Fox Regular Wayne Rogers Calls Paul Krugman ‘Retarded’

On Fox Business' show, Markets Now, on Friday (10/19/12), regular guest Wayne Rogers was asked to comment on research showing that policy uncertainty is at its highest level in almost 30 years and supposedly costing Americans two million jobs. Near the end of the clip, Rogers called it, “a failure in Keynesian economics I think.” He added, “You can’t just spend your way out of a recession. If you read Paul Krugman, who I think is retarded…” (Updated with video)

Fox’s Connell McShane tried to stop him, “You don’t mean...a different word.”

Rogers said, “It didn’t work.”

”Right, better,” McShane said.

It’s not just offensive to call Krugman “retarded,” it’s outrageously inaccurate. Krugman won a Nobel Memorial Prize in economic sciences for 2008 for his work in international trade patterns. The King of Spain awarded him the European Pulitzer Prize, and he won the John Bates Clark Medal as the top economist under age 40. He’s also authored 23 books, and that’s the beginning. I’ve never heard of anyone on Fox News or Fox Business call someone "retarded." This is a new low for Faux.

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Visitor 55 commented 2012-10-22 10:19:36 -0400 · Flag

Wow! Gosh. Who to believe…Paul Krugman, a brilliant economist with a proven record of being correct, or wayne rogers, a has been low-intelligence actor whose substandard acting career hasn’t amounted to much? Gosh that’s a tough choice. (eyeroll) I bet rogers is thankful for his syndication pay.

Diane Patyjewicz commented 2012-10-22 09:27:03 -0400 · Flag

I want to hear sarah palin denounce this man.
I’m waiting…..

Ellen commented 2012-10-22 00:07:11 -0400 · Flag

Average American Patriot,

My mistake. I forgot to embed the video when I was editing the post and preparing it for publishing. But it’s there now.

Sorry about that!

GasGuzzler12 commented 2012-10-21 23:59:04 -0400 · Flag

Sorry, but I can’t trust Wayne Rogers’ instincts on anything. This from a guy who walked away from one of the best TV shows in history after three seasons. It only ran 8 more years without him.

Average American Patriot commented 2012-10-21 23:51:30 -0400 · Flag

NewsHounds,

You guys need to post a video clip or some other evidence to validate your claims. Otherwise the argument is lost in the “He said. -No he didn’t” vacuum.

Media Matters does have a clip for this instance.

Having said that, Wayne Rogers is a moron milking whatever “issue” he can use to defend his “expertise” on Fox.

This is Wayne Rogers defending government regulation:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wayne-rogers/forgetting-the-past_b_132633.html

[Conclusion]

As a responsible voice in the search for answers to this financial crises, it is incumbent upon all of us who contribute to the dissemination of ideas to explore what has gone before us and extend those choices above the exigencies of the moment so that the lessons of history and not the tourniquet of desperation will prevail.

Wayne Rogers, Fox News Contributor

mj - the same one commented 2012-10-21 21:59:43 -0400 · Flag

@Lakeview Greg: “So, I guess Nugent was off playing a garage concert somewhere and was unavailable?”

Actually it was Dr. Keith Ablowme who wasn’t available to make an onscreen diagnosis — so, Fox got someone who played a doctor on TV to give one . . .

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mlp ! commented 2012-10-21 19:57:22 -0400 · Flag

Now that angers me so much that I absolutely refuse to watch Wayne Rogers next movie!!!

Kent Brockman commented 2012-10-21 17:04:42 -0400 · Flag

Fux Nuze sez

Did that sound disrespectful to you? If so you’re Retarded!

H Shore commented 2012-10-21 16:40:10 -0400 · Flag

Shame on Wayne Rogers. He clearly doesn’t know any better.

M M commented 2012-10-21 16:10:27 -0400 · Flag

I was going to say the same thing, Mike. Ms. Palin famously called for Rahm Emanuel’s resignation for using the r-word in a private meeting, while her response to Rush Limbaugh’s using the same word publically was much more muted. (Interestingly, Palin compared Emanuel’s use of the term to a public figure using the n-word, but she defended Dr. Laura using the word on her radio show.) I’m in the special education field, so I never ever EVER use the r-word in any form, because I know the connotation. I wish it would die a swift death. But it probably won’t, so the best thing is probably to dissociate it from Down Syndrone or other intellectual disabilities. It’s socially acceptable to call someone “crazy,” although that should be offensive to people with emotional disabilties. I think McShane should have asked Wayne Rogers, “Are you saying Krugman has Down Syndrome?” and Rogers would have had to say of course not; he was using the term completely separately from the condition.

truman commented 2012-10-21 15:14:55 -0400 · Flag

Paul Krugman….Nobel Prize winner.
Wayne Rogers….failed sitcom actor.
Who would you believe?

Mike Larkin commented 2012-10-21 14:43:09 -0400 · Flag

I’m expecting Ms. Palin to be all over this real soon.

Lakeview Greg commented 2012-10-21 14:29:09 -0400 · Flag

So, I guess Nugent was off playing a garage concert somewhere and was unavailable?