Dennis Miller Smears Sandra Fluke - Again!
When the Tea Party protesters were wreaking havoc at town hall meetings, Fox News provided full validation for their activism. But when a young female law student spoke out on behalf of women's reproductive rights, Fox News provided a platform for Fox pundits and their guests to smear her. Fox News advanced the popular right wing memes that Fluke is a libertine who wants free birth control and that she is an example of playing the victim - a role usually reserved, on Fox, for persecuted Christians. Perhaps the most venom came from Bill O'Reilly and his fellow defenders of the "pro-life" patriarchy which would deny women access to birth control and abortion while at the same time abolish the safety net for women who do give birth. And now that Ms. Fluke has been nominated for Time Magazine Person of the Year, the Fox boys are back in town with their patented vitriol. Last week, Dennis Miller and Bill O'Reilly didn't disappoint.
Read moreBob Costas Tells O’Reilly: I Don’t Back Up On Anything I’ve Said
Bob Costas visited The O’Reilly Factor tonight to discuss those gun comments he made a few days ago in the wake of the Jovan Belcher suicide/murder tragedy. It seemed that the two guys had a prior friendly relationship and if they didn’t before, they do now. Costas stood by his comments and added on to them, with minor challenges from O’Reilly. In fact, O’Reilly’s biggest concern seemed to be that Costas “call a Christmas tree a ‘Christmas tree.’”
Read moreFox & Friends Smear Pensioners As 'Takers'
Yesterday, Fox & Friends discussed a Forbes article about 11 states in bad fiscal shape because "takers" outnumber "makers." The article identified a "taker" as "someone who draws money from the government, as an employee, pensioner or welfare recipient. A maker is someone gainfully employed in the private sector." It's bad enough that Forbes likened firefighters and police officers to welfare recipients but Fox piled on by suggesting that the pensioners are the ones bleeding the states dry.
Read moreMegyn Kelly And Lars Larson Compare Costas’ Gun Remarks To Racist Rants By Hank Williams And Don Imus
On Monday’s America Live (12/3/12) the topic was Bob Costas’ now-infamous “anti-gun rant,” as host Megyn Kelly put it. Lars Larson, syndicated radio host, was introduced as a “proud gun owner” by Megyn Kelly, and then was asked his thoughts. He spent the rest of the segment comparing gun owners to victims of racism.
Read moreBill O'Reilly Chastises Fordham President For Denouncing Ann Coulter's Hate Speech!
Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulter are soul mates of hate in that they both have no problem in personally attacking anybody or anything that doesn't comport with their toxic world views. As such, it was no surprise that O'Reilly, on Monday night, attacked Fordham University and its Jesuit president after the Fordham college Republicans rescinded their invitation for Coulter to speak at the university. O'Reilly, who took personal umbrage at the "insult" to Coulter; also sent out his stalker, Jesse T Watters, to try to humiliate Fordham's students in order to make the case that the students are "idiots." There is rich irony in the words of Fordham President Joseph McShane, SJ, who said that Coulter's "rhetoric is often hateful and needlessly provocative-more heat than light-and her message is aimed squarely at the darker side of our nature" as the same could be said of Bill O'Reilly.
Read moreO’Reilly Blames Schools And The Media For Jovan Belcher Tragedy
Bill O’Reilly has all the answers about the Jovan Belcher tragedy – that is, if you don’t pay too close attention to the inconsistencies. First, he wants you to know that it is “grossly irresponsible” to blame any cause other than Belcher, himself. Then, O’Reilly was willing to allow that substance abuse might have played a role so long as “the headline” remains that it was Belcher himself who was the villain. Then, at the end of two discussions, O’Reilly revealed that he thinks the real villains are the public schools and the media.
Read moreFox & Friends Outraged Over Obama Hosting Progressive Media But Had No Problem With George W Bush Hosting Right Wing Media
That the conservative couch crew on Fox & Friends has a bad case of hypocrisy is illustrated in their patented faux Fox outrage about how President Obama met with MSNBC and other progressive media hosts, yesterday, at the White House. Yet, they had no problem when a Republican President, George W Bush, met with right wing media members including Fox's very own - drum roll - please, Sean Hannity! The "friends" doubled down on their double standard by claiming that - ready for it - MSNBC is in the tank for Obama. And we all know that Fox News isn't in the tank for the GOP cuz it's fair & balanced, ya think!
Read moreGreta Van Susteren's Half-Hour Infomercial For Susana Martinez
Move over, Sarah Palin. Greta Van Susteren seems to have a new BFF and this one just happens to be another Republican female governor in the spotlight as a potential national candidate: New Mexico's Governor Susana Martinez. Despite the fact that Martinez said in the more than half-hour interview two nights ago that she has "no thoughts on" running for president, Van Susteren's blog post about the interview is called, "New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez: The future of the GOP?" Plus, Martinez told Van Susteren that the reason she went to law school was because, "I thought you had to be a lawyer in order to get into national politics." But wait, there's more.
Read moreFox News Benches Karl Rove And Dick Morris
Gabriel Sherman reports in New York Magazine tonight that Fox News has sidelined Karl Rove and Dick Morris in the wake of their faulty strategy and predictions (respectively) in the 2012 presidential election.
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