Being a woman on Fox News has to be the easiest job in the world. Fox News has an obligation to give both conservative sides of the story and it’s hard to find educated, republican women in broadcasting since republican ideologies kind of tilt towards the “barefoot and pregnant” end of the spectrum. When Fox can get a woman on camera they’ll let her say whatever she wants and they have to agree with her because she’s a conservative. Victoria Jackson’s taken full advantage of it and political writer Andrew Coulter has spent years in drag just to get some screen time.

Classic "Bosom Buddies" grift.

One commentator who really tested the limits of this unwritten rule is journalist and horrible human being Liz Trotta



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I’m not going to explain why that’s wrong because I shouldn’t have to if you’re not a rapist and The Daily Show already did a perfect job skewering her. Hell, just google “Liz Trotta” and you can find an entire news media dogpile on her but what’s really strange is that it’s been nearly a week now and neither she nor Fox have issued any follow up statements to this. No apology, no backpedal, no defense, no announcement that she’s been fired. It’s like they’re just waiting for this all to blow over.

What’s even more messed up is that while this may be the most horrible thing she’s said on air, it’s not the first completely awful thing she’s said on air. Here she is wishing for the assassination of the President.



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She later apologized for her “lame attempt at humor”.

Frankly, I think she wants to be fired. She’s been doing the pundit gig far too long and just wants to retire but she needs to get fired to get a severance package so she’s just going to say the most awful things and hope to get axed but Fox just won’t let her go. The question is how does she take it to the next level? She’s already called for the president’s assasination “jokingly” and told women who serve in the armed forces that they should expect to be raped. The only way she could step up her game is if she did a mashup of the two statements.

"Frankly, I think the President should expect to be raped."

Somebody should just tell her that if she wants Fox News to fire her she should come out in support of same sex marriage, universal health care or labor unions.