How 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.
Read moreVan Susteren To Trayvon Martin Friend: Get Over It
Trayvon Martin's former football coach visited On The Record tonight for what host Greta Van Susteren clearly intended as a sympathetic interview. But even so, she couldn't resist (or knew her bosses wouldn't want her to resist) lecturing her guest for not "put(ting) the lid on" the tragedy.
Read morePeter Johnson Jr. Freaks Out Over 'Sick' Rolling Stone 'Terror Worship'
Just when you think that Fox & Friends has reached the outer limits of insanity, think again. This morning, while MSNBC's "Morning Joe" had a reasonable discussion about the most recent 'Rolling Stone' cover, that featured a glam selfie of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Peter Johnson Jr. was going ballistic about it. The MJ panel differed in their opinion, with some supporting it and some not; but their presentation was rational - unlike Johnson who sputtered in rage. It's funny, Maltese Knight Johnson, as a paid litigator for Cardinal Dolan, was all "freedom of religion" when it came to the Church's objection to the HHS birth control mandate. But he doesn't seem to have the same respect for freedom of the press - or at least for Rolling Stone's freedom to determine what goes on their cover and in their articles. Why the anger? Oh, right, Johnson is also Roger Ailes consigliore and Rolling Stone did a lengthy piece on Ailes which wasn't too flattering. Hmmmm.....
Read moreFox News To African Americans: Blame Yourselves, Not George Zimmerman, For Trayvon Martin’s Death
Not content with turning George Zimmerman into the “true” victim of the Trayvon Martin fatal shooting and Trayvon Martin into the villain, Fox News is now demonizing African Americans who are upset about Zimmerman’s acquittal by blaming their population at large for the entire tragedy. Oh, they don’t say so directly. But anyone with an ounce of insight can see that that’s the message behind Fox’s relentless lecturing that black-on-black crime is the “real issue” African Americans should focus on, instead of this case. Or, to put it another way, "Blame yourselves, not Zimmerman."
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