious, so subversive. I mean, for a musician, seriously, could you find a more predictable stance than that? He's as edgy as a hacky sack, which also describes his music. So I went on there basically to lower the bar of discourse. If he's going to rag on Fox News, I'm going to make stupid jokes about him.
Lacher asked if Gutfeld has a hard time booking major guests on his overnight show (at 3 am Eastern). He said he wasn't trying, and then launched into how many celebrities are politically under-developed:
Not really, because I don't actively look for them...
But in terms of celebrities, I don't care what they think on issues. And "Red Eye" is a topic-driven show. Celebrities tend to live in a plastic bubble all their lives, and suddenly in their late 20s, when they've made all their money they feel really guilty because they're incredibly wealthy. Also they feel vacuous, so they latch onto easy causes like the environment. Even worthy causes, but they attach themselves to them superficially. They actually hurt the causes that they join. I think they lead a stunted existence, where they didn't go through the normal intellectual growth that everybody else has.
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One thing you can always say for Greg
Submitted by Cappmann1962 on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 3:31pm.
He ALWAYS tells it like it is...
Kudos to Gutfeld.
Submitted by mattm on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 3:34pm.
Kudos to Gutfeld.
I second that
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:24pm.
He's one of the most refreshing personalities on cable TV.
Greg
Submitted by tvhall on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 3:38pm.
Greg doesn't take himself seriously - every one else much less so.
Way to go Greg.
I think Fox should create new
Submitted by Tom Paine on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:00pm.
I think Fox should create new show featuring Greg Gutfeld and Dennis Miller interviewing liberals. That would be a classic.
It would take, at most,
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:34pm.
two shows for the word to get around and the Prog/Libs would be as visible as Democrat Presidential candidates on a FoxNews debate.
right
Submitted by Tidy Bowl Man on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 7:34pm.
Dennis would rant WTH references and Gutfeld would interpret for the audience!
Skip Miller -- he sounds like a broken record
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 8:14pm.
Gutfeld alone is good enough.
medical warnings
Submitted by Huapakechi on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 12:08am.
For such a show you'd have to air medical disclaimers like I've seen for epileptics. The conservatives would laugh themselves into hypoxia and the libs would be suffering conniption fits.
Red Eye
Submitted by Chulio on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:11pm.
Figuratively, the other late night hosts are humorless midgets compared to Gutfeld. Of course if you're talking literally then Gutfeld is kind of short for a host.
Telling it like it is
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:27pm.
GUTFELD: "But in terms of celebrities, I don't care what they think on issues. And "Red Eye" is a topic-driven show. Celebrities tend to live in a plastic bubble all their lives, and suddenly in their late 20s, when they've made all their money they feel really guilty because they're incredibly wealthy. Also they feel vacuous, so they latch onto easy causes like the environment. Even worthy causes, but they attach themselves to them superficially. They actually hurt the causes that they join. I think they lead a stunted existence, where they didn't go through the normal intellectual growth that everybody else has."
Another insightful, frank, and cleverly crafted Gutfeld-observation that hits the mark.
Greg will do well.....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:35pm.
if he ever comes out of his shell. ;->
"Control the message...
Submitted by johnsonl on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:45pm.
...control the masses."
Liberal/socialist MSM mantra.
Liberals "control the message" through the MSM, the entire public educational system (duh-liberals cannot DO, so they TEACH) , Hollywood and popular music.
Surprisingly to them, most of us aren't listening. We are "clinging to our guns and our God."
Who's smarter, liberal elitists or the 99% of us who are neither?
Red Eye
Submitted by Radical1979 on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:52pm.
Really needs to be on earlier ;)
I love the show, just can't wake up at 3 a.m. to watch. I'm happy Gutfeld is on The Five.
They invented a new device called the recorder
Submitted by frank14 on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 6:40pm.
You can tape the show and watch it when it is more convenient to your schedule.
PUT HIM IN PRIME TIME!!!!!
Submitted by Tidy Bowl Man on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 7:31pm.
Keep the show exactly the same and put him in a slot where people don't have to DVR him!
You could run him against Letterman and Leno even
Submitted by Tidy Bowl Man on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 7:33pm.
nuff said
Or take Shemp Smith off at 7p.m.
Submitted by UpNorth on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 9:27pm.
and replace him with a show that people want to watch.
Best In Show
Submitted by rammingspeed on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 7:46pm.
He's the most brilliant, edgy, and outrageously funny talent going today. Maher and Stewart never saw the day when they were in his league. (Stewart could be somewhere near there, but he believes things that aren't true - liberalism! - so he holds himself back.)
More cogent thoughts from
Submitted by P. Aaron on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 7:50pm.
More cogent thoughts from Gutfleld than most other networks (or cable) news-topic shows combined.
I Am Through With Gutfeld and Red Eye
Submitted by Poovey on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 9:19pm.
I Am Through With Gutfeld and Red Eye! They never highlight my e-mail on the show. I am going to take my ball and go home. :)
"Edgey as a hacky sack"
Submitted by panzerakc on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 1:28am.
What a marvelous line!
Thank goodness for DVR
Submitted by theduck6 on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 8:33am.
I was miraculously up one night and caught "Red Eye" (3AM) and I laughed my hind quarters off. FIOS has DVR and I record it nightly and watch it when I get home from work the next day, right before "The Five".
The Five is like the View in reverse and with panelists who actually know what they are talking about. Beckel has the resume but, as you might expect, usually wrong. I find myself talking to the TV when they let one of his whoppers slide.
Patty Anne Brown's dress on a recent episode of Red Eye..!!!! Woooowzers!
Don't stop pointing it out Greg Gutfeld! (ie lame stream morons)
Submitted by Norseman1953 on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 3:25pm.
Thanks for say the thing's I want to hear Greg, your a breath of fresh air and reality, you will one day be the next Late Night Johnny Carson! They need to try you in the same time slot, see if you can put the hurt on Leno!