Whenever I doubt that there is anything Fox News won't politicize, I am quickly proven wrong. Take, for example, the big scandal surrounding Wonder Woman's new comic book wardrobe that the right-wing cable outlet finds not sufficiently patriotic. I'm not kidding. Mediaite's Jon Bershad brings us the hilarious story:

Apparently the folks at DC Comics have given Wonder Woman a new costume that removes her star-covered hot pants. The reasoning behind the move apparently has to do with current tastes in the medium as well as the fact that it's the year 2010 and she was running around in freaking star-covered hot pants. However, Fox News is blaming another source: the creeping evil of GLOBALISM!

Holy sensationalism, Batman!

From Fox News:

“Wonder Woman may have finally been given a pair of pants, but has she been stripped of her patriotism?

The new and allegedly improved Wonder Woman (a.k.a Diana Prince), has been given a head-to-toe makeover by artist Jim Lee, replacing her signature American flag decorated briefs with skintight black pants and purging the super hero of all her trappings of Americana.”

There are so many things to point out here: The fact that Wonder Woman is a Greek demi-goddess and not an American. The fact that she's changed her costume before including once wearing an all-white dress that completely lost the flag look. The fact that, unlike Superman, she was not created to uphold American values but instead to “bring the Amazon ideals of love, peace, and sexual equality.” The fact that she was also created so that her creator, a psychologist named William Moulton Marston, could indulge in his love of sadomasochism that he enjoyed in his polyamorous relationship (hence all the lasso bondage). The fact that Fox News is looking for signs of anti-American sentiment in Wonder Woman's costume!

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UPDATE: True to form, Geekosystem's Susana Polo has a hilarious post about what Fox News should really attack Wonder Woman for.