In case you are the last person on earth to hear it, a suspect has been charged for lighting the Fox News channel Christmas tree on fire. This crime of the century led both Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson’s show last night and its coverage has been… disproportionate might be the understatement of the year. This morning, the folks on Fox and Friends were upset it wasn’t considered a hate crime.

Now a guest has called the network out for coverage that seems to be a mix between 9-11 and the O.J. trial. Richard Goodstein has heard quite enough about the tree and wants to hear much more about the lack of vaccinations happening in this country.

Harris Faulkner led off by citing Meghan McCain’s statement that: “I really don’t think people want to live in a city where even the Christmas trees need bodyguards.”

And Faulkner continued:

“Here are we right now that Christmas gets under attack, the trees, everything? It is such a signal, Richard, if they’ll set that tree on fire imagine what they will do to human beings walking around, we’re finding out. The stats are off the charts in New York.”

Finally, Democratic strategist Richard Goodstein was asked what he thought about the dangerousness of New York (very suddenly) and he absolutely unloaded:

“If Fox would put as much energy into decrying the anti-vaxxers — we have 100,000 people lost and one tree destroyed — I don’t think there is a lack of, kind of, symmetry there. I think that’s where the energy should go.”

Faulkner immediately got defensive:

“First of all you don’t have your facts straight because many of us talk about being vaxxed, boostered, all of that, within the realm of reporting on the entire subject. We also talk about natural antibodies and all of it.”

And every single time they talk about natural antibodies, it is in a way to denigrate the vaccines. But Goodstein said “many don’t” referencing other prominent names like Tucker Carlson and others on Fox that refuse to acknowledge that they’re vaccinated.

Faulkner has done a Fox PSA for vaccinations and pointed it out; “So if you want to point a finger and call somebody anti-vaxx get your facts straight. Okay. Richard, I’ve known you a long time and it is not personal but you made it personal.”

Stunningly, in an almost too good to be true, moment, Mediaite notes:

Following the tense exchange, Faulkner teased a coming segment that appeared to ridicule Dr. Anthony Fauci’s for making a safety advisory, which many would probably note sadly undermined the point she had just made.

Sounds like Fox to us, now back to the tree, Harris.

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