Geraldo Rivera forcefully debated Bill O’Reilly last night on the import of the Bridgegate scandal on Chris Christie’s political future. O’Reilly played the GOP cards of trying to make the scandal about the Obama administration, minimize the scandal’s impact on Christie’s career and delegitimize the investigation. All of which Rivera batted aside as he honed in on the serious danger to Christie ahead. But Rivera also tried to talk up Christie – by likening him to Tony Soprano.

Birther Donald Trump has a new publicity stunt: a phony run for governor of New York. Naturally, he went to Fox News where he knew he could promote his hooey without challenge.

In what can probably be seen as a classic case of projection, Bill O’Reilly accused the New York Times of being “an extension of the Democratic Party.” After guest Laura Ingraham agreed, O’Reilly upped the accusation to “basically running the Democratic Party.” Why? Because in its "Bridgegate" coverage, the Times portrayed Governor Chris Christie as a bully.

Last year, I wrote about Fox's small - and shrinking - African American audience. It appears that the trend continues.

Never mind the lingering questions that still hang over Gov. Chris Christie’s head over the George Washington Bridgegate scandal. On Fox News, the scandal that could threaten his 2016 presidential chances has only demonstrated his “true leadership,” as Fox & Friends co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck put it.

Just like Sean Hannity - but supposedly an objective news outlet - FoxNews.com is ready to make Governor Chris Christie's Bridgegate scandal old news. And, of course, continue its relentless vilification of all things Obama.

While millions of unemployed Americans are worrying about how they will meet their next rent payment and a Republican governor is under fire for possibly trying to (metaphorically speaking) screw over Fort Lee, NJ, Fox News has exposed what it considers to be a big, f**king deal - i.e. a video of an African-American toddler being coached to cuss. Fox, which never wastes an opportunity to smear the black community, picked up on the Facebook video which was posted by Omaha police in an attempt to "educate" and "scare" people. Megyn Kelly went into histrionics about how this example of really bad parenting is a form of child abuse tantamount to beating a child. Alleged news host Greg Jarrett, in taking up the issue of whether this constitutes abuse, said it was "sickening to watch." But when Sarah Palin's offspring said nasty things, the "fair & balanced" Fox News didn't seem to think it was a newsworthy example of bad parenting.

Poor Sean Hannity! Just when he was ready to settle into using Bob Gates’ new book to relentlessly smear President Obama and Hillary Clinton, along came Gov. Chris Christie’s Bridgegate scandal and stole the limelight! So what else could he do but call on his Fox News colleagues Eric Bolling and Kimberly Guilfoyle to accuse the media of doing Obama’s and Clinton’s bidding for them.

Not surprisingly, Special Report‘s “straight news” report on Gov. Chris Christie’s press conference this evening about George Washington Bridgegate was full of praise for how he handled it. But reporter Mike Emanuel went the extra Fox News mile by reporting that “some experts” say it could wind up as a net plus for him “with 2016 voters.” However, we only saw one such expert with that view.

Back in 2008, candidate Barack Obama incurred the wrath of the right wing because, in speaking about the experiences which make the working class distrustful of government, he accurately observed that they "they get bitter, and they cling to guns or religion, or antipathy toward people who aren't like them, or anti-immigrant sentiment, or, you know, anti-trade sentiment [as] a way to explain their frustration." These bitter clingers have a champion in Fox News which exploits the anger and paranoia. Chief among the Fox talkers who promote the view that God fearing Americans are under siege by satanic, liberal forces is Fox's Todd Starnes whose paranoia about government coming for his bible, his money and his Constitution (what, not the gun?) underscores the validity of Obama's commentary.

H/T Right Wing Watch