Cavuto Trots Out Godfather Actor To ‘Joke’ About Clinton’s ‘Enemies List’ As Some Kind Of Mob Hit List
“Only the Godfather came remotely close,” Fox News host Neil Cavuto said yesterday, about the news that Hillary Clinton aides kept a list of political endorsers and non-endorsers in 2008. Even though there is no evidence of retribution by the Clintons against anyone on the list. And then, insisting he was just having fun – at Clinton’s expense – Cavuto trotted out actor Gianni Russo, from The Godfather, “who knows a thing or two about lists.”
Read moreDick Morris Returns To Fox News – To Help Make Christie Scandal About Hillary Clinton
Dick Morris was back (again) on Fox last night. And just in time to help divert attention away from the growing Chris Christie “Bridgegate” scandal and trump up Hillary Clinton’s “enemies list” as a bigger scandal. Just pay no attention to Morris’ disgraceful and discredited record or his long-standing grudge against Hillary Clinton. Fox News certainly didn’t mention it.
Read moreGretchen Carlson Still Not Wearing The Pants!
I don't know if Roger Ailes is a fan of ZZ Top; but it's apparent that he sure does love female anchor's legs and "knows how to use them." As Gabriel Sherman reports in his new book about Roger Ailes, "The Loudest Voice in the Room," Ailes is obsessed with displaying the legs of Fox female anchors. Sherman confirms the existence of the "leg chair" on "The Five." (While Andrea Tantaros was slated for this piece of furniture, former Victoria's Secret model Kimberly Guilfoyle seems to be the primary occupant.) This obsession with legs might have also been confirmed by Gretchen Carlson who admitted that pants were not allowed on Fox & Friends where the curvy couch provides maximum exposure for shapely "gams." And now that Gretch has her own show, she's still not wearing pants!
Read moreFox Propaganda Priest Fr. Gerald Murray Pimps Obama Hates Nuns Meme
As the mouthpiece for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Fox News has been stalwart in its validation of the bishops' opposition to the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act - the bishops' views on poverty and immigration, not so much. And owing to their lawsuit against this mandate, the Little Sisters of the Poor have become poster children for Fox News to use as a means to reinforce the Catholic right wing and GOP narrative that Pres. Obama hates the one true Fox church. (Roger Ailes' Catholic wife is a big award winning Catholic fund raiser.) So who better to reinforce this message, in a fair & balanced way than a Catholic priest. And while Father Gerald Murray doesn't get the Fox face time that Fox first stringer Fr. Jonathan Morris gets, he is every bit as ideological and partisan as Morris. Last Wednesday, the non-partisan (just kidding) Jeanine Pirro provided Murray with a pulpit from which to preach the Fox gospel of hate.
Read moreGabriel Sherman: Roger Ailes Took It Upon Himself To Run Mitt Romney’s Media Strategy
In an interview with Piers Morgan last night, author Gabriel Sherman gave some fascinating insights into just how Roger Ailes uses Fox News as a political messaging tool. Ailes’ own politics are “quite extreme,” according to Sherman. But, as a “brilliant political strategist,” he has worked through moderates to win elections. That’s why he has used Fox to take the side of Mitt Romney and Chris Christie, despite his own personal distaste for them.
Read moreMary Katharine Ham Vs. O’Reilly Re Marijuana Legalization – Round 2
In case you missed it, Bill O’Reilly engaged in a rather contentious debate with Fox News contributor Mary Katharine Ham last week over the legalization of marijuana. O’Reilly accused Ham of “babbling” as she tried to explain why she thinks pot should be legalized. Last night, she was back for Round Two. O'Reilly continued attacking her unfairly.
Read moreMegyn Kelly Prods Sen. Mitch McConnell To Impeach President Obama
Megyn Kelly has gone from showcasing guests who want to impeach President Obama to blatantly advocating for it. And not just to any guest but to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Read moreDr. Ben Carson Allowed To Spread Misinformation About ObamaCare As ‘Most Massive Tax Increase’ Evah!
On Your World, Fox News’ supposed business show, Fox News contributor Dr. Ben Carson described the Affordable Care Act (“ObamaCare”) as “the most massive tax increase in the history of America, probably the history of the world, and it’s all being done under the covers.” The only problem? It’s not true. But host Neil Cavuto did not correct the falsehood. In fact, he seemed to approve of it.
Read moreOn Fox & Friends: John Stossel Attacks Poor, Single Mothers
While Fox News, as the mouthpiece for the radical misogynist right, claim that there is no war on women, the commentary on the network for real men would seem to indicate otherwise. For example, Fox's "libertarian" John Stossel seems to have some issue when it comes to women as shown by his rant about how, because women are hypochondriacs, there should be no gender equality in health care. In a segment on last week's Fox & Friends (1/9), he promoted the right wing meme that poor, single women are really, really stupid because they allow themselves to be lured by the siren song of government "handouts" which we all know are so lucrative! So rather than address the greed and criminal excesses of Wall Street and corporate America, Stossel chose to beat up on poor, single women on "welfare" - a word that acts as a loud and penetrating racist dog whistle to Fox's "real" American audience.
Read moreRoger Ailes Tried To Disrupt His Bucolic Community With His Divisive Partisanship
Roger Ailes doesn't just run Fox News as a political enterprise. He tried to do the same thing in his weekend community of Garrison, New York. Unfortunately for him, it didn't work out quite so well.
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