Ann Coulter Gushes Over ‘Magnificent, Run Beautifully’ Government Shutdown
The Republican-orchestrated government shutdown just put their public approval ratings in the toilet. But Ann Coulter seemed to be on the Ted Cruz wavelength as she painted the stunt as a smashing success on Hannity tonight.
Read moreHoward Kurtz’ Phony Equivalence Just Happens To Spin Fox’s Mistaken Report Of Congressman Young’s Death
Fox News media critic Howard Kurtz properly recognized Fox’s big blooper of the week: the reported death of Congressman Bill Young – while he was still alive. “That’s a terrible mistake,” Kurtz noted on his Media Buzz show yesterday. And then he did his best to make you think it was not so terrible by suggesting it was just like a couple of erroneous tweets about Fox’s correction.
Read moreMegyn Kelly: Handmaiden For The GOP, Obamacare Edition
Megyn Kelly was a vision of sympathy for Republican outrage last week as she offered a friendly, uncritical platform for Republican Kris Kobach to suggest that because one navigator for the Affordable Care Act (i.e. "Obamacare") had once been arrested at a protest in front of his house, the whole process might be riddled with criminal and/or inappropriate activity. But what made this discussion especially notable was how it came just a few days after Kelly complained about the media seizing on two extremists, and therefore distorting, the larger picture at a veterans protest. But Kelly's contradictory stands on cherry picking had one thing in common: they each promoted a GOP-friendly meme.
Read moreBill O'Reilly's Fellow Tiller Persecutor, Phill Kline, Has License Suspended - O'Reilly Mentioned 23 Times
Sadly, nothing can bring back abortion provider, Dr. George Tiller who was assassinated by a "pro-life" fanatic after the good doctor was relentlessly persecuted by a fanatical Kansas attorney-general, Phill Kline. Aiding and abetting Kline was his "pro-life" media mouthpiece, Bill O'Reilly, who used his show to engage in an ongoing demonization of the good doctor. But Dr. Tiller has been vindicated by the recent decision of the Kansas Supreme Court to indefinitely suspend Kline's law license for 11 violations related to his bogus and agenda driven persecution investigation of Tiller's practice. The divinely inspired Bill O'Reilly was part of the investigation and in the official document was mentioned 23 times which is less than the number of times that O'Reilly attacked Tiller as a "baby killer."
Read moreHannity's Phony Obamacare Victims Discussed On CNN's Reliable Sources
Yesterday, CNN's Reliable Sources host David Folkenflik discussed those now-infamous phony Obamacare victims that Sean Hannity trotted out last week as proof that Obamacare is a "train wreck." Thanks to the savvy work of attorney Eric Stern, who tracked down and then wrote up the facts Hannity somehow kept from his audience, the real train wreck was Hannity's attempt to pull a fast one on his viewers. But as Stern and Folkenflik nicely highlighted on the show yesterday, the transgression goes beyond the disingenuous attempt by an extremely partisan host to influence his audience. It's flat-out propaganda.
Read moreFox News Outrageous Quote Of The Week Poll – 10/13/13-10/18/13
As usual, there was no shortage of Fox News Outrageousness last week. Tonight, we have 10 quotes for you to read through and evaluate. Our subjects include Obamacare, the government shutdown, those poor persecuted Christians and the premature reporting of the death of a U.S. Congressman. And more.
Read moreAndrea Tantaros: Tea Party Believes In Patriotism While Elites ‘Worship’ Multiculturalism
Andrea Tantaros probably thought she was oh-so-clever on The Five Friday evening as she cutely painted multiculturalism as somehow unpatriotic, unlike the Tea Party. This, from the same woman who a few months ago urged her radio audience to go out and punch an Obama supporter in the face.
Read moreSteve Forbes Likens Obamacare To The Titanic
This weekend’s Forbes on Fox discussion about the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”) first called the law “the Obama administration’s Vietnam” and then later likened it to the Titanic. The segment was clearly an attempt to move beyond the government shutdown and get back on track by attacking the ACA.
Read moreAnother Dishonest Fox News Attack On Food Stamps
Fox News host Stuart Varney was so eager for viewers to think that food stamps (SNAP) are a waste of money, he couldn’t be bothered to actually tell the truth about the SNAP program.
Read moreTucker Carlson & Southern Baptist Guest Say No Free Slut Pills For You!
While Fox News has covered birth control for its female employees prior to the HHS birth control mandate, it obviously doesn't want all women to have the same benefit via "Obamacare." Fox was fully supportive of Catholic bishops who objected to the requirement that those nasty slut pills be provided to employees of Catholic colleges and Catholic charity organizations and Catholic employers. For months, there was at least one weekly Fox & Friends segment supporting the Church's claim that the mandate violated their religious liberty. Fox's Fr. Jonathan Morris said that he would be willing to die in opposition to the mandate which Fox talkers falsely claimed would include abortion inducing drugs. Now that the Baptists have filed a suit against the administration, over the mandate, Fox is there to assist with the same lies and propaganda because, well, religious liberty violations because, well, Obamacare. And who better to talk about laws affecting lady parts than Tucker Carlson and a male representative of the Southern Baptist church who is concerned about "the sexual revolution." (And Fox News says there's no war on women?)
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