Fox's 'surreal' attack on The Muppets: The jokes

Fox Business accuses Kermit of trying to "brainwash your kids against capitalism." Commentators cannot help but chuckle over this Muppet conspiracy theory

In "The Muppets," Kermit and the gang try to save their theater from an evil oil baron, a plot line that some conservatives are blasting as liberal propaganda.
(Image credit: Facebook/The Muppets)

Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and the rest of the Muppet gang may seem like innocent puppets, but according to one Fox Business Network segment, they're actually part of a liberal media plot to "brainwash your kids against capitalism." In the new Muppets movie, the villain is an evil oil baron — named, rather obviously, Tex Richman — who plans to tear down the Muppets' theater to drill for oil. Once again, Fox Business bemoaned on Dec. 2, Hollywood is "depicting a successful businessman as evil" and vilifying the oil industry. "It's amazing how far the Left will go just to stop — to manipulate your kids," guest Dan Gainor of the Media Research Center said. (Watch a clip here.) These "surreal" charges against Kermit and friends have some commentators cracking wise. Here, a sampling:

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