Fox Uses Economic Shrinking To Promote Corporate Tax Cuts
Yesterday, the Forbes on Fox show discussed the 2.9% shrinking of the economy in the first quarter – not by discussing the causes and not by mentioning the far rosier outlook for subsequent quarters – but by pushing for corporate tax cuts as a quick fix.
Read moreTodd Starnes Still Wants To Invade Mexico!
While, as an all-American patriot he supports the troops, Christian soldier Todd Starnes has never (officially?!) worn the couture of those who bravely serve our country. And while George W Bush's not so excellent adventure in Iraq resulted in thousands of deaths and injuries, that doesn't stop our dear Toddles from banging the war drum for an invasion of yet another country. Starnes, like Bill O'Reilly, is upset that a US Marine is still being held in a Mexican jail on firearms charges - a concern not shown for Bowe Bergdahl when he was still being held by radical jihadists. But unlike Bill, who is calling for merely a boycott of Mexico, Starnes still wants an invasion. He really, really does...
Read moreMike Huckabee's Comparison Of The IRS To The Gestapo Wins Our Most Outrageous Quote Poll
Mike Huckabee was the runaway winner of our Fox News Outrageous Quote of the Week poll last week - and I think we can all agree it was a well-deserved distinction. In a field of 10, Huckabee earned 34% of the votes, double his nearest competitor.
Read moreShannon Bream Pimps 'Filmmaker' Dennis Michael Lynch's Exposé Of Liberal Media Bias
When Dennis Michael Lynch appears on Fox, he is presented as a legitimate "documentary" filmmaker. And while in the real world, his ravings would be considered the expressions of a rabidly xenophobic, racist, and paranoid right winger, Fox News seems to think that he is actually legit. And given that Lynch's views correspond nicely with Fox's rabidly xenophobic, racist and paranoid audience, Fox News has no problem giving Lynch, who thinks that Cliven Bundy is a national treasure, a platform for his border hysteria and other crazy talk. Lynch has now produced a new film about - wait for it - liberal media bias. So are we surprised that the "fair & balanced" Fox News would help Lynch promote his latest journey through his xenophobic, racist, and paranoid world?! And did ya know that his films helped stopped immigration reform?!
Read moreRupert Murdoch: Criminal Suspect In Phone Hacking Inquiry?
Although three out of the four News Corp. phone hacking defendants were acquitted this week, the legal problems of Rupert Murdoch are far from over. The FBI has seized 80,000 of his emails from the corporation's New York City headquarters and London's Scotland Yard wants to interview him as a suspect.
Read moreFox News Mailbag: The Natives Are Restless Edition
Once again, I'm opening our email bag of correspondence from people who think they are writing to Fox News when they write to us. If this latest crop is any guide, a good chunk of Fox News viewers are not happy with the network. Why? Mostly because it's too liberal. Or maybe they're just cranky in their old age. Check it out.
Read moreFox Viewers Respond To Cavuto's Shouting Match With Bachmann
Neil Cavuto got an earful about his on-air smackdown of Rep. Michele Bachmann. Most disapproved. But as long-time Cavuto-watchers, we know that Cavuto is right when he says he treats other guests the same way. He just didn't happen to mention that he never treats Republican guests this way.
Read moreMegyn Kelly ‘Just Suggests’ Congress Stop Paying Attorney General Eric Holder
Megyn Kelly teamed up with her old Eric Holder-smearing pal, J. Christian Adams, to “discuss” Sen. Ted Cruz’ call to impeach Attorney General Eric Holder. Kelly didn’t say a word about Adams’ discredited racial accusations against Holder – which Kelly once spent weeks hyping. But this time, she noted that impeachment was unlikely to happen and “merely” suggested as an alternative that Congress cut off Holder’s pay
Read moreBill Hemmer Pimps Hobby Lobby's Anti-Birth Control Mandate Talking Points
As the mouthpiece for right wing Christians and the anti-choice movement, Fox News provides full support for Hobby Lobby's objection to the ACA's birth control mandate. In March of this year, the curvy couch anti-choice Christians gave Ken "Blue Dress" Starr an entire segment during which he extolled the Christian values of Hobby Lobby owners who are being forced to provide abortion inducing pills and devices (Big Lie) in violation of their - wait for it - religious freedom. The Five's anti-choice Christians not only cited religious freedom, in their defense of Hobby Lobby, but asserted that any Hobby Lobby employee who needs "abortion pills" (Big Lie) is just a big slut who shouldn't be "subsidized." And in the "fair & balanced" Fox "news" dept, Bill Hemmer provided an unrebutted platform for right wing lawyer Jay Sekulow to spread more misinformation about the case. This morning, he hosted yet another infomerical for Hobby Lobby!
Read moreColbert Mocks Ablow's World Cup Soccer Paranoia
Last night Stephen Colbert mocked the wacky paranoia of Fox News psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow. "If you want experts on wrongness, you want Fox Business," he said. That's right. Ablow didn't just spew his soccer paranoia on the Fox News Channel. Fox Business Network thought a psychiatrist discussig World Cup enthusiasm as a conspiracy to detract from Obama's failures was exactly the kind of financial news their viewers could use.
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