The Fox News segment Kermit and Miss Piggy are responding to (in the video below) can be watched here, and you can see it’s a rather innocuous and perfectly valid discussion about the culture. As a response, and nearly a week after the segment aired, the Fox-hating entertainment media (which is all of them) viralized the clip, blew the controversy up into something it really wasn’t, and did so because they find it impossible to turn down an opportunity to prove they’re one of the minions in the club.

What effectively happened, though, is a week-old Fox Business segment was consequently amplified into the news narrative, which turned the new Muppet film into a political and partisan football. Only our wildly out-of-touch entertainment media minions would think this is a good thing, and as a consequence, a well-reviewed film that opened above expectations entered the divisive culture and political wars and didn’t do anywhere near as well at the box office as some had expected and hoped.

That, however, wasn’t the fault of the Muppets.That was the immature, clubby entertainment media. The video below, though, puts the Muppets themselves into this controversy, which will only further alienate a very large segment of their audience:

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Brilliant.

Miss Piggy tries to back off it some: “If they take what I say seriously…” We get that it was a joke. But parents are careful to ensure that the humor emanating from children’s programming fits their values. Hope that doesn’t make us humorless and stuffy to the crowd currently waging a jihad against soda pop and Santa Claus.

One thing in that clip is true. The clip probably will go viral, and as a result this once universally-beloved brand will no longer be loved quite so universally.

This, however, says it all:

For the record, I’ve never seen or read any of the entertainment these conservatives don’t like, so I’m not really in a position to defend the content. But when far-right Fox personalities perceive secret political messages from the Muppets, it’s a reminder that conservatives sometimes have too much time on their hands.

On principle, I guess, you can oppose conservatives warning parents about the content in movies. But it’s an indefensible principle.

Leftists hate that parents now have the information they need to go around Hollywood’s left-wing propaganda machine. That same hate drives their opposition to home schooling. It’s just a fact that the left wants our kids for those 180 days a year to brainwash them into the next generation’s Occupy Wall Street.

If you’ve been watching, the whole of the entertainment media is currently in full mockery mode over the controversy surrounding the new Muppet movie, but that’s just a symptom of their frustration and a desire to pretend they’re not frustrated. You see, the left feels entitled to the culture and, any loss of power or control freaks them out in the same way a single right-of-center cable news channel in a sea of liberalism freaks them out.

The left no longer enjoys complete control of the entertainment narrative, and they know that if Fox Business and Big Hollywood are able to get the word out and the result is parents choosing not to have their children subjected to leftist propaganda, it might affect the box office. Moreover, a loss in profits might just force studios think twice about attempting to sneak political messaging past parents, and that would be a huge loss for the left.

Hollywoodists and their entertainment-media sycophants can mock us all they want, but those of us paying attention know that, in fact, they do want to brainwash our kids, and them making fun of the word doesn’t make that fact any less true.

Kermit the frog is green, not red, Bill O’Reilly!

The folks over at The Huffington Post turned a sensible critique of how the new “Muppets” movie maligns the oil industry into an attack on Fox News. And, wouldn’t you know it, a late night talker took the bait.

Conan O’Brien was only too happy to keep the dishonest story alive on last night’s episode of his TBS talker “Conan.”

Why not trot out a few late night gags rather than address the real issue – children’s movies repeatedly peddle left-of-center messages to viewers? And if you think that doesn’t have an impact, you haven’t been around a toddler recently. They absorb everything.

This is how the liberal pop culture network operates. One bit of misinformation is fed into the system, and suddenly comedians are using it as joke fodder. The regular viewers just think it’s Fox News being it’s usual crazy self, a notion unfairly created by the press in the first place.

After all, isn’t it worth discussing what messages are being implanted in kiddie programming? Why would George Miller, the director of two “Happy Feet” films, go out of his way to insert environmental themes into his films if they had no effect?

The Left and its media allies would rather stifle that conversation rather than let audiences consider the consequences for themselves.

