Van Susteren And Allen West Suggest Welfare Recipients Are Terrorists
In the latest example of Fox News using the Boston Marathon bombings to politicize and hate monger, Greta Van Susteren teamed up with Allen West to twist the news that the Tsarnaev suspects received welfare into unfounded suggestions that other welfare recipients are terrorists, too.
Read moreFox To Glenn Beck: You Left To Save Your Ass, Not Your Soul
In case you missed it, Glenn Beck said last week that he left Fox News in order to save his soul, suggesting that Roger Ailes wanted him to stay. Today, Fox unequivocally challenged that. Politico received an email from a Fox News spokesman saying: Glenn Beck wasn't trying to save his soul, he was trying to save his ass. Advertisers fled his show and even Glenn knows what that means in our industry. Yet, we still tried to give him a soft landing. Guess no good deed goes unpunished.
Read moreFox & Friends & Stuart Varney Promote Lie: "Illegals" Get Food Stamps In Exchange For Voting Democratic
Along with waging a war on women, the GOP right and its mouthpiece, Fox News, are waging a war on food stamps which they feel is just another dependency fostering freebie being utilized by lazy, Obama supporting "takers" rather than a safety net for low income Americans. But even more than food stamps, the GOP right wing feel that "illegal immigrants" are a threat to America. Their mouthpiece, Fox News provides a steady stream of propaganda, directed against undocumented immigrants, that reinforces the fear and loathing. This morning, Fox & Friends conflated both memes in order to OMG wage class warfare. While the discussion covered the requisite bigotry bases, it upped the ante by actually lying about food stamp eligibility for undocumented immigrants and claiming that this is happening to get Democratic votes. Good thing Fox & Friends isn't a Fox "news" show; because in addition to not being "fair & balanced," it advanced a bold faced lie. But they did get to use "illegal immigrants" eight times, and reference "makers and takers" so it's all good...
Read moreJudge Jeanine Pirro Demands We Shred The Constitution Over Boston Bombing
If you’ve been following the news lately, you know that the mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, is now being accused of having radicalized her son(s). Even Fox News admits that she’s only a person of interest at this point - on their site, at least. But to one Fox News host – a former judge, no less – Tsarnaeva is not only guilty (before she’s even been charged) but should be stripped of her citizenship and sent to Guantanamo Bay prison.
Read moreFox & Friends Guest Robert Davi Endorses Racial Slurs, Sexism, Amos & Andy!
There is an ongoing debate about whether "political correctness" promotes sensitivity about racial and gender issues or stifles free exchange of ideas. But there is no debate that Fox & Friends hates it because, I guess, it prevents them from really expressing their bigoted, right wing views which they still manage to communicate, political correctness notwithstanding. The last time that Fox & Friends discussed the evils of political correctness was when they interviewed a potty mouthed, dirty old Santa Claus impersonator. This morning, they brought on the right wing, Republican actor Robert Davi who proffered his view that political correctness is squelching our free speech and that things were so much better in the good old days of racial slurs, ethnic jokes, and fine family entertainment like "Amos & Andy," a show with African-American actors who played to black stereotypes. He was validated by Brian Kilmeade who wants the freedom to call women, "sweet broads." Yeah, you read it right!
Read moreBolling And Beckel Challenge Jon Stewart To Debate On The Five
Apparently, Jon Stewart’s devastating take down of Fox Newsies salivating to shred Constitutional rights struck a nerve with both Eric Bolling and Bob Beckel, each of whom had a featured role. On Friday’s The Five, Bolling said, ““Hey, Jonny-boy, pull up a chair right here between Bob and me and let’s debate this thing. Come on. You got the cojones?”
Read moreMegyn Kelly Hypocrisy Watch: Tsarnaev Welfare Records Vs. Joe The Plumber's
During this week's hate fest, Fox directed most of its most of its toxic spew towards Islam and Muslims in general. But they reserved some venom for some very specific Muslims; i.e. the parents of the alleged Boston bombers and the wife of the deceased suspect. And in so doing, they were able to hit on another right wing bête noire; i.e. "welfare" - a word that elicits fear and loathing amongst the white, racist pitchfork crowd as it conjures up images of those dark skinned moochers, criminals, and Obama voters that Bill O'Reilly has warned us about. Once it was disclosed that the Tsarnaev family received some forms of welfare, alleged "news" anchor Megyn Kelly expressed her patented "outrage" over whether "we" paid for that bomb. But funny, when it was revealed that right wing darling, "Joe the Plumber" received welfare, Kelly was outraged about the leak of confidential information. "Fair & Balanced" or double standard?
Read moreStephen Colbert Mocks Fox & Friends Whining About Miranda Rights Read To Boston Bomb Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Stephen Colbert got in some of his brilliant zingers at Fox & Friends a few nights ago – and who could be more deserving of ridicule? Colbert caught the Curvy Couch Crew not just regurgitating the same talking points, but the exact same cliché, “singing like a canary,” which was their phrase to describe what Boston bomb suspect Dhzokhar Tsarnaev was supposedly doing until, as Colbert put it, “our secret Chechen president” “screwed the whole thing up” by advising Tsarnaev of his Miranda rights.
Read moreBill O'Reilly Hypocrisy Watch: Boston Bombing Politicization Edition
The day after the Boston bombing, former Democratic congressman Barney Frank expressed the belief that budget cuts make emergency response, such as that seen in Boston, more difficult