After USA Today published an op-ed on Sunday that drew similarities between President Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon, and ISIS, Fox News defended Bannon with this chart:
Which like, OK, fair, but it made for a pretty striking visual:
Tucker Carlson sets the bar for Steve Bannon.
What a fucking saint
This was actually my wedding toast. "Jon never beheaded journalists, used chemical weapons on Kurds, or mass-execut… https://t.co/eIaUgte4YB
The chart went viral after writer Ally Maynard tweeted it, along with a few versions of her own:
Fox News going to incredible lengths to make Steve Bannon look good.
Here's another graphic you can use @FoxNews @TuckerCarlson
One of these is a real graphic from @tuckercarlson. The other three will probably air on @FoxNews later.
Then, people started making their own charts, and it's turned into a bit of a meme:
.@missmayn Baghdadi seems to be on a roll...
@missmayn Did you see they ran this later though?
@missmayn I think I fixed it
@missmayn
A lot of people also couldn't believe it was actually happening.
constantly wondering if I'm hallucinating https://t.co/JqsOIjLHjM
If you have to compare Bannon to the leader of ISIS to make him look good, maybe you shouldn't have Bannon on your… https://t.co/p3ZwxZE2Cb
TFW you originally wrote "Used chemical weapons" and the fact-checking department went "Let's get more specific jus… https://t.co/Oxrxes6gb7
The great thing about this list is that Hitler didn't do these things either. https://t.co/dzWqKDCFgk
compared to the worst monsters of history, steve bannon looks pretty good huh checkmate liberals https://t.co/tshuGD7t03