Fox Exclusions & Exclusives
November 6, 2009
Did Hannity And Bachmann Just Make Up Their Account Of Bachmann’s Health Care Protest?
Sean Hannity took time out from covering the shootings at Fort Hood to give some PR for Michele Bachmann’s tea party protest in Washington earlier yesterday (11/5/09). The two grossly exaggerated the crowd size, perpetuated a fiction that no astroturfing had occurred and left out any mentions of the extremist, anti-Obama signs, many of which had nothing to do with health care reform. With video.
Continue reading >>November 5, 2009
Fox News Overlooks Prejean Sex Tape In Report About Her Legal Settlement
TMZ has this juicy nugget, posted November 4, 2009, 5:00 PM: Prejean Sex Tape Triggers Settlement. According to TMZ, Prejean immediately walked away from her demands for more than a million dollars from the Miss California USA Pageant once she saw "an XXX home video of her handiwork." TMZ said it had obtained the video months before but had decided not to post it due to its extremely graphic nature. "Let's just say, Carrie has a promising solo career," the site quipped.
Continue reading >>November 4, 2009
Martha MacCallum, Major Garrett . . . What's Truth Got To Do With It?
I can just hear the behind-the-scenes Fox News misinformation-promoting talking heads now.
“Hey, guys, we just heard a nasty rumor about President Obama. Get in on the air, now! Quick, quick, quick, like little bunnies, before the real media gets the real facts and debunks our rumor and we miss our chance to smear him! Don’t waste time on fact-checking, we can always go with the ‘honest mistake’ routine later. Chop, chop, time’s a-wastin’!”
Continue reading >>October 11, 2009
The Glenn Beck Week That Was: The Slavery Edition
Guest blogged by Aunty Em
I got nothing.
It’s not for a lack of trying. I responded to Glenda Beck’s rallying cry during Monday’s show opener, “If you think this country is great, but corruption is bringing us down, stand up, get a pencil, and follow me!” With video.
Continue reading >>October 9, 2009
Fox News Wastes No Time Disparaging Obama's Nobel Peace Prize
Like most other Americans, I woke up to the news that President Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize. Not so typically, I suspect, my first thought was to find out how Fox News was covering it. Surprise, surprise, surprise! They're doing their best to downplay the honor and/or outright demean it. I have yet to hear a word of congratulations or good cheer.
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