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Unfair & Unbalanced

November 20, 2009

Greg Jarrett Talks “Eric Holder’s Hidden Agenda” – Julie Banderas Talks Traffic

Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to allow the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind of 9-11, in a NY Federal Court, is a contentious one. There are strong opinions on either side of the issue. But if one were watching the Saturday Fox News (and it’s not officially “opinion,” right?) one would have heard information relating to, with the exception of one “fair and balanced” discussion, just one side only. Last Saturday afternoon (November 14th) I had the TV on in the background as I was putting the finishing touches on the Julia Child Beef Bourguignon (and I must say that it turned out quite well). There was a substantial amount of KSM coverage from Gregg Jarrett and Julie Banderas who couldn’t hide their “agita” over the situation. In the time slot from roughly 4:30 to almost 6PM, the supposed “fair and balanced” news was – not so much.

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Reported by Priscilla at 12:01 PM

Andrew Breitbart Trying To Blackmail The Obama Administration With ACORN And Other Videos

Andrew Breitbart and his team of ACORN videographers were back on Hannity last night (11/19/09) with a new undercover video that Breitbart claimed he was “forced to offer” now because California Attorney General Jerry Brown has launched an investigation into whether the filmmakers broke the law by secretly recording “confidential communication.” That was astounding enough. You’d think that if Breitbart really had something big on ACORN, he would have released it a few months ago, when he had maximum media attention, rather than withhold it until he could use it as ammunition against a personal foe. Or you’d think he’d at least have the good sense not to broadcast his self-serving machinations. Judging from the very edited video Breitbart presented last night, one suspects that the real reason it was withheld was because it did little to effectively incriminate ACORN. Breitbart, on the other hand, incriminated himself even worse. Near the end of the segment, he told Hannity that he had more videos and “not just ACORN” that he threatened to release during the 2010 election cycle unless the Department of Justice opened a federal investigation into ACORN. With video.

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Reported by Ellen at 3:34 AM

November 19, 2009

On Special Report, Fox Spun GOP Health Care Talking Points Into News

Guest blogged by Nayef

On Monday, (11/16/09), Special Report discussed health care reform in a not-so fair and balanced way that just happened to take Republican Mitch McConnell’s spin and present it as news. With video.

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Reported by Guest Blogger at 11:07 PM

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.

E-mail the show: friends@foxnews.com

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Reported by Priscilla at 11:59 AM

November 18, 2009

Tis The Season For The “War On Christmas” And America’s Newsroom Is Bringing It!

As a mouthpiece for the religious right, “America’s Newsroom” is really America’s Christian Newsroom and as part of their covenant with the Murdoch divinity, Fox has pledged to support the crusade (or is it jihad) against anyone who dares to defile the sacredness of a holiday devoted to the excesses of capitalism, ubiquitous schlocky musak, and general tackiness. As such, Christian culture clubbers, Bill Hemmer and Alisyn Camerota fired an early salvo in the annual Fox Opinion News “war on Christimas” which serves to remind all those damned non Christians that they’d better f’ing say “Merry Christmas” or else. It’s not even Thanksgiving and the Fox “war on Christmas” is on – in fact, Hemmer and Camerota say it’s “raging.”

E-mail the show: americasnewsroom@foxnews.com

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Reported by Priscilla at 3:07 PM
More Union Bashing On Fox News, reported by Guest Blogger,
Tea Party Express II Orphaned By Fox?, reported by Guest Blogger,
Sean Hannity’s Hypocrisy, reported by Priscilla,
Fox News Headline Chock Full Of Irony, reported by Priscilla,
Glenn Beck Is Not An Art Historian, reported by Priscilla,
The Rockefeller Code: As Told By Glenn Beck, reported by Guest Blogger,
Fox Nation Divisiveness, reported by Ellen,
Fox Wants Disruptive Town Halls, reported by Ellen,
Fox News Hearts White Guys, reported by Ellen,
Fox News Legitimizes Birthers, reported by Ellen,
Fox Nation Smears Ron Reagan, reported by Ellen,
Is Hannity Inciting Civil War?, reported by Ellen,
Fox&Friends As Defenders Of the Faith, reported by Priscilla,
He Reads Us!, reported by Ellen,
Bill O'Reilly Talks Titillation, reported by Priscilla,
Fox News = Vatican’s Newsroom?, reported by Priscilla,
Hannity Disses The Girl Scouts, reported by Ellen,
Jon Stewart Does Hannity, reported by Ellen,
Fox&Friends Failure?, reported by Priscilla,
The Memo: Blame the Victims, reported by Ellen,
Fox News Can’t Quit Bill Ayers, reported by Priscilla,
Cavuto Doesn't Disappoint, reported by Melanie,
Neil Cavuto's Million Dollar Quote, reported by Melanie,
FOX News Endorses McCain/Palin, reported by Ellen,
Tidbit - Fox Outs Obama Supporters, reported by Melanie,
Too Much Caffeine For Megyn Kelly?, reported by Priscilla,
FOX proves that propaganda works, reported by Chrish,
Another day, another whopper, reported by Chrish,
Fox Won't Let ACORN Speak, reported by Melanie,
Glenn Beck to Join Fox News, reported by Melanie,
FOX News "mentally unbalanced", reported by Chrish,
FOX News Gives Palin A Do-Over, reported by Ellen,
Not on Fox, Vol. 2,984,765, reported by Melanie,
Palin Lied, Hannity Let It Ride, reported by Ellen,
FOX "Two minutes of hate", reported by Chrish,
FOX Friends heart Sarah Palin, reported by Chrish,
Doocy nepotism on FOX, reported by Chrish,
George Clooney and Barack Obama, reported by Chrish,
One big happy right-wing family, reported by Chrish,
Praying for lower gas prices, reported by Chrish,
Fox Guest Ties Obama to al Qaeda, reported by Melanie,
Tenth circle of hell, reported by Chrish,
The O'Reilly Minute, reported by Chrish,
FOX asks if hybrids are dangerous, reported by Chrish,
What goes up must be brought down, reported by Chrish,
Bush Cries, Too, reported by Donna,
FOX Twit-bits, reported by Chrish,