We've Got Mail... For Fox News
It's time for our weekly peek into the minds and hearts of Fox News viewers - and it ain't pretty. It is, however rather entertaining and enlightening. So here is the latest installment of our Fox News mailbox, i.e. emails sent to News Hounds in the mistaken belief that we are Fox News. This week, George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin seemed to be the biggest subject on the viewers'/readers' minds. UPDATED: One piece of mail was actually meant for us.
Read moreFox Guest Race Baits The Zimmerman Verdict
Just a few days after Greta Van Susteren obsessed on the air about African Americans “not accepting” an acquittal of George Zimmerman should the jury verdict be such (as Fox has long been advocating). But that seems to be a one-way concern that only centers on the conduct of black people. Last night, Van Susteren’s substitute, Kimberly Guilfoyle, hosted a guest who announced that if Zimmerman is found guilty, "I would say that would be as politically motivated and racially motivated as the O.J. acquittal.”
Read moreOn Fox & Friends: America Is Christian Nation, Fourth of July Is 'Religious' Holiday'
As Fox News' flagship show for those Christians who reside in an alternate reality in which the United States was founded by devout Christians seeking to establish a political system governed by the Christian bible, it isn't surprising that Fox & Friends would promote those who promote this view. Such was the case last week when Clayton Morris interviewed the head of the company that, according to Fox, teaches kids the "true meaning" of July 4th which is - are ya ready for it - really a religious holiday because, of course, we are a Christian Nation.. Once again, Fox & Friends shows us why Fox viewers are misinformed because, once again, propaganda trumps reality.
Read moreRupert Murdoch: Cruel, Stingy And Megalomaniacal Says His Former Lieutenant
The secret - and very incriminating - recordings of Rupert Murdoch leaked to the press earlier this week came as little surprise to one of Murdoch's former lieutenants. In a riveting blog post, Rodney E. Lever, a long-time former employee of Murdoch in Australia, says the recordings were further proof of exactly what he has thought. (Hat tip reader Noel)
Read moreThere are two sides to Murdoch: the megalomaniac-narcissist who considers himself above the law, and the nice guy who can hand out wads of shareholders money to people whose lives he has severely damaged and then bitterly complain about these same people in private afterwards.
On Fox & Friends: Persecuted Christian Still Whining After Persecution Resolved
Sometimes persecuted Christians actually have a real grievance. So when it's resolved you'd think that they'd be praising the lord and moving on with the lives. But noooooo, rather than accept whatever redress is offered, these congregants of the church of the perpetually outraged go on Fox News to continue to whine about how badly they were treated and thus, perpetuate the now standard Fox meme of Christian victimization. Such was the case on this morning's Fox & Friends when Jesus BFF Anna Kooiman, during their now standard "Fight for Faith" (What is with this constant "battle" imagery?!), followed up on Fox's decorated culture warrior, Todd Starnes' story about a Catholic student who was told by a college supervisor to remove her cross while she performed her duties at a student orientation. Long story short, it was a mistake, the college acknowledged it, and tried to contact the student to apologize. Should be end of story. But on Fox & Friends, Christian persecution is a never ending story!
Read moreFox Guest Describes Trayvon Martin’s Mother As A Liar
In its online coverage of the George Zimmerman trial today, host Gregg Jarrett, replayed part of the cross examination of Trayvon Martin’s mother. In the exchange Jarrett highlighted, defense attorney Mark O’Mara “asked” her whether, if she had not identified her son as the one screaming for help, heard on a 911 call tape, she “would have to accept the probability that it was Trayvon Martin who caused his own death.” It was a cringe-making question that even Jarrett seemed to acknowledge was a misstep by O’Mara. But guest Mark Eiglarsh seized on the mother’s answer, “I don’t understand the question,” as proof that she was being dishonest and manipulative.
Read moreFox’s Jesse Watters: ‘The Terrorists Have Won’ Because Samuel Adams Beer Didn’t Use God In Their Ad
Fox News Jesse Watters may not mind having his readers regularly discuss assassinating President Obama and he has personally stalked a young, female blogger because she dared criticize Bill O’Reilly’s sexism, but when it comes to beer ads, he’s found religion. So long as he can exploit it for political gain, that is. Because he actually announced, without challenge, that a Sam Adams beer ad that referenced the Declaration of Independence without mentioning “endowed by their Creator” was a sign that “the terrorists have won” and that the tea party has been “targeted.”
Read moreDennis Miller Suggests Congressman Jim McDermott Be Anally Raped?
When the Puget Sound Joint Terrorism Task Force, working with the Dept. of State, placed ads on Seattle buses which featured photos of wanted terrorists, Congressman Jim McDermott objected. He felt that because all the photos ("Faces of Global Terrorism") were of Muslims, the campaign was "offensive to Muslims and ethnic minorities and encourages racial profiling." In a letter to the FBI, he suggested that these ads could "exacerbate" hate crimes against these minorities. As a result of criticism from "politicians, advocacy groups, and the public," in addition to Rep. McDermott, the photo ads will be taken down. As this has caused quite the stir in the Islamophobic community, (One headline -"McDermott, Terrorists Win in Seattle"), it's not surprising that the possibly Islamophobic Bill O'Reilly brought it up with his equally bigoted boy toy, Dennis Miller during this week's "Miller Time."After Bill claimed that the FBI caved (the Task Force made the decision), Miller launched into a vile and disgusting attack on Rep. McDermott - an attack that included a "joke" about anal rape with a colonoscope.
Read moreFox News Fights The War On July 4th
To my knowledge, Fox News hasn’t come right out and called its holiday attacks on President Obama “defending the war on July 4th” as it has with Christmas and Easter. But that’s what they’re clearly suggesting with their complaints about President Obama going to Africa at the same time that the military has cut fireworks displays because of sequester cuts. Besides, a war on July 4th is the logical next step for the machine of perpetual outrage, otherwise known as Fox News. So who better to help fight the war than Fox’s armchair culture warrior and impeachment hopeful, Todd Starnes?
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