Fox Nation Pretends: Obama Admits He’s A Socialist
Just in case you had any lingering doubts about whether Fox Nation lives up to its own mission statement of "tolerance, open debate, civil discourse, and fair and balanced coverage of the news," check out its ridiculous article, designed only to manufacture hate, called “Obama Admits He’s A Socialist.” Of course, Obama did nothing of the sort. Fox got that “information” from a New York Post editorial (the Post is owned by the same company as Fox News) that extrapolated it from a completely unrelated remark of Obama’s. But not only did Fox News highlight this post in today’s Fox Nation email digest, they highlighted it right underneath a boastful announcement that Roger Ailes is about to receive his award as a “visionary” of journalism.
Read moreFox News' James Rosen A DOJ Target In National Security Leak Probe
The Right-Wing Hissy Fit Machine just kicked into high gear over a report in the Washington Post that James Rosen's emails were subpoenaed by the Obama DOJ in its probe into a national security leak. While I wait for more details to pass judgment, one thing is certain: Fox will completely forget its 2012 hissy fit over the national security leaks they will now have a hissy fit for being implicated in.
Read moreChris Wallace Obsesses About Which Room Obama Was In During Benghazi Attacks
Chris Wallace conducted a lengthy interview with White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer in which he purported to discuss important facts about the attack on the American compound in Benghazi, Libya that killed our Ambassador and three other Americans. But Wallace’s ridiculous demand to know whether or not President Obama was in the Situation Room when he was dealing with the attack belied any claim of interest in the substance of President Obama's response.
Read moreFr. Jonathan Morris Whines About IRS "Targeting" Religious Groups
For the right wing, ain't no party like a pity party and now that the IRS has been accused of targeting conservative groups, the religious right is joining the fun with their newest whine that they, too, were treated unfairly. The reality is "muddled;" but given that Fox News is the media outlet for the church of the perpetually victimized, it wasn't surprising to see it providing a pulpit for the latest installment of the gospel according to victimized faith communities, such as Billy Graham's outfit which would never do any politicking in the guise of being a "charity." Right? Anyway, on this morning's Fox & Friends, official Fox priest, Fr. Jonathan Morris, whose on air condemnations of Pres. Obama and recommendations to not vote Democratic, could be considered pushing a political agenda, validated the concerns of those religious groups who claim unfair treatment and in so doing, rendered nicely unto Roger Ailes who sits at the right hand of the godly (?!) GOP!
Read moreNeil Cavuto’s Republican Rehab For MI Gov. Rick Snyder
Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan may only have a 38% approval rating and be in a bit of trouble with regard to his re-election chances, but you’d never know that from watching Your World’s thinly-disguised infomercial for his governorship in which host Neil Cavuto talked about the “palpable” “magic” Snyder has worked in Michigan - before closing with an enthusiastic, “Touché to you!”
Read moreVote For The Fox News Outrageous Quote Of The Week - 5/12/13-5/18/13
You've got your work cut out for you, dear readers. We had an especially rich field of candidates to choose from this week. Subjects ranged from Benghazi, the IRS scandal, Dr. Gosnell and abortion, and Obamacare from the mouths of Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Michele Bachmann and even "Democrat" Dennis Kucinich, to name a few. But only one gets to be named our Outrageous Quote of the Week. I would not want to be in your shoes this week!
Read moreFox News Mailbag: May 18, 2013 Edition
It's Saturday night and time to open up our mailbag of emails from people who thought they were writing to Fox News. Our subjects range from Benghazi, welfare, Shepard Smith calling President Obama "Mr. Obama" and some I can't decipher. Here for your voyeuristic enjoyment and for the Fox trolls to pass along to their paymasters is our latest crop.
Read moreGreta Van Susteren Mainstreams Mike Lee’s Extremism
Although Greta Van Susteren is named by Rupert Murdoch as one of Fox’s “liberal” voices, she nonetheless kept whatever liberal views she has to herself as she listened quietly and without challenge to Senator Mike Lee as he called the federal government “too dangerous to be trusted.”
Read moreCashin’ In Regular: Universal Health Care Enslaves The Rich And Destroys Our Rights
In its never-ending war on the poor and middle class, Cashin’ In debated whether or not health care should be a right last Saturday (5/11/13). Host Eric Bolling gave a clue to where the segment would go when he opened the show by saying “Cashin’ In derailing the liberal gravy train right now.” But regular panelist Jonathan Hoenig took it to a whole new level when he argued that health care would “enslave” others and result in the “destruction of all rights.” He, Bolling and guest Wayne Rogers repeatedly likened health care to a big car or a free meal or something downright un-American. Fortunately, the two women on the panel had a kinder view.
Read moreFox News Hires Allen West – And Points To His Disgraced Military Career As One Reason
It’s not a huge surprise that Fox News hired Allen West as a contributor. Any regular Fox watcher could see that West has been angling for the job since he lost his seat in Congress (and finally acknowledged it with what has to be one of the least gracious concessions ever). But what is surprising, even for an outfit as maliciously divisive as Fox News, is that they would cite West’s disgraced military career as one of his selling points.
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