{"id":27067,"date":"2023-03-12T12:03:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T19:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=27067"},"modified":"2023-03-12T12:03:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T19:03:55","slug":"cartoon-being-foxy-about-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=27067","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon: Being Foxy About Vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/covid-vaccine-skeptics-on-fox-corona-conservatives-anti-vax.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/covid-vaccine-skeptics-on-fox-corona-conservatives-anti-vax-590x572.jpg\" alt=\"TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON\n\nThis cartoon has four panels. All four panels show the anchors of a conservative news show, a man and a woman, both of whom are well-dressed and have very carefully styled hair. They're sitting at a news desk and talking to the camera, with a backdrop of a cityscape behind them. A chyron (text) runs across the bottom of the screen.\n\nPANEL 1\n\nWe're in a darkened living room. We can see a TV dinner, partly eaten, on a tray in the foreground; in the background is a TV, surrounded by a liquor cabinet on the left and a houseplant on a chest of drawers on the right. The TV is turned on, providing the only bright colors in the panel. The male anchor is making air quotes with his fingers, while the female anchor is holding out her hand in a &quot;stop!&quot; gesture.\n\nMAN: Unelected government \u201cdoctors\u201d say we need this \u201cvaccine.\u201d but what aren\u2019t they saying?\n\nWOMAN: Don\u2019t trust government! Don\u2019t trust doctors!\n\nPANEL 2\n\nWe are now seeing just what's on the TV screen. The male anchor has turned towards the female anchor and is speaking to her, one hand waving in a sort of &quot;angry questioning&quot; motion. The female anchor has folded her hands on the desk in front of her and is speaking directly to the camera.\n\nMAN: Who knows what horrible side effects these experimental \u201cvaccines\u201d have?\n\nWOMAN: Stay tuned! We\u2019ll be back in just a minute!\n\nPANEL 3\n\nOur vantage point has pulled back. We're now obviously in a TV studio; we can see cameras and microphones pointing at the two anchors, and the slightly-raised platform the anchor desk sits on. There's a large bright green screen behind them, instead of a cityscape.\n\nTwo people in nurse's scrubs, both wearing face masks, have come up to the desk. Both anchors have taken their jackets off, and he's rolled up a sleeve (her blouse is sleeveless). The nurses are injecting medicine into their arms.\n\nThe male anchor is smiling cheerfully, while the female anchor speaks to her nurse with a concerned expression.\n\nMAN: Thanks. Better safe than sorry, right?\n\nWOMAN: How long until the booster after this one?\n\nPANEL 4\n\nWe're once again looking at them as they appear on a TV screen; the cityscape backdrop is back. They're both looking angry and gesturing towards the screen with extreme foreshortening; he's holding a finger up near the screen, and she's pointing straight at the screen like Uncle Sam.\n\nMAN: These \u201cneedle Nazis\u201d are trying to force you to take their so-called \u201cvaccine\u201d!\n\nWOMAN: DON'T LET THEM!\n\nCHYRONS\n\nWhat the chyrons (the crawl of text across the bottom of the TV screen) say. (The second line of each chyron is cut off on one or both sides of the screen, to simulate the words scrolling across the screen.)\n\nPanel 1: EXPERTS: VACCINE WILL KILL POPE\n\n...t's gonna happen any day now we're triple sure this time...\n\nPanel 2: DELILAH INNOCENT!\n\n...vaccine, not haircut, caused Samson to lose his streng...\n\nThere's no Chyron in panel 3.\n\nPanel 4: ARE VACCINES FULL OF LIVE ANTS?\n\n...re not saying they are but we're not saying they aren't...\" class=\"wp-image-27064\" width=\"590\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/covid-vaccine-skeptics-on-fox-corona-conservatives-anti-vax-590x572.jpg 590w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/covid-vaccine-skeptics-on-fox-corona-conservatives-anti-vax-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/covid-vaccine-skeptics-on-fox-corona-conservatives-anti-vax-768x745.jpg 768w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/covid-vaccine-skeptics-on-fox-corona-conservatives-anti-vax-940x912.jpg 940w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/covid-vaccine-skeptics-on-fox-corona-conservatives-anti-vax.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u22c6\u2605\u22c6 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This cartoon is a collaboration with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/superbutch\">Becky Hawkins<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u22c6\u2605\u22c6 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2021\/sep\/15\/fox-news-vaccines-testing-tucker-carlson\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nearly all Fox staffers vaccinated for Covid even as hosts cast doubt on vaccine | Fox News | The Guardian<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The vast majority of employees at Fox Corporation, the umbrella company for the conservative&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/fox-news\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News<\/a>&nbsp;channel, are vaccinated against coronavirus and those who are not will be required to do daily testing, according to a memo sent out from bosses \u2013 despite some of its biggest screen stars questioning the vaccine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u22c6\u2605\u22c6 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think I wrote this cartoon about a year ago. But Fox\u2019s disdain and deception of its audience has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/02\/16\/media\/fox-news-stars-executives-court-documents\/index.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in the news again this month&nbsp;<\/a>(which is February 2023 as I write this).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The most prominent stars and highest-ranking executives at Fox News privately ridiculed claims of election fraud in the 2020 election, despite the right-wing channel allowing lies about the presidential contest to be promoted on its air, damning messages contained in a Thursday court filing revealed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s become clear that Fox is afraid they\u2019ll lose their audience if they don\u2019t lie to them. Which is another reason that for-profit news may not be a great idea. If a primary goal is profit, and lying is necessary to maintain profits, then why&nbsp;<em>wouldn\u2019t<\/em>&nbsp;a news station lie to its audience?