Stephen Colbert Unveils Bot That Turns Positive Movie Reviews Into Praise For Fox News Channel: Video
Comedy Central‘s Jon Stewart-generated late-night shows keep firing buckshot at Fox News Channel for laughs and ratings. Last night, before interviewing Murdoch’s World author (and NPR media critic) David Folkenflick, The Colbert Report‘s Stephen Colbert mentioned that Folkenflick accuses Fox news of “public relations sculduggery” involving staffers assigned to rebut every negative blog post about the cable news network in the posts’ comments sections — one former staffer using 100 aliases to get the job done. Colbert then unveiled @RealHumanPraise, a bot created by one of his show’s staff writers, that “takes film reviews from Rotten Tomatoes and swaps out the names of movies for those of beloved Fox News shows and personalities.” It’s been operational for a week and has already posted more than 5,000 tweets.
A review of The Omen now reads: “All references to prophecy and the anti-Christ aside, Shepard Smith’s reporting achieves its horror the old-fashioned way #PraiseFOX.” Other tweets have included:“If Mike Huckabee doesn’t find you wishing you had a gun on you, this is one of his better efforts #PraiseFOX,” “The Kelly Files emphasizes the purpose of fairy tales in our lives and the way a fantasy can help us see reality more clearly #PraiseFOX,” and “While you’re watching it, Hannity lives up to its title #PraiseFOX”. Watch the clip here:
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