Paging Bill O'Reilly, Gretchen Carlson, and all the other Fox Christmas Crusaders. Fox News, the employer of the aforementioned Christmas warriors who decry the secularization of Christmas, has sent out its seasonal cards and OMG, Jesus is missing!!! Todd Starnes, who was appalled that the White House holiday card which featured the "First Dog" and had no bible verse, should be outraged, outraged I say, over his employer's blatant disregard for the sacredness of Christmas!!! The covers of the Fox News and Fox Business News cards have no Jesus, wise guys, angels, or any other accoutrements of the only types of greeting that are approved by those who are fighting the evil forces of atheistic secularism. Rather, they are a Jesus free zone that skewers Fox's media rivals. And what's even worse is that there are no bible verses; but rather, Fox themed lyrics to popular Christmas tunes. I am truly chagrined and appalled!!!

Fox Nation has posted an article called, "South Korea Warns That North Has Rockets Capable Of Reaching Mainland U.S." So how did those America-loving patriots in the Fox Nation community react to this potential threat to national security? With glee at the thought that people with whom they disagree will be hit. The readers' murderous desires were no problem for the moderator(s) who allowed them to remain on the site. (H/T J.L.)

The lede yesterday and today, on the Jesus loving, Obama/Muslim/Immigrant/Minority/ Liberals/Democrat/Gay/Abortion Rights hating Fox Nation is "Merry Christmas." During Hanukkah, there was no similar holiday greeting. The last Happy Hanukkah from Fox Nation was in 2009. While America is not a Christian nation, Fox Nation clearly is! Jesus loves them, yes he does!

When it comes to religion, Fox News is hardly "fair & balanced." In keeping with Roger Ailes view, and that of the religious right, that secularism is destroying America, his network supports conservative Christians who claim to be persecuted, vilifies atheists, promotes the National Prayer Day and Congressional Prayer Caucus, validates the Catholic Bishop's opposition to the birth control mandate,  and advances the bogus War on Christmas. Most of Ailes top talkers are Christians who frequently invoke their religion. And while there are a few non-Catholic clergy, who occasionally make appearances, the conservative Catholic Fr. Jonathan Morris gets the most face time on Fox. (On Christmas, he had THREE Fox appearances) Sunday, in keeping with his role as a mouthpiece for the Christian right, Morris advanced their concerns in a little hissy fit about how atheists are trying to take prayer out of West Point. Forget Jesus, conservative Christians have a friend in Fox News!

In keeping with its role as an unofficial Catholic news outlet, Fox News not only presented part of the Pope's Christmas address (Not his Christmas message in which he said that gay marriage "will destroy the essence of human nature) and two, count em, segments with the one true Fox priest Fr. Jonathan Morris. Yesterday, Morris talked about how, after his presence caused an agitated hospital patient to tear out his IV's, he performed a Christmas miracle when the man calmed down and led a prayer, for Morris and hospital staff, invoking Jesus' name - for Morris, the "true" meaning of Christmas. (Two more miracles and lil Johnny boy will be saint material!)  Today, Morris was back on Fox & Friends (One of Three Appearances) to provide his Christmas message which was still mostly about Fr. Morris!

We at News Hounds wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy everything. For your holiday jollies, I thought you might enjoy some selections from our email bag. We’ve had a bumper crop of emails meant for Fox News but sent to us. Proof again that Fox News viewers are not exactly the sharpest tools in the shed. Ho, ho, ho!

Although Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church is famous for picketing funerals because "God hates fags," for some reason Fox Nation has decided to call them a "left-wing cult." And did you know that Phelps is a Democrat? In Fox Nation he is. (H/T/ Aria) UPDATED

In case you don’t believe me that Fox News crossed the line of whatever journalistic integrity they ever had and into blatant advocacy, maybe you’ll believe Republican Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen when she specifically credited Fox News over the release of ex-Marine Jon Hammar, imprisoned in Mexico for illegally bringing a gun into the country. In her own words, Ros-Lehtinen said, “You guys saved his life. I mean, literally.”

Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) visited Fox News Sunday yesterday where he announced – twice – that President Obama is “eager” to go over the fiscal cliff because he thinks it would enable him to raise taxes and be an all-around political plus. It’s a rather outrageous accusation – yet nobody challenged him on it. Not host Chris Wallace, who otherwise did a decent job moderating the discussion, and not the Democratic guest, Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND).

While Fox News claims to be "America's Newsroom," the America it represents is very different. The America outside Fox News is religiously diverse, with a growing number of people identifying as "not affiliated." But Fox News' religious perspective is mainly conservative Christian with the majority of the commentary coming from Fr. Jonathan Morris, a former member of the disgraced Legion of Christ, who, unlike other religious contributors, makes frequent appearances on Fox Business and Fox News where he has a weekly gig on Fox & Friends. During the aftermath of the Newtown shooting, his baby face was an ongoing feature of the coverage. In addition to being a loyal mouthpiece for right wing talking points, Morris also provides "inspiration" for the audience such as this morning when he talked about the "meaning of Christmas" which was, of course, a very Catholic Christmas and a very Fr. Jonathan Christmas.