The "Daily Show" host Jordan Klepper transformed a Fox News segment about robots into a sharp critique of the conservative network. The segment featured Fox News anchor Bret Baier, who was in Beijing for President Donald Trump’s summit with Xi Jinping, reporting on technological advancements. In the clip, Baier approached a robot at a mini-mart and asked, "Hello, can I get a sausage, please?"
Klepper's Reaction
Klepper reacted with exaggerated disbelief. "A sausage?" he said incredulously. "You went to China, home of one of the most famed cuisines in the world, and ordered a convenience store sausage? Bret, you’re making us look weird in front of our future overlords."
But the host did not stop there. "Although it could be worse," Klepper continued. "Usually when someone at Fox News asks someone to grab their sausage, it comes with a $10 million lawsuit."
Fox News Scandals Referenced
Up flashed a magazine cover of late Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, who was sued for sexual misconduct by former host Gretchen Carlson and accused by about 20 other women. He resigned in 2016 and died in 2017. In another prominent case involving alleged predatory behavior at Fox News, the channel parted ways in 2017 with host Bill O’Reilly. A report had revealed that the host and the network quietly paid female colleagues millions of dollars in settlements for their sexual harassment complaints against him.
Klepper goes Fox hunting right from the top, using a seemingly innocuous robot segment to highlight the network's troubled history with sexual misconduct allegations.