If you can’t bring yourself to condemn someone who drugged and anally raped a 13 year-old girl, you are part of the problem.

Moreover, if you want to know how Hollywood feels about sex with children, you can start by watching their films.

Fox News:

If a spate of recent allegations proves true, Hollywood may have a hideous epidemic on its hands. The past two weeks have brought three separate reports of alleged child sexual abuse in the entertainment industry.

Martin Weiss, a 47-year-old Hollywood manager who represented child actors, was charged in Los Angeles on Dec. 1 with sexually abusing a former client. His accuser, who was under 12 years old during the time of the alleged abuse, reported to authorities that Weiss told him “what they were doing was common practice in the entertainment industry.” Weiss has pleaded not guilty.

On Nov. 21, Fernando Rivas, 59, an award-winning composer for “Sesame Street,” was arraigned on charges of coercing a child “to engage in sexually explicit conduct” in South Carolina. The Juilliard-trained composer was also charged with production and distribution of child pornography.

Registered sex offender Jason James Murphy, 35, worked as a casting agent in Hollywood for years before his past kidnapping and sexual abuse of a boy was revealed by the Los Angeles Times on Nov. 17. Murphy’s credits include placing young actors in kid-friendly fare like “Bad News Bears,” “The School of Rock,” “Cheaper by the Dozen 2” and the forthcoming “Three Stooges.”

Revelations of this sort come as no surprise to former child star Corey Feldman.

Feldman, 40, himself a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, unflinchingly warned of the world of pedophiles who are drawn to the entertainment industry last August. “I can tell you that the No. 1 problem in Hollywood was and is and always will be pedophilia,” Feldman told ABC’s Nightline. “That’s the biggest problem for children in this industry… It’s the big secret.”

Another child star from an earlier era agrees that Hollywood has long had a problem with pedophilia. “When I watched that interview, a whole series of names and faces from my history went zooming through my head,” Paul Peterson, 66, star of The Donna Reed Show, a sitcom popular in the 1950s and 60s, and president of A Minor Consideration, tells FOXNews.com. “Some of these people, who I know very well, are still in the game.”

“This has been going on for a very long time,” concurs former “Little House on the Prairie” star Alison Arngrim. “It was the gossip back in the ‘80s. People said, ‘Oh yeah, the Coreys, everyone’s had them.’ People talked about it like it was not a big deal.”

Arngrim, 49, was referring to Feldman and his co-star in “The Lost Boys,” Corey Haim, who died in March 2010 after years of drug abuse.

“I literally heard that they were ‘passed around,’” Arngrim said. “The word was that they were given drugs and being used for sex. It was awful – these were kids, they weren’t 18 yet. There were all sorts of stories about everyone from their, quote, ‘set guardians’ on down that these two had been sexually abused and were totally being corrupted in every possible way.”

Full story here.

Weinstein was there to support some of his recent films, including the Oscar-bait biopic “My Week with Marilyn,” but the Fox News host opened with a salvo of political questions.

The longtime Democratic supporter took the bait, first waving away concern about President Barack Obama’s falling poll numbers – “they go up and down,” he says in a calm, dismissive tone – and then saying the president will breeze to re-election.

Then, the Obama worship really began in earnest.

Bill O’Reilly: What is it about Pres Obama that appeals to you?

Harvey Weinstein: He’s a man of great intellect and a man of great moral character. He’s a knowledgeable man. Anybody who models a cabinet as Lincoln did has gotta be a smart guy.

Host and guest then discussed whether it’s wise to have the rich pay even more of their money to the government. Weinstein agreed they should but couldn’t offer any specifics on the matter.

Finally, Weinstein played the Left’s most valuable card, what Homer Simpson would call, “It was like that when I got here!”

“President Obama didn’t start this [struggling economy]. He inherited this. He didn’t cause the crisis … at the end of the day, he didn’t cause  it. He did not cause it.”

