Fox News Obituary Trashes Kurt Vonnegut

August 22nd, 2010 | by admin |
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The Fox News obituary of Kurt Vonnegut airing the day after his death seemed particularly harsh to me, but I may be especially sensitive because I’m a big Vonnegut fan. I’ve uploaded some clips from the Fox News obituary for you to see and decide for yourself. FYI, I tracked down the origin of the ancient Greek admonition “Not to speak evil of the dead” to Diogenes Laertius quoting Chilon (pictured at the beginning of this video) quoting Aesop at: www.classicpersuasion.org The photo of Chilon itself comes from Nicolas at www.greecetaxi.gr and can be found at http Finally, this video also qualifies as the latest addition to my YouTube playlist titled “Fox News Bias” at: www.youtube.com

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    1. No Responses to “Fox News Obituary Trashes Kurt Vonnegut”

    2. By DukeRules04 on Aug 24, 2010 | Reply

      I clicked on this video not really thinking it was going to be much….. But that is simply ridiculous. I mean if anything Fox News, and i use “news” lightly, just proved KV right about so many things. Especially his view of major politics, major parties, and the overall nature of human beings.

    3. By strawberryrhubarbs on Aug 27, 2010 | Reply

      “Vonnegut, who failed at suicide 23 years ago…” WTF?

    4. By BASSAROVER on Aug 30, 2010 | Reply

      your attitude sucks….you sound like a teenager

    5. By weaselidiotu on Sep 1, 2010 | Reply

      disgusted . fox is scum- - -

    6. By TeeAreify on Sep 3, 2010 | Reply

      Wow.

      Fuck Fox News.

    7. By united768 on Sep 3, 2010 | Reply

      when i clicked on this video, i didn’t expect such a disrespectful, chauvinistic, and tasteless bashing of a great literary mind. i mean, sure, he did do some…strange things. but fox did NOT have the right to publicly berate a deceased man who made a huge impact on satirical and comical literature. I expect better than that from fox and i am deeply disappointed.

    8. By SexSteakSoda on Sep 4, 2010 | Reply

      So Fox News will trash on a great American Author like Kurt Vonnegut and they’ll defend a piece of racist shit like Jerry Falwell…

      This just goes to show you Fox News’ agenda. They are liars. “Fair and Balanced” my ass. This should be a fuckin crime, lying to the public this bad. False advertising? Something! Scumbags.

    9. By coolness108108 on Sep 6, 2010 | Reply

      Kurt was amazing! RIP

    10. By y00n1x on Sep 7, 2010 | Reply

      Kurt is up in heaven now.

    11. By endthetwopartysystem on Sep 10, 2010 | Reply

      Even Kilgore Trout would be upset about this.

    12. By gollyanamegame on Sep 13, 2010 | Reply

      June 2nd 2010..how is it possible that they just keep getting bigger and more influential
      It was another month on top of cable news for Fox News. How much? On all of cable, FNC was 4th in prime time, MSNBC 24th, CNN 30th and HLN 34th.

    13. By sketers42 on Sep 15, 2010 | Reply

      Ugh, I feel ill watching that

    14. By seveninchbinders on Sep 16, 2010 | Reply

      everybody knows fox news is a joke, this is just disgusting though.. fuck television, fuck fox news, R.I.P. KURT VONNEGUT!

    15. By Dripperlot on Sep 16, 2010 | Reply

      I am conservative mostly but i do agree with some liberal terms and i am a fan of vonnegut’s way of showing how things are in life through (please don’t take offense) somewhat random ideas. All I need to say is this: THAT WAS AN AWFUL WAY TO DISTINGUISH A GREAT AUTHOR!

    16. By dubfingers on Sep 18, 2010 | Reply

      fuck fox news

    17. By arodd213 on Sep 21, 2010 | Reply

      god dam fox, there so fuckin ridiculous

    18. By ldaccardi on Sep 23, 2010 | Reply

      kurt vonnegut stood up to the nazis, witnessed the horrors of ww2, and served his country honorably, received a purple heart, and fox news is a fault for not reporting that. for this i apologize, and will always honor his memory. RIP.

    19. By fightforyourrights9 on Sep 23, 2010 | Reply

      So Fox loves to talk about how great the military is and how all soldiers are “heroes,” but when it comes to Kurt Vonnegut, a soldier in WW2, a war prisoner of the Nazis, they make no mention of it. Fuck Fox News and their constant hypocritical bullshit.

    20. By sneetchinflux on Sep 25, 2010 | Reply

      what the fuck. i’m so glad you posted this..

    21. By CountofMC on Sep 27, 2010 | Reply

      Wow that was horrible. I’ve never even read any of his books, but there’s no excuse for that. That could hardly even be called an obituary, just an opportunity to drag a dead man’s legacy through the mud.

    22. By Macaframa1 on Sep 30, 2010 | Reply

      fuck you foxnews….

    23. By ldaccardi on Oct 1, 2010 | Reply

      kurt was a socialist who praised and respected the terrorist as heros struggling with the evils of western civilization. RIP

    24. By juan69ing on Oct 2, 2010 | Reply

      @ldaccardi
      psh

    25. By SlaytanicEd on Oct 4, 2010 | Reply

      I’.m not saying that I want to do anything illegal. But lets see how James Rosen does after my friends give him a birthday present of two pipes and chain.

    26. By ldaccardi on Oct 6, 2010 | Reply

      love fox news! kurt who?

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