“Red Eye:” Think Progress Calls It “Obscene”

Fox News is already creating controversy about “Red Eye.” The program premieres at 2am Tuesday, but the network leaked a clip of the show, and Think Progress is outraged.

“Panelists on the show rejected the notion that Obama is the first ‘clean’ mainstream African-American. ‘Well, I think Oprah’s clean,’ one said. ‘She does douche,’ said another. He added, ‘I was told I was allowed to say the D-word,’ suggesting the comment had been cleared by Fox officials.”

Isn’t this attention exactly what Fox wants? An outraged audience is a captive audience…

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