Martha MacCallum, Outnumbered Hosts Follow Fox Script For Dissing Atheist Chaplain Request
Despite Fr. Jonathan Morris' entreaty that atheists should be forgiven for their evil ways, atheists are right up on the top of the Fox News shit list with Muslims, gays, immigrants, minorities, liberals and probably groups that I failed to mention. You can bet that if an atheist group does something that offends Jesus' right wing BFF's, it will get covered on Fox, the network for the church of the perpetually offended. The latest thing to get the Christian right's tighty whities in a bunch is the request, by an atheist group, to appoint an atheist chaplain for the US military. As the media mouthpiece for the Christian right, Fox started the ball rolling on Monday when Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Judge Napolitano tossed out right wing talking points which were then repeated on Outnumbered and America's Newsroom. None of the shows provided any counterpoint to the Fox message. What's that saying about consistency and little minds?
Read moreLanny Davis Demolishes Fox News’ Benghazi Conspiracy Theories
Lanny Davis was unusually terrific and muscular on Hannity last night as he battled Sean Hannity and conservative Stephen Hayes over Fox’s faux Benghazi scandal. Must see!
Read moreMegyn Kelly's Legal Letter From Mikey Weinstein: Stop The Lies!
While Fox News proudly defends the First Amendment rights of persecuted Christians, they lambaste groups that defend those who believe that their First Amendment rights are being violated by those with a religious agenda. For Fox, these organizations are labeled as "atheist" groups, as that serves Fox's anti-atheist message.The Military Religious Freedom Foundation, headed by Mikey Weinstein, is frequently targeted by Fox News which describes it as an "atheist group." This is a lie. The MRFF is dedicated to "ensuring that all members of the United States Armed Forces fully receive the Constitutional guarantee of religious freedom" and serves a 96% Christian clientele. Recently, while engaging in yet another Fox attack on Weinstein, Megyn Kelly referred to the MRFF as an atheist group. "Truth detector" Kelly got caught in a lie and now has a legal letter addressing that inconvenient truth!
Read moreAnn Coulter: Michelle Obama Should Have #I’m Married To An Idiot
Sean Hannity is still whining about Michelle Obama and her #BringBackOurGirls hashtag about the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls. Tonight, he made it a twofer by bringing on Ann Coulter to smear Obama and, at the same time, offer her a dose of Republican Rehab to make up for the Twitter whooping she received for making a mockery of #BringBackOurGirls.
Read moreFox’s Bream Suggests Using Terms Like ‘Islamic Extremist’ Is Crucial To Fighting The War On Terror
Last night, The Kelly File hosted a discussion about the 9/11 memorial museum - and what substitute host Shannon Bream called the “enormous pressure to remove the terms Islamist extremist and jihadism from a brief 7-minute film about the 9/11 attack.” It’s one thing to debate whether the terms should stay in or out. But Bream took it a step further by suggesting that not using those terms makes us more vulnerable to terror attacks. Not surprisingly, her guest, Dinest D’Souza, took the bait.
Read moreFox News War On Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Racial Vigilante Edition
Believe it or not, The O’Reilly Factor attacked basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar again last night. This time, Bill O’Reilly didn’t “just ask” Abdul-Jabbar if he loves this country. No, O’Reilly whitesplained that Abdul-Jabbar’s call to seek out and expose bigotry is dangerously akin to the Salem witch hunts.
Read moreHannity And Steyn Plot A Rootin’-Tootin’ Rescue Of The Nigerian Schoolgirls – And Wage War On Jon Stewart
Chickenhawks Sean Hannity and Mark Steyn talked oh so tough about rescuing the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls – complete with a #BringBackOurBalls hashtag designed to also conquer their domestic enemies: the Obama administration and Jon Stewart. I’m surprised the Boko Haram didn’t surrender immediately. But maybe the Nigerian kidnappers knew how full of ignorant hot air Hannity and Steyn were. As for Stewart – well, let’s just hope he takes notice and gives these two exactly what they deserve.
Read moreBill O’Reilly Calls For A John Dean-Type Whistleblower To Sink Obama’s Presidency Over Benghazi Or The IRS
No matter how much of a neutral camouflage O’Reilly has tried to cloak himself in, there was no disguising his open eagerness at what he saw as a glimmer of impeachment or resignation hope at the end of the endless Benghazi/IRS tunnel.
Read moreFox Helps Karl Rove Promote ‘Brain Damage’ Conspiracy Theory About Hillary Clinton’s Health – And Pretend Otherwise
Yesterday, the New York Post reported that Karl Rove suggested Hillary Clinton suffered brain damage as the result of her 2012 concussion and blood clot. Today, after a backlash, Rove got seven minutes of almost uninterrupted airtime on Fox News to both deny that he ever said it – and advance the baseless suggestion at the same time.
Read moreJudge Andrew Napolitano: Atheist Military Chaplains 'Political Correctness Gone Crazy'
While Fox News loves anything or anybody connected to right wing Christianity and conservative Catholicism (ignore that "Marxist" pope), it isn't exactly enamored of atheists who, on Fox, are considered the enemy. While Fox News is always yammering about how Christian First Amendment rights are supposedly being attacked by atheists, they have no concern about the First Amendment rights of those who don't follow Fox's one true faith. Fox friend Elisabeth Hasselbeck recently channeled Gretchen Carlson's belief that there should be no free speech rights during Christian holidays. And yesterday, in keeping with the patented Fox atheists suck big time meme, Hasselbeck provided a platform for "pre-Vatican II" Catholic Judge Andrew Napolitano's argument that those filthy atheists do not deserve to have their own military chaplain.
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