DeMint And The Heritage Foundation: We Know Better Than The CBO About The Cost Of The Immigration Bill
Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint was on Your World yesterday to dispute a CBO study saying the immigration bill will reduce the deficit by $197 billion over the next decade, and $700 billion in the second decade of the law. Host Neil Cavuto made no effort to investigate the claim (and possibly antagonize Fox pal DeMint). Instead, Cavuto treated the issue like a he said/she said.
Read moreMegyn Kelly Distorts Professor's Abortion Comment To Defend House Anti-Abortion Bill!
Despite the fact that the last two years have seen a record number of abortion restrictions, Megyn Kelly scoffs at the idea that there is a "war on women" led by a party that wants government off your back but has no problem inserting itself into your uterus The latest assault on abortion rights was a futile but symbolic passage of a 22 week abortion ban by the US House. Obviously, this legislation is important to Fox News because their big gun, Bill O'Reilly, actually twisted the commentary of an African-American professor in order to accuse her of racial bias towards those who support the House bill. The problem with his message is that Dr. Salamishah Tillet didn't impugn anybody but merely suggested that anti-choice laws might be a white response to a growing minority population. The House bill wasn't the focus of the discussion but O'Reilly made it so. But Bill was able to advance pro-life victimization with his distortion. And today, the same lie and myth of pro-life victimhood was pushed by alleged "news" host Megyn Kelly who used the comment to push anti-choice propaganda in validating the House bill. "Fair & balanced?"
Read moreBill O'Reilly's Attack On Melissa Harris-Perry's Show Is Another Propaganda Driven Lie?
It is apparent that Bill O'Reilly is not a fan of the Melissa Harris-Perry show. Perhaps it's because she is a well educated, pro-choice minority woman professor or that she deals with the kind of base bigotry that O'Reilly traffics in; but O'Reilly has her in his sights such as when he selectively edited her comments to make her look unpatriotic. Last night, he went even further when he attacked one of the show's guests to make Professor Salamishah Tillet (another *educated pro-choice minority woman professor) look like a racist by lying about what she said - even after playing her quote. I don't know if O'Reilly feels the need to set up a bogus straw man with which to bash those who don't agree with him, or if he really believes that Prof. Tillet said what she clearly did not say. What is clear is that during his hit piece he also said something that, once again, shows that Bill, as his nemesis Sen. Al Franken astutely noted, pulls facts from his ass! (ewww)
Read moreFox News Being Sued For Airing Suicide
You may recall that last fall, after following a car chase live, without delay, Studio B aired the live suicide of the fleer. The dead man’s family is now suing Fox for their traumatization.
Read moreFox Ditches Obama Speech In Favor Of Tea Party Protests
President Obama gave a speech this morning (U.S. time) at the Brandenburg gate in Berlin. But Fox, in a show of preference if ever there was one, cut away in the middle. Why? To discuss a Tea Party protest.
Read moreO’Reilly Whitewashes James O’Keefe’s Discredited Reputation In Order To Help Him Smear Lifeline Phone Recipients
James O’Keefe is back with a new suspiciously-edited video designed to do for Lifeline phone recipients what he did for ACORN: i.e. tarnish the entire program with a few questionable smears. By the time ACORN was absolved of wrongdoing, it was too late. In the interim, O’Keefe has wracked up quite a record of ill-repute, including a $100,000 payment to a former ACORN worker smeared in one of O’Keefe’s “sting” videos, an arrest record and a planned sexual “prank” against a female CNN reporter. Oh, yeah, and a Power Player of the Week recognition by Fox News. But most of that was not mentioned on The O’Reilly Factor last night as O’Keefe was welcomed as a credible documentarian with a credible exposé of the Lifeline program.
Read moreBill O'Reilly Twists African-American Professor's Comments To Accuse Her Of 'Racial Hatred'
Bill O'Reilly obviously feels that he is entitled to his own opinions which frequently take the form of offensive race baiting. Such was the case two weeks ago when he blamed minorities for violence in schools and elsewhere. But he takes umbrage when others express opinions with which he disagrees. On this week-end's Melissa Harris-Perry show, there was a panel discussion about the onslaught of anti-choice legislation being pushed by the GOP, including the House ban on late term abortion. An African-American female professor expressed her opinion of why this is happening and O'Reilly isn't happy about what she said. So rather than actually discussing her thought provoking views, he did what he always does - he attacked her by totally twisting her statement, out of context, in order to show that she is a racist and interject his latest favorite topic, late term abortion which wasn't, as claimed by O'Reilly, what was being discussed. Forget being hypocritical. Can we say delusional.
Read moreFox News' Bulls & Bears Contributor Fired For Touting Stock For Pay
News Hounds' Brian has written many times about Bulls & Bears' Tobin Smith - a reliable conservative mouthpiece if ever there was one. It turns out that mouth was for hire. He was fired from Fox today as a result. UPDATED
Read moreThe Daily Show Takes On Sarah Palin's Return To Fox News
The Daily Show offered its comedic insights into Sarah Palin's return to Fox News yesterday - and I'm happy to report that included poaching my headline, that Palin quit her quitting. Host John Oliver quipped that her childish commentary sounded like a Dr. Seuss book, "Oh, The Places You'll Leave." He later said, "Oh, Sara, if only it was as easy for us to quit you as it is for you to quit everything."
Read more