{"id":88231,"date":"2025-08-22T19:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T19:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/88231\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T19:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T19:32:07","slug":"the-daily-shows-desi-lydic-pics-her-favorite-fox-news-conspiracies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/88231\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Daily Show\u2019s Desi Lydic Pics Her Favorite Fox News Conspiracies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/desi-lydic\/\" id=\"auto-tag_desi-lydic\" data-tag=\"desi-lydic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Desi Lydic<\/a> is sitting in a dark room and she\u2019s angry. The mainstream media is covering up all the scandals related to the Democratic party and overreacting to issues such as President Trump being gifted a super expensive plane from the Qataris and being linked to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cDonald Trump is going to release the Epstein files, he is the only President with the courage\u2026[phone rings]. It\u2019s like I said, \u2018Enough with the Epstein files. Just move on already\u2019,\u201d she said on a recent episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-daily-show\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-daily-show\" data-tag=\"the-daily-show\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Show<\/a>: Desi Lydic <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/foxsplains\/\" id=\"auto-tag_foxsplains\" data-tag=\"foxsplains\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Foxsplains<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve been watching Fox News for 253 hours straight and I\u2019m ready to Foxsplain why the Epstein files are a massive scandal that MAGA patriots everywhere must stand up and stop being interested in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLydic has not, however, fallen down an Alex Jones-shaped hole but is merely mocking Fox News and its cabal of blonde political puppets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Daily Show host has found huge success with her Foxsplains series \u2013 some of which get close to 2M views on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn fact, she\u2019s up for two Emmys for the project. The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains has been nominated in the Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series category and she has been nominated as Outstanding Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLydic\u2019s digital show is up against her late-night peers, going head-to-head with <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/seth-meyers-favorite-corrections-1236492164\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seth Meyers\u2019 Corrections,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/jimmy-kimmel-the-rabbit-hole-emmys-1236483264\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s The Rabbit Hole<\/a> and The Tonight Show: During Commercial Break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI think the thing that impresses me most about Fox News, and others such as Newsmax and OAN, is the way they take a paper-thin conspiracy theory and just blow it up into nine days of wall-to-wall coverage. It becomes an interesting science experiment to watch how the logic can fold in on itself and how far they are willing to go. The mental gymnastics required is truly impressive, until their hypocrisy gets caught in their zipper \u2013 but no one is embarrassed by that anymore,\u201d she told Deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLydic, who is also one of the hosts of The Daily Show alongside Jon Stewart (Mondays), Ronny Chieng, Michael Kosta and Jordan Klepper, said that Foxsplains, which she has been doing for a number of years, has \u201cevolved\u201d since Donald Trump returned to offer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThe right is for lack of a better term is on the winning team right now. The more recent Fox News coverage has been more about all the creative, outside the box ways they\u2019re willing to overlook a truth such as Epstein. The way they bend over backwards to say this is not a story, don\u2019t look over there, and to watch them try to justify why it\u2019s not real. Particularly when Trump is zig-zagging himself. It\u2019s entertaining to watch Fox News and others try to keep up with him and double down,\u201d she added. \u201cSo when we look for Foxsplains ideas we look to satirize the fake stories they package as real and the real stories they package as fake while having as much fun as we can heightening the mental gymnastics. Then I book a session with my therapist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBelow Lydic has chosen her favorite Foxsplains segments, although she said that she hates to pick favorites as they\u2019re \u201call my children equally\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cFor health reasons I generally have to wash my brain with hydroxychloroquine after recording each Foxsplains, so it can be hard to remember previous conspiracy theories and narratives,\u201d she admitted.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThe Epstein Files are a scandal of epic proportion that everyone needs to STOP paying attention to- remember when Biden tripped 3 months ago?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cAirforce One is too old (40 yuck) so we must accept this Qatari plane as a perfectly fine permissible gift which President Trump is not keeping but donating to his library.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThese aren\u2019t war plans they were just an\u00a0attack outline\u00a0also HILLARY\u2019S SERVERS!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThe Taylor Strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201c2020 election was stolen \u2013 they gave pens to Democrats and made Republicans fill out their ballots with a sharpie.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Desi Lydic is sitting in a dark room and she\u2019s angry. 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