Why is MSNBC aping George Orwell's villains?

Melissa Harris-Perry apparently thinks children belong to society rather than their families. Come on.

Matt K. Lewis

When Al Sharpton neglected the words "under God" from his recent MSNBC "Lean Forward" ad (which did mention that we are "one nation, indivisible…"), it predictably aroused controversy.

For a network struggling to compete with Fox News, buzz isn't a bad thing. And so, is it absurd to think that MSNBC's most recent ad, which implies that children don't belong to their families, but instead, to the collective community, was a calculated attempt to troll us?

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Matt K. Lewis

Matt K. Lewis is a contributing editor at TheWeek.com and a senior contributor for The Daily Caller. He has written for outlets including GQ Politics, The Guardian, and Politico, and has been cited or quoted by outlets including New York Magazine, the Washington Post, and The New York Times. Matt co-hosts The DMZ on Bloggingheads.TV, and also hosts his own podcast. In 2011, Business Insider listed him as one of the 50 "Pundits You Need To Pay Attention To Between Now And The Election." And in 2012, the American Conservative Union honored Matt as their CPAC "Blogger of the Year." He currently lives in Alexandria, Va.