20 June 2018
By Bethonie Butler
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has lashed out at Fox News amid outcry over the network's sympathetic coverage of the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant families.
Seth MacFarlane (click here) said he is "embarrassed" to work for Fox News' parent company, and it turns out a lot of his Hollywood peers are too.
MacFarlane — the creator and star of Fox's The Orville and its long-running animated comedy Family Guy — is part of a growing number of Fox-affiliated entertainers condemning Fox News amid outcry over the network's sympathetic coverage of the Trump administration's highly-criticised policy of separating immigrant families....
...That list includes directors Paul Feig and Judd Apatow, in addition to Modern Family co-creator Steve Levitan, who signalled in a series of tweets on Tuesday that he might want to leave his overall deal with 20th Century Fox, which produces the show (though it airs on ABC)....
I would encourage Mr. Steve Levitan to act on his instinct and leave the FOX network. There are plenty of interested partners elsewhere. I would encourage his peers to do the same. Now is the time to leave such entities as FOX because it is an awakening to the facts. To capitulate to wealth or ego is not reasonable when saving lives.
This is happening now. It is happening and cannot be denied. Living with denial to these facts will only bring more of the same and not end it and those in denial would be as guilty as the administration itself.
