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This "In Memoriam" to the Men of Fox News Will Make You Laugh and Fume

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Samantha Bee presented an "in memoriam" to two still-living people at last night's Not the White House Correspondents Dinner: Fox News's departed, alleged serial sexual harassers Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly. In the segment, she bemoaned that both were "gone too late" from the conservative-leaning network.

Bee sarcastically credited Ailes for his two major contributions to TV news: the "gam cam" - a widely used camera angle that spotlights the legs of the women reporters and anchors on the network - and the news ticker. "Oh my god, it's so handy for keeping track of sexual harassment allegations at Fox," she quipped. The comedian went in on the network's male leadership both past and present in the segment, going on to refer to NewsCorp media titan Rupert Murdoch as a "sentient liver spot," and Bill O'Reilly a "Viagra aficianado" who was "400 pounds of sexual harassment allegations in a 200-pound bag."

Samantha Bee's TV special offered a pointed alternative to this year's official White House Correspondents' Dinner. Donald Trump chose not to attend this year, breaking with long-held presidential tradition. Instead, he flew to Philadelphia to deliver a speech celebrated by his supporters on site - and described as "divisive" and "disturbing" by former White House adviser David Gergen - at yet another post-election rally.



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