Fox News Mail Call – 6/15/2013
Fox News viewers must be on summer vacation. Or maybe they finally figured out how to properly email their favorite “fair and balanced” news network. Whatever the reason, we received fewer emails apparently intended for Fox last week. Still, quantity does not equal quality and I hope you’ll find them as enjoyable as I did.
Read moreMegyn Kelly Legitimizes Ted Cruz’s McCarthyism
In case you missed it, Tea Party Senator Ted Cruz has been revealed as a modern-day Joe McCarthy, thanks to the reporting of the New Yorker. The magazine quoted him a few months ago as saying Harvard Law School had “twelve” Communists who “believed in the overthrow of the U.S. Government” on its faculty when he attended in the early nineties. That allegation is disputed by one of Cruz’ former professors, Charles Fried, a Republican who served as Solicitor General in the Reagan administration. But yesterday, Megyn Kelly, in a segment obviously designed to present Cruz as a conservative victim of liberals, “asked,” when confronted with Cruz’ McCarthy-esque allegation, “But do you have reason to believe that’s not true?”
Read moreMonica Crowley: We Know Entitlements Are Narcotics
Monica Crowley came up with yet another conspiracy theory last night. After announcing, “We know entitlements are narcotics,” she “just asked” if Washington lawmakers are “actively trying” to hook people on them “in order to lock in a permanent Democratic voting majority?” And yet, she didn’t lift even a single manicured finger to find the answer. However, that didn’t stop Fox Business host Lou Dobbs, her guest, from supporting her thesis as a conclusion “easily reached.”
Read moreAllen West Our Outrageous Quote Winner Last Week
Newly-minted Fox News contributor Allen West got right in the swim of things when he called Attorney General a "bigger threat" than Al Qaeda. For that, West won our Most Outrageous Quote of the Week poll last week, narrowly beating out Dr. Keith Ablow who accused President Obama of waging "psychological warfare" on Americans.
Read moreMonica Crowley Conspiracy Theory Of The Day: IRS Agents Will Be ‘Packing Heat’ If You’re Audited
My favorite conspiracy theorist, Monica Crowley, is at it again. Her latest far-fetched fantasy just happened to include a deliberate effort to provoke fear and loathing of the IRS by baselessly suggesting that taxpayers would face agents armed with semi-automatic assault rifles during audits. She was assisted with that fear mongering by none other than Martha MacCallum, a supposedly objective host with a penchant for GOP talking points.
Read moreRupert Murdoch’s Divorce From Wendi Deng To Be ‘Jaw-Dropping?’
In case you’ve missed it, there’s been a flurry of media speculation about the reasons why 82 year-old Rupert Murdoch filed for divorce against his serial home-wrecker of a wife, 44 year-old Wendi Deng. Today’s NY Daily News promises that a “jaw-dropping” reason could come in days. Hint: Think Tony Blair.
Read moreO'Reilly Fear Mongers About Plan B: STDs, Statutory Rape And Incest. Oh My!
On June 11, Priscilla reported that Laura Ingraham said that Plan B emergency contraception encourages rape and pedophilia. Last night, during her appearance on The O’Reilly Factor, Bill O’Reilly pretty much validated her wild-eyed craziness.
Read moreSarah Palin Quits Her Quitting - She's Back At Fox News
Remember how Sarah Palin "quit" Fox News saying it was important to reach for a broader audience and not just preach to the choir? Well, apparently, the quittingest half-term governor can't even stick to her quitting. She's back in the Fox saddle with a new tune. We'll see how long she keeps this one up.
Read moreFox Attacks Bill Cosby For Being Too Muslim-Friendly
Bill Cosby wrote an op-ed recently that you would think Fox News would have praised, slobbered over even. It offered up harsh criticism of African Americans’ “apathy” over drug use in their own community. He even admonished them for being harsher on white drug pushers than their own. Instead, the Hannity show seized on one paragraph in which Cosby praised the clean living of Black Muslims. So out came Muslim-hater Allen West to call Cosby crazy.
Read moreFox's 'The Five' Rallies Round Homophobic Soldier
Todd Starnes never served; but he loves a man in uniform - especially those who are being persecuted by the nefarious forces of evil atheism which have now taken over the military and are attacking the Christianity of spirit filled, Jesus loving, homo hating Christian soldiers who are just trying to spread the good word. Last week, Starnes briefly put down his Crispy Cremes to write about how a nice, homo hating, Jesus loving soldier, Nathan Sommers, was disciplined for serving Jesus' own Chick fil-A at a party held in honor of his promotion and DOMA. And now, OMG, he claims that he was ordered to stop reading books by right wing authors including Starnes' pal, Sean Hannity. This "outrage" spread throughout the world of persecuted right wing Christians, so, not surprisingly Jesus' close pals on "The Five" used the opportunity to, once again, promote the bogus war on military Christians, bash Obama, and show their solidarity with good, Christian homophobia in yet another reality challenged Fox propaganda opinion piece.
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