Steve Forbes Likens Obamacare To The Titanic
This weekend’s Forbes on Fox discussion about the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”) first called the law “the Obama administration’s Vietnam” and then later likened it to the Titanic. The segment was clearly an attempt to move beyond the government shutdown and get back on track by attacking the ACA.
Read moreAnother Dishonest Fox News Attack On Food Stamps
Fox News host Stuart Varney was so eager for viewers to think that food stamps (SNAP) are a waste of money, he couldn’t be bothered to actually tell the truth about the SNAP program.
Read moreTucker Carlson & Southern Baptist Guest Say No Free Slut Pills For You!
While Fox News has covered birth control for its female employees prior to the HHS birth control mandate, it obviously doesn't want all women to have the same benefit via "Obamacare." Fox was fully supportive of Catholic bishops who objected to the requirement that those nasty slut pills be provided to employees of Catholic colleges and Catholic charity organizations and Catholic employers. For months, there was at least one weekly Fox & Friends segment supporting the Church's claim that the mandate violated their religious liberty. Fox's Fr. Jonathan Morris said that he would be willing to die in opposition to the mandate which Fox talkers falsely claimed would include abortion inducing drugs. Now that the Baptists have filed a suit against the administration, over the mandate, Fox is there to assist with the same lies and propaganda because, well, religious liberty violations because, well, Obamacare. And who better to talk about laws affecting lady parts than Tucker Carlson and a male representative of the Southern Baptist church who is concerned about "the sexual revolution." (And Fox News says there's no war on women?)
Read moreFox News Reportedly Used Internet Sockpuppets To Discredit Its Critics
According to Media Matters, David Folkenflik's forthcoming book called, "Murdoch's World," reveals that Fox News' PR department created fake internet identities, via wireless networks that could not be traced back to Fox News, to post pro-Fox comments on blogs that criticized Fox News.
Read moreFox News Mailbag - 10/19/2013 Edition
We've got another bumper crop of emails for Fox in our mail bag this week. This week's assortment includes several from folks we might like. But there's also a good dose of the crazy. Read on to see what I mean...
Read moreFox & Friends Confuse Psychosis With Messages From God!
If you happen to see somebody who is raving about various conspiracies and God, don't assume that they are having a psychotic episode. According to the cretinous curvy couch conservatives on Fox & Friends, these deranged individuals are on God's private chat line. Yes it's true. Those living in the reality based community understand the pathological basis for mental health problems. Meanwhile, the Fox friends are living in the days when leeches were used for surgery and schizophrenia was considered to be a manifestation of demonic forces. Reinforcing the suspicion that Fox & Friends is the go to show for 6,000 year old earthers, the buffoonish brethren actually seem to believe that the US House of Representatives stenographer, who went into a bizarre rant about God and Freemasons, was "bringing a message from God." Paging Dr. Ablow?!
Read moreSarah Palin Suggests President Obama Is ‘The Enemy’
Sarah Palin visited The Kelly File Thursday night where she spewed a meandering load of bile that largely ignored host Megyn Kelly’s questions. But Palin’s hate mongering came through loud and clear, especially the part where she called President Obama’s “fundamental transformation of America” the “enemy of America’s economic freedom.” Then she said, “The enemy of the enemy is my friend.” There was not a word of objection from Kelly.
Read moreElisabeth Hasselbeck Wins Our Most Outrageous Quote Poll This Week
Congratulations to Elisabeth Hasselbeck. About a month into her new gig at Fox News and she's fitting right in, if her shockingly ignorant comments about "Obamacare" are any guide. At any rate, she won handily our most Outrageous Quote of the Week poll.
Read moreCarl Bernstein Models How To Be An Effective Fox News Guest
Regular readers know I am vehemently in favor of Democrats and liberals going on Fox News. But I am just as vehement that if and when they do so (and not all should), they must be prepared for what they are walking into. Carl Bernstein - of Woodward and Bernstein/Watergate fame - clearly was prepared for his appearance on The O'Reilly Factor last night. Bernstein did what all guests should do: take hold of the discussion and not allow the conservative host to control it.
Read moreVarney And Vitter Lie About Obamacare ‘Special Subsidies’ For Congress
Fox News seems either not to know or not to care that Republican charges that Congress receives “special subsidies” for Obamacare (that regular folks don’t) is a lie. Yet not only was Senator David Vitter (R-LA) allowed to propagate it on Your World two days ago, host Stuart Varney spouted the same falsehood in agreement.
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