Jim Carrey: Fox News 'A Media Colostomy Bag That Has Begun To Burst At The Seams'

[Grassy Knoll]

Source: Huffingtonpost.com

Jim Carrey has some harsh words for Fox News. Carrey released a statement on Friday blasting the conservative news network as "a media colostomy bag that has begun to burst at the seams."

Carrey's issue with Fox News stems from the response to his recent anti-gun lobby video "Cold Dead Hand," produced in conjunction with Funny or Die.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/jim-carrey-fox-news_n_2981222.html

[Kingofalldems]

1. K and R for all the Cave visitors

[Hulk]

2. Great description...

I couldn't have said it better. After watching that little turd, gutfield?, bash Jim Carrey; I would have wanted to slap that whole network upside the head too, if I was Carrey.

[Skittles]

3. THANK YOU MR. CARREY

love ya

[davsand]

4. I doubt seriously that his livelihood depends much of FAUX news viewers.

Not to take anything away from him for saying it, but I suspect his audience and the FAUX news watchers probably are not the same people.







Laura

[Mr.Bill]

6. They're stll watching Hee Haw reruns. n/t

[fitman]

32. And Lawrence Welk

I love Lucy, Leave it to beaver..

[brush]

33. I Love Lucy is still funny — a classic early sitcom

The other two you mentioned — corny and unwatchable, especially Lawrence Welk.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

41. And think rich little is edgy and cutting edge

[Chipper Chat]

71. jUST FOR THE RECORD....

I don't watch Fox. But I do enjoy MeTV reruns of Lucy, Leave It to Beaver, Perry Mason, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. I occasionally will stop the remote on PBS to wax nostalgic over (ahem) Lawrence Welk.

[chollybocker]

26. They thought Dumb & Dumber was a documentary.

[awoke_in_2003]

35. Based on Dan Quayle and W. nt

[spooky3]

81. I love the plans for "Dumb & Dumber To" (sic)

Of course, a lot of Faux viewers will see nothing wrong with the spelling.

[Duval]

5. My husband says

"At least the comment is more sophisticated than a "Sack of Shi*". Today is his Birthday and he's feeling good!

[Overseas]

7. Well said! -- but who's the writer calling Fox a "conservative news network" ?

They're a radical right wing network. And just because there is a really insane lunatic fringe more extreme than they are does not mean they are not a right wing network.

[Tx4obama]

8. Jim Carrey's full statement below

-snip-

"Since I released my "Cold Dead Hand" video on Funny or Die this week, I have watched Fux News rant, rave, bare its fangs and viciously slander me because of my stand against large magazines and assault rifles. I would take them to task legally if I felt they were worth my time or that anyone with a brain in their head could actually fall for such irresponsible buffoonery. That would gain them far too much attention which is all they really care about.

I'll just say this: in my opinion Fux News is a last resort for kinda-sorta-almost-journalists whose options have been severely limited by their extreme and intolerant views; a media colostomy bag that has begun to burst at the seams and should be emptied before it becomes a public health issue.

I sincerely believe that in time, good people will lose patience with the petty and poisonous behavior of these bullies and Fux News will be remembered as nothing more than a giant culture fart that no amount of Garlique could cure.

I wish them all the luck that accompanies such malevolence."

-snip-

http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/03/29/jim-carrey-fox-news-cold-dead-hand-response/

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Ah. Correctly identified as a public health issue:

Gun violence has enormous public health costs. Fox's posture defending gun violence at all costs is a public health issue. Also, mental health is a public health issue.

[babylonsister]

17. Love it! nt

[love_katz]

46. Bless Jim Carrey.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

WORD.

[grantcart]

50. OK let me be the first. "Senator Carrey".

I always suspected that he was much smarter than the clown personae that he is well known for.


This is simply first class.


He belongs in the Senate.

[Joe Bacon]

54. "A Giant Culture Fart"

Now that has to be the line of the Century! Go, Jim, Go!

[Initech]

66. Jim Carrey FTW!!!

[Tempest]

9. Faux Noise hasn't learned the golden rule

You never go up against a comic who knows his trade well.

[rhett o rick]

10. Sounds like time for a Jim Carrey video re. Faux News.

[wordpix]

96. looking forward to that one!

[bluesbassman]

11. So that's what RW heads exploding looks like.

[Botany]

12. Oh my i think he is just fucking w/them now

[Cleita]

13. Eloquently stated, Mr. Carrey. n/t

[walkerbait41]

15. +1

Mr.Carrey

[alp227]

16. Hate to crash the party but what about Carrey's anti vaccine activism?

He might've made a funny song mocking Wayne LaPierre, but beware that Carrey is a quack and hardly any better than Fox News when it comes to health science.

[Please proceed]

20. You do realize one is a comedian

And the other is, at least by its own definition, a news agency. I'll give jim a pass on his lack of health science knowledge.

[alp227]

23. Problem is that a lot of parent's health decisions were influenced by Jim's CELEBRITY STATUS

Which is why I believe Jim Carrey is hypocritical in attacking Fox News, an organization that advances Republican Party propaganda and dresses it up as "news". Jim Carrey uses his celebrity status to promote quack medicine to exploit fearful, average Americans.

[NYC Liberal]

27. At least he's right on some issues.

I can't think of anything Fox is right on.

[AlbertCat]

64. Problem is that a lot of parent's health decisions were influenced by Jim's CELEBRITY STATUS

Well, that's the parents problem, not Carry's.

Let's see.... should I listen to my doctor and the medical community when it comes to my kids' health.... or a comedian in film and TV. Hmmmmmm .... it's a tough choice....

[Doc Holliday]

83. "Ask your doctor

whether medical advice from comedians is right for you."

[4saken]

30. People compartmentalize issues. Thought out on one issue, but biased and /w flawed appeals on others

At least he's countering some of the bad that his anti-vax stance has done with this. And if he promoted anti-vax in a video, my considerations on it would be very different to this video of his. It's not that everything Jim does is right, but when he does something right, good.

[MrModerate]

43. They can't all be gems . . .

This is made obvious by Carrey's body of work, which is wildly uneven.

I'd offer an apology for his anti-vax activism by pointing out that it arose out of a deep-seated feeling that the medical-industrial complex lies to us and rips us off massively each and every day.

And while I happen to believe that vaccines are almost always beneficial when prescribed correctly, I still share that distrust of BigMed.

[progressoid]

47. Haven't heard much about that since he and Jenny McCarthy split.

Is he still on that bandwagon?

[MADem]

60. Was he a quack or a desperate parent with a rather persuasive

mother of his child egging him on?

I'm pretty sure his interest in the topic came out of frustration with regard to the health of his autistic child; I could be wrong about that, though.

People get very excitable when their loved ones have health issues. They don't always think clearly, either.

[Janecita]

77. It wasn't his child

He is not the father of that idiotic woman's kid

[MADem]

78. Parenting isn't just about biology. If he spent any time with the child, I wouldn't doubt that

he felt a bond; even more so if the child was compromised as a consequence of autism.

[Janecita]

79. She said in an interview

That he never saw her kid again after the breakup. There goes your "bond" theory!

[MADem]

80. I don't pretend to know them, but that has nothing to do with my "bond" theory in any event.

If he has no legal standing to see the child, he would, of course, never see him again. It would be unreasonable to suggest that he should, the way US law works in these matters.


If he tried to see him, Ms. McCarthy could accuse the guy of stalking or some other nefarious behavior.

Very often, children are the victims--in more ways than one--when adults can't get along.

[WeekendWarrior]

76. And I believe in the death penalty—so what?

We can't all be perfect little robots who think and believe the same things. So Carrey has opinions and some of those opinions don't match yours.

I think it's ridiculous to let one issue serve as a litmus test as to whether or not we should like someone. The issue at hand has nothing to do with anti-vaccine activism. So why even bring it up?

