Diana Wichtel: Fox News, death penalty - all roads lead to The Handmaid's Tale and the Republic of Gilead
14 May, 2021 08:00 PM
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Season four of The Handmaid's Tale, in the Republic of Gilead, parallels, disturbingly, with reality.
Season four of The Handmaid's Tale, in the Republic of Gilead, parallels, disturbingly, with reality.
By: Diana Wichtel
Moral ambiguity is available on all channels, writes Diana Wichtel.
I know. Fox News. Just don't. But working from home, with only Trevor the scammer from "tech support" calling in for company, sometimes my
blood pressure needs raising from semi-comatose.
So, in what must count as peak Fox News until next time, hosts Pete Hegseth and Will Cain had a jaunty chat about the decision by South Carolina lawmakers to add death by firing squad to the electric chair and lethal injection as modes of execution. A shortage of lethal injection drugs, apparently. An inmate on death row could be forced to choose between electrocution or being shot, an appalling reframing of the notion of personal choice.