Dennis Kucinich Hired As Fox News Contributor
Regular readers know I'm pro Democrats appearing on Fox. But going on the payroll? Not so much. But even before the news came out that Dennis Kucinich joined Fox News as a paid contributor, I've had my concerns about Kucinich's appearances on Fox.
Read moreUnder Questioning, Impeach-Obama Advocate Steve Stockman Hedges, Evades and Blusters
Texas Congressman Steve Stockman got quite a bit of press recently for vowing to seek impeachment if President Obama tried to use executive orders to enact gun control. But when Greta Van Susteren pressed him about it on Tuesday night, he hedged and evaded. No, he wouldn’t rush to impeachment, he’d try all available tools. And the issue isn’t gun control, not really, it’s the President bypassing Congress. And he wouldn't say who his allies in Congress were.
Read moreFox Blames Obama For American Hostages In Algeria
Didn’t you just know that the moment the news arrived that some Americans had been taken hostage by an Al Qaeda-linked group in Algeria that Fox News scrambled to figure out a way to blame the Obama administration? Well, in a neat twofer, they got the job done by suggesting Fox’s favorite faux scandal of the year, Benghazi, was the cause. Never mind that even Fox News has reported that the terrorist attack was in retaliation for France's military action in Mali.
Read moreOn Fox & Friends: Michelle Malkin Defends NRA Ad With Obama Children After Accusing President Of Using Children As Props
Fox News is providing a conduit for yet another bogus right wing outrage; i.e. the presence of children at President Obama's press event during which he spoke about gun violence - an issue about which these kids were so concerned that they wrote letters to the president. Fox Nation, which isn't concerned about the NRA ad targeting the president's children, had several threads which were critical of the president for doing this, one of which was written by the perpetually outraged (and outrageous) Michelle Malkin whose hatred for Barack Obama is almost palpable. But, as I reported, these same critics ignore the fact that President George W Bush also had children present for various events. So, in order to make sure that the Fox audience gets as outraged as Ms. Malkin, she appeared on this morning's Fox & Friends where she treated us to her patented sneering and snarling vitriol about President Obama.
Read moreRupert Murdoch And His 'Fat Lady' Tweets
Rupert Murdoch made an ass of himself on Twitter (again), this week as he used the hospitalization of an obese woman after she fell through a sidewalk to make a bunch of prejudiced sneers about her. He tweeted, "How did fat lady who fell thru street get to 400 lbs? Welfare, stamps, etc? Then leave us all with 20yrs immense health bills."
Read moreMark Levin Calls President Obama’s Gun Violence Orders 'Fascistic'
On today’s Your World, Mark Levin was part of the predictable Fox News meltdown over President Obama’s executive orders to reduce gun violence. Neil Cavuto started by describing Republicans as “delirious, apoplectic more the word, over a President they say is now out of control.” There was no doubt whose side Cavuto was on when he said, “No wonder Constitutional lawyer Mark Levin is hitting the roof.”
Read moreO’Reilly and Krauthammer Accuse Obama of Trying to Split the Republican Party So He Can Establish His Welfare Paradise
We’re all familiar with Fox News’ practice of blaming everything on Obama, from the recession to the deficit to gas prices to the warts on their feet. Last night, O’Reilly and guest Charles Krauthammer added "trying to destroy the Republican party" to that list, ignoring the fact that the Republican party is destroying itself quite effectively all on its own.
Read moreBill O'Reilly Still Lying About Great Barrington MA
Let's take a trip down memory lane back to 2007 when Bill O'Reilly, as War on Christmas commander-in-chief, declared war on Great Barrington Massachusetts. Bill sent his faithful stalker, Jesse Watters, to this beautiful town in the Berkshires in order to shame them over their curfew on OMG "holiday lights" due to environmental concerns. Suffice to say, the residents were not shamed. In 2008, O'Reilly lied that Great Barrington had tried "to discourage Christmas" in 2007 and because they still "opposed" it (lie) he had sent Watters back there to continue to shame the locals who, again, weren't impressed. And in an amazing bit of historical revision, Watters claimed that the Bill O'Reilly show "saved Christmas" in Great Barrington. In one of his last lies of 2012, O'Reilly asserted that Great Barrington "hates Christmas" - and just like his other assertions, this one just isn't true.
Read moreGot Hypocrisy? Fox & Friends, The Five Accuse Pres. Obama Of Using Children As Props!
The "Fair & Balanced" news network never wastes an opportunity to attack the president even when it relates to the horrific massacre of school children in Connecticut. After word got out that some children, who had written to the president about gun violence, will be with President Obama when he discusses his proposals for making schools safer, the right wing immediately attacked. Fox Nation featured a thread with Rush Limbaugh's accusation that the president is using human shields. It also has Michelle Malkin's article and Fox's Chris Stirewalt's articles in which they essentially say the same thing. The wall of geniuses on last night's The Five were full of high dudgeon about the news. While the curvy couch potatoes on Fox & Friends were more measured, they advanced the Fox propaganda meme that the president is exploiting kids for his own agenda. (They also offered a suggestion as to how to get around the new NY gun laws). But these clowns have either forgotten or are ignoring the fact that their beloved George W Bush did the same thing and, as far as I know, nobody on Fox cared!
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