On the December 28 edition of Meet the Press, host Chuck Todd moderated a discussion on the intersection of politics and comedy in American culture. Par for the course, the panel could not make it through the segment without taking a cheap shot at Fox News.
W. Kamau Bell, formerly the host of the FX comedy series “Totally Biased,” argued that the comedy shows and Fox News get to “bark” while other outlets are constrained by journalistic conventions. He championed the unbiased nature of left-wing media by stating that they are “afraid of barking,” which is news to anyone who has watched MSNBC.