Huckabee And Nugent ‘Joke’: Maybe We Should Hunt Democrats
Ted Nugent visited Mike Huckabee’s radio show today where the two good ol’ boys talked a little game hunting. But Huckabee, showing his Christian sense of humor, no doubt, soon joked that maybe “we ought to turn loose” Nugent’s “mystical, wonderful” hunting dog “on some Democrats and see if he can hunt them, too.” The Nuge readily agreed.
Read moreHannity Defends Offensive ‘Obama’ Rodeo Clown
While most people were outraged over the racially-tinged antics of an Obama rodeo clown at the Missouri State Fair, leave it to white-rights champion Sean Hannity to stand up for the routine – and use the opportunity to attack African Americans as racial hypocrites. But Hannity ought to be more careful before he points a finger of hypocrisy at anyone else. UPDATE: At least two other Fox shows use this segment to attack liberals.
Read moreGreg Gutfeld Insults Muslims While Whining About Insults To Christians
While the right wing complains that civil rights leaders are part of a "grievance industry," the biggest purveyor of grievances seems to be the Christian right whose constant grievances get warm support on their very own network, Fox News. Their over-arching narrative, which gets lots of traction on Fox, is that while liberals mock Christianity, they don't do the same thing to Muslims which, of course, they believe deserves not just mocking but condemnation. The irony here is that while Fox News is claiming a "double standard, it has no problem attacking Muslims and atheists. This double standard, regarding what they feel is a double standard, was evident on last Friday's Factor during which former altar boy Greg Gutfeld spoke about the blowback to a tweet, sent by famous atheist and Bill O'Reilly nemesis Richard Dawkins (hmmm) about the intellectual capacity of Muslims. He whined that those who are upset about this tweet don't have the same sense of outrage when Christians are mocked and are, thus, engaging in a double standard. Then he proceeded to denigrate Muslims. Talk about a double standard?!
Read moreDonald Trump: I’m A Man For The Poor!
Donald Trump visited On The Record last night where he pimped yet another phony run for president. Even Greta Van Susteren, possibly the world’s most credulous news host, didn’t buy it. But that didn’t stop her from goading Trump into criticizing President Obama’s golf vacation and egging him on to present himself as more of a man of the people. Not only did Trump take the hint, he insisted, “I have a tremendous base” of poor and blue collar people.
Read moreSydney Leathers: Hannity ‘The Worst’ According To Anthony Weiner
Sydney Leathers visited the Hannity show tonight for a lengthy interview about her sexting relationship with Anthony Weiner. Frankly, I don’t care about her, him or their relationship. But she did say some interesting things about Sean Hannity.
Read moreGretchen Carlson Accuses Democrats Of Double Standards Re Dem "Dirty Deeds!" Really?
Last week, I reported that on August 4th the week-end crew on the curvy couch promoted the newest RNC meme that the sexual misdeeds of three Democrats (Weiner, Spitzer, Filner) constituted the "real war on women" as opposed to the REAL war on women being waged by Republicans who seek to abolish back women's reproductive rights and oppose pay equity. The hosts and their guest, a conservative woman, told a lie when they claimed that Democratic women hadn't made any public comments about the issue. Well sure as Fox lies, on August 6th, Gretchen Carlson, who said nothing about bad behavior on the part of saintly, Christian GOP men, promoted the same *lie in a piece that adhered to the same (RNC approved?) script that was used on Sunday's propaganda fest - including a sweet, young, conservative woman. Hey, what good is propaganda if you can't repeat it?!
Read moreFox’s Own National Security Expert Demolishes Latest Benghazi/Hillary Clinton Conspiracy Theory
Fox host Martha MacCallum was obviously taken aback on America Live today when her conservative, Republican guest shot down Fox’s Benghazi/Hillary Clinton conspiracy theory of the day, that the Obama administration is covering up the theft of 400 missiles that were stolen from Benghazi, Libya on their way to Syria. But good little GOP foot soldier that she is, MacCallum valiantly soldiered on with the theory anyway.
Read moreMike Huckabee Says Military Favors Islam While Harassing Christians
There used to be a time when, on Fox News, any criticism of the US military was seen as downright treasonous. But times have changed. Now that there is push-back against what is seen, by military leaders, as inappropriate attempts to foist a fundamentalist Christian world view onto a secular institution, the American Taliban Christian right is incensed about this alleged violation of Christian "religious liberty." Fox News, as the defender of all persecuted Christians, has jumped on board. Todd Starnes, who has documented every single alleged affront to Christian soldiers, advanced this meme on Hannity. And not surprisingly, Christian right mullah, Mike Huckabee, added some cheese to the whine with his Saturday piece about how military Christians are "barred" from "expressing their faith." That, of course, is a lie; but that didn't stop the Huck and his Christian veteran guest from pushing all the popular tropes. But what was really special was that Huck was able to juxtapose the patented anti-Islamic Fox narrative with the patented Fox persecuted Christian one.
Read moreFox News Pushes Bogus 'Botched Abortion' Anti-Abortion Meme
Fox management asserts that its official "news" programming lives up to the Fox News logo of being "fair & balanced." Fox also uses the phrase "real journalism" to describe the reporting that is done during the official "news" shows. That these claims are ludicrous was demonstrated by a July propaganda blast of three "news" shows that not only baselessly smeared an abortion provider, but used video, from the radical anti-choice group, Operation Rescue, which even the Fox reporter had to finally admit had not been verified. That the "news" programming is clearly in the service of an anti-choice agenda was also shown in a subsequent "news" show which, in it coverage of alleged clinic malfeasance, included a Fox reporter's ufnounded accusation about the clinic. But what was even more interesting is that the phrase used was straight out of the playbook of the radical, anti-abortion movement. Words matter, especially if you're claiming to be "real journalism, fair and balanced."
Read moreYour World Pretends Budget Cuts Are Shrinking The Deficit
On yesterday’s Your World, a Fox News alert announced that the budget deficit is shrinking. But their banner on the screen, “US Budget Deficit shrinks amid higher taxes, lower government spending,” was only half true. Guess which part?
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