Eric Bolling apologizes and reveals what it will take for Fox News to stop being such assholes

by TeaPartyCat (Follow @TeaPartyCat)

Yesterday we highlighted the conversation on Fox News The Five, where Kimberly Guilfoyle was discussing her admiration for Major Mariam Al Mansouri, a Muslim pilot leading the bombing in Syria, and then Eric Bolling and Greg Gutfeld started making sexist jokes. We named Gutfeld Asshole of the Day, in part because he started it.

Well, there's an update: Last night Eric Bolling apologized on air for his part:

And I should point out that I haven't seen any reports that Gutfeld apologized on air, so I guess we picked the right winner.

And what does this tell us? Well, it's not like Eric Bolling's only prejudice is sexism. He says many awful things across a range of topics that only point out how much he believes in his own white male privilege. Just look at all the times he showed up on Media Matters on the topic of race baiting, poor bashing, sexism, etc.

But the only time he apologizes on air for being such an entitled, prejudiced boob is when he gets home and his wife glares at him.

So it appears the only solution for Fox News' bad behavior and bad attitude is for all the hosts to marry someone who is non-white, immigrant, poor, female, gay, disabled... well, you get my point.

Photo source: http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/eric-bolling/bio/

Greg Gutfeld, Asshole of the Day for September 25, 2014

by TeaPartyCat (Follow @TeaPartyCat)

Republicans tell us there is no War On Women, and in fact just this week Ann Romney said that accusations of Republicans War on Women were "ridiculous" and "offensive". I guess she is ignorant of all the restrictions on birth control and abortion Republicans have pushed through the last few years, as well as their ongoing opposition to the Violence Against Women Act and equal pay laws.

Or maybe she just doesn't watch Fox News. Because if she had, she would have seen two male hosts mock a female pilot that a female host was praising:

Even their co-host wondered "why did they ruin my thing?" after.

Yes, we ask, why can't these men restrain themselves from shitting on a woman's achievement in an area that women have historically been excluded from? Why do they feel that on air on Fox News they can do this?

Because they completely lack any empathy for the struggles of women, or frankly anyone less fortunate than their white male asses. Their only point of view is their own.

It is reassuring that not only did Guilfoyle express her frustration with them but also that later so did Greta Van Susteren. We can only hope that someone breaks through and these two assholes think twice before doing it again. But it's Fox News, so we're not hopeful.

Now there were two assholes here, but we don't give out group awards. Of the two, Greg Gutfeld was first and his comment played on sexist stereotypes as well, so it he is the Asshole of the Day.

It is Greg Gutfeld's first time as Asshole of the Day, but one of many, many Fox News personalities to be featured here.

Full story: Talking Points Memo.

NOTE: This story was updated after readers pointed out that it's Gutfeld, not Gutfield, which was misspelled in Talking Points Memo, and which I picked up without noticing.