Are Fox News’ Outrage Tactics Turning Conservatives Off?
We Newshounds have created countless blog posts about the furious and exaggerated outrage statements made by the folks at Fox News. Take, as just one example of about fifty million, Michelle Malkin going purple over President Obama’s use of children as "human shields" in his gun control press conference. Now at least one conservative columnist is fed up with the vitriol from the right.
Read moreFox News' Newest Bogus War
Now that Christmas is over, the "fair & balanced" Fox News website lede headline (from early this afternoon) says the Democrats have declared a war on guns - not even a Cavuto question mark but a statement of Fox fact. The linked article, however, says "Democrats Introduce Expanded Assault Weapons Ban." But for those who don't read articles, the headline says all ya need to know!
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Poor Little Rich Boys Hannity And Carlson Whine About Their Tax Bills
“Great American” Sean Hannity is just beside himself that a great patriot like he is should be called upon to pay any more in taxes just because he earns more than almost everyone else in the country. But rather than just own up to that inconvenient and less-than-flattering truth, Hannity hosted a debate between Juan Williams and Tucker Carlson about Fox's latest hero, golfer Phil Mickelson, who has threatened “drastic changes” in the face of a higher tax bill. Carlson suggested we should ignore President Obama's mandate to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans for our own good.
Read moreBill O'Reilly Continues To Defame Dr. Tiller "The Baby Killer" While Pitching Pro-Life Propaganda
How much does Bill O'Reilly hate abortion? So much so that he used his show as a vehicle to verbally assassinate an abortion provider who was operating within the confines of the law. For his ongoing efforts in helping to create a climate of hatred in which Dr. George Tiller, whom O'Reilly dubbed a "killer," was assassinated, O'Reilly received a "Courage Award" from the Family Research Council hate group. O'Reilly never apologized to Tiller's family for his defamation of the doctor who, as seen on Tuesday night's Factor, is still the target of O'Reilly hate speech and great big whopping lies. In adddition to attacking Tiller, during a discussion in which Bill O'Reilly lobbied against NY legislation to protect women's reproductive rights, O'Reilly put NY Governor Cuomo in his metaphorical cross hairs. How much does Bill O'Reilly hate women? Read on!
Read moreMcCain Smacks Down Fox News Fear Mongering Over Planes To Egypt
Last night, Sean Hannity hosted Rudy Giuliani to suggest that the Obama administration is somehow arming the Muslim Brotherhood enemy by allowing American-made fighter jets to go to Egypt as part of "a foreign-aid package.” But this morning, on Fox & Friends, John McCain, perhaps inadvertently, smacked down the fear mongering.
Read moreHannity's Hillary Derangement Syndrome
Now that Hillary Clinton has finally testified about Benghazi – after being accused on Fox of faking her concussion that delayed her Congressional appearance – Sean Hannity is accusing her of faking her emotions. Although many of the Republican Senators and Congressmen grandstanded while questioning Clinton today, Hannity singled out Clinton for supposedly staging the outrage she showed in response – supposedly orchestrated by James Carville. With a suggestion that that's what she had done in her sick time.
Read moreTexas A-G Is Still Urging New York Gun Lovers to Come On Down, Despite Shooting at Houston College
What a difference a few days make. Last week, Texas Attorney-General Greg Abbott was putting out Internet ads inviting New Yorkers who were frustrated by that state’s new gun control laws to come down to Texas, where they will have “the liberty and the opportunity to achieve your dreams.” On Tuesday three students were wounded in a shooting at a Houston-area college. “This story has gotten somewhat complicated in the last few hours,” was how Greta Van Susteren put it, when she began her interview with Abbott on last night’s On the Record. Which didn’t keep Abbott from deploying gun-lobby talking points and painting the Lone Star State as a libertarian paradise.
Read moreNo, Neil Cavuto, The Rich Do Not Flee States With High Taxes
On yesterday’s Your World, Neil Cavuto ignored a study showing that the wealthy do not flee states with high taxes as he hyped the news that former French President Sarkozy is considering leaving France to avoid a 75% tax rate, and golfer Phil Mickelson is considering “drastic changes” due to higher taxes. Cavuto coyly outsourced the argument to his guest, Dave Maney, saying, “Dave Maney says Democratic leaders here in the United States better take note, if they have the money, they will run.”
Read moreFox's "The Five" Advances Pro-Life Outrage Over Pro-Choice Ad
When Bill O'Reilly said, during a discussion about a Canadian abortion case, "and that's why we fight so hard here for the rights of the unborn," we don't know if he was speaking, in the royal "we" about himself, if he was talking about Fox News, or both. While he sees this as "fighting for" the "unborn," the reality is that both O'Reilly and Fox News, in advancing pro-life propaganda, do not fight for the rights of women to control their reproductive organs. Rather, they provide a mouthpiece for those who, in seeking to abolish women's rights to their bodies, would take us back to the pre-Roe days of back alley abortions and unwanted children born to women who had no other options. This group is having a hissy fit about a PSA, commemorating the 40th anniversary of Roe, put out by a reproductive rights group. Not surprisingly, the gang on "The Five" joined the pro-life pity party.
Read moreBill O’Reilly: Privatizing Medicare Is Not A ‘Radical Transformation’
In a segment in which Bill O’Reilly wondered if he might be out of touch with “the pulse of the country,” he pretty much answered his own question in the affirmative as he suggested that Mitt Romney’s plan to privatize Medicare was just some kind of adjustment or modest reform.
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