Dr. Carson In Trouble With His Comments About Gay Marriage
Ruh-Roh! Fox's anointed GOP savior, Dr. Ben Carson, is in a bit of hot water over the comments he made on the Hannity show a few nights ago. Specifically, Carson called marriage between a man and a woman "a well-established pillar of society" and added, "And no group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality - doesn't matter what they are - they don't get to change the definition." Not only did Carson offend a lot of people, some Johns Hopkins University medical students have called for him to withdraw as commencement speaker.
Read moreMegyn Kelly Validates Texas Mom's Outrage Over TX Curriculum
When culture war issues are inseminated on official Fox "opinion" programming, they ultimately are gestated on official Fox "news" shows. Such was the case, on Monday, when alleged Fox News anchor, Megyn Kelly, provided more support for the Texas mom who is outraged over a truly, treasonous Texas curriculum that OMG suggests that terrorism, on American soil, stems partly from reactions to American foreign policy. Well them's fighting words, in Texas and on Fox where America can do no wrong. As I reported, Fox & Friends spun the "outrage" into a whole cloth lie by asserting that the "controversial" curriculum blamed America for 9-11. The lie was given even more traction by Megyn Kelly whose show is officially "fair & balanced" Fox News.
Read moreFox Nation Posters Hope Michelle Obama Breaks Her Neck Celebrating Easter
Don’t tell me Fox Nation didn’t know what kinds of comments it was going to get when it ran with the headline of a post called, Is The First Lady Turning White House Easter Egg Roll Into ‘Fat Camp’? After all, the comments on Fox Nation are so hate-filled and murderous that we have reported them to the Secret Service numerous times. And sure enough, the death wishes and racism came out. Hours later, they’re still there. Oh, and they’ve received a bunch of “likes.” (H/T Aria)
Read moreGoolsbee Smacks Down Fox's 'Obama Lavish Lifestyle' Meme
If there's one thing multimillionaire Hannity loves, it's pretending to be a regular guy and bashing President Obama for living too large. But last night, former Obama advisor Austan Goolsbee smacked it down.
Read moreHow Well Does Fox News Know Ben Carson?
I have a confession, gentle reader. I can snark endlessly about the right-wingers who are fawning all over Dr. Ben Carson; but as for the man himself, I have a lot of trouble disliking him. I also think that when it comes to Dr. Carson, Fox News and their friends are like someone who buys an expensive designer outfit without trying it on first. Some of the things he said during last night’s interview with Greta Van Susteren sounded suspiciously like a Compassionate Conservative – in fact, maybe a bit of an interventionist..? A “we helped you build that” kind of guy…?
Read moreStephen Colbert's Hilarious Send-Up Of O'Reilly's Evolution On Gay Marriage
Stephen Colbert discussed Bill O'Reilly's evolution on same-sex marriage with a hilarious segment that can't be described in any way that gives it full justice. Let's just say that some of the funniest parts included O'Reilly with a goat.
Read moreTodd Starnes' Leather & Bondage Fetish?
Fox Radio's "fundamentalist barking dog" Todd Starnes has finally scored a culture war victory. His constant vigilance against affronts to Jesus loving, homo hating America has finally paid off in that the U of Tennessee pulled state funds from a student event intended to educate and empower students on issues related to sexuality. (Tennessee, I know, pretty radical!). As soon as culture clubber Starnes found out about it, he posted an article on his Fox webpage. Starnes devoted a chunk of his report to the fact that one of the event's speakers is a "noted lesbian bondage expert and erotica author." He then provided lots of information about this woman who was just one of a number of speakers. But then when it comes to leather, we know that Starnes really gets into his subject matter as shown by his observations of male thongs and leather chaps at his local gay pride parade which, according to Starnes, was attended by "angry lesbians," so there's that too....
Read moreBill O’Reilly Calls On Christian Soldiers To Help Fight The War On Easter
Bill O’Reilly is still hippity-hoppiting mad about the War on Easter. He’s so upset about people not calling the Easter Bunny an “Easter Bunny” that he wishes Christians would form an organization like the Anti-Defamation League to fight such discrimination. Because not saying “Easter Bunny” is right on a par with anti-Semitism. Even though O’Reilly acknowledged that the Easter Bunny is not a religious symbol. It must be the principle of the thing. Or something.
Read moreFox & Friends Validates Texas Mom's "Outrage" Over Test That "Blames US" For 9-11
Fox News is a strong advocate for Texas education - but the education that they're supporting is the one that teaches students a right wing version of US history - one which lauds the red baiting Sen. Joe McCarthy, requires that the "violent" nature of the Black Panthers be taught alongside the history of the Civil Rights movement, takes Thomas Jefferson out of the Enlightenment, and depicts America as a "Christian Nation." This revisionist history, fully supported in a week long Fox & Friends series in 2010, is now official. But all isn't well for Jesus' patriotic BFF's. Recently a Texas mom, in checking her son's school papers, was stunned and amazed that the correct answer, to a question about the reason for terrorism, was OMG that not everybody approves of America's foreign policy. The text is part of a curriculum that Texas right wingers are upset about. So where better to take her sense of patriotic victimhood than - you guessed it - Fox & Friends!
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