Did you know Fox so-called News is now a socialist propaganda outfit?

I’m serious!

Earlier this week - Fox News talking head Megyn Kelly returned to the airwaves after taking a few months off to have a baby.

That’s when something incredible happened - Fox News started espousing the virtues of European Democratic Socialism - take a look:

Megyn Kelly: The United States is the only country in the advanced world that doesn't allow paid - doesn't require paid maternity leave...

If anything, the United States is in the dark ages when it comes to maternity leave. And what is it about getting pregnant and carrying a baby nine months that you don't think deserves a few months off so bonding and recovery can take place, hm?

There you have it - Megyn Kelly - who's actually a fairly smart person and an attorney - advocating for European Socialism right here in America in the form of paid maternity leave - something that most Conservatives would decry as an extension of the “nanny state.”

So how was it that Kelly was able to enjoy such a socialist comfort of paid maternity leave here in “dark ages” America?

Megyn Kelly: Now I happen to work for a nice employer that gives me paid maternity leave...

I'm happy with my baby and my employer.

Because Fox News gave it to her.

That’s right - it appears Fox so-called News gets it - they get that Social Democracies in Europe have some really, really good ideas… like 3 months of mandatory paid maternity leave - 6 weeks of mandatory paid vacation.

Ever notice that Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity and the rest of the Republican mouthpieces at Fox News seem to get a lot of vacations - notice how often their shows have fill-in hosts? Actually, I don't. I don't watch them, but anyhow.

In Finland and France companies are forced to give their employees 30 days of paid vacation a year - plus paid holidays.

In Norway - Sweden - and Germany - workers get at least 24 paid vacation days.

Here in the United States - over there in the United States - here in the United States - you know how much paid vacation days workers are required to have? Zero.

Unless you work at Fox so-called News - where they must have ripped their vacation policy straight from European Socialists too.

I wonder if Megyn Kelly and the rest of the gang also get free health care plans - after all - the one thing that all the Social Democracies in Europe have in common is universal healthcare.

And I bet - just like Europe - Fox so-called News has universal healthcare for their full-time employees, as well.

And here's another little secret - most of the production crews over at Fox News are... guess what... unionized!

That's right - Fox News actually supports unions - despite what you may hear their talking heads say on the airwaves.

I wonder if those unionized camera men and sound engineers get to sit on Rupert Murdoch's corporate board - like in the "socialized" nations of Germany - Austria - the Netherlands - Italy - Norway - Sweden - and Denmark - where union workers are required by law to make up as much as half of all the members of major corporate boards.

If not - they will be soon - maybe.

You see - once you cut through all the right-wing noise - and the socialist accusations thrown at President Obama and Democrats by Fox so-called News talking heads - it becomes pretty clear - Fox News is a bunch of pinko commies!

After all, they make their money using our commons - our cable and airwaves rights-of-way.

Multi-millionaire pinko commies that is - but still... pinko commies.

So the question has to be...why is European Socialism good for those who work for Rupert Murdoch - but not everyone else?

That's The Big Picture.