Tucker Carlson Says Jane Fonda Is Irrelevant? Excuse Me?
As the media echo chamber for the perpetually outraged radical right, Fox News never wastes an opportunity to advance their outrage du jour, the most recent being Jane Fonda's invitation to speak at the commencement for the UCLA School of Theater. Not surprisingly, Bill O'Reilly, as the voice of the boy-am-I-pissed-off conservative contingent attacked UCLA for inviting this "traitor." But he did commend her talent - something that the talentless famous "dick" Tucker Carlson couldn't bring himself to do on Saturday's Fox & Friends which, while starting off with Fonda, soon morphed into another popular radical right meme; i.e. that affirmative action in college admissions unfairly advantages African-Americans who are too stupid to get in on their own. As propaganda twofer - priceless
Read moreFox Nation Ignores Las Vegas Shooting!
Can you imagine the Fox Nation outrage if the Las Vegas shooting had been committed by, oh, say Black Panthers or Islamic jihadists? You can bet that this would be a big, fat all day lede which would contain the word "terror." But this act of domestic terror, committed by Second Amendment loving, government hating, Cliven Bundy supporting white Americans with white supremacist links is being ignored (as of 3:45 EDT) on Fox Nation, the place where real Americans can articulate the same kind of hatred shown by Jerad and Amanda Miller who draped that yellow Gadsen flag, so beloved by the Tea Party, over the bodies of the police men whom they shot!
Read moreGeorge Will Talks Up The ‘Coveted Status’ Of Being A Rape Victim
In his Washington Post column on Friday, Fox News contributor George Will suggested that progressivism on college campuses is worse than being coerced into non-consensual sex. Or, as he put it, being a rape victim on campus is now “a coveted status that confers privileges” and causes “victims (to) proliferate.”
Read moreJuan Williams Smacks Down ‘Craven’ Republican Attacks On Bergdahl Recovery
Juan Williams was a smidgen of bright light yesterday in a Fox News Sunday sea of vitriol over Bowe Bergdahl and the Obama administration’s deal to recover him. On a show that excluded Democrats from every interview, Williams spoke out very effectively against the tide.
Read moreFox News Outrageous Quote Of The Week Poll - 6/1/14-6/7/14
Not surprisingly, we had lots of Fox News outrageousness about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, his father and the Taliban prisoner swap. But those "fair and balanced" folks over at GOP Central also had time to smear Neil deGrasse Tyson and efforts to reduce student loan debt - while also talking up business' right to discriminate. So check out our latest nominees and help determine which one was the most outrageous.
Read moreFox’s Byrnes Characterizes Student Loan Bill As ‘Feeding The Drug Addict’
Yesterday, Fox’s Bulls & Bears panel discussed Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s $51 billion student loan plan. The plan “would lower interest rates on most federal student loans below 4%, reducing millions of Americans’ bills by hundreds of thousands or thousands of dollars a year” according to Mother Jones. But leave it to a Fox News pundit to find a way to demonize that.
Read moreBowe Bergdahl’s Family Getting Death Threats
After a week of being gratuitously demonized on Fox News – and elsewhere by the right wing – it was reported yesterday that Bowe Bergdahl’s family has received death threats and is receiving security.
Read moreFox News Sunday's Bergdahl Interviews Exclude Democrats
All the interviews on Fox News Sunday today pertained to the prisoner swap of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Yet "fair and balanced" host Chris Wallace didn't seem to feel the need to interview a single Democrat. Even worse, Wallace hid the Republican credentials of his first two guests. Meanwhile, Fox News Sunday's website boasted about its "complete coverage of the Taliban prisoner swap." This is just the latest in our long - and growing - list of Fox News Sunday shows that have excluded Democratic guests.
Read moreDoes Fox News Think Bergdhal's Former Squad Leader Looks Like A Muslim?
Bill O'Reilly has said a lot of really stupid (and Islamophobic) things; but his comment about how Bowe Bergdahl's father "looks like a Muslim" will live in Fox infamy. (Meanwhile Bill O'Reilly looks like, well, you fill in the blanks.) Brian Kilmeade has said a lot of stupid (and Islamophobic) things; but his comment about how Bob Bergdahl resembles a terrorist will also live in Fox infamy. Meanwhile, among those vets who have taken to Fox News in order to denounce Bergdahl as a "deserter" or possibly a terrorist symp, is one who is quite hirsute. So I ask the question, does Justin Gerleve, Bergdahl's former squad leader look like a Muslim?
Read moreFox News Bigot Attacks Neil deGrasse Tyson For Talking About Being Racially Profiled
I’ve previously written about the bigotry and intolerance of Gavin McInnes, a regular Fox News guest. He seems to relish insulting groups of people – and Fox News keeps inviting him back. Earlier this week, McInnes attacked Cosmos host and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson for speaking out about his experiences with racial profiling.
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