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the more they lie \u2013 the more that their audience grows to expect comforting lies \u2013 the less able FOX is to stop lying. Reporting the news isn\u2019t their goal; not losing their audience to Newsmax is their goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But as bad as market-driven news is, government-dominated news can be even worse \u2013 just look at how the news works in Putin\u2019s Russia, or in Viktor Orban\u2019s Hungary. This may be one of those \u201call systems can be terrible\u201d situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you have a news site that you think is fair and reliable? Feel free to post what it is in the comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u22c6\u2605\u22c6 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Becky: \u201cMy soundtrack for drawing this one was the audiobook&nbsp;<em>Bellwether<\/em>, by Connie Willis (which is a fun time!) and the first couple hours of&nbsp;<em>Empire of Pain: the Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty<\/em>&nbsp;(which is not fun, but is interesting so far!).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barry: Wow, isn\u2019t the art beautiful? I especially love panel one, with the details of the dimmed room surrounding the TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u22c6\u2605\u22c6 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This cartoon has four panels. All four panels show the anchors of a conservative news show, a man and a woman, both of whom are well-dressed and have very carefully styled hair. They\u2019re sitting at a news desk and talking to the camera, with a backdrop of a cityscape behind them. A chyron (text) runs across the bottom of the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PANEL 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re in a darkened living room. We can see a TV dinner, partly eaten, on a tray in the foreground; in the background is a TV, surrounded by a liquor cabinet on the left and a houseplant on a chest of drawers on the right. The TV is turned on, providing the only bright colors in the panel. The male anchor is making air quotes with his fingers, while the female anchor is holding out her hand in a \u201cstop!\u201d gesture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MAN: Unelected government \u201cdoctors\u201d say we need this \u201cvaccine.\u201d but what aren\u2019t they saying?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WOMAN: Don\u2019t trust government! Don\u2019t trust doctors!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PANEL 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are now seeing just what\u2019s on the TV screen. The male anchor has turned towards the female anchor and is speaking to her, one hand waving in a sort of \u201cangry questioning\u201d motion. The female anchor has folded her hands on the desk in front of her and is speaking directly to the camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MAN: Who knows what horrible side effects these experimental \u201cvaccines\u201d have?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WOMAN: Stay tuned! We\u2019ll be back in just a minute!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PANEL 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our vantage point has pulled back. We\u2019re now obviously in a TV studio; we can see cameras and microphones pointing at the two anchors, and the slightly-raised platform the anchor desk sits on. There\u2019s a large bright green screen behind them, instead of a cityscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two people in nurse\u2019s scrubs, both wearing face masks, have come up to the desk. Both anchors have taken their jackets off, and he\u2019s rolled up a sleeve (her blouse is sleeveless). The nurses are injecting medicine into their arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The male anchor is smiling cheerfully, while the female anchor speaks to her nurse with a concerned expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MAN: Thanks. Better safe than sorry, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WOMAN: How long until the booster after this one?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PANEL 4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re once again looking at them as they appear on a TV screen; the cityscape backdrop is back. They\u2019re both looking angry and gesturing towards the screen with extreme foreshortening; he\u2019s holding a finger up near the screen, and she\u2019s pointing straight at the screen like Uncle Sam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MAN: These \u201cneedle Nazis\u201d are trying to force you to take their so-called \u201cvaccine\u201d!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WOMAN: DON\u2019T LET THEM!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CHYRONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What the chyrons (the crawl of text across the bottom of the TV screen) say. (The second line of each chyron is cut off on one or both sides of the screen, to simulate the words scrolling across the screen.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Panel 1: EXPERTS: VACCINE WILL KILL POPE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026t\u2019s gonna happen any day now we\u2019re triple sure this time\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Panel 2: DELILAH INNOCENT!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026vaccine, not haircut, caused Samson to lose his streng\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s no Chyron in panel 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Panel 4: ARE VACCINES FULL OF LIVE ANTS?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026re not saying they are but we\u2019re not saying they aren\u2019t\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u22c6\u2605\u22c6 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/79164574\">Being Foxy About Vaccines on Patreon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u22c6\u2605\u22c6 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 This cartoon is a collaboration with&nbsp;Becky Hawkins. \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u22c6\u2605\u22c6 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 Nearly all Fox staffers vaccinated for Covid even as hosts cast doubt on vaccine | Fox News | The Guardian The vast majority of employees at Fox &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=27067\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cartooning-comics","category-media-criticism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27068,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27067\/revisions\/27068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}