Donald Rumsfeld: Fox's Russia And Ukraine Guru
It’s hard to know which was worse about Donald Rumsfeld discussing Ukraine on the Hannity show last night: the way his own colossal blunders were swept under the rug or his utter lack of professionalism or grace during this tense situation. Instead, Rumsfeld tag teamed with Sean Hannity in using a serious international confrontation for partisan hackery.
Read moreFox & Friends Foments More Fear Of Islam With 'Security Expert' From Anti-Islamic Group
Fox News has been described, in the Center for American Progress' report "Fear Inc.," as an echo chamber for America's cottage industry of Islamophobia. But now that the so called "Ground Zero Mosque" is no longer an issue, the steady drumbeat of Fox Islamophobia has diminished. But it has not totally disappeared as shown by Fox & Friends' recent embrace of a "security expert" from a radical, fringe anti-Muslim group who used his Fox platform to spread more Fox fear and loathing of Islam. It's no surprise that Ryan Mauro, whose work appears on anti-Muslim sites such as Front Page Mag, would be playing the hate card given that his previous job was with the Christian Action Network, a virulently homophobic organization. So he's perfect for "the morning happy-talk show that Ailes uses as one of his primary vehicles to inject his venom into the media bloodstream."
Read moreJon Stewart’s Brilliant Takedown Of Fox News’ War On The Poor
Nothing, nothing, nothing could reveal Fox News’ hatred and calculating demonization of the poor better than Jon Stewart’s two segments on the subject last night. And you gotta love Stewart’s new motto for Fox: "We read the chain emails your Grandma gets in her inbox out loud like they were true."
Read moreLindsey Graham Blames Ukraine On Benghazi
Senator Lindsey Graham went beyond “broken record” on Benghazi into something either downright hilarious or downright terrifying last night. Graham argued that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine “started with Benghazi” not once, not twice, but three times in an On The Record discussion that lasted just a little over five minutes.
Read moreCavuto Likens Obama Budget to ‘Fat Tuesday’
On today’s Your World, Neil Cavuto denigrated and trivialized President Obama’s budget proposal before he even began to discuss it with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN).
Read moreHannity Racial Target Of The Day: Spike Lee
Sean Hannity put aside his racial crusade against the NAACP last night in order to go after another favorite black target: filmmaker Spike Lee. The excuse this time was Lee's criticisms of gentrification in New York City. Watch how Hannity prodded his guests to make the attacks on Lee overtly racial.
Read moreTucker Carlson Agrees With Alex Jones: White Men Persecuted By Black KKK
Famous "dick," proud gay basher, and Fox contributor Tucker Carlson knows how hard it is to be a white man. There was that whole slavery thing followed by years of systemic discrimination, racial profiling, and job discrimination. Oh wait, that's not at all true except in the fevered mind of white privilege poster boy Tucker Carlson who thinks that whites are the new black. Appearing on Alex Jones radio show, Carlson agreed with 9/11 truther and all around conspiratorialist Jones that the "new" KKK is made up of minorities who get their jollies making white men's lives miserable. True story.
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Read moreBill O'Reilly Smears African-American 'Pinhead' Professor, Rants About Evil Rap Music - Again
Who better to discuss issues of importance to the African-American community than Bill O'Reilly! During Friday night's Factor, he skillfully interwove his disdain concern for black culture into the context of how, because he supports the president's initiative directed towards young black men, he's looking out for the black community. During the show, O'Reilly, who is amazed that blacks have table manners, used his bully pulpit, once again, to inveigh against the evils of rap music. The topic came up during his "Pinhead of the Week" segment which ended with the bestowing of a "pinhead" title on an African-American Princeton professor. And in so doing, O'Reilly loudly blew that "welfare" dog whistle. Black folks would do so much better if they only listened to O'Reilly's sage advice. Ya think!
Read moreFox Hypes Sarah Palin’s Phony Prediction Of Russia Invading Ukraine
As part of Fox’s enthusiastic exploitation of the crisis in Ukraine as a political weapon against President Obama, the Hannity show trotted out Sarah Palin tonight to talk up her “prediction” in 2008 that Russia would invade Ukraine. No, she didn’t see it from her house but on a teleprompter. And, of course, the whole thing was little more than an excuse for yet another Obama bashing session
Read moreFox Blames Ukraine Crisis On Obama
Anybody want to bet that as soon as Fox News heard about the latest crisis in Ukraine, they began to look for ways to blame Obama? If you don’t think so, check out this “fair and balanced” discussion in which the host asked loaded questions, the two Fox “Democrats” responded like Pavlov’s dogs and a Republican extremist suggested the whole thing might have been avoided if only Ronald Reagan were still president.
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