Bill O’Reilly Suggests Obama Will Bomb Syria To Avoid Impeachment Over Benghazi
Bill O’Reilly jumped on the Benghazi bandwagon tonight in a big way. In a discussion with two Fox News contributors, Ralph Peters and Dave Hunt, O’Reilly echoed the sentiments of Mike Huckabee and floated the idea that President Obama might be impeached or deserve to be impeached as the result of upcoming House hearings on Benghazi. But then, after backtracking and playing the adult, O’Reilly floated the idea that President Obama might bomb Syria to “wag the dog” and divert attention away from Benghazi.
Read moreTodd Starnes Outrage #1,878,025: They're Teaching Kids About You-Know-What!
Be thankful that the ever-vigilant Todd Starnes is guarding our children's morals. Fox's culture warrior has taken time out from detailing the persecution of Christians in America, to fume over an explicit German sex-education book - without bothering to inform us that the publishers are discontinuing it.
Read moreFox News Is Now Part Of Gosnell Trial!
Not only does Fox News report the news; but it's now making news. As part of its role as media conduit for the anti-choice lobby, Fox New is promoting their meme that Dr. Gosnell's clinic is what happens in all abortion clinics. In an effort to sway public opinion against Gosnell in particular and abortion in general, Fox News put together a "special report" about Gosnell. That the intent was to sensationalize and editorialize was underscored by the title of the report, "See No Evil." While the Fox audience was probably pretty darned impressed with the "shocking" nature of the program, Gosnell's attorney was pretty pissed off about it.
Fox Nation Gloats That the Left is ‘Terrified’ of Ted Cruz
So far, Fox hasn’t indulged in the kind of love-fest with Ted Cruz that it has with Rand Paul. But as the neophyte Texas Senator garners headline after headline for being an arrogant jerk forceful and uncompromising, it’s tough for the right-wing brass not to be a little impressed. When an influential pundit on the left aimed some complimentary remarks at Cruz on Sunday, the Fox Nation, with typical Fox Nation hyperbole, posted about it under the gleeful headline, “Senator Ted Cruz Terrifying the Left.”
Read moreDid Roger Ailes Cut Geraldo Rivera’s Mic Over Benghazi?
There’s an interesting brouhaha today over a report in the New York Times that Roger Ailes ordered Geraldo Rivera’s microphone to be cut when he was on Fox & Friends shortly before the election last fall, criticizing the "preposterous allegations" and politicization of the Benghazi attacks and calling out colleague Eric Bolling in particular. Fox has denied the report. But one thing is indisputable: Rivera has changed his attitude toward Benghazi. On Saturday night (5/4/13) Rivera not only treated “Benghazi-Gate” as a serious controversy, he even welcomed Ann Coulter to politicize offer her “insights” into the subject.
Read more"Fair & Balanced" Fox News Says Gosnell Clinic Is 'Reality' Of American Abortion Industry?
The American anti-choice movement is aided and abetted by right wing politicians, evangelical Christians, so called "family values" groups, and the Catholic Church. In addition to these groups, they now have "fair & balanced" Fox News, an alleged "news" network that has become the media outlet for "right to life" propaganda which, at present, is focused on the trial of an abortion doctor who is accused of murdering babies, "born alive" during abortions. In order to conflate what happened in Gosnell's clinic with safe, legal abortion and, thus, advance their crusade to eliminate abortion, the anti-choice zealots accused the media of censoring the story. Fox immediately jumped into what wasn't a media blackout with commentary that pushed the pro-life propaganda. Fox even put together an emotionally charged, perjorative special report, praised by the anti-choicers, which used the trial to push the message that Gosnell represents "the reality of America's abortion industry." If that isn't pure propaganda, I don't know what is!
Read moreBastardi-izing Climate Change
On the May 3rd Your World, Fox's favorite climate-change denying weatherman, Joe Bastardi, discussed spring snowstorms in the Midwest and record cold in Dallas to dismiss climate change concerns. Neil Cavuto opened by saying “So much for Al Gore’s global warming prediction when he said that we should brace ourselves for one hot 2013.” Center for American Progress’ Joe Romm considers Bastardi possibly “the worst long-range forecaster ever.” But to Cavuto, Bastardi is indisputably “so good.”
Read more‘Terrorism Expert’ Ann Coulter Offers Her Special Insights Into Benghazi And Moo-slims
Just what, exactly, are Ann Coulter’s credentials that Geraldo Rivera keeps consulting her on matters of terrorism and national security? Other than her predilection for fantasizing about murder and her difficulties in voting in the precincts in which she lives, her only other “qualification” seems to be her inability to speak in public without making incendiary attacks on Democrats. And her unique pronunciation of the word, “Muslim.” Sure enough, in a discussion about how to use whether Benghazi would negatively affect Hillary Clinton’s presidential chances, Coulter accused Democrats of deliberately ignoring "Moo-slim" terrorist attacks out of “political correctness.”
Read moreFox News Hates Paternity Leave
On yesterday’s Cavuto on Business, the panel bashed discussed Yahoo’s decision to double maternity and paternity leave to keep top workers. Dagen McDowell didn’t like it. She sneered, “Did new dads start lactating and I didn’t know about it?” Charles Payne laughed heartily.
Read moreFox’s Nina Easton Suggests We ‘Celebrate’ Teen Pregnancies By Encouraging Adoptions
On Fox News Sunday this morning, panelist Nina Easton made a rather startling argument – that we start “celebrating” young women who get pregnant and give up their babies for adoption as an alternative to abortion. Unfortunately, she failed to consider – and nobody brought it up, either – the problems faced by pregnant teens and the fact that teens who go through pregnancy are more likely to decide to keep their baby and struggle in poverty as a result.
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