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<p>Fox News is absolutely in “love” with basketball legend Charles Barkley for <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/san-francisco-is-full-of-homeless-crooks-according-to-charles-barkley">slamming San Francisco</a> as a city of “homeless crooks,” seemingly trumpeting<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/san-francisco"> the conservative cable giant’s narrative</a> that the liberal-led city is a <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/jesse-watters/fox-news-host-jesse-watters-suggests-martial-law-san-francisco">dystopian haven</a> of <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fact-checking-fox-news-narrative-americas-crime-crisis">crime</a> and <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-guest-says-major-plague-san-francisco-homeless">filth</a>.</p>
<p>The network’s newfound admiration for the <em>Inside the NBA </em>star and <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnns-king-charles-lands-with-a-thud-lowest-primetime-debut-in-decade">part-time CNN host</a>, meanwhile, comes just months after Fox stars told Barkley to “go to hell” for taking aim at the “assholes” pushing a boycott of Bud Light over its <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/dylan-mulvaney-lays-into-bud-light-for-abandoning-her-to-right-wing-mob">brief ad partnership</a> with a transgender influencer.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/san-francisco-is-full-of-homeless-crooks-according-to-charles-barkley">During Sunday night’s broadcast</a> of the NBA All-Star Game, Barkley took a shot at San Francisco out of nowhere. Commenting about the icy conditions in Indianapolis, where the game was being played, Barkley wondered: “If you had the chance between being cold or being around a bunch of homeless crooks in San Francisco, which would you take?”</p>
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The network’s newfound admiration for the Inside the NBA star and part-time CNN host, meanwhile, comes just months after Fox stars told Barkley to “go to hell” for taking aim at the “assholes” pushing a boycott of Bud Light over its brief ad partnership with a transgender influencer.
During Sunday night’s broadcast of the NBA All-Star Game, Barkley took a shot at San Francisco out of nowhere. Commenting about the icy conditions in Indianapolis, where the game was being played, Barkley wondered: “If you had the chance between being cold or being around a bunch of homeless crooks in San Francisco, which would you take?”
