Steve Levitan, co-creator of Fox comedy “Modern Family,” announced his plans Tuesday of “setting up shop” outside of the mammoth production company, citing his revulsion with its association with Fox News.
Fox Studio has been a wonderful home for most of my career – so many amazing people there who share the concerns about @FoxNews but aren’t in the position to speak out.
— Steve Levitan (@SteveLevitan) June 19, 2018
On Monday, Levitan had decried the news network, and said he was “disgusted to work at a company that has anything whatsoever to do with @FoxNews.”
Let me officially join @SethMacFarlane in saying I’m disgusted to work at a company that has anything whatsoever to do with @FoxNews. This bullshit is the opposite of what #ModernFamily stands for. https://t.co/dnvIbgoIyA
— Steve Levitan (@SteveLevitan) June 19, 2018
His tweet came in response to Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s comparing the migrant child border detention centers to “summer camps [or] boarding schools.”
In an earlier post on Twitter, Levitan had described conservative commentator Ann Coulter as the “face of pure evil.”
Levitan further noted that he had “no problem” with “fact-based conservatism,” offering the Wall Street Journal as an example, but that the news channel’s association with the “NRA, conspiracy theories, and Trump’s lies” was getting more difficult to accept as he makes “Modern Family” a “show about inclusion.”
Levitan isn’t the first from Fox to publicly lash out at the news network. Days ago, Seth MacFarlane, creator of popular Fox show “Family Guy,” also denounced Fox in outrage after Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson warned his viewers not to put faith in rival news networks. He subsequently announced his donation of $2.5 million to NPR.
“In other words, don’t think critically, don’t consult multiple news sources, and in general, don’t use your brain. Just blindly obey Fox News,” Macfarlane tweeted. “This is fringe shit, and it’s business like this that makes me embarrassed to work for this company.”
In other words, don’t think critically, don’t consult multiple news sources, and in general, don’t use your brain. Just blindly obey Fox News. This is fringe shit, and it’s business like this that makes me embarrassed to work for this company. https://t.co/kC7MPYxdgZ
— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) June 16, 2018
Levitan said he will allow “Modern Family” to run its course at the network, but will then seek to go elsewhere.
I look forward to seeing #ModernFamily through to the end and then, sale or no sale, setting up shop elsewhere.
— Steve Levitan (@SteveLevitan) June 19, 2018
