“My problem is that I have to write with a certain kind of reader in mind, and that person is always going to be my vision of an intelligent Canadian,” Ms. Mallick said. “I don’t write for Fox viewers.” In his report, Mr. Carlin said that after the column had been mentioned in at least three Fox News broadcasts, his office and Ms. Mallick had “received an alarming number of truly vicious and vituperative messages.”
Gee, who would have figured a bunch of Fox viewers would be "truly vicious and vituperative"? Oh, everyone? Note to Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch: Ernst Rohm called, he wants his propaganda department back. Boss Is Not Amused After Columnist’s Humor Brings a Retort From Fox News - NYTimes.com |