Is Fox News' Book Protesting Dad, William Baer, A Famous Birther?
As I reported, William Baer, a New Hampshire resident who was arrested after speaking out about a high school reading assignment at a school board meeting, appeared on Fox News. During his interviews with Megyn Kelly and Elisabeth Hasselbeck, he received warm validation for his protest against the school and the school board whose rules he broke during his outburst. While the school has reviewed its policy to ensure that parents will always be aware of their children's' reading assignments, Baer is not letting the matter drop and, as he told Fox, is assembling his legal team presumably for a lawsuit. He has become the darling of the Tea Party, nationally, and quite the celebrity for a right wing NH group. Given Baer's current right wing bona fides, I wondered if he had a history of partisanship. From what I discovered, it appears that William "Billy" Baer, if he is the now famous William Baer, is not just your average dad. One wonders if Fox was aware of his colorful, uh, history?
Read moreFox News Outrageous Quote Of The Week 5/11/14 - 5/17/14
We've got a wide range of outrageousness for you to choose from this week: Predictably, Fox News talking heads made a big deal out of Michael Sam's kiss and were busy stirring up more animosity toward Muslims. But we also had some outrageous comments about race, the minimum wage and - oh, yes - Benghazi. A good selection awaits your consideration and vote, dear readers!
Read moreFox Guest Tammy Bruce Use VA Scandal To Attack Chelsea Manning, Pres. Obama
As the media mouthpiece for the homophobic radical right, Fox has been a conduit for misinformation and slurs directed against the transgender community. And now, Fox is attacking Chelsea Manning, formerly Pfc Bradley Manning who was convicted of espionage for giving classified information to Wiki Leaks. When Manning requested a name change, she was mocked on Fox & Friends and "The Five." Fox & Friends lied about Manning and used a slur to describe her. This past week, Manning (who, on Fox, is still referred to as a "he") was attacked, on Fox & Friends, for getting "special" medical treatment at taxpayer expense. As if that wasn't bad enough, Martha MacCallum hosted right wing lesbian Tammy Bruce for more of the same. Just when you thought that Fox couldn't go lower...
Read moreDana Loesch: I’m A Hate Mongering B**** For Christ!
Fox's Dana Loesch wants you to know that despite her heated support for the homophobic Benham brothers, she has friends and family members who are gay. She also wants you to know that her “biggest daily struggle” is “balancing” her conservative activism with “compassion.” If her appearance on The Kelly File Friday night is any guide, I think it’s clear Loesch needs some more work on that “compassion” thing.
Read moreFox Pundit Likens ObamaCare To Communist Russia
Only on Fox News would a pundit liken a market-based, private health insurance program to Soviet Russia. And not get laughed off the set.
Read moreFox Panelist Likens Minimum Wage Protesters To ‘Robbers’
It was bad enough that Fox regular and self-described “capitalist pig” Jonathan Hoenig argued that protesters wanting a $15 an hour minimum wage are akin to “robbers.” But his pretense of concern that a higher wage will somehow cause discrimination against lower-skilled workers is laughable. Or worse.
Read moreMaking The Nigerian Schoolgirls about Benghazi Wins Laura Ingraham Our Most Outrageous Quote Award
Laura Ingraham made the outrageous argument last week that American options in Nigeria are limited - because Benghazi. That earned her our Most Outrageous Quote Of The Week Award.
Read moreBill O’Reilly: Joseph Biden's Charitable Giving Police
On last night’s O’Reilly Factor, multimillionaire Bill O’Reilly adjudged Vice President Joe Biden a “pinhead of the week” for not donating as much to charity as O’Reilly thinks he should. But I suspect O’Reilly’s real beef was that Biden hasn’t donated to O’Reilly’s charity. And what better way to show your heart and generosity than smearing a political foe who won't cooperate in making you look good?
Read moreFr. Jonathan Morris Foxsplains Pope's Comment Re 'Redistribution Of Wealth'
If there's anything that sends the wealthy into paroxysms of panic, it's the phrase "re-distribution of wealth" as in conjures up images of evil commies storming gated communities in order to steal the money of the "wealth makers" to give to the undeserving dark skinned "takers." Recently, in speaking before the UN, Pope Francis called for "legitimate redistribution of economic benefits" a phrase which journalists turned into the scary "redistribution of wealth." The Pope's speech, predictably, elicited negative reactions from rich, conservative Catholic Sean Hannity and Fox's uber Catholic VP John Moody who admonished the Pope to "stick to making suggestions for how to voluntarily reduce economic inequality and leave tax policy to the politicians." Predictably, Fox's one true priest, Fr. Jonathan Morris was tasked with assuaging Fox viewers that Pope Francis has not gone all Alinsky!
Read moreBill O’Reilly Baselessly Suggests Liberal Eleanor Clift Is Senile
In case you missed it, liberal pundit Eleanor Clift, a former Fox News contributor, is in hot water with conservatives for saying that Ambassador Christopher Stevens was not murdered in Benghazi. Last night, The O’Reilly Factor discussed this latest excuse to attack a liberal outrage with the kind of compassion Karl Rove could have scripted for him: by saying, “This isn’t personal… She’s elderly, alright? I don’t know if she has a full grasp any more of what she’s actually saying.”
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