Juan Williams Smacks Down ‘Craven’ Republican Attacks On Bergdahl Recovery
Juan Williams was a smidgen of bright light yesterday in a Fox News Sunday sea of vitriol over Bowe Bergdahl and the Obama administration’s deal to recover him. On a show that excluded Democrats from every interview, Williams spoke out very effectively against the tide.
Read moreFox News Outrageous Quote Of The Week Poll - 6/1/14-6/7/14
Not surprisingly, we had lots of Fox News outrageousness about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, his father and the Taliban prisoner swap. But those "fair and balanced" folks over at GOP Central also had time to smear Neil deGrasse Tyson and efforts to reduce student loan debt - while also talking up business' right to discriminate. So check out our latest nominees and help determine which one was the most outrageous.
Read moreFox’s Byrnes Characterizes Student Loan Bill As ‘Feeding The Drug Addict’
Yesterday, Fox’s Bulls & Bears panel discussed Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s $51 billion student loan plan. The plan “would lower interest rates on most federal student loans below 4%, reducing millions of Americans’ bills by hundreds of thousands or thousands of dollars a year” according to Mother Jones. But leave it to a Fox News pundit to find a way to demonize that.
Read moreBowe Bergdahl’s Family Getting Death Threats
After a week of being gratuitously demonized on Fox News – and elsewhere by the right wing – it was reported yesterday that Bowe Bergdahl’s family has received death threats and is receiving security.
Read moreFox News Sunday's Bergdahl Interviews Exclude Democrats
All the interviews on Fox News Sunday today pertained to the prisoner swap of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Yet "fair and balanced" host Chris Wallace didn't seem to feel the need to interview a single Democrat. Even worse, Wallace hid the Republican credentials of his first two guests. Meanwhile, Fox News Sunday's website boasted about its "complete coverage of the Taliban prisoner swap." This is just the latest in our long - and growing - list of Fox News Sunday shows that have excluded Democratic guests.
Read moreDoes Fox News Think Bergdhal's Former Squad Leader Looks Like A Muslim?
Bill O'Reilly has said a lot of really stupid (and Islamophobic) things; but his comment about how Bowe Bergdahl's father "looks like a Muslim" will live in Fox infamy. (Meanwhile Bill O'Reilly looks like, well, you fill in the blanks.) Brian Kilmeade has said a lot of stupid (and Islamophobic) things; but his comment about how Bob Bergdahl resembles a terrorist will also live in Fox infamy. Meanwhile, among those vets who have taken to Fox News in order to denounce Bergdahl as a "deserter" or possibly a terrorist symp, is one who is quite hirsute. So I ask the question, does Justin Gerleve, Bergdahl's former squad leader look like a Muslim?
Read moreFox News Bigot Attacks Neil deGrasse Tyson For Talking About Being Racially Profiled
I’ve previously written about the bigotry and intolerance of Gavin McInnes, a regular Fox News guest. He seems to relish insulting groups of people – and Fox News keeps inviting him back. Earlier this week, McInnes attacked Cosmos host and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson for speaking out about his experiences with racial profiling.
Read moreFox News, You've Got Mail: June 2014 Edition
It's been a while since I've had the opportunity to open the mail bag and dig out the mail received from people who think they are writing to Fox News. It's a virtual avalanche of correspondence - everything from oppressed Christians to oppressed patriots - all crying out for exposure on the one network they feel tells the truth. Also, in this batch, a sizable percentage of people offended by the attire - or lack thereof - of some of the Fox females.
Read moreMegyn Kelly’s Kangaroo Court Electronically Lynches Bergdahl And Obama
Megyn Kelly joined the Fox News lynch mob last night when she hosted a group of former soldiers who served with Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan. She dialed up her outrage-o-meter in a hammy show of sympathy for them. But really, her only interest in their plight and experiences seemed to be in using them to pre-judge Bergdahl and convict the Obama administration at the same time.
Read moreTodd Starnes Tweets Fox News Bergdahl As Jihadist Smear
While patriot Todd Starnes never wore the official couture of the US military, he love a man in uniform - except, of course, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. In reading Starnes' tweets, it's apparent that he has joined the platoon of armchair right wingers who are conducting a crusade (or is it jihad) against Bergdahl whom they label a traitor and, thanks to Fox News' intrepid sourcing of "secret documents," a scary Muslim jihadist. And as with everything that Starnes opines on in his ongoing culture war, truth has become a casualty!
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