Big Media Earnings Set To ‘Decelerate Sharply’ In 2013 As TV Becomes A Zero-Sum Game

1. Digital platforms (like streaming) are hurting broadcast and cable networks:

As costs rise, TV producers can’t expect to keep generating more cash from licensing agreements with digital streaming providers such as Netflix and Amazon. “Netflix may become more conservative in pursuing future content deals” to steady itself — the company saw thousands of subscribers bolt following the decision in July to raise prices by 60% for those who want to continue to stream videos and rent DVDs. Even if streamers are willing to pay, programmers may want to back off. They’re starting to see evidence that digital platforms take viewers away from traditional broadcast and cable channels.

2. People are sick of paying for cable channels they don’t want:

Programmers also can’t count on cable and satellite distributors to bail them out with higher affiliate payments. They’re eager to maintain their own profit margins, and worry that if they pass higher costs along to consumers then it will drive away even more subscribers. That’s why they’re talking about dropping weak channels or offering customers low-cost packages that don’t include sports services. Owners of “must have” channels probably will still be able to get what they want[.]

And the only reason this bloodletting won’t occur until 2013 is due to the billions that will be spent on political advertising in 2012.

Bottom line: people are sick and tired of paying for programming they don’t watch and/or despise. Why am I paying for MSNBC? Why am I paying for LOGO, E!,  and OWN? I wouldn’t watch those channels on a bet. And to pay my satellite provider $50 a month just to watch Fox News and the occasional football game is outrageous.

My contract with Dish expires in 18 months. I intend to cancel it and get my entertainment from the Internet, Netflix Streaming, Blockbuster, and my embarrassingly large DVD collection. And if I have to wait a year to catch up on a season of “Mad Men” or another “zeitgeist” show, I’ll wait.

The wealth of choices we enjoy today through the almost unlimited (albeit older) programming found online, the DVR, and DVD has finally ended “appointment television.” We have discovered that we can find plenty to watch for under $10 a month on Netflix Streaming and that the need for outrageous cable bills are unnecessary.

It’s a whole new world, full of choices where you can program your own viewing experience. And for parents it’s even better, because cable television makes it almost impossible to protect your kids from the cultural garbage being spewed out there.

All I want is Fox News and Turner Classic Movies, but no longer do I want them enough to subsidize Oprah Winfrey and MSNBC.

Something I Miss About Living in Los Angeles

A screening of “The Last Picture Show” with Peter Bogdanovich, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman and Eileen Brennan … all for $5.00.

More here.

Russell Brand To Lead ‘The President Stole My Girlfriend’

How many flops does this utterly charmless “star” have to make before Hollywood says enough? I’ll take Pauly Shore reruns over Brand any day of the week.

I have no idea what Brand is like in real life, but up on the screen he’s just creepy.

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CLASSIC PICK FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15

TCM:

1:00 AM  Spartacus (1960) –  An heroic slave leads a revolt against the corrupt Roman Empire. Dir: Stanley Kubrick Cast:  Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons. C-196 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format.

No brainer.

The sound of Jean Simmons’ voice is pure music.

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The Fox News Channel offers a brisk alternative to mainstream news reportage, allowing conservatives the kind of voice they don’t get on CNN, MSNBC or the Big Three Networks.

Some would call that a measure of balance. Adam Levine, the lead singer of Maroon 5, thinks it’s letting evil infiltrate the airwaves.

The rocker wasn’t too pleased, apparently, to hear his band’s music recently on the cable news outlet, and he shared his outrage with his Twitter followers.

Via Adam Levine’s authorized Twitter account:

You’d think a modern music act would be delighted to hear its songs on a popular media outlet. It’s a shrewd way for a new demographic to sample a band’s wares. But famous liberals often act against their best interest when their ideology is threatened.

Now, potential Maroon 5 fans will know what the group’s lead singer think of them, and that can’t be good for record sales.

No, Adam, thank YOU.

The intense actor, best known for his work in ‘The Kids Are All Right’ and ‘You Can Count on Me,’ is under the delusion his fellow actors could lose gigs if they embrace liberal causes like Occupy Wall Street. He told The Hollywood Reporter that celebrities who show up at the protests in New York City could be putting their paychecks at risk:

Ruffalo suspects a large number of celebrities who privately support the Occupy Wall Street critique are wary of publicly expressing that sentiment. They are “afraid for their job, afraid to speak out, afraid they’re going to lose work.” Plus, he adds, “Who needs the headache of being attacked by Fox News or Rush Limbaugh?”

Ruffalo embraces the same false narrative echoed during the Bush era – actors who speak out could somehow be punished for their comments. Celebrities did just that for eight solid years against President George W. Bush in clear defiance of Limbaugh. Did we hear any sob stories about, say, Danny Glover or Susan Sarandon losing lucrative assignments for speaking “truth” to power over the last decade? The worst that happened to outspoken liberal Tim Robbins was being booted from a Baseball Hall of Fame ceremony.

Ruffalo is actually right in one respect. Audiences will turn away from actors who embrace extremist causes. The Hollywood Reporter’s own staff proved this recently. If consumers decided not to support stars who insult their politics, well, that’s another matter.

But can you imagine a studio, director or casting agent pondering a particular actor for a role and dismissing them for being chummy with anti-capitalist types?

Whatever happened to live the change you want?

Newsbusters:

As FNC’s Geraldo Rivera appeared in New York City for his Geraldo at Large show on Sunday night to give attention to the Occupy Wall Street protests, participant and music mogul Russell Simmons sparred with FBN’s Charles Payne after Simmons complained that his taxes were too low and claimed that his employees pay more taxes then he does.

When Payne jumped in to suggest, “you could have written an extra check,” Simmons shot back: “Why am I gonna write a, that’s a dumb thing.”

Payne mocked Simmons’s refusal by cracking, “Because you feel patriotic.”

After Simmons indicated that he contributes money to charities instead of donating more taxes, Payne challenged the music mogul on a credit card business Simmons apparently earns money from, and whether such a business is what the protesters Simmons supports are complaining about. Payne:

But, listen, you have a credit card company, you have a credit card company, and you charge people interest to use those cards. Isn’t that what they’re railing about? It’s not a free card. How did you make $100 million?

Simmons again defended his refusal to voluntarily contribute more taxes:

The point I’m making is that I’m not knocking corporations. I’m knocking the game they’re playing. I’m not knocking the players, I’m knocking the game. And what I’m telling you is that this country allows too much access to their politicians by too much interests and too much money. It’s really simple. And I’m happy to pay more taxes, but I’m not going to pay more taxes alone. I’d rather give it to my charities.

Simmons only compounds his raging hypocrisy with the absurd claim we should excuse his refusal to raise his own taxes because of his charitable giving. Hey, what do you know, Russell thinks he can do a better job of helping those in need than the government.

Welcome to the club, Russell. But full membership requires an end to your lobbying to take money from the private sector necessary to create jobs and give it to the big, fat, bloated, incompetent and corrupt federal government.

NBC Sports:

Though ESPN’s decision to yank Hank Williams, Jr. from the opening theme music to Monday Night Football initially seemed to be a one-week suspension, it’s a little more permanent than that.

OK, it’s a lot more permanent than that.

ESPN has parted ways with Williams. The network announced the decision on Thursday, via John Ourand of SportsBusiness Journal.

“We have decided to part ways with Hank Williams, Jr.,” ESPN said in a statement. “We appreciate his contributions over the past years. The success of Monday Night Football has always been about the games and that will continue.”‬‬

Hank, of course, sees it differently. He claims that he has pulled his song from the show. Says Hank on his website: “After reading hundreds of e-mails, I have made MY decision.

Full piece here.