The "Really" File - (a "brilliant maneuver"?)

The foolishness of man perverteth his way: Proverbs 19:3

Q: Remember when Nightline used to be a news program? 

It's been quite a while since the era of Ted Koppel.

 

"ABC’s Nightline on Monday proved, yet again, that journalists have no concept of religion or what might be offensive. The late-night news program promoted Lil Nas X and his “Satan Shoes,” as well as the singer's new video in which he “slides down from heaven to hell on a pole and twerks on Satan.”  

This, apparently, is only offensive to “conservative Christians,” a label that reporter Ashan Singh uses twice. As though this were all normal, Nightline co-host Juju Chang hyped, “Lil Nas X taking the old town road to hell. Going viral again and igniting controversy."

 

Sounding like PR for the Satan-loving song, Singh chided, “But the racy song and video has some members of the conservative Christian community up in arms.” 

At another point, he used the same language: “Some in the conservative Christian community in an uproar over his latest song and music video.” 

Right, because who else other than conservatives would be bothered by blood-drenched Satan shoes and twerking on the devil?

 

In addition to the music video, Lil Nas X is cross-promoting

From the "Really" File

demonic shoes: “The shoes allegedly contain a drop of human blood, in addition to traditional satanic imagery like the pentagram.” Singh then turned to podcaster Sarah Marshall to gush over the Satanism:

"I think it's a really beautiful video, and it feels like we're being asked to witness and appreciate a sexuality that has not been passed around Twitter and shown to everyone in this way before and that it feels to me like a brilliant maneuver to make something beautiful and inspiring." Lifesite

REALLY?