The State Of The Union Live Blogged
We've got the State of the Union streaming after the jump (with cute little White House videos playing beforehand). I'll be blogging thoughts and observations as it goes along. Please feel free to share your own from whichever network you watch from. Join us!
Read moreFox News ‘Forgets’ About Natural Gas Pipe Explosion While Promoting Keystone Pipeline
On yesterday’s Special Report, White House correspondent Ed Henry acted as though he got paid by the number of Republican talking points he worked into a report on President Obama's upcoming State of the Union address. And, maybe, the number of contradictions to those talking points he ignored.
Read moreVan Susteren Smacks Down Erickson Over Wendy Davis Attacks
Greta Van Susteren challenged her own Fox News colleague yesterday over his sexist attacks on Texas’ Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis. Although Van Susteren's smack down was on her Fox News blog, not on her Fox News television show, Van Susteren didn’t pussyfoot around. Her post is called, “What is wrong with this guy? He is such a jerk! He is a repeat offender!”
Read moreFox News Uses Race Baiting Photo For Lede Story?!
While those on Fox News frequently accuse those who speak up for minority rights as being "race hustlers" who "play the race card," it appears that if you're talking about race hustling and playing the race card, you're talking about Fox News. America's "fair & balanced" newsroom brought us the "scary black man." The narrative of blacks as criminals who prey on innocent whites was advanced, on Fox, in stories about black on white crime which, according to Greg Gutfeld, reflected "irresponsible" black culture. As Newshounds Ellen reported, Fox News celebrated Martin Luther King Day by race baiting the President. In addition to black "thug" culture, Fox defines African-Americans as part of the "taker" class - as seen in its promotion of the "Obama phone" as a hand-out, like food stamps, to the black community. And while you would expect the racist "Fox Nation" website to feature race baiting photos, you might not think that the "fair & balanced" Fox News website would do the same. Today, they went there!
Read moreNew York Begs Sean Hannity To Stay - Daily Show Style!
Jon Stewart skewered Sean Hannity's decision to leave New York (eventually) by putting together a cast of New York "takers" who vow to make the state more appealing to him: a cab driver offers to lose his accent, African Americans promise to stop wearing hoodies, gays pledge to marry the opposite sex, etc. Featuring Nathan Lane, the cast of the Jersey Boys and more!
Read moreFox Dredges Up Monica Lewinsky Scandal And Ann Coulter To Attack Hillary Clinton
Nothing tells me that Republicans are terrified of Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy more than Republicans and Fox News rehashing Bill Clinton’s old sex scandals. This is before Hillary Clinton has even announced she's running.
Read moreWhy Frank Rich Is Wrong To Tell Liberals, 'Stop Beating A Dead Fox'
Frank Rich has written a lengthy, important and fascinating article in which he argues that Fox News is dying and that liberals play into its hands by paying attention to it. As much as I respect and admire Rich, I think he is dead wrong in his prescription. Let's discuss!
Read moreYes, Hannity Does Love That Dirty Water
Sean Hannity is forever pouting that he and Republicans are unfairly characterized as wanting "dirty air, dirty water." But some new research puts the lie to that claim. Caught on tape!
Read moreFox News Ignores Radical, Anti-Immigrant Connections Of Pol Endorsed By Persecuted Conservative Actress
As we saw from the imbroglio over Duck Dynasty, not only does Fox News believe that conservative entertainers have the right to free speech, but they also have a right to an audience. Such was the case, last week, when Fox News provided an audience for the latest victimized right wing entertainer. Maria Conchita Alonso left a San Francisco production of "The Vagina Monologues" after a backlash to an ad, for a Tea Party candidate for governor, Tim Donnelly, in which she appeared. Alonso is no stranger to Fox, so naturally, Fox wasted no time in giving her airtime during which her sad story of being "forced to resign" was validated. But, at no time during the interviews, was Donnelly's connection to the radical anti-immigrant Minutemen (He was founder of the California chapter) brought up - a connection that tells the whole story that Fox, in its attempt to present yet another persecuted conservative, doesn't want to tell.
Read moreMedia Critic David Zurawik Slams Glenn Beck's 'Apology' For Divisiveness
If the choice of media critic David Zurawik on Fox News' #MediaBuzz is any indication, I think we can safely conclude that Glenn Beck's apology for divisiveness did not signal a return to Fox News in the near future. Meanwhile, we can all enjoy Zurawik's lively smackdown of Beck and the Beck apologist who also appeared in the segment.
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