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Stossel's Fox "Business" Post Wonders If NY Times Is Deliberately Distracting Readers With Article About Obamas' Marriage

Guest blogged by Dan

Only on Fox would a commentary on an article written about the Obama's marriage rank in the Business section. Fox Business' newest pundit, John Stossel, wrote in a November 3, 2009 blog post that he found Sunday’s New York Times Magazine story, "The Obamas' Marriage," "kind of interesting." But, Stossel continued, Pajamas Media's Roger Simon thought it '"a form of distraction' so the President can avoid scrutiny of his programs." This is a business story? It's not even much of a political story.

More Olympics Spoilsports: Hannity And Malkin

Self-righteous sourpuss Michelle Malkin has a new piece of hatred to lay on America: President Obama’s efforts to land the 2016 Summer Olympics for Chicago. She was joined in her efforts by “Great American” Sean Hannity. Like Glenn Beck before them, the two seemed so consumed by their hatred for Obama (another thing they can’t stand about America) that they could not even take pride in his efforts to have the country host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Also like Beck, Hannity used the opposition to the Olympics as a tool in a witch hunt for Obama aide Valerie Jarrett. With video.

Fox Nation Hates Michelle Obama

Fox Nation made a disingenuous effort at neutrality in reporting on Michelle Obama's shorts "controversy." The article it linked to pooh-poohed those who were offended by a first lady in shorts on vacation at the Grand Canyon and even went so far as to note that the shorts were "discrete, classic shorts." But that must have been too favorable a report for those "America lovers" at Fox Nation. Instead of noting that the point of their own article was the pettiness of the criticism against Obama, Fox Nation presented it as a genuine controversy with its headline, "Michelle Obama in Shorts Controversy." The rather predictable result was a slew of hate-filled comments about Mrs. Obama and her looks. Screen grabs after the jump. (H/T reader Marco)

Latest Fox News Health Care Fear Smear Mongering: Michelle Obama Will Cause Patient Dumping

In a laughable about face, Sean Hannity suddenly decided late in his show last night (7/22/09) that he had a concern for poor people without health insurance. Earlier in the same show, Hannity had insisted in an argument with Governor Ed Rendell (D-PA) that all people get medical treatment regardless of ability to pay. This is a stance Hannity has repeatedly taken, usually in combination with some kind of derision of universal health coverage. But later, Fox News’ Ainsley Earhart appeared to do one of her special investigations into patient dumping at University of Chicago Medical Center. Whenever Earhart shows her face on Hannity, it’s almost certain that some kind of unfair, unbalanced reporting is about to ensue. She did not disappoint this time as she repeatedly suggested that Michelle Obama’s ties to UCMC indicated that the president’s health care plan will deny treatment to the poor, which Hannity now considered an important issue. With video.

Fox News Panel’s Mean-Spirited Slurs Against Michelle Obama Include Attacking Her For Saying America Is A Mean Country

Sean Hannity and his panel of twin thinkers, S. E. Cupp and Kimberly Guilfoyle, didn’t seem to realize that they were inadvertently proving Michelle Obama’s point about America being “just downright mean” as they belittled and sneered at her for sporting an expensive handbag and going on date nights in New York City. “Private jet” Hannity made quite a phony-baloney show of pretending to be a regular guy who wears sneakers that cost “only” $80 (though he said later in the show that they cost $90). With video.