Fox Guest: I Have Never Met A Group Of People Who Are So Upset That The Economy Is Rebounding Than The Folks Over At Fox
Caroline Heldman, a frequent Fox News guest, had a bit of a blowout with Sean Hannity last night in which he argued that the booming stock market was not a sign of economic recovery because, he asked rhetorically, "those people on food stamps, are they investing in the stock market?” To which Heldman replied, "I’m impressed that you’re now concerned about the poor, thank you for that.” Tonight, Heldman was a guest on Al Sharpton's PoliticsNation where she said, "I have never met a group of people who are so upset that the economy is rebounding than the folks over at Fox."
Read moreWaterboard Weasel Hannity Wants Terror Suspect ‘Dunked’ To Break Him
Armchair General Sean Hannity is very disturbed that Osama Bin Laden’s son-in-law will be tried in New York City instead of Guantanamo Bay. One of Hannity’s objections is that the suspect will receive “rights.” And even though Hannity has weaseled out of his promise to be waterboarded for charity, he now advocated “dunking” the suspect in order to make him “crack.”
Read moreO’Reilly Calls On Beck To Justify His ‘Altruistic’ Attack On Colmes
Glenn Beck may be too toxic for Fox News, but he’s a regular on The O’Reilly Factor. Last night, Bill O’Reilly called on him to help advance his ridiculous justification for attacking Alan Colmes last week, that it was all part of “looking out for you.” Unfortunately for O’Reilly, Beck didn’t do much to help.
Read moreGretchen Carlson Promotes Duggars Doing Asia!
Just when you think that the absurdity level on Fox & Friends can't get any higher (or lower, as the case may be), along comes something that will disabuse you of that notion. This morning, Gretchen Carlson, wearing her biggest Miss America grin and doing her best happy voice evah, interviewed the Duggar family ("19 and Counting") who just returned from a trip to Asia. These fecund folks, who have their own "reality show on TLC," are no strangers to Fox, having been last seen endorsing Rick Santorum for president. Today's interlude was just so cute and inspiring - just kidding. They discussed all the fun they had in experiencing Asian cultures. It was just so inspirational when a Duggar daughter, with two children, said that she looks forward to welcoming her third baby and having as many more children as God will give her. Gretch, who has had two children, said "fantastic." What more can you say? Video here.
Megyn Kelly & Fox VP Pimp Papabili Prospects For Cardinal Dolan?
As part of its mission as a media conduit for the religious right, Fox News has taken on the role of defender and promoter of the conservative views of the Catholic Church - "Nuns on the Bus," not so much! So it's not surprising that while other news outlets are covering American politics, Fox has become the media outlet for extensive coverage of the upcoming papal election - a pope-a-paloozathon that consists of happy talk about the Catholic Church with only fleeting references to church "scandals." Given that Fox is on a mission from its god, Roger Ailes, to slam other media, Fox talkers have accused media, which discusses the "bad stuff" in the Church, of being anti-Catholic. And given that Fox is the media outlet for the Bishop's opposition to the president's birth control mandate, it's not surprising that the Fox papal election coverage never wastes an opportunity to promote the papal possibilities of the USCCB head, Fox fave, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, as was done, again, by Fox VP John Moody on yesterday's America Live show. Megyn Kelly provided the amen chorus! And once again, Dolan's dirty laundry wasn't aired
Read moreO’Reilly Justifes His Meltdown With Alan Colmes: I’m Looking Out For You
You don’t need to be a psychologist or a body expert to figure out that Bill O’Reilly’s justifications tonight for his bullying attack on Alan Colmes last week are a lot of hooey. In fact, there was so much hooey, I’m not sure I can catch it all in one post. But for starters, there was the hooey that O’Reilly likened Colmes’ “lie” about federal spending cuts to the danger posed by Al Qaeda (which included the hooey that Colmes had his facts wrong in the first place), plus the hooey that O’Reilly attacked Colmes out of a public-spirited desire to draw attention to this big danger, plus O’Reilly’s "admission" that he shouldn’t have called Colmes a liar – even though he immediately afterward described Colmes as lying. And my favorite hooey: O’Reilly said he’s not in his job for money or fame, but to look out for us.
Read moreLaura Ingraham Gives Her Love To Hate Groups
Last week, the Southern Poverty Law Center came out with an alarming report about the rise of anti-government “patriot” groups. So how was this discussed on The O’Reilly Factor Friday night (3/8/13)? By trotting out a representative from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), an anti-immigrant group listed as a hate group by the SPLC, smearing the SPLIC and all but calling them a hate group.
Read moreFormer Fox Newsman Turned Papal PR Man Pimps Catholic Church's Awesomeness
The Vatican obviously knew what it was doing when it hired former Fox News journalist, Greg Burke, to be its PR man. In discussing the upcoming papal election with Martha MacCallum, Burke showed us that his Fox News ability to provide biased coverage is a transferable skill. Opus Dei member Burke and fellow Catholic Martha MacCallum, whose face positively glowed with excitement about the new pope, chatted about the awesomeness of the upcoming Conclave and the Cardinals in attendance. And in keeping with the apparent Fox News policy of saying only positive things about the Church, there was no mention of the fact that almost all of these wonderful American cardinals have taken some serious sexual abuse baggage to Rome and that the Italian media (who must be as anti-Catholic as Fox says the American media is) feels that their Conclave presence is an "embarrassment." In his ability to obfuscate reality, former Fox News reporter Burke, who self flaggelates, is a perfect Vatican front man!
Read moreFox Anchor Tells Small Businesses Driven Out By Walmart To ‘Get Over It’
Saturday’s Cavuto on Business focused on unions standing up to Walmart and causing a reconsideration of its plan to open a store in New York City. It could’ve been bought and paid for by Wal-Mart what with all the de facto spokespeople rhapsodizing about the big-box retailer. As for the small businesses who might have been driven out? “Ma and Pa need to get over it,” panelist and Fox Business Anchor Dagen McDowell scolded.
Read morePeter Johnson Jr. Chides Media For "Bringing Up Bad Stuff" About Catholicism
While the world awaits the new pope, the reality based media, in reporting on the newsworthy problems faces by today's Catholic Church, cites the systemic and global sexual abuse problem which has eroded the credibility of the Church, especially in the US. They also cite declining Church membership and attendance. The Church's problems relating to women, who ignore birth control teaching, and liberal nuns who are being investigated by the Vatican are also mentioned. Vatican secrecy and Vatican leaks are cited. But not on Fox News, which seems happy to carry the Vatican's holy water. Apart from scant references to Catholic "scandals," Fox coverage of the upcoming papal election is sunny and happy with lot of talk about how Fox fave, Cardinal Dolan, is so papabile! And as part of the coverage, some Fox Catholics (and they are legion) have been chastising the evil, anti-Catholic media for saying bad things about a Church for which Fox "News" provides some sweet PR!
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