Bill O'Reilly Whitewashes British Anti-Islamic, White Supremacist Group
If, in analyzing American US race relations, a host of a show that features "unequaled blend of news analysis and hard hitting investigative reporting," spoke credulously with a neo-Nazi skinhead, there would be serious questions about the credibility of said TV news host. Yet, last night, Bill O'Reilly did just that, albeit with a focus on British/Islamic relations, with the head of the English Defense League, an extremist group whose anti-Islam demonstrations, as noted by the ADL, have been "marked by violence, with some bordering on full riots resulting in numerous arrests, property damage, and injuries to law enforcement." But Bill, who blames the minority community for violence in the public schools, doesn't seem to have a problem with the English Defense League. In his interview with the EDL head, Bill avoided mention of the group's thuggish behavior and unsavory white supremacist connections, except to reference what his guest has been "called" by others. Rather, he sought Robinson's explanation for "Jihad in London." But like O'Reilly, Robinson is white, hates Muslims, and "is fighting for Christianity," so it's all good?
Read moreRoger Ailes: I Don't Have Bombproof Glass To Protect Me From Homosexuals With Bombs
Apparently, Roger Ailes is disturbed enough by the recent revelations about him in Jonathan Alter's new book, The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies - one of which is Ailes - that he has issued a statement to Politico debunking the allegations. My personal favorite? Ailes denies having bombproof glass in his office to protect him from hostile homosexuals. Except that that's not exactly a denial of what Alter said.
Read moreBill O'Reilly Lies And People Listen!
Bill O'Reilly's propaganda is insidious in its potential to become part of a false narrative. Bill tells a lie and his audience, many of them older folks who were raised to believe whatever their family or religious "father" figure said, believe it. And what makes it worse is that Bill is actually so delusional that he believes in the veracity of his own statements. He actually said - ready for it - that he always goes on "provable facts, not speculation." But on Monday, Bill claimed, during a "disturbing" piece which was a not so thinly veiled attack on the transgendered, that a Wisconsin school's cross dressing day was originated by the school "pinhead" teachers as part of an effort to curb bullying. Sorry to say (no, I'm not) that Bill lied because the event was developed by the student council as part of school spirit week. And like a virus, Bill's lie spread out to "the folks," one of whom parroted back Bill's lie in her statement of agreement with him. As cause and effect, it was brilliant. As fact, not so much!
Read moreErick Erickson Fox's Most Outrageous Last Week
I doubt it's a huge surprise that Erick Erickson won our Most Outrageous Quote poll this week for his comments that males are naturally "dominant" and that those who think differently are "very anti-science." Click through to find out our runner up.
Read moreDennis Kucinich A Fox News Tool Discussing Bradley Manning And Wikileaks
Sadly, Dennis Kucinich was Fox News’ willing tool in his eagerness to attack President Obama from the left last night while discussing Wikileaks and Bradley Manning. How bad was Kucinich? So bad that O’Reilly leapt in to defend the Obama administration’s prosecution of Manning, thus helping Fox earn some “fair and balanced” cred in a neat Fox News threefer: O’Reilly got to attack the left at the same time that he defended President Obama, all the while still getting in attacks on Obama via an outsource to Democrat Kucinich. You have to wonder how much Kucinich understood what was going on and how much he cared or not.
Read moreVan Susteren Helps Advance Cuccinelli’s Campaign-Friendly ‘Hunch’ He’s An IRS Target
Greta Van Susteren may be Fox’s so-called “liberal” in prime time but she (again) acted as a Republican handmaiden last night as she uncritically promoted Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s completely unsupported belief that his state is a victim of an IRS target because of his conservative policies. And didn’t mention that his claim might, just might be useful in his very tight campaign for governor.
Read moreFox's Varney Boasts About 'Being Mean To Poor People'
On yesterday’s Fox & Friends, as a banner on the screen read, “Who’s Ruining the Economy?” Stuart Varney blasted the Earned Income Tax Credit. As Gretchen Carlson explained it, “The IRS improperly gave $13.6 billion in low income tax credits to families that didn’t need them.” But instead of going off on the IRS and the Obama administration, Varney took a detour into attacking low earners.
Read moreFox's Allen West Calls Eric Holder 'A Bigger Threat' Than Al Qaeda
Chalk up Allen West as the latest unhinged Fox News commenter. In a fundraising email for his political action committee, West showed a photo of Attorney General Eric Holder next to a photo of Al Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahiri and asked which one was scarier. As you might have guessed, West decided it was Holder.
Read moreFox Nation Uses Anthony Weiner To Accuse Democrats Of Waging A War On Women
You know that the Democrats' accusation that Republicans were waging a war on women must have been a success because Fox Nation and the New York Post were willing to twist themselves into a pretzel using Anthony Weiner's mayoral candidacy to accuse the Democrats of waging a war on women. Well, to be fair, it wasn't just Weiner but Elliot Spitzer and some other New York City politicians. But, of course, poor treatment of women is not just a Democratic problem. Nor is it what anybody was saying the war on women was about.
Read moreRep. McDermott To Megyn Kelly: Stop Putting (Republican) Words In My Mouth About IRS Hearing
Megyn Kelly was every bit a mouthpiece for the GOP today as she conducted what purported to be an interview of Democratic Congressman Jim McDermott in the wake of Fox News' lionization of Paul Ryan “wiping the floor” with McDermott over his comments at an IRS hearing yesterday. She was so overbearing and badgering that McDermott roared at her to stop putting words in his mouth.
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