Even though they only broadcast right-wing propaganda on behalf of President Trump and his GOP flunkies, Fox News is good for one thing: Making us laugh at their expense.
One of the most annoying and ignorant of all the Fox News hosts is Jesse Watters, who for many years was a protegé of serial sexual harasser Bill O’Reilly. Watters is now one of the brainless desk jockeys who are given an hour of time each evening on a show called The Five.
Monday evening, Watters made reference to a tweet he had seen earlier in the day. This tweet:
Believe it or not, this is a shark on the freeway in Houston, Texas. #HurricaneHarvy pic.twitter.com/ANkEiEQ3Y6
— Jason Michael (@Jeggit) August 28, 2017
Holy cow! A shark swimming down a flooded highway in Houston!
This led Watters to exclaim:
“I’ve seen some amazing things out there just looking at television. Alligators on people’s back door steps. I saw a shark on a highway swimming in the water.”
Co-host Kimberly Guilfoyle added:
“Like Sharknado.”
Then Watters mused:
“There’s some really weird biblical things that are going on down there in Houston. I can’t imagine how I would be experiencing that as a guy from the northeast but I think Texas has it figured out.”
Just one tiny problem, Jesse: The whole thing is a fake, and you fell for it:
That photo of a shark swimming on a flooded highway in Houston? It's a fake, and a very old one too. https://t.co/oSLFu5yYyk pic.twitter.com/90HyLqzyUP
— Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) August 28, 2017
Guys, stop re-tweeting this photo. It's a fake. It's been posted every time there is a flood, anywhere. #harvey #shark #HoustonFloods pic.twitter.com/zBIEcoBfJb
— Erica Verrillo (@EricaVerrillo) August 28, 2017
So the next time you hear Donald Trump or one of his propagandists at Fox News whine about “fake news” at the real news networks, keep in mind Fox fell for a Houston highway shark. Apparently the dolts at Fox News have never heard of that wonderful invention the rest of us call Google search.
Everyone come and see the idiot:
Watters: I saw a shark on a highway, swimming in the water
Guilfoyle: like Sharknado
Watters: like Sharknado pic.twitter.com/ycsRqV36F6— Brendan Karet ? (@bad_takes) August 29, 2017
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