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Fox & Friends

November 19, 2009

Steve Doocy And Brian Kilmeade Unabashedly Promote Pro-life Propaganda

I know that Fox&Friends is officially part of the Fox “Opinion” News, so it wasn’t surprising that Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade, on last week’s Fox&Friends, did a “cupcake” interview with Democratic US Rep. Bart Stupak – the author of an amendment to the House health care bill which has far ranging reproductive ramifications for American women. Both Doocy and Kilmeade are Roman Catholics so it wasn’t surprising that they allowed their co religionist to peddle his pro-life propaganda regarding a bill which the American Council of Catholic Bishops had a huge hand in drafting and supporting. And in providing a “right to life” definition of the bill, the Fox “friends” provided a pulpit, once again, for the anti-choice gospel that Fox preaches to its anti-choice audience. But even if you’re doing “opinion” news, don’t you have some obligation towards objectivity? Not if you’re America’s pro-life newsroom.

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Reported by Priscilla at 11:59 AM

November 17, 2009

Fox News Obsesses About Obama's Bow

Jed Lewison at Daily Kos put together a montage of Fox News' ridiculous obsession on President Obama's bow to the Emperor of Japan which I've embedded after the jump. Funny, I could not remember similar coverage of Bush's back rub of Germany's Chancellor, Angela Merkel. So I did two quick searches of Foxnews.com for comparison: "Bush Angela Merkel shoulders" and "Obama bow." You probably don't need me to tell you which one had more coverage. It wasn't even close.

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Reported by Ellen at 10:33 AM

November 13, 2009

Fox&Friends Get Friendly With Homophobic and Bigoted Teabagger Mark Williams

Fox News does love its tea parties. It has given aid and comfort for this right wing Howard Beale movement since its inception – supportive coverage that was not given to the anti war movement during the Bush administration when those who didn’t support the president were considered librul traitors by the Fox illuminati who seem to have no problem with Obama as Hitler and health care reform as Dachau. Yesterday, Fox&Friends, in providing wrap up coverage for the crazy clown car (whoops, Tea Party Express) tour, interviewed right wing talk radio host and proud teabagger, Mark Williams. During the segment, Williams provided us with some homophobic “humor” and an anti-Islamic visual was shown. Happy, happy, joy, joy.

Reported by Priscilla at 2:16 PM

November 11, 2009

Steve Doocy “Still Standing” With Persecuted Carrie Prejean – A Champion Of “Free Speech”

Fox&Friends does love persecuted Christians and despite her loss of the Miss California crown, Carrie Prejean is still the queen of them all. Carrie is making a career out of victimization; but it’s not just the slings and arrows of the librul/gay agenda that poor Carrie has been suffering, as she was dropped from an event sponsored by her fellow defenders of “opposite marriage,” “Defenders of the Family.” But not to worry – Sean Hannity enveloped her in warm, fuzzy Christian fellowship and now Steve Doocy has provided her with a pulpit from which to preach her gospel of persecution and promote her book. And the matter of her having been spurned by fellow crusaders – it was only mentioned in a chyron. Fellow Christian Steve Doocy didn’t mention it as the intent was to show that poor, persecuted Carrie Prejean, as a champion of “free speech,” is a true “profile in courage.”

Reported by Priscilla at 7:34 AM

November 9, 2009

Chickenhawk Brian Kilmeade Won’t Share His Foxhole With A Muslim?

“Chickenhawk" is a word “used to criticize a politician, bureaucrat, or commentator who strongly supports a war or other military action, yet who actively avoided military service when of age." Fox Opinion News commentator Brian Kilmeade was born in 1964 and that means that he could have served in both conflicts in Iraq. Whether he actively chose not to serve or had, like the former vice-president, "other priorities," who knows. What we do know is that he chose to do other things which included, during the Bush II war of choice, being part of a “news” team which actively cheered the war from the first moment of “shock and awe” (Brian and his chums loved those “fireworks”). So it was interesting to note Kilmeade’s question, during a fairly reasoned discussion (thank you Geraldo for presenting the “minority” position”), about whether it’s “time for the military to have special de-briefings of Muslim army, civilian, officers…I’m gonna be deployed in a foxhole…I gotta know the guy next to me is not gonna want to kill me.” (Hmmm, was Brian asking for de-briefings of white, Christian soldiers with white supremacist connections, after the Oklahoma city bombing?) But really, seriously, Brian Kilmeade in a foxhole – as if!!! I suppose that Fox&Friends is a “Fox”hole – but being that he’s with soulmates, I guess he’s safe.

Reported by Priscilla at 6:38 PM

November 4, 2009

Fox’s Peter Johnson Delivers 111 GOP Bullet Points, reported by Guest Blogger,

Michele Bachmann and The Superbowl of Freedom, reported by Ellen,

October 31, 2009

Fox&Friends Resurrect “Death Panels” – Boogah! Boogah!, reported by Priscilla,

Fox&Friends (Not Really “News”) Guest Bashes Health Care Reform (What Else Is New!), reported by Priscilla,

October 30, 2009

Pelosi Hecklers Arrested, reported by Priscilla,

Fox&Friends Still Waving Those Pom-Poms For Jesus, reported by Priscilla,

Fox & Friends Humor: Heckler Who Told Nancy Pelosi To Burn In Hell, reported by Ellen,