Tucker Carlson Asks: Can You Tell The Difference Between An Occupier And The Mentally Ill Homeless?
Fox & Friends Weekend previewed today’s Occupy Wall Street anniversary protests by turning the whole movement into a mean-spirited joke. Guest host Tucker Carlson pretty much set the tone when he introduced the segment with the sneering question, “How much has Occupy Wall Street actually accomplished?” The guest called upon to deliver the answer was Fox News’ resident comedian, Steven Crowder. Carlson showed off his own sense of humor, too, as he opened the discussion with a knee slapper: “It’s been a year. Can you tell the difference between the average Occupier and the mentally ill homeless? In that time, have you learned to distinguish the two?”
Read moreBill O’Reilly To Debate Jon Stewart
Bill O’Reilly will debate Jon Stewart on Saturday, October 6, 2012 at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. at 8 PM ET. They’ve called the event, The Rumble in The Air Conditioned Auditorium. “It better be cool in there,” O’Reilly quipped, “because Stewart is gonna be taking some massive heat.” UPDATED
Read moreFox & Friends Hosts "Credible" Pam Geller Who Says Obama "Sanctioned" Middle East Protests
That Fox News is seen as a vehicle for Islamophobia is demonstrated in their willingness to legitimize the views of Pam Geller, the head of a rapidly anti-Islamic, SPLC designated hate group, whose views about Islam, and President Obama's supposed connection to it, go beyond merely hateful into the realm of the bizarre. Last Friday, Geller, who, BTW, justified the murders committed by Anders Breivik, appeared on Fox & Friends where she made the totally batshit crazy claim that President Obama supports Sharia law in America. On Saturday she was back with more batshit crazy claims that Obama is "sanctioning" Muslim rage. Pam Geller (Hofstra drop-out) as foreign policy expert? Really? Only in the strange, alternate reality of the "fair & balanced" Fox "News."
Read moreFox Christens Mid-East Violence 'Obama's Mid-East Crisis'
In case there's any doubt that Fox News is deliberately trying to use the violent protests in the Middle East as political fodder against President Obama, check out the not-very-subliminal message repeatedly displayed on Geraldo Rivera At Large last night.
Read moreRupert Murdoch's Tweets Out Of Sync With Fox News
Eric Boehlert, of Media Matters, found two interesting tweets by News Corp Chair and CEO Rupert Murdoch earlier last week. One said, “Election. To win Romney must open big tent to sympathetic families. Stop fearing far right, which has nowhere else to go. Otherwise no hope.”
Read moreBill O'Reilly Wants Caroline Kennedy Excommunicated?
Bill O'Reilly is routinely pissed off about those who don't subscribe to his antiquated views which seem to involve nostalgia for the good old days when minorities "knew their place," gays were in the closet, women were confined to the kitchen, and dad was able to get away with sexually harassing the female office help. And when Bill gets really pissed off, he obsesses on the targets of his wrath. Thus, Sandra Fluke is being treated to an ongoing bombardment of personal attacks on both Bill's TV show and in his column. But while O'Reilly isn't focusing the same kind of wrath against Caroline Kennedy as he's doing with Fluke, Ms. Kennedy really pissed him off with her Democratic Convention speech about how she, as a Catholic woman, supports reproductive rights. O'Reilly ranted about it to Karl Rove, mentioned it to his new fellow sexist wing-man, Adam Carolla, and is now writing about it in his column which shows just how pissed off O'Reilly is - and not entirely with Ms. Kennedy but with his beloved Catholic Church. He also gets "scientific" about why abortion is bad.
Read moreOn Fox & Friends First: Islam Hater Pam Geller Says Pres. Obama Supports Sharia Law
According to the Center for American Progress' Report, "Fear Incorporated," there is an "Islamophobia Network" dedicated to fomenting fear of Islam and Muslims. The report cites Fox News as an "echo chamber" for this Islamophobia in that many of its guests promote anti-Islamic talking points, especially the baseless notion that the US is being taken over by Sharia law. Chief among these purveyors of paranoia is Pam Geller who was a prime mover in the Fox enabled protest against the so called "Ground Zero Mosque." She was closely involved with a child custody battle, closely covered on Fox, involving a Muslim teen. The group that she founded, "Stop Islamization of America," has been labeled a hate group by the SPLC for its defamation of Muslims. She has occasionally appears on Fox where she promotes her vile and bizarre views about "creeping Sharia." So on Friday, BEFORE THE COFFINS OF THOSE KILLED IN LIBYA HAD ARRIVED AT DOVER, Geller was back on Fox where her toxic views were warmly received.
Read moreFox Viewers Dislike Immigrants And Latinos!
A study by the National Hispanic Media Coalition found that people who watch Fox News share more anti-immigrant and anti-Latino views. Seventy percent of Fox viewers have an unfavorable view of “illegal alien,” more than NPR, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, or talk radio.
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