A supercut video surfaced is being shared online that shows Fox News hosts more outraged over Wednesdayâs Christmas tree fire outside Fox headquarters in New York City, than the insurrection of Capitol Hill on January 6.
Journalist Aaron Rupar took to Twitter to share the supercut video clip that was created by CNN, highlighting the Fox News hostsâ thoughts about the incident.
âWe covered this story as a crime, and Fox covered it too, extensively as the centerpiece of their news,â said CNN host Brianna Kielar in the video before it jump cuts to the different footage of the tree burning followed by the hostsâ commentary.
In the video, Sean Hannity said, âSad news, our very own beautiful 50 foot Fox News Christmas tree was destroyed.â
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In another part of the video, you could hear other hosts saying, âWho sets a Christmas Tree on fire?â
âNo one can burn down the spirit of Christmas or destroy our resilience. A new tree is on the way,â added another host who showed what appeared to be the remnants of the tree.
Tucker Carlson also got in on the action in another part, and asked, âWhy is burning Christmas trees not a hate crime, according to the DOJ?â
Flash forward to another scene, you see footage of rioters storming the Capitol followed by Fox News anchors coverage of th.
â99 per cent of them [rioters] were peaceful,â said Fox and Friends anchor Steve Doocy in a January 7 discussion.
In a September 23 clip, Carlson said the rioters looked like âtourists.â
âYou see people walking around and taking pictures. They donât look like terrorists; they look like tourists,â he said.
This supercut of Fox News trying to turn the arson of the networkâs Christmas tree into Benghazi 2.0 is pretty incr⦠https://t.co/TZf1L9yjxXâ Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1639061645
People on Twitter didnât hold back from commenting on the video.
âWhy am I not surprised??â someone wrote.
âLol, half of them seem close to tears. #FoxNewsXmasTree,â another joked.
A third added: âFox News: Burning down the Fox Christmas Tree? SACRILEDGE! Weâre not safe anywhere from this one guy! Also Fox: Rioting at the Capitol, the seat of our Democracy by hundreds? Mehâ¦â
See other reactions below.
Fox News having more somber, serious coverage of a burning Christmas tree than of an armed insurrection on the coun⦠https://t.co/dhwnsqJjGLâ Santiago Mayer (@Santiago Mayer) 1639070025
I think AOC should offer an internship to the Christmas tree arsonist just to watch the entire Fox News media compl⦠https://t.co/9Vvd5CLR6Râ bob clendenin ðºð¸ (@bob clendenin ðºð¸) 1639069261
the whales would appreciate it if fox news put the energy theyâre giving their burning christmas tree into caring about our burning planetâ whalefact (@whalefact) 1639067728
Fox News should have a live feed of the new Christmas tree for an hour to see how it competes with other hosts in the time slot.â Alex Salvi (@Alex Salvi) 1639061437
Arson is suspected in the demolition of the giant 50-foot red, white, and blue-themed tree, and NYPD investigators have apprehended a likely culprit.
Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident.