An example of Fox working hand-in-hand with Republicans was in full view this morning as Steve Doocy cheerleaded Republican Senator John Cornyn's grandstanding-for-the-cameras call for Attorney General Eric Holder's resignation. Just moments after co-host Brian Kilmeade said that Cornyn's was one of "more calls" for Holder to resign, Doocy said Cornyn's words "took a lot of courage." Why? Because Cornyn knew he'd get mega facetime on Fox and have his comments replayed over and over on millions of television screens?

Based on his obsession with the "gay agenda," which includes noticing male thongs and leather chaps at a local gay pride parade that Fox radio's Todd Starnes just happened to be attending, it would seem that good Christian, bible believing Starnes has some issues surrounding sex and sexuality. But it's just not gay "couture" that he's concerned about. He's also upset about the attire of NY City's prestigious Stuyvesant High School's female students who, he says, are dressing like "sluts,""harlots," and "hussies." Forget thongs and chaps. Starnes informed his listeners (and readers of his blog) that because these nasty girls were "exposing their bras and panties," the school has instituted a dress code. Starnes, a bachelor, advised parents not to let their daughters dress like "skanks." I'd page Dr. Ablow but he might think that Todd is just fine!  (Note, Jessica Valenti, at "The Nation," has an interesting and far more rational take on this issue.)

Let's make a believe that  Steve Doocy walks into a Muslim owned drycleaner and the owners say that their religion prohibits them from cleaning his clothes because he is a Catholic. Do ya think that he would meekly accept that and just walk away? One suspects that Fox News and Fox Nation would be all over the story like flies on the metaphorical fecal matter that is a by product of a certain "fair & balanced" network. But now that a New   Mexicocourt has ruled that a photographer, who refused to provide services for a same sex "commitment ceremony," based on her Christian religion, was guilty of discrimination based on state non-discrimination statutes. The right wing is whining about violation of religious freedom and Fox Radio's resident homophobe, Todd Starnes, claims that the court says that "gay rights trump religious rights." So are we surprised that Steve Doocy, who thinks discrimination is bad, is part of the Christian amen chorus who believe that discrimination against gays is just what the bible ordered.

Don’t tell me Bill O’Reilly doesn’t know Glenn Beck’s history of making racial attacks on President Obama. So there was simply no excuse for the show to trot out Beck to “weigh in,” as FoxNews.com put it, as to whether “Obama’s African American voter ad (is) offensive” without noting that history. But that’s exactly what happened on The O’Reilly Factor last night. 

Despite the fact that Bill O’Reilly despises me, I actually like him sometimes. I even find him quite funny at times. Tonight was one of those occasions, especially his discussion with John Stossel about whether or not there should be laws banning public nudity. I actually burst out laughing while I watched it at the gym (i.e. in public). My reputation may be ruined but in the spirit of fairness and balance and for a little lightheartedness on a summer’s eve, I thought I’d share it with you.

Bill O’Reilly added to the Fox News pile on against the Brooklyn principal who decided to pull Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.” from her school’s kindergarten graduation. Rather than do any real investigation into the reasons for the decision, O’Reilly announced, “This woman obviously doesn’t like the country, that’s what I think.” Later, he said he’d send ambush producer Jesse Watters to the graduation if she didn’t explain her decision. Never mind that she already has.

Donald Trump would like America to be exceptional and have the rest of the world in awe of us, but as he told Greta Van Susteren last night, he isn’t too keen on actually doing things that would earn the US some respect abroad. 

Despite its claim to being "fair & balanced," Fox Nation does seem to tilt a teensy bit right. (Ya think!)  And now that campaign season has begun, it's interesting to see how Fox Nation is moving from mere reporting on right wing candidates to actual activism. As such, they are urging their viewers to watch Congressman Allen West's newest campaign ad in a thread titled "Watch, Allen West's Epic New Ad." "Epic?" So much for journalistic objectivity and "a commitment to the core principals of...fair and balanced coverage of the news." Wonder if they'll encourage the "nation" to watch an ad from West's opponent and if so, will they consider it "epic?" (Ya think!)

In right wing Fox world, any perceived affront to the right wing community by those groups not beloved by the right wing is described in hyperbolic terms connoting extreme distress. "Outrage" is the usual term of endearment but Todd Starnes got creative and in his story about a graduation speech given in Spanish, he used the word "enrage" to describe the reaction of the local community. The title of his report is "Spanish Graduation Speech Enrages Community." He writes that "many people" were upset that the valedictorian gave his speech in Spanish. But the article that he links to, in the local press, states that the school principal has received positive as well as negative feedback. The negative feedback -"half a dozen or so calls" to the school department. Oh well, now that Starnes' article is on Fox Nation, that proud to be American community will certainly become enraged.

The investigation into the national security leaks hasn’t even begun yet Fox News has already decided the Obama administration is guilty. But now, thanks to the unsubstantiated theory of Pat “I play a Democrat on Fox News TV” Caddell, Fox is fingering National Security Advisor Tom Donilon as the leaker. And for Hannity, that’s reason enough to accuse Obama of being at the heart of it all.