I will admit that Geraldo Rivera has a point about the perils of minority youngsters dressing like gangsters. But everything about his scolding that Trayvon Martin’s hoodie was “as much responsible for his death as (shooter) George Zimmerman” smacks of opportunism – his own and Fox News’ – more than any concern for preventing any similar tragedies in the future. It’s certainly not likely to help the Martin family – or any of the millions of Americans feeling sympathy and solidarity with them – during their hour of grief. More likely, it will help Fox News move the narrative away from a host of pitfalls for its conservative agenda (gun violence, racism, police malfeasance toward people of color) and back to the more comfortable ground of blaming minorities for their problems. Oh, yeah, and it’s gotten Rivera a lot of extra attention, too.

In the wake of Geraldo Rivera's comments that Trayvon Martin's death was caused "as much" by his wearing a hoodie as by the man who shot him, BuzzFeed noted that FoxNews.com sold these dangerous hoodies. However, in solidarity with Rivera, Fox seems to have stopped selling tthis "gang paraphernalia." (H/T Think Progress)

We were recently contacted by singer/songwriter Lee Coulter, Sirius/XM's "Discovery of 2011." If you have Sirius/XM, you may have heard him on the Coffee House Channel. Lee wanted to let us know about a song he wrote, called Monster, that was inspired by Fox News.

Greta Van Susteren hosted an interview with Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus on March 14. But instead of eliciting information from him, she spent most of the interview eliciting attacks on President Obama.

Dr. Monica Crowley announced smugly on Your World Wednesday (3/22/12) that she would vote for a pineapple over President Obama. She thereby proved once again that having a Ph.D. does not preclude anyone from being a dolt.

Geraldo Rivera was on The O’Reilly Factor last night where he continued to blame Trayvon Martin’s hoodie for his death. Bill O’Reilly at first acted as though he were merely probing Rivera’s thoughts and why they caused such an uproar after he brought up the subject in both a Fox Latino column and on Fox & Friends earlier in the day. But soon O’Reilly made it clear he was in solidarity with Rivera because O’Reilly, too, had been misunderstood over his comments about the way a rape and murder victim had dressed – comments that O’Reilly now refashioned.

Sean Hannity’s slavery-apologist pal, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, has offered his thoughts on the Trayvon Martin shooting – and not surprisingly they are not sympathetic to the African Americans who have expressed grief and outrage: “It’s about getting even with whites and gaining political power.”

Obama haters have no compunction about posting death threats on the Fox News blog and on the Fox hate site, Fox Nation. And obviously a Louisiana resident felt perfectly free to articulate the kind of comment, at a Santorum appearance, that we (and the FBI) see all too frequently on Fox sites. Today, Rick Santorum showed off his marksmanship at a Louisiana shooting range. As he fired, a woman was heard saying "pretend it's Obama." As she said it, others laughed at her comedic stylings. When Santorum, who obviously didn't hear the comment, was told about it, he said it was "terrible and horrible" and that he was glad he didn't hear it. The story was all over the evil librul media at noon. But alleged Fox "news" anchor, Jon Scott was all smiles as he reported on Santorum's marksmanship on today's "Happening Now." No mention of the vile comment that would be branded as treasonous if shouted by a liberal and directed to a GOP president. That was at 11:49AM. Maybe he hadn't heard about it yet? Ya think! 

On Tuesday (3/20/12), Sean Hannity lamented the fact that President Obama will never likely agree to an interview on Hannity. "I'd be respectful," Hannity insisted. Somehow, he and his two guests kept a straight face when he said that. 

It was inevitable that Fox News was going to find a way to play the race card against Trayvon Martin and now, thanks to Geraldo Rivera, they figured out a way to do it: Have the (half ) Latino guy blame Martin’s hoodie. On this morning’s Fox & Friends, Rivera said, “I'm not suggesting that Trayvon Martin had any kind of weapon or anything, but he wore an outfit that allowed someone to respond in this irrational, overzealous way and if he had been dressed more appropriately, I think unless it's raining out, or you're at a track meet, leave the hoodie home.” For extra Fox race-baiting points, Rivera likened the situation to Juan Williams saying he gets nervous when he sees Muslims in Muslim garb on a plane. Of course, Williams got fired from NPR after that remark. Rivera, in all likelihood, will get a Fox News pat on the back via lots of air time. (H/T reader Alan)