Back in December, Fox News Business host Eric Bolling led a discussion as to whether the new Muppets film (The Muppets) was “brainwashing” kids to hate Big Oil and capitalism in general. Days later, Bolling “apologized” to “Froggy,” a fake Kermit puppet he had with him, challenging the Muppets to debate his claims further. Kermit and Miss Piggy finally responded to Fox News this weekend at a press conference in the UK, highlighting that the film features a gas-guzzling Rolls Royce and questioning whether Fox News is even “news.” Watch it:
Update
Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly responded by saying, “We still like the Muppets, but they’d better watch it.”
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