[lunatica]

85. Since autism isn't even understood yet, much less cured or any causes found

I wouldn't just assume he's wrong.

He may be wrong or not about vaccines, but he's sure right about Fox News.

[GeoWilliam750]

18. One could refer to Fox as a POS

But that would imply substance

I think of them more like anal leakage

[lobodons]

19. Frothy Santorum

Kinda like frothy santorum

[brush]

34. Woo Hoo! True that. nt

[2naSalit]

21. I never thought much of

Jim Carrey until now... I liked the video, a little corny but the point was good. But his response is much better.

[LeftofObama]

22. Same here.

I never really had an opinion about him one way or the other, but I really like him now because of this response.

[Historic NY]

24. WTG JIm.......

apparently FOX can't deal with humor or satire or just even the plain old TRUTH..

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

25. Well, when your idea of humor is Dennis Miller ...

[BumRushDaShow]

28. Bwah!!! Bingo!

[MFM008]

29. LOL

Do they really want to call Jim C names? It looks NOT.

[Lint Head]

31. I'm starting to love him more every day.

[Kalidurga]

36. I hope he is right and the fart goes away soon.

Fox News needs to change it's name to Fox Entertainment and be done with pretending to be a news organization.

[caledesi]

72. Faux "news" is registered as an ENTERTAINMENT channel ...

They were up against a lawsuit by one of their former employees. Then they registered with the FCC as an ENTERTAINENT channel to get out of the lawsuit.

Why are they complaining that they aren't being called by POTUS at a PRESS conferences BECAUSE PRESS CONFERENCES are for REAL journalists... they are NOT really reporters!

Show me their credentials! You can't have it both ways.

[Kalidurga]

73. Ok then they should stop calling themselves FOX News.

Or they can do this FOX "NEWS" just so they are up front about what they are. Otherwise people might mistake them for a news station. Kinda like the Onion.

[Mnemosyne]

37. An insult to colostomy bags. nt

[Turbineguy]

38. Careful!

That bag contains Limbaugh's dinner!

[olddots]

89. sickening but probably true

[muntrv]

39. ...except a colostomy bag is more useful.

[Please proceed]

40. Carrey and Fox have a lot in common.

Carrey is famous for bending over and acting as if he were talking out his ass. Fox is famous for actually talking out of their asses

[MrModerate]

42. Great. First he insults members of the Church of the Cold Dead Hand . . .

. . . and now he's going after colostomy-bag wearers who he unfairly associates with something much worse — Fux News.

What's next? Rude comments about cannibals?

[NBachers]

44. OK, I finally caught up and saw the video. It's even better than I expected

If you're perpetually behind the latest cultural curve, like me, you can see it here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/25/jim-carrey-cold-dead-hand-music-video-charlton-heston_n_2948351.html

[maddiemom]

45. Jim Carrey is over-the-top here, as he often is, but totally right on message.

He falls within those entertainers that I sometimes feel go beyond offensive to stomach churning, but other times have made me laugh like no one else. As to the Fox (and actually Ted Nugent and whatsisname )defense of Heston; equally over-the -top. Calling him a great patriot and a great warrior( give Heston credit, he did serve in WWII, just not in combat) is hysterical due to the seriousness his defenders impart to this. I guess the actor did have a huge personal arsonal, but certainly was no combat veteran.

[crim son]

49. He is preaching to the choir

but having entered into many "discussions" i.e. near shouting-matches on the topic, there is almost no value in attempting to reach the gun nuts through their sense of integrity and compassion, such as they exist when it comes to firearms. Instead, he gives us a laugh and encourages us to continue to fight.

[MrModerate]

55. He's also setting wingers' hair on fire . . .

. . . and squirting seltzer down their pants, which interferes with their already compromised ability to cope with reality.

[crim son]

57. I can't disagree.

But I have a few very liberal friends who are not up to facing reality when it comes to gun control and regulations... you know hot that works. I have found that these very good people are not able/willing to believe that they are part of the problem. The are good people! I am afraid however that, short of the murder of one of their loved ones, they will not acknowledge reality. They have latched onto the false Constitutional argument and abandoned common sense and compassion. They have my empathy (and will be ceaselessly harassed by me) and I believe they are thoughtful, intelligent people. Just saying.

