 So hold on we can't win foreign wars and we can't run a DMV, but we can control every bird in the sky We can I mean and I appreciate you allowing me to share this information on here A lot of the media won't let me talk about is this a stick. I Mean, do you really I mean are do you really in your heart? Why would it be a stick? Because yeah, I mean you you report everywhere you report on UFOs in this show. Yes Well, I don't report on UFOs or I mean I respect what you guys talk about on here You're letting bird robots on the show. You're letting UFOs in the show Do you think I could see the government using some birds maybe as drones to disguise them But you're saying all birds the pigeons here in New York City every every bird You just watched Fox News host Pete Hegseth push back against conspiracy theorist Peter McKendoo who founded the birds aren't real Conspiracy movement now in case this wasn't already painfully obvious This is not actually a real movement Peter McKendoo is a satirist who's playing a character However, Pete Hegseth seemingly took it serious now you might assume that he's playing along and that's entirely possible to be fair But then again Pete Hegseth is one of the dumbest hosts on the entire network So it's entirely possible that he's also duped here But regardless it is incredibly ironic for Fox News of all places to cover this Considering that they are the ones being made fun of here in a 2021 interview with leaders of this movement They explained why they founded it quote what birds aren't real truly is they say is a parody social movement with a purpose in a Post-truth world dominated by online conspiracy theories young people have co-asked around the effort to thumb their nose at Fight and poke fun at misinformation It's Gen Z is attempt to upend the rabbit hole with absurdism It's a way to combat troubles in the world that you don't really have other ways of combating So Claire Cronus 22 a birds aren't real organizer in Pittsburgh My favorite way to describe the organization is fighting lunacy with lunacy and that right there is the point of this movement Some of the organizers sadly have lost family members to conspiracy colts So I mean this is kind of their way of coping and their way of responding to that and the reason why I said that it was interesting for Fox News of all places to cover this in particular is because there Maybe the biggest Spreaders of conspiracy theories, right? Certainly the ones with the most legitimacy and furthest reach I mean this network is literally being sued for defamation by someone who received harassment After Tucker Carlson accused him of being a secret government agent and not to mention this network has also promoted Anti-vaccine misinformation their hosts have called climate change a hoax multiple times for over a decade Tucker Carlson has promoted the white supremacist great replacement conspiracy theory They've promoted the big lie accused doctors of mutilating the genitals of trans trans children. I mean It just goes on right they they've said so many lies that they have brainwashed an entire generation I mean this network is in part why birds aren't real exists in the first place and Pete hexeth in particular is one Of the most conspiratorial people at the network, which is why it's ironic that he'd conduct the interview And not necessarily absurd to think that he's not in on the joke for example This is someone who has quite literally openly questioned germ theory on air. I don't think I've washed my hands for 10 years Really, I don't I don't really wash my hands I inoculate myself Germs are not a real thing. I can't see them therefore. They're not so you're becoming immune to all of the all the Yeah, and again, it's plausible that he's being half serious there But first of all, he looks like someone to me who doesn't wash his hands ever So I believe him when he says that and second of all the way that he said it Sounded like Tee he just kidding after he saw the reaction when everyone laughed and once he saw that they laughed He's like, oh Tee he I'm just joking But I mean the most egregious conspiracy theories from Pete hexeth that he's promoted come in the form of election denialism which is Troubling considering it puts our democracy in danger and if we want to be really generous He's flirted with election denialism, but nonetheless it's still harmful So let's watch and took on one of the hosts on the lie that is fueling the spade of these so-called election integrity bills Do you remember a second ago when I talked about the big lie? This is exactly what I'm talking about the reason that so many folks You just you just got a national television James every night We're not talking about that I do just you just what a national television said you don't want voter ID Revealing exactly what Democrats and it's so condescending to say that people can't get identification Did you have you found someone in your district that can't get identification? You have made a lot of money personally and you've enriched a lot of corporations with advertising by getting on here and spewing lies and Conspiracy theories to folks who trust about my and what I'm asking you to do is see tell your voters right now that Donald Trump The lie that is Resolved the lie that is did the Democrats are now a voter ID It's not here, but at least I at least you resolve the idea that Real quick can you answer the question did Donald Trump? I think I'm answering questions. I'm not Is So does he not want to say that Trump lost the election because he knows he'll be roasted by Maga chuds or does he actually think that Trump did win but doesn't want to vocalize that because he'll be labeled as a conspiracy theorist I mean You'll never know when it comes to Pete Hegseth because he is one slimy disingenuous bastard So it is incredibly ironic that Fox News of all places is talking about birds aren't real when they are the ones Being satirized by this movement But the reason why they brought on Peter McKendoo is to promote a new Fox Nation film about this movement And the subtitle itself kind of gives away the game and refers to it as the joke that became a movement But the wording of the subtitle kind of leads me to believe that Pete was genuinely duped Because maybe he thought that it started out as a joke But then became a real movement and Peter McKendoo was one of the individuals who Actually started to really believe this I don't know but the response from Fox News's audience is even more interesting because some of them actually did take this serious And that's because Peter McKendoo is a genius. He's really good at selling this But before we look at the reactions from Fox News's