The Media Research Center continued its awards-season meltdown when Dawn Slusher purported to offer “In-Depth Coverage” of the Emmy Awards in a Jan. 16 post. But mostly, she was mostly whining about the lack of right-wing talking points:
The 75th annual Emmy Awards ceremony was broadcast live Monday night on Fox, delayed due to the infamous writers’ strike, and it was absolutely saturated with liberal propaganda from abortion to anti-cop sentiment and everything in between.
Knowing the host was Anthony Anderson, who has made his hatred of white people very well-known, we were braced for his typical anti-white, racist jokes, but he was surprisingly tame most of the night. He did, however, term the ceremony the “Chocolate Emmys” due to many wins for people of color, creating an “us vs. them” divisiveness in true Anderson style.
There was also plenty of liberal propaganda throughout the night. When Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) asked Marla Gibbs (The Jeffersons) what her secret to a long career was, Gibbs quipped, “That’s easy, baby. The wage gap. I got to work 20 more years before I can retire. But if you great writers write something for me, I’ll just keep on working and cut into that wage gap. It’s never too late.”
Brunson replied, “Facts,” despite the fact that the wage gap myth has been dispelled numerous times.
Slusher went on to have her own transphobic meltdown like her colleague Tierin-Rose Mandelburg did when Dylan Mulvaney appeared as a guest at the Golden Globes:
Not surprisingly, RuPaul’s Drag Race won for Outstanding Reality Competition Program, and RuPaul took the opportunity to present a very twisted version of concerned people who don’t want children read to by people who dress in drag for sexualized adult entertainment.
According to RuPaul, the drag queens have been trying to read to adults in libraries and anyone protesting it is just trying to scare the public by taking away their power to gain knowledge from these “queens.” Right:
After speakers called for more increased LGBTQ representation on TV, Slusher inserted her own right-wing talking points, cloaked in faux compassion for “beloved gay and trans family members”:
As someone who has been covering television for the MRC for almost 7 years, I have seen very few, if any, shows that didn’t feature a gay storyline or character(s). If anything, many times there’s so many it’s overkill. There’s definitely not a problem with “representation” on television for the LGBTQ community…at all.
And as someone with beloved gay and trans family members, I understand wanting to ensure their safety and have them treated with kindness. But the issues conservatives are concerned about – the safety and wellbeing of children who are too young to make life altering decisions about their bodies, predators who misuse gender dysphoria to prey on women and children, women’s safe spaces being invaded, children having access to sexually explicit, pornographic books in school libraries, etc. – go far beyond that.
Slusher concluded by complaining that an actor on the show “Succession” described it as being “about when partisan politics and news coverage gets intertwined with divisive right-wing politics,” retorting, “now do divisive left-wing politics getting intertwined with award show ceremonies.” Slusher didn’t mention that the media-mogul family in “Succession” is largely inspired by Fox News patriarch Rupert Murdoch and his family, meaning that right-wing politics is very much a part of the show’s mix.