In a desperate attempt to make Steve Bannon seem less like a crazed, apocalypse-obsessed maniac, Fox News played a little game with USA Today s deputy editorial opinion editor, David Mastio, who suggested in a recent piece that Steve Bannon and ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi shared  similar world views,  including  apocalyptic visions of a clash  between Muslims and the United States.It is true that both men share these viewpoints, but Fox took things to ridiculous levels in an effort to appear to disprove this theory. Apparently, because Bannon (unlike he and Trump s friend Putin) has not slaughtered journalists or used chemical weapons, he s a swell dude.Tucker Carlson quickly went through the chart, ticking off many of Baghdadi s more horrible actions:See? There you have it   Bannon, who until recently ran a website aimed at a white supremacist audience and who describes himself as a  Leninist  who wants to  destroy the state  is just A-OK!This cringeworthy attempt to make Bannon seem appealing by comparing him to one of the few people in the world who is worse than he is wasn t lost on the internet. Twitter users flocked to mock the right-wing  news  organization for this whatever this was.Here's another graphic you can use @FoxNews @TuckerCarlson pic.twitter.com/mMe56zG1QK  Not My President (@missmayn) February 9, 2017BREAKING: Steve Bannon a pretty good guy when compared to AIDS @FoxNews @TuckerCarlson pic.twitter.com/8WTY3sRGLe  Not My President (@missmayn) February 9, 2017@missmayn pic.twitter.com/GorzckBjNh  Chris Rywalt ? (@ChrisRywalt) February 9, 2017@missmayn I think I fixed it pic.twitter.com/5baw89EFlT  Wilhelm Davis (@WilhelmDavis) February 9, 2017@missmayn Did you see they ran this later though? pic.twitter.com/1MKzw574KY  Lou Diamond Chillups (@ConorGentes) February 9, 2017.@missmayn Baghdadi seems to be on a roll  pic.twitter.com/3fV8TSsnag  Ins niasEmCarv o (@insoniascarvao) February 9, 2017.@missmayn #fixedit pic.twitter.com/NtAeKICYHJ  Matt Kawczynski (@MattKawczynski) February 9, 2017@missmayn pic.twitter.com/efw8Pkyt6a  Brian Mazmanian (@BtotheMaz) February 9, 2017.@missmayn pic.twitter.com/xyBcrJPANV  Dr. M to the J, Ph.D (@DrM2theJ) February 9, 2017@missmayn pic.twitter.com/LVOTPIudb0  Simon S (@GamesnClass) February 9, 2017@missmayn @themrmagic also, this   though I would differ on 'religious extremist' for bannon. pic.twitter.com/4eKAzDZf32  jm (@undersilverlake) February 9, 2017@missmayn you can thank @AndyBeckerman for this pic.twitter.com/3QAtwHp1Do  nIgHTsCieNtiST (@nightscientist) February 9, 2017@missmayn This is like putting "If nothing else I am not (currently) a serial killer" on your online dating profile.  (((Dan North))) (@drnorth) February 9, 2017@missmayn That Fox News felt the need to make this hilarious graphic at all says a lot about the undercurrent of public sentiment.  Nick Stewart (@NickStewarting) February 9, 2017@missmayn @MelissaJPeltier so now not beheadings people and using child soldiers is the bar for a 'good person' ? @FoxNews you are pathetic  Fadi Antoun (@fadiantounn) February 9, 2017@missmayn @cafedotcom Wow, when you put it that way, I'm glad he's our POTUS.  Peter Drake (@peterjdrake) February 9, 2017@missmayn those are all super specificlike, maybe he hasn't beheaded any journalists, but maybe there are a few less fast food employees  Thompson Kaa   (@Thompson_Kaa) February 9, 2017@missmayn I feel like they added the "on Kurds" qualifier after realizing there's a possibility Bannon has used chemical weapons before.  Matthew Byrd (@SilverTuna014) February 10, 2017@missmayn Interesting degree of specificity here, eg. "On Kurds", "of Chrstians"  Sith Justice Warrior (@SithJW) February 9, 2017At no point was it suggested that Bannon has done any of the things Baghdadi has done. The editorial speaks only of their ideological similarities, which Carlson carefully avoided mentioning   but what else can expect from Fox News? Honesty? El-Oh-El.Featured image via screengrab