audience, which is incredible by the way Here's the first part of that interview Birds are fake the conspiracies out now on Fox Nation and Peter at McAdoo is the public information officer of Birds aren't real So Peter you're telling me you believe that there are no living birds. I believe it. I know it Actually, you know it. I know it as proof. Yes, all birds every bird in the US I know chickens There's a chicken a bird a chicken's a bird chickens a bird. So I just fed my chickens Back home. They didn't seem to be robots. Yeah, that's kind of how biotechnology works the government's making bio hybrids where there are birds and robots That the government's combining Annie Jacobson's done some great work on so you're saying they have human characteristics the eyes the way Not human characteristics have bird characteristics. What the government did is from 1959 through 2001 They systematically replaced every bird in the sky with a government surveillance drone Replica that looks identical to a real bird spies on us every day So when you walk outside, I mean, it's probably you know a hundred cameras in here is more cameras outside than the wrong So hold on we now right after that is where Pete Hegseth begins to push back But what I found even more interesting than Pete Hegseth response is the response from the Fox news audience Because when you look at the comments section overall the actual Fox news viewers if you can kind of suss out Who actually is a true believer? They responded in one of two ways they either tried to debunk the conspiracy theory because they believed that Peter McKinney was being serious or They kind of thought that it sounded a little bit compelling themselves Most of them did not realize it was a joke though by my estimation So the highest upvoted comment reads I'm amazed how the government planted a nest of bird eggs in my door wreath And then somehow they hatched into baby robot cameras I'll be darned if that mama bird was in program to sit and record I mean watch me looking at her babies growing programming I mean growing process over the weeks now others responded to that by laughing or calling him whacked But this was my favorite reply smartest conservative because I mean that's exactly it now this person says it might be a little more believable if he Didn't say every bird no way this guy doesn't even believe his own theory You can see that in his body language So we've a body language expert here weighing in a bunch of flat earthers now have a new conspiracy theory to obsess about I mean as a Fox news viewers aren't as conspiratorial as flat earthers themselves But I mean they have no self-awareness this person says this is what the universities are teaching our kids today What a wonderful future this world has this is so sad that he actually believes all birds are fake He needs psychological help a sad, but here's where we get to the potential recruits I never heard this theory before but glad the news is finally open to show more of the truth It's scary how there are still so many people out there that think a theory like this is crazy Considering all and everything that's simply just this I hope they actually start believing this It's just funny at this point this person says I believe some birds could be faked as fine people But this guy's a birdbrain there's truth to everything now some commenters knew that he was trolling and pointed out the irony This person says this of all things is where Fox wants to drop a line and this person adds The lack of self-awareness of the typical viewers is actually funny and that right there is such a good point Why can't these Fox news viewers apply just a little bit of logic to other conspiracy theories? Why not question other things that Fox hosts tell you why believe every single thing that they say and not question it? But you see that's kind of the genius of this conspiracy movement, right? Because if it forces normal conspiracy theorists to apply just a little bit of logic to this because it's so absurd Maybe this will kind of train them to think more critically about other outlandish things that they hear now I think that's kind of wishful thinking so it's probably not gonna happen But one can hope right hopefully that's the outcome of this conspiracy movement But I mean you've really got to give a lot of credit to Peter McKendoo here because this wouldn't work if he Wasn't able to sell it so well and Sam Cedar interviewed him on majority report a while back in character And it was absolutely hilarious I'm gonna link to that down below and he's managed to get on local news outlets multiple times And here's one of the first interviews that he did that went viral and this is kind of where he got on my radar Good morning. Thank you so much for having me. So are there people that find your account and Think that it's real You know, I think there's a lot of people that find our social media accounts and see a different side of Gen Z in America You know Gen Z is full of some amazing Men women and children that are aiming to change and I think that that is you know, just what our movements all about But it's more than just Gen Z is falling for conspiracy theories. Why? But Well, we hope you're okay why don't we give you some time to collect yourself if you need help let us know in the control room there and We'll get back to you if we can't that right there is comedic genius So in a way this movement has come full circle, right? This movement was created to make fun of Fox News viewer types And now they're being covered by Fox News ironically and some of the viewers think that he's the crazy one Or they find his conspiracy maybe a little bit compelling just a tiny bit either way. I'm a fan And if you want to learn more, I will link you to their website down below But credit to Peter McKinney because he is absolutely a legend and what he's doing here is I think a public service in shedding light on just how These types of folks think right because it's not just that he's pushing this absurd Theory the way that he sells it. He uses the same types of arguments that other conspiracy theorists use Q and honors flat earthers, right and based on what he says, it's very difficult to debunk So you just kind of have to dismiss it as crazy and this is the same thing with other conspiracy theories, right? These folks are convinced that they have this unique truth that nobody else is privy to and so if he can kind of Hold a mirror to all of those folks then maybe he could do some good. Maybe Like everywhere there's good you see them all the time. I mean it's constant My children are about mama go go go. I turn on TV. There's clothes in the background every TV show