Fox News Outrageous Quote Of The Week Poll – 12/29/13-1/4/14
For the last several weeks, we’ve had some pretty predictable winners of our Fox News Outrageous Quote of the Week Poll. But this week, I'm not so sure. Our subjects include Catholicism, NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio, the New York Times, dissing Americans who support raising the minimum wage and more – plus a foul-mouthed partying babe who helped Fox ring in 2014. Put your thinking caps on!
Read moreSarah Palin Forgets Her Commitment To Free Speech Just In Time To Attack MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry
In case you’ve missed it, Fox News is making racial attacks on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry again. The excuse this time is Harris-Perry’s remarks about Mitt Romney’s African American grandson – for which she has profusely apologized. But while Fox News contributor Sarah Palin was oh-so-stirring in her “free speech” defense of Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson’s insulting remarks about gays and blacks – she has suddenly lost her First Amendment fervor and is now on her high horse with holier-than-thou sensitivity on behalf of the Romney family.
Read moreFox News Sunday Guest: God Doesn’t Want Nuns To Sign ObamaCare Waiver
Today on Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace did his part to promote the religious right’s assault on ObamaCare under the cloak of religious liberty – albeit with far more legitimate balance and subtlety than Megyn Kelly’s blatant shilling Friday night. Fortunately for those of us on the other side, there was a good advocate in NARAL Pro-Choice America’s Ilyse Hogue.
Read moreDid Fr. Jonathan Morris Fail To Tow Fox Line Re Brain Dead Girl?
Fox News solidified its "pro-life" creds when, as part of the media circus outside Terri Schiavo's hospice, Fox hosts (particularly Sean Hannity) openly supported Terri's own family's (Schindler) attempts to override her husband's decision to take her off life support. And now that a California teen has been declared brain dead after tonsil surgery, the anti-choice movement is supporting her family's attempts to keep her on artificial life support. Fox is now taking up this sad situation. Not surprisingly, Fox's Mike Huckabee is also supporting the family's decision. Thus, I was expecting that official Foxpriest, Fr. Jonathan Morris would adhere to what I speculated was the official Fox "pro-life" position. Surprisingly, his comments about the matter, on this morning's Fox & Friends, were a bit unexpected.
Read moreFox News Mail Call - January 14, 2014 Edition
We didn't have enough mail last week for our regular weekly roundup of emails sent to us but meant for Fox. But this week is a different story. In fact, some of these seem like real doozies. Also, it seems we may be expanding our email "reach" to other Fox/News Corp. companies. Lucky us!
Read moreFox News' Krauthammer Declares Hillary Clinton A ‘Weak Candidate’
Fox’s Charles Krauthammer gave Special Report viewers and staff a belated Christmas present last week when he declared that Hillary Clinton will be a “weak candidate.”
Read moreMegyn Kelly Suggests Pres. Obama Hates Nuns?!
The GOP/Fox News right never wastes an opportunity to attack the Affordable Care Act because in attacking the law they attack the president. What really pisses them off is that the law includes the requirement that employers' health plans include contraceptive coverage. Churches and other primarily religious groups are exempt. Despite the administration's compromise, that the birth control costs be assumed by the insurer, groups (primarily Catholic) filed lawsuits including one from an order of Catholic nuns. This week, Justice Sotomayor, granted these nuns a temporary enjoinment from the law. Immediately, the right wing seized the moment to attack the president for persecuting the poor sisters - a false claim that dovetails with their belief that Obama hates Christians. Enter, stage right, Fox News which has provided ongoing support for the Catholic bishops' opposition to the mandate. And who better to tear into this red meat issue than the "moderate and reasonable" Megyn Kelly whose trademark outrage and snark clearly let us know what she was thinking
Read moreCenter For American Progress’ Dan Weiss Talks Climate Change On Fox
Dan Weiss, from the Center for American Progress, visited the Hannity show last night for a debate with host Eric Bolling. Even though “fair and balanced” Fox News producers stacked the deck with an introduction designed to make sure its viewers at least questioned climate change before Weiss came on.
Read moreSarah Palin's Comments About Phil Robertson Our Outrageous Quote Of The Week
For the third week in a row, we have a runaway winner of our Fox News Outrageous Quote of the Week poll. This week's winner is Sarah Palin who revealed that she did not bother to find out what Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson actually said before she took to the media to defend him and denounce his critics.
Read moreMegyn Kelly's Calculated Ploy For Internet Virality: Joke About Sleeping With Weather Gal Janice Dean
Don't tell me that Megyn Kelly didn't know exactly what she was doing when she joked on the air last night about sleeping with Fox News meteorologist, Janice Dean. After Dean gave an update on the ferocious winter storm Hercules, Kelly quipped, "So if they're canceling the trains, does that mean that you and I are having another night in bed together?"
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