Geraldo Rivera Uses George Zimmerman Verdict To Racially Smear President Obama
While Sean Hannity was probably partying with George Zimmerman after he was acquitted last night, Geraldo Rivera was on the streets, showboating over the verdict and pretending to be sympathetic to both sides. But even a blind man could have easily spotted Rivera’s true colors. Because he didn’t just cheer the verdict and do a little race baiting, he used the verdict to attack President Obama and suggest his “racial politics” were to blame for bringing the supposedly bogus charges against poor, persecuted Zimmerman.
Read moreFox News’ Erick Erickson To Texas Women: Go Get A Coat Hanger
Fox News contributor Erick Erickson has a message for liberals upset over the Texas legislature passing the controversial abortion law that was successfully filibustered just a few weeks ago: Go get a coat hanger. Actually, he didn’t say that, he “merely” tweeted a link to a website with a big sale on coat hangers and wrote, “Dear Liberals, go bookmark this site now:” Apparently, Erickson doesn’t care if a liberal fetus is aborted, it just shouldn’t be done safely and legally.
Read moreO’Reilly Factor Race Baits Jesse Jackson’s Call For Calm After Zimmerman Verdict
Apparently, The O’Reilly Factor is not to be undone in the “we’ll race bait anything in the George Zimmerman trial” department. Just one day after the Hannity show used Rev. Al Sharpton’s calls for peace and calm in Florida to race bait against him and other African Americans, substitute O'Reilly host Laura Ingraham did the same thing last night when she sneered at a tweet from Jesse Jackson urging calm. Only on Fox News would calls for restraint be used to racially hate monger.
Read moreHannity Interrupts His Zimmerman Trial Coverage For A Special Message From Ann Coulter About Race
Sean Hannity hosted a special “studio audience” show about the Zimmerman trial tonight and it wasn’t as unfair, biased and race-baiting as you’d expect. That is until smack dab in the middle, he interrupted the discussion for a little one-on-one pearl clutching over racial divisiveness with Ann Coulter. Yes, Ann Coulter. The queen of mean and Fox News’ Master Baiter Of Race had a sad about how racial tensions have been inflamed over the trial. Or at least that's what they'd like you to think.
Read moreGretchen Carlson & Tea Party Congressman's Wife Diss Gov't Assistance For Women
When the Obama administration brought out an online video, "The Life of Julia," the rabid, anti-government right had a collective freak-out. They claimed that the woman in the video was being supported, "cradle to grave," by evil, socialist government when, in fact, "Julia" was a self-reliant woman who was able to be self-reliant thanks to a number of policies enacted by the Obama administration. As expected, Fox News picked up the meme with Eric Bolling claiming that it was "unadulterated communism and Marxism." On this morning's Fox & Friends, Gretchen Carlson lied about "Julia" in a discussion, with Rachel Campos-Duffy, about an organization that promotes economic empowerment for Hispanic women. The very right wing Campos-Duffy is married to GOP teabagging Congressman Sean Duffy who, in 2011, complained about his $174,000 yearly salary which, of course, is courtesy of you and me. And the fictional "Julia" was a "taker?"
Read moreGeraldo Rivera: Zimmerman Jurors Would Have Shot And Killed Trayvon Martin Sooner Than Zimmerman Did
This morning on Fox & Friends, Geraldo Rivera didn’t just think Zimmerman should be acquitted, he gave his personal stamp of approval on the shooting death of “hoodie-wearing” Trayvon Martin by saying that each member of the jury “would have shot and killed” him “a lot sooner than George Zimmerman did.” (h/t Think Progress)
Read moreHannity Race Baits Over Sharpton’s Calls For Peaceful Reactions To Zimmerman Verdict
Sean Hannity may have reached new lows in race baiting last night as first he used Rev. Al Sharpton’s call for peace and calm over a verdict in the George Zimmerman trial as an opportunity to racially smear Sharpton and then used the U.S. Department of Justice’s peace-making efforts to suggest that they were just stirring up racial trouble. This, as Hannity once again relied on Mark Fuhrman as an analyst in the case.
Read more'Liberal' Bob Beckel's Islamophobia
We've previously posted about the Islamophobic sentiments of Fox News "liberal," Bob Beckel. But like many Fox News liberals, Beckel regularly goes along with the conservatives on some hot button issues. But Media Matters has compiled a list of some of Beckel's "greatest" Islamophobic hits.
Read moreBill O'Reilly, Kirsten Powers Attack Women Who Have Late Term Abortions
Hey ladies, if you're pregnant and after 20 weeks you find out that continuing the pregnancy would result in serious damage to your health or the birth of a severely medically damaged fetus that will only live for hours, Bill O'Reilly says you should STFU and suck it up because, otherwise, you're a callous baby killer. And if you did have a late term abortion for one of many serious reasons, don't tell Bill because he'll say that you're a lying slutty slut who is just trying to cover up for having a late term abortion because you wanted to get a pedicure. O'Reilly has been claiming that you nasty bitches will use any excuse to get a late term abortion, a claim that he articulated again on last night's Factor where he was validated by Fox's anti-choice "democrat" Kirsten Powers who continued her patented gaslighting about the Texas abortion law which will effectively ban abortion for many poor, rural women in Texas. We know that Bill O'Reilly hates women - but Kirsten Powers, too?
Read moreReporting On Gov. Bob McDonnell’s Donation Scandal, Fox Fails To Mention He’s A Republican
If you’re a devoted Fox News watcher, you could be forgiven for not knowing about the major ethics scandal plaguing Virginia’s Republican governor, Bob McDonnell, which has also embroiled the state’s attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli. Cuccinelli, you may know, is currently the Republican candidate in a tight race to succeed McDonnell. So we were pleased to see the matter finally make the “latest news” section on FoxNews.com’s home page. But our astute reader, Brian C., noticed an important detail was missing from the story: McDonnell’s Republican party affiliation.
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