Most people are worried they might accidentally burn the turkey in the oven, not have their Christmas tree set on fire. The 50-foot tall Christmas tree that stood outside Fox News’ Manhattan headquarters was set alight just after midnight on December 8. Thankfully, nobody was hurt. Meanwhile, the police quickly arrested the suspect. However, the story didn’t end there. The internet saw this as a meme-worthy opportunity and started making jokes about the incident, mostly due to Fox News’ reputation in the United States and globally.
Bored Panda has compiled a list of the most popular Fox News Xmas tree jokes flying around social media. You’ll find them below.
Entertainment, pop culture, and lifestyle expert Mike Sington went in-depth with Bored Panda about the incident and Fox News’ reputation. “People are making fun of Fox News because they’re so angry at them for constantly pushing false information and conspiracy theories. It’s also ironic their Christmas tree was destroyed when Fox News keeps accusing the opposition of ‘waging a war on Christmas.’ Thankfully no one was hurt, but it seems the visual of the Fox News Christmas tree being destroyed, inspired a lot of people to mock Fox News,” he said.
I also asked British comedy expert, author, and all-round creative Ariane Sherine to comment about the situation with the Fox News Christmas tree. According to her, it’s a tricky situation when considering that the internet is having a lot of fun laughing at what happened, even though someone could have easily been hurt. “If it had been our own tree, we most likely wouldn’t find it funny—at least, not for a long time,” she told Bored Panda. “But when we don’t like someone or something, we cease to have empathy for them and can therefore laugh. It’s human nature, but probably not the best part of it!”
Just to make it very clear, we don’t condone burning down *any* Christmas trees, no matter whom they belong to. Someone could have easily gotten hurt! And think of all the effort that went into putting up the tree in the first place. We do, however, think that bizarre situations like this one can inspire the internet to come up with some pretty funny roasts and hot takes. And everyone needs a laugh or two in these hard times, even if the humor might be too dark for some.
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