That Fox News panders to the homophobic religious right and pro-life extremism is underscored by what seems to be more frequent appearances by Tony Perkins, head of the "Family Research Council." This so-called "family values" organization has been labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center for its virulent anti-LGBT views, some of which have been articulated, without rebuttal, on Fox. Along with opposing marriage equality, the FRC is part of the movement that, in seeking to ban abortion, would put abortion back in the hands of back alley butchers whose practices would rival that of convicted murderer Dr. Gosnell. So there was some irony in the official Fox "news" interview with Perkins, this past week-end, about Gosnell whose comments received no push back from Fox's Shannon Bream who does appear to be America's "pro-life" newsroom's "pro-life" news correspondent

Last night’s O’Reilly Factor conducted a “Factor Follow up” on a scandal in Baltimore in which a prisoner has allegedly run a drug ring in the prison and impregnated four prison guards. The story of the Baltimore detention center, taken over by the state of Maryland is, in fact, a big one. But O’Reilly glided over most of the details and deliberately made it more about Governor Martin O’Malley than the prison. And guess what? It just so happens that Democrat O’Malley is a 2016 presidential hopeful.

Nobody gets to the heart of Fox News maliciousness like Stephen Colbert. In his funny dissection of the Benghazi non-troversy, he also took an enjoyable swipe at Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld for calling the mainstream media “Obama’s condom.” 

It’s hard to know whether to laugh or cry at the brazen hypocrisy of Sean Hannity and Fox News in calling on Dick Cheney to lecture President Obama about preventing terrorism attacks and being ready to handle attacks such as the one in Benghazi, Libya when they do come. While many may think of the Bush administration as having abjectly failed to protect the country from the original 9/11 – thousands of times worse than what happened in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 – and for killing thousands in Iraq in a war based on false claims that the country was an imminent threat (and never mind Hurricane Katrina), Hannity and Fox pretended that Cheney had some kind of track record to be proud of when it comes to protecting Americans.

In Fox's never-ending enthusiasm for the rehabilitation of Allen West from a sore loser of a Congressional candidate who was nearly court martialed for torturing a prisoner while in Iraq into a Person Who Still Matters, Fox & Friends Weekend welcomed him to the show yesterday to share his “insights” into the IRS scandal in which the agency has admitted targeting Tea Party groups for investigation. But even there, West failed in that he laughably linked the IRS inquiries to the long-debunked conspiracy theory that the federal government supposedly discriminated against Republican auto dealers during the auto bailouts. That’s the same conspiracy theory that even Fox News has debunked. But the Fox & Friends hosts developed a West-friendly bout of amnesia about that.

Geraldo Rivera was a bit more like his old Benghazi self on his radio show today and a lot less like the Geraldo Rivera on Fox News since he was reportedly admonished by Roger Ailes (which Rivera has denied) for his fiery opposition to the politicization of the scandal. Today, Rivera nicely smacked down Bolling on the claim that the military could have rushed in and saved Americans under attack in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012. Then, for good measure, Rivera smacked down Bolling for his smarmy politicization of President Obama’s daughters.

Our newly-revived Outrageous Quote feature was a bit delayed this week due to site problems I've been trying (still unsuccessfully) to fix. But, to quote Sean Hannity, let not your heart be troubled as it's here now. We've got a variety of subjects this week: religion, Benghazi, Boston and Syria. Check them out and vote for your "favorite!"

Fox News “liberal Democrat” Dennis Kucinich could have (and should have) taken a lesson from Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) today when he appeared on Fox News Sunday to discuss the Benghazi controversy before Kucinich did. Unlike Kucinich, Smith was able to both raise questions that still need to be answered about Benghazi and defend against the partisan witch hunt that Republicans have turned Benghazi into – with Fox News’ enthusiastic participation.

Dennis Kucinich appeared as a “liberal” on Fox News Sunday’s panel today. But he was so virulent in his criticism of the Obama administration's handling of the Benghazi incident, he could not have made his employer happier. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve got my own criticisms of the Obama administration. And I’ll be the first to admit that there are questions that should be answered about Benghazi. But for a liberal like Kucinich to demand answers while ignoring the ulterior motives of Fox News not only helps them advance their partisan agenda but it gives them a veneer of undeserved journalistic integrity and impartiality.

In attempting to divide an already divided country, Fox News plays to the apocalyptic fears of those who feel that their country is being taken away from them by scary "illegal" brown people and scary Muslims. In their effort to play the fear factor card, Fox News has, on occasion, interviewed Dennis Michael Lynch whose not exactly mainstream "films" about the "open" Mexican/American border are xenophobic piece of paranoia dedicated to smearing immigrants who are - ready for it - coming here to slit your throat. He made another appearance on last Sunday's Fox & Friends. And while he didn't engage in the type of fear mongering that he did last September, he was able to morph the fear of illegal brown people with fear of Muslim terrorists. Throw in some Chinese for good measure.  Mirabile Dictu!