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Who do you think won?

Remember how On The Record host Greta Van Susteren was so upset when Politico asked, “Is (Rick) Perry dumb?” When Tucker Carlson merely reported on disgusting comments by Mike Tyson about Sarah Palin? So where was Van Susteren’s challenge to Rush Limbaugh when he accused President Obama of having a “chip on his shoulder” toward America? Surely, Van Susteren knows that that has a particularly racial connotation. But she didn’t even ask Limbaugh to back up such an inflammatory statement, much less object to it.

I reported previously about Fox News’ astounding mistake of using a photograph of President Obama in a graphic of Republican presidential candidates and then labeling him “Romney.” Stephen Colbert offered his hilarious take on it.

One of News Hounds complaints about the Fox “News” Phony War On Christianity (not to be confused with its seasonal Phony War On Christmas) is that the station’s Good Christians only ever seem to talk to the station’s other Good Christians about the Phony War On Christianity.  There is no other point of view on display.  Maybe Bolling has been reading News Hounds, otherwise why would he invite Dan Barker, of the Freedom From Religion Foundation on the air to give the other side of the story?  FFRF is the group protesting the placement of a manger with the baby Jesus at a county courthouse in Texas.  Several Fox “News” televangelists had taken up the Texas manger previously, with Bolling even paraphrasing a phone conversation he had with Freedom From Religion spokesperson on The Five, who argued for the inclusion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster at the manger.  This would have been the first time, to the best of my knowledge, that we’d actually be hearing from someone from that organization.  However, if you were hoping to hear an intellectual debate, you’d be sorely disappointed.  Aside from Bolling’s lack of intelligence, the minute Barker started espousing his group’s view on what Jesus represents, Bolling took great umbrage on behalf of the Son of God. 

Fox News’ graphics department has made some stunning mistakes this week but this one takes the cake! On yesterday’s America Live, a chart that purported to be a graphic of the 2012 Republican presidential candidates’ standing in Iowa had a photograph of President Obama over the name “Romney.” We’ve reported lately about how Fox has shown favoritism toward the anyone-but-Romney candidate.  Is Fox trying to send a subliminal message to its viewers about Romney or just shockingly inept? I report, you decide!

Sean Hannity has been so upset with the National Review Online’s scathing assessment of Newt Gingrich’s candidacy that he forgot to attack President Obama during most of his discussion with Michelle Malkin last night (12/14/11). Malkin not only defended NRO, she offered her own criticisms of both Romney and Gingrich.

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Bill O’Reilly was so desperate to shoot down health care reform that he tied himself into a ridiculous knot he could not untie last night. It started when Alan Colmes challenged O’Reilly’s assertion that the government is not good at running anything. “Can they run the military?” Colmes asked.

States’ rights has long been code for anti-integration. Sean Hannity made "county rights" sound like "states rights," with the exact same inference, with some help from Fox News "reporter" Ainsley Earhardt. Together, they insinuated that the Obama administration wanted to force integration on Westchester County. Hannity’s very troubling record on race has long flown under the radar screen. Let’s hope with this blatant stand for segregation it will get more attention.

Sean Hannity ridiculously pretended birtherism "never was my issue." We've got proof otherwise!