[merrily]

69. Odd. All my friends are liberals and not a single one of them talks 2nd amendment.

Both in "real life" and on the internet, it's the conservatives who do that, in my experience.

Some of them are conservative Republicans, some are conservative Republicans pretending to be Democrats and some are actually conservative Democrats.

Not liberals, though.

[MrModerate]

82. Perhaps because liberals recognise that things change . . .

And even the most fundamental cultural touchstones need be looked at with fresh eyes now and then.

[primavera]

63. Good

With the visible spokespeople of the gun community being loons like Nugent crying out for civil war and the arming of infants, they are their own worst enemy.

[maddiemom]

59. All that is sadly true and why it all seems so hopeless, Why not laugh...

[crim son]

48. Posted the original vid on FB.

It will be maligned as the worst sort of offensive hyperbole but those of us who are sick of the fantastical arguments of the NRA nuts will enjoy the tit for tat.

[City Lights]

51. Well put, Mr. Carrey!

[Blue Owl]

52. More like a heaping dumpster full of colostomy bags...

on a hot August afternoon...

[boguspotus]

53. I love Jim Carrey and I dig his politics:

If you want the best of stupid humor movies - Ace Ventura, When Nature Calls and Dumber and Dumber are THE ones! - 2 of my all time favorite movies.

[blkmusclmachine]

56. .

.

[PolitFreak]

58. Outrageously insulting

Colostomy bags at least serve a purpose!

[nightscanner59]

61. I'm just a liking Jim more and more and more and more

The more public figures speak against the reich wing propaganda machine the dipshittier Faux appears, and celeb's can help soak some of the Faux Faithful thick skulls at last.

[Magleetis]

62. Can't get that song out of my head

Brilliant piece of work Jim. Please do more. possible topics include citizens united, the Iraq war, too big to jail, Bill O, fox.
When you Google Cold Dead Hands the first hit is now Jim's video. He hijacked the phrase. Love it.

[Initech]

65. HA HA HA HA HA!!! So true!

[oswaldactedalone]

67. All praise to Jim Carrey

for this great rant. Well done sir!!

[felix_numinous]

68. Thanks Jim Carrey

for creating such hilarious and **stinging** memes!!

[merrily]

70. Insensitive to people who must wear ostomy bags. Other than that, when he's correct, he's correct.

[47of74]

74. FOX News & Hate Radio: 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag.

[supercats]

75. Way To Go Jim Carrey!!

First of all the video is hysterical, in large part because it is truthful. Secondly, his analysis of faux news and their "personalities" is accurate and sublime.

[truthisfreedom]

84. So we have a new senate candidate

[Mapletonian]

86. "That's a lovely accent you have there, Miss..."

It's Austrian.

Austrian???

Well, then let's throw another shrimp on the barbie, mate!!

[Joey Liberal]

87. Thank you, Jim Carrey!

I cannot stand Faux News.

[backscatter712]

88. Carrey's brilliant in going Andy Kaufmann on the right wing!

The more the right wing screams, the better it works!

[wordpix]

90. I laughed all the way through video & Faux News heads are exploding

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheYoungTurks

See a few clips from Faux

[wordpix]

91. and despite Faux calls for death to Carrey's career, I know this will only make him more popular

than ever

[smirkymonkey]

92. OK, I have to admit that I have a new found respect for Jim Carrey.

Also, I am ashamed to say that "Dumb and Dumber" is one of my personal cult favorites.

[Big_Harry]

93. Fox nazi news

As Reagan said there they go again lie lie when will stop lol

[tartan2]

94. Not a huge fan

of Jim Carrey but his description of Fox News is priceless!!!

[efhmc]

95. His brand of humor is not mine but

his assessment of Faux is perfect.

[Odin2005]

97. Unfortunately his wife is Jenny McCarthy.