During a “Back to School” special on Fox Business Network on Monday morning, the network played the pop song “Bulletproof” by La Roux to introduce a segment on “high-end bulletproof backpacks” and clothing.
“Back to school backpacks taking on a whole new meaning this morning,” host Maria Bartiromo said, introducing a line of bullet-resistant products by a company called MC Armor, which designed the backpack line specifically for United States customers.
“In the U.S., sadly, there’s the guns, everybody can have a gun,” MC Armor Marketing Manager Carolina Casas told Bartiromo. “So, here, kids need to be protected, and we have the fact that there is some school issues, so we need to bring this to the United States.”
Later on in the segment Bartiromo complimented Casas for the company’s “fashion forward” products.
A spokesperson for Fox Business Network told TPM Monday “the song was chosen by the production team and the selection has been addressed.”
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Hey, Fox? Get back to me when they make our kids bulletproof. Until then, why don’t you work on that NRA/Russia collusion issue?
Damn needy 8-year olds expecting to live thru elementary school years without being shot in class. What is wrong with you? Here…wear this backpack to protect 6 square inches of your back while you’re running away from Joebob letting off some stress.
Better to outfit our 8-year-olds in kevlar than keep the “economically anxious” redneck from buying his 12th gun. Now there’s some priorities for ya.
Okay, is Fox making fun of us snowflake Libs for wanting to protect our kids? Or are they advocating purchasing these backpacks to further support the out of control Second Amendment industry?
Grotesque! Describing them as “fashion forward” is totally sick.