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Hannah Giles Caught Lying On The Air About Anti-ACORN Videos And Fox News And Hannity Failed To Notice

What a coincidence that just as ACORN sued the federal government to restore its funding, James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles have come up with a new round of anti-ACORN sting videos. Not surprisingly, Sean Hannity and Fox News showcased one of them last night (11/16/09) and promised more “devastating” videos to come later in the week. So far, the latest “devastation” is underwhelming. Last night’s video consisted of two brief clips of an employee from ACORN’s Los Angeles office refusing to help O’Keefe and Giles with their “prostitution ring.” As Hannity, O’Keefe and Giles crowed that this was the only employee who had failed to help them, Hannity overlooked the fact that a) other ACORN employees had failed to help them and b) Giles had claimed on a previous show with Hannity that “not one” ACORN office had refused to help them. Hannity also neglected to follow up on Giles’ dubious statement, made on Hannity two months ago, that she had been “working on” verifying whether or not an ACORN employee in San Bernardino had been telling the truth when she boasted in their film about having killed her husband. In fact, a police report has supported the employee’s claim that she had pulled the legs of the scammers because she knew they were fakes. With video.

Fox News "Celebrates" Fall Of Berlin Wall Anniversary By Attacking Obama As Anti-Capitalist

Guest blogged by Brian

Saturday’s (11/14/09) Bulls & Bears Saturday focused on the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall. Not surprisingly, they used the occasion to attack President Obama as anti-capitalist. With video.

Connecting The Dots... Glenn Beck's Penchant For Extremists And White Supremacists As Guests

Glenn Beck often attacks the Obama administration with McCarthyesque, guilt-by-association accusations. As it happens, Beck has a bit of 'splaining to do about some of his own radical associations. Sam Stein at the Huffington Post connected the dots and found a rather long string of extremist, white supremacist guests repeatedly hosted by Beck on his shows. (H/T Lula)

Glenn Beck: If We Don’t Call Nidal Malik Hasan A Terrorist, “We’re All Doomed."

Beck is back and with as much unhinged, self-centered, hate mongering as ever. For his homecoming monologue yesterday (11/11/09), Beck singled out the alleged Fort Hood shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who, Beck insisted, must be labeled not just a “terrorist” but a “Muslim,” “extremist” terrorist. Doing otherwise, according to Beck would “clear a path” for terrorists to perhaps “come to your house and shoot your children in the head” and we’d all be “doomed.” Beck also focused on one of his old chestnuts of witch-hunt targets, SEIU. Rather than show any gratitude for the care he undoubtedly received from SEIU members while in the hospital (and they must have all been professional enough not to hold a grudge or else I'm sure we would have heard about it), Beck suggested that the only difference between SEIU and Hasan, other than the severity of their behavior, was that SEIU were not Muslims. And, of course, Beck also suggested that President Obama and progressives favor extremists, even Muslim terrorists, over Americans with a different political view. While the rest of us are mourning the horror of what happened, Beck was asking, "Why can't my side act more like Hasan?" With video.

Rupert Murdoch Agrees With Glenn Beck That Obama Is A Racist

Think Progress reports that in an interview with Sky News Australia last week, Rupert Murdoch not only defended Glenn Beck's outrageous comments calling President Obama a "racist," with a "deep-seated hatred for white people," Murdoch said Beck was "right." Now we know why Beck was not fired: The sentiments go all the way to the top. Think Progress also notes that Murdoch must not be very familiar with what goes on at the "fair and balanced" network as he falsely claims that "not one of our people" likened Obama to Stalin. Video after the jump - the exchange begins at about 16:00.