Fox News Outrageous Quote Of The Week – 7/14-7/20/13
We’re back! After a brief hiatus from last week, we’ve got a whole new collection of further Outrageous Quotes from the “fair and balanced” folks at Fox News Channel. Our latest crop, not surprisingly, is mostly centered on the George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin case. But there were a few outrages on other subjects, such as Detroit and immigration, too. Check 'em out and cast your vote!
Read moreFox Nation’s Disgusting Reaction To Helen Thomas’ Death
Three things are certain in life: death, taxes, and Fox Nation celebrating the death of someone they don’t agree with. This time, the victim is Helen Thomas who died, after a long spell of ill health, at age 92. Among the supposedly “civil and tolerant” comments Fox Nation claims to be committed to were people hoping that Thomas is burning in Hell, crude jokes about her becoming one of a jihadist’s 72 virgins, and a running meme of people saying “it’s about time.” Isn’t that just classy?
Read moreFox News, We've Got Your Email
It's mail call time again - for emails sent to us but meant for Fox News. I didn't do a mail post last week because we didn't have any worth posting. But Fox viewers had a lot to say this week and most of it had to do with the George Zimmerman trial. But while the volume of mail may have increased, the same cannot be said for the writing skills of Fox News viewers. Here for your weekend insights into the minds of Fox News fans is our latest batch.
Read moreHow Do You Think Fox News Wants You To Remember Trayvon Martin?
Trayvon Martin's family's attorney, Daryl Parks, visited the Hannity show last night - which, if you don't count the host's relentless advocacy on behalf of George Zimmerman, was not bad - for a rather fair and, yes, balanced discussion hosted by a guy who has got to be the biggest race baiter on national television. Perhaps the interview was too friendly for FoxNews.com producers. When they posted the clip on the internet, they called, "How should Trayvon Martin be remembered?" The thuggish photo was kind of a clue to what they were thinking the answer should be.
Read moreFox Fearmongers That Detroit Bankruptcy Is A ‘Wake Up Or Else’ Call
Guest anchor Jenna Lee and guest opened yesterday’s Your World by scaring people into believing the Detroit Chapter 9 bankruptcy (since ruled unconstitutional) will have a domino effect on the rest of the country. “$18 billion in debt is driving the Motor City into bankruptcy. Is Washington watching? Because the country is tackling the very same issues as the nation’s debt races toward $17 trillion.” She asked Dan Mitchell of the CATO Institute “Wake up or else, Dan?”
Read moreFox Regular Accuses Obama Of Inciting Violence At Trayvon Martin Protests
Yesterday, President Obama made some brief remarks about Trayvon Martin and the George Zimmerman case – and many Fox News contributors and regulars went into a frenzy of over-the-top attacks. Last night, on the O’Reilly Factor, Republican regular Brad Blakeman joined the derangement with his own comment, that Obama had incited “any violence that takes place” at any of the Martin-supporting protests that are scheduled for today.
Read moreFox's Todd Starnes Goes On A Racial Rant Over Obama's Remarks About Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman
President Obama made some surprise remarks today about Trayvon Martin and the George Zimmerman case. The speech was sensible, restrained and considered. But somehow, talking about his own experiences being racially profiled and saying that protests should be peaceful sent Todd Starnes over the edge. He went racially ballistic on Twitter over it. Including a tweet saying that it "justified" his comments earlier in the week, that Obama is "trying to tear our country apart."
Read moreBrian Kilmeade Supports John Rosemond's 'Beef' With Kentucky Licensing Board
The right wing, for whom Fox News provides a mouthpiece, doesn't believe in "big government" regulations except for lady parts which they are deep into. And that's why Brain Brian Kilmeade just couldn't wrap his brain (such as it is) around the fact that the state of Kentucky wants to block parental advice columnist and psychologist John Rosemond from publishing his nationally syndicated column in their state. The state has ordered a "cease and desist" order on his advice column, in which he describes himself as a psychologist, because he doesn't have a clinician's license and, as such, they assert that he is practicing psychology without a license. Now that he is suing the state, Fox & Friends has his back. On this morning's Fox & Friends, Brian Kilmeade expressed outrage that states have the audacity to require licensing of mental health professionals because anybody should be able to give advice.
Read moreBolling Helps Bachmann Pretend Obamacare’s A Jobs Killer
On July 17, Michele Bachmann (R-MN) lied about the Affordable Care Act on Your World. She spoke about the President delaying the employer mandate. “He’s not standing up for small business,” she said, even though, as former Mississippi governor Ronnie Musgrove explains in a Huffington Post article, those states that fight it, “will dramatically hurt the ability to create jobs within their own borders.”
Read moreHannity And Rep. Steve King: Two Good Reasons To Think The GOP Minority Outreach Is Doomed To Failure
Memo to Fox News: While your outreach to African Americans on the issues surrounding the Trayvon Martin case is laudable in principle, you might want to avoid insulting them at the same time. Last night, you presented a debate about racial profiling in the Trayvon Martin verdict on the Hannity show. It was "fair and balanced" Fox-News style with the white host ganging up with the white, Republican Congressman Steve King against the African American Congressman Bobby Rush. And even if Rush were not a venerable member of the Civil Rights Movement and the Congressional Black Caucus, the sneering and jeering gave the impression of a certain - well, hostility to his perspective.
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