State-propaganda station Fox News criticized Donald Trump’s ongoing family-separation crisis at the southern border this week, with hosts Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham saying that—oh, wait, sorry, Hannity and Ingraham were actually criticizing criticism of the administration’s ongoing family-separation crisis, both apparently having a fit over a Massachusetts church’s nativity display featuring the infant Jesus in a cage.
“After promoting the segment with a tweet warning ‘CHRISTMAS IS UNDER SIEGE,’ Hannity cautioned viewers that ‘you probably don’t want your kids to watch this’ before showing footage of the doll of baby Jesus,” ThinkProgress reports. St. Susanna Parish’s display also features the three wise men separated from the Holy Family by a fence, while a sign reading “Peace on Earth?” hangs overhead.
Nothing in the display is false. The Trump administration stole children from parents and threw them in cages, a fact verified by members of Congress. Some kids are still separated. The administration is also violating the rights of asylum seekers by blocking them from presenting themselves at the border, leaving them stranded in Mexico. That is all fact.
But, hey, it’s the job of Fox News stooges to give Trump a safe space by shielding him from a flood of really bad (for him) Mueller-related news, and if they can throw in an old Fox News classic, like the traditional “War on Christmas,” it’s a two-for-one. Of course, there’s no outrage for the detained migrant children who actually will have to spend the holidays in a prison camp in the Texas desert. Merry Christmas.
“We thought we would kind of put a mirror image of what it would look like if this happened 2,000 years ago,” said Father Stephen Josoma of St. Susanna Parish. “It’s kind of a mirror image of where we are at today.” Before the Fox segment aired, the church had already said that criticism would not induce them to take the display down. Here’s hoping they continue to stand firm, as there will no doubt be harassment thanks to the network that airs segments like “Why is Christianity under attack in America?” Dunno; you tell us.