Colin Powell Explains Why White Republicans Like O'Reilly Just Don't Get It
If you're a regular O'Reilly watcher, you know he's had it in for Colin Powell who, for some reason, got mixed into O'Reilly's racial resentment over the election. But last night, O'Reilly hosted Powell for a spirited debate that was mostly respectful.That is, if you don't count how O'Reilly “had to ask" if Powell's support for Obama was due to anger at Republicans over the war in Iraq. I guess O'Reilly didn't “have to ask" the questions O'Reilly has previously asked him: whether Powell supported Obama because of any “racial business.”
Read moreHannity's Hilariously Hypocritical Hissy Fit Over Obama's New Republic Interview
So a president gives an interview to The New Republic and does some pushing back on Fox News' 24/7 efforts to undermine his presidency – and Fox News goes off the deep end with exactly the kind of behavior he called them out for. Last night, Sean Hannity and two Fox News contributors helped hype the hysteria as they argued that Obama is targeting the First Amendment and trying to create a “state run media.” All because Fox has been “the only media organization on this planet that has delivered fair and balanced coverage” of that enemy of the Constitution, AKA Barack Obama. But you know what? I think Fox sees very clearly that the real danger is not any kind of threat to stifle Fox but to make it irrelevant.
Read moreThe President is Going After the First Amendment and Free Speech, Screams Fox
Fox News' outrage at President Obama’s critical remarks about their network is becoming hysterical. It’s not a simple matter of their being pissed at his criticism. No, the President is trying to shut them down. He’s going after the First Amendment just as he went after the Second. And he’s sending the country down the tubes because without a free Fox there is no free America. So, at least, said “legal analyst” Peter Johnson Jr., appearing on Fox and Friends for the second morning in a row.
Read moreFox's Unfair, Imbalanced Smear Of The GM Bailout
On yesterday's Your World, the topic was Toyota overtaking GM in sales – and then using that factoid to argue that the entire bailout was a waste of taxpayer money. Substitute host Eric Bolling set the stage for the attack by asking guest Jim LaCamp, of Macroportfolio Advisors, "They (GM) still owe us a lot of money, don't they?"
Read moreFox & Friends: Jason Mattera "Accosted" In "Confrontation" With "Hypocrite" Mayor Bloomberg's "Bullies"
Jason Mattera, as reported by NewsHounds Ellen, is a James O'Keefe wannabe who has an unsavory history of homophobia and other assorted right wing nastiness including a CPAC speech in which smeared President Obama as a cocaine user. He recently tried to confront NY Mayor Bloomberg about his "hypocrisy" in advocating gun control while utilizing the services of an armed guard - the need for which was underscored by Mattera's histrionic attempt to get in the mayor's face. Mattera is upset that Bloomberg's security detail deftly moved him away from the mayor. So Fox News, as a mouthpiece for those who oppose gun control, embraced Mattera. Last night, his cause was taken up on Hannity. This morning's Fox & Friends showed their support for this "investigative journalist." Don't ya love the smell of right wing solidarity in the morning!
Read moreFox News Pimps Christian Anti-Abortion TV Show About Abortion "Shame"
Given that the GOP Christian right wing is militantly anti-abortion, it's not surprising that Fox News is a propaganda arm for the anti-abortion lobby. And we're not just talking Fox "opinion" shows which, in the delusional world of Fox are exempt from Fox's "fair & balanced" descriptor, but Fox "news" programs which also provide validation for anti-choice views such as opposition to the HHS birth control mandate. Last year, alleged Fox News host Shannon Bream provided warm affirmation for an "abortion survivor." Last week-end, she provided an uncritical promotion of a new reality series. No, not real housewives or wild redneck women - but an internet series about Christian women who feel shame about their sinful abortions. But as a "fair & balanced" news network, Fox would never promote a right wing agenda. Ya think!
Read moreHannity And Pavlich Hype Mattera's Meaningless Bloomberg Ambush
Remember Jason Mattera? He's the smarmy James O'Keeffe wannabe who was so obnoxious that he had Bill O'Reilly siding with his arch enemy Al Franken over one of Mattera's previous stunts. More recently, “I'm fighting the culture war over here instead of fighting terrorists over there” Mattera ambushed New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg to “ask” if he'd disarm his security team in the wake of tougher gun laws in New York. For his trouble, the Mayor's security team followed Mattera and began asking questions – which had the chickenhawk squawking about being a victim. That's what makes a hero on Fox News.
Read moreO'Reilly Describes His Anti-Choice Stance As 'Protecting The Kids'
On January 23, 2013, Bill O'Reilly read an email from a woman reacting to his segment on late-term abortion (in which he once again defamed Dr. George Tiller). In response to the woman's criticism of men interfering with women's reproductive choices, O'Reilly scolded: My job is to protect the kids and I will continue to do it.
Read moreFox and Friends Guests Claim Obama is Singling Them Out and Wants to Silence Them
In my last post, gentle reader, I noted that President Obama, in an interview with the New Republic, criticized Fox News and Rush Limbaugh for contributing to the dysfunction and intransigence in Congress. This morning, Fox and Friends entertained both Fox's "legal analyst" Peter Johnson, who said Obama was singling out the conservative media, and Ben Shapiro of breitbart.com, who upped the absurdity level by claiming the President was out to silence them.
Read moreFr. Jonathan Morris "Siding With The Atheists?" Oh, Noooo........
On occasion, guests on Fox News programs go off the requisite right wing script. And when the guest goes rogue, the interviewers, who aren't getting the desired propaganda results, get a bit flummoxed. Such was the case when NJ Chris Christie didn't feed Steve Doocy with the desired Obama bashing that Doocy's question was meant to elicit. Even resident Fox priest Fr. Jonathan Morris, who can usually be relied on for validation of right wing talking points, didn't totally agree with the script about the "War on Christmas." His hosts were taken aback by Morris' comments about the silliness of the bogus Fox "war" which they were obviously promoting. Yesterday, the gang on the curvy couch was all set and ready to go with one of their favorite memes about how political correctness has "gone too far." When Fr. Morris didn't take the bait and proceeded to offer a shockingly correct analysis, the friends were definitely thrown off their game.
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