Glenn Beck Plays A Centrist And Foreign Policy Expert On Fox's Hannity Show
Glenn Beck visited the Hannity show for a double session of one percent schmoozing that included Beck’s deepest thoughts on national security and a willingness to put Hannity in the next movie he produces. And while he was at it, he argued that the only right-wing extremists in this country are racists and Nazis. Of course, he and Sean Hannity failed to take any personal responsibility for the extremists they pal around with.
Read moreHannity Brings Out Swift Boater John O’Neill To Swift Boat Bowe Bergdahl
There’s been a bit of protesting too much at Fox News over accusations that they and their right-wing pals have Swift boated Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Tonight, Sean Hannity did his part by trotting out the discredited John O’Neill, an actual Swift boater, to smear Bergdahl and, of course, the Obama administration. No mention of O’Neill’s ties to Karl Rove and Republicans.
Read moreMegyn Kelly Still Validating Dennis Michael Lynch's Border Hysteria
The surge of unaccompanied children at our southern border is truly a humanitarian crisis. But rather than address the root causes of the problem and possible solutions, Fox News has chosen to use these poor children to attack Pres. Obama and, even more cravenly, spread fear about the "illegals" who are already here. Rather than discussing the issue with local authorities, immigration attorneys, and others who actually know something about the problem, Fox News is relying on the observations of the rabidly xenophobic, racist, and paranoid "filmmaker" and Cliven Bundy fanboy Dennis Michael Lynch. On Monday night's Kelly File, while Judge Napolitano bashed Obama, Lynch engaged in his trademark border hysteria in relationship to the children. As usual he was validated by an almost hysterical Megyn Kelly. Last night he was back for more border hysteria while Kelly, playing the "good cop," feigned concern for the children.
Read moreFox Promotes Myth That U.S. Paid Ransom For Bergdahl Release
Fox News promoted a discredited claim that the United States may have paid a ransom to recover Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from the Taliban. That’s in addition to the U.S. release of five Taliban prisoners in Guantanamo Bay that have been exchanged for Bergdahl. The U.S. has flatly denied the charge and neither host Martha MacCallum nor guest Brit Hume offered any evidence to substantiate it. Yet, they presented it as a legitimate “question.”
Read moreSarah Palin’s Ungracious Response To Hillary Clinton’s Kindness
In her new memoir, Hillary Clinton wrote that she had refused to attack Sarah Palin “for being a woman” in 2008, when Palin had first secured the Republican vice presidential nomination and the Obama campaign feared she might draw away disaffected Hillary supporters. But instead of graciously acknowledging and appreciating the kindness, Palin used the anecdote to smear and attack.
Read moreMegyn Kelly Endorses Xenophobic Filmmaker's Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Obama Hysteria
The surge in undocumented children from Central America, who have been apprehended after crossing our southern border, is a humanitarian crisis. But not so for the rabidly anti-immigrant, right wing xenophobes who are politicizing the issue in order to blame Pres. Obama for the "invasion" of these scary brown people. The surge of children at our border is problematic and as such, it deserves to be discussed by those who have an understanding of immigration issues such as attorneys, those who work with the immigrant community, and those who are familiar with the political dynamics of the children's countries of origin. But not so for Megyn Kelly who, on Monday night, discussed the situation with Obama hating Judge Napolitano and Fox's favorite racist xenophobe and crackpot "filmmaker" Dennis Michael Lynch who was able to have Kelly's blessing for more of his anti-immigrant, anti-Obama crazy talk.
Read moreFox’s Ablow: Hillary Clinton’s ‘Racquet’ Not ‘Strung Right’ To Be President
Yesterday, the Outnumbered show reacted to Hillary Clinton’s interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer just the way you’d think: by smearing and attacking her. Fox psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow was the “one lucky guy” who piled on, in this case, by suggesting that the only reason people support her is because she’s a woman and that her only qualifications are being the wife of a former president.
Read moreFox’s Peters Blames Obama For Attacks On Bergdahl Family – And Megyn Kelly Helps!
Megyn Kelly did her part to deflect criticism of right-wing attacks on Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and his family in the wake of his recovery from Taliban captivity. Instead of hosting an honest debate on the subject, Kelly presented one of Fox’s most rabidly anti-Bergdahl critics as some kind of impartial military analyst and prompted him with loaded, anti-Obama questions.
Read moreWhat Fox News Didn’t Cover About Cantor’s Loss
When David Brat’s victory over Eric Cantor was announced last night, less than halfway into The O’Reilly Factor, Fox spent the rest of its prime time coverage discussing the stunning upset. Yet there was a gaping hole in its more than 2 ½ hours of coverage: the Cantor perspective.
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