Factor Ambushes Newspaper Editor, Goes All the Way to Governor, Over "Racially Motivated" Virginia Assault
Bill O’Reilly is still hot on the case of the two white reporters attacked and beaten by an indeterminate number (somewhere between five and 100) of black youths in a housing project in Norfolk, Virginia. He’s intent on proving that it was a racially motivated assault and that the reporters’ own newspaper, the Virginian Pilot, covered it up out of liberal political correctness. Last night, for the fourth night in a row, he used his show to hammer us over the head with the case.
Read moreFox News Wants You To Think Women Make Less Than Men By Choice
A Fox News article dated May 7, 2012, deliberately suggests that President Obama's focus on equal pay for women is a campaign ploy with no merit. Fox News reporter Angle leads you to think that the reason women make less than men is because of lifestyle choices. While that's true to some degree, Angle somehow left out the news that even in fields where women work in men's jobs or vice versa, men still make more. (H/T John P.)
Read moreN-Word Galore On Foxnews.com Comments
One trend I noticed recently with FoxNews.com is just how often the n-word can be found in their comments. Not long ago, I found two stories where Trayvon Martin’s name appeared, although not directly tied to anything in that case. One was about the arrest of Alton Hayes III, who claimed that anger over Trayvon Martin was a motivation for attacking and robbing a 19 year-old white person. Hayes admits that race was a factor in his crime, and the article says he was charged with a hate crime.
Read moreNewly Minted Fox News Contributor Liz Cheney Probably Planning A Senate Run
Liz Cheney joined Fox News as a paid contributor in January and guess what? Less than four months later, she'a already acting like she's running for the U.S. Senate. If I were a more cynical person, I'd say she's deliberately using her Fox platform as a launch pad - and that Fox News is letting her do so.
Read moreHannity’s Torture-A-Go-Go Friday Night Special
If you missed Sean Hannity’s special” Friday night, you probably had a better night’s sleep not having to worry about how many of the neocons Hannity slobbered over as “the best” minds on military and national security issues might actually have positions of power if Mitt Romney wins the election. As always with Hannity, the real point of the special was not to enlighten but to inflame and enrage his audience against President Obama. And for two of Hannity’s pet causes, torture and war against Iran.
Read moreRubio Can’t Explain Away Romney’s 500,000 Jobs Gaffe
Appearing as the only guest on Fox News Sunday today, Marco Rubio, the Fox News choice for Vice President, was asked by Chris Wallace about Romney’s ludicrously off-base comment last week that a “normal recovery” should be adding 500,000 jobs a month. Rubio had no explanation other than to praise Romney for having “high expectations.” Not surprisingly, Wallace let Rubio slide.
Read moreSaturday Night Live Does Fox & Friends
A mock episode of Fox & Friends was the opener for Saturday Night Live last night and it was pretty darned funny. It started with a send up of the "war on Christmas," moved on to Bin Laden, the White House Correspondents Dinner and more. Plus, there was a guest visit from "Rupert Murdoch."
Read moreNo Democratic Guest On Fox News Sunday Again
The only guest on today's Fox News Sunday was Republican Marco Rubio, talking up about the Mitt Romney campaign. We've been documenting how often FNS has been excluding interviews with Democrats. The list is getting surprisingly long, even to veteran Fox watchers like us.
Read moreFr. Jonathan Morris Reminds Catholics Why They Shouldn't Vote For Obama?
The so called "Catholic vote" will be an important constituency in the upcoming election. Thus, it doesn't seem to be a coincidence that the only real religious presence on Fox News is a conservative Catholic priest, Fr. Jonathan Morris who has used his Fox pulpit to preach about how the HHS contraceptive mandate is anathema to his church's "religious liberty." Given that GOP position on this mandate dovetails nicely with that of the Catholic Church, it's no coincidence that Fox "News" has a sweet quid-pro-quo arrangement with a church that has been actively preaching against Obama since the HHS mandate which, thanks to Fox News, has been and continues to be in the spotlight. This cozy relationship between the Catholic church and Fox is underscored by Fr. Morris' regular appearances. He gets to promote Catholic dogma that's consistent with that of the GOP. Fox gets to possibly bring Catholic sheaves into the "R" column and the Fox viewship base - a win, win for all. This morning, Morris provided an almost objective assessment of a Gallup poll on Catholic voters - that is until he skillfully interwove core "non-negotiable" Catholic teaching which, wink, wink, cautions Catholics against voting for Obama. Roger Ailes works in mysterious ways.
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