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Former Fox News Employee: Fox News Is "Totally Dangerous"

There's a must-read post by Media Matters' Eric Boehlert reporting about comments from a former Fox News employee. As Boehlert notes, Fox News personnel rarely speak out against the network so these frank, un-sugar-coated words are particularly striking.

Glenn Beck Uses His Fox News Show To Get Out The Vote Against Frank And Blumenthal

Glenn Beck might as well have waved a “Vote Republican Or Else!” banner on his show yesterday as he did his part for the GOP vote effort, Beck style - meaning, of course, that instead of inspiring his viewers into voting Republican, he tried to frighten them about the consequences if they didn’t. Then, perhaps thinking it would demonstrate what a well-intentioned patriot he is, Beck trotted out a Benjamin Franklin quote and, with a soft trembling voice, suggested that if we don’t follow his (Beck’s) advice, we might not be able to “keep the Republic.”

Fox News Prime Time GOP Fundraising Of The Day Goes To Barney Frank’s Opponent

Sean Hannity hosted Congresman Barney Frank’s Congressional opponent, Sean Bielat, for some blatant campaign assistance last night (10/26/10) that included a not-so-subtle hint for Bielat to pimp his money bomb.

Fox "Reporters" Pushing the Republican Agenda in the Face of Healthcare Reform Passage

Fox News is, predictably, hard at work trying to aid and abet Republicans in, first, casting a dark shadow over the passage of healthcare reform, and laying the groundwork for their efforts to repeal, derail or obstruct the final details of the bill's passage. They're standing firm, refusing to let a little thing like the historic passage of healthcare reform -- reform that not a single Republican voted for -- get in the way of pushing the right-wing agenda.

Unlike Fox News, Jon Stewart Is Fine With Barney Frank

The preponderance of opinion, on Fox News, regarding Massachusetts Congressional Representative Barney Frank, seems to be rather negative. They appear to think that the question about the Obama health care plan being akin to a Nazi euthanasia program, asked by a Lyndon LaRouche supporter, was just dandy and that Frank, a Jew, had no right to respond in the way he did. The Daily show had a totally different take. One suspects that Jon Stewart, a Jew, was as appalled at the question as Frank was. One also suspects that Jews and non Jews, who are constituents of Jewish members of congress and senators who support health care reform, are equally appalled by comments that suggest that Democrats and Obama are similar to Nazis. What was Frank supposed to say - "Thank you for asking that excellent question. No, what we are supporting is not a Nazi euthanasia program." Frank gave a WTF moment, the response that was needed. As Andy Ostoy, on the HuffPo, said: "It's about time someone stood up to these belligerent, ignorant freaks and simply told them to fuck off. He's the only politician so far who's refused to dignify this hate-filled, incendiary nonsense with a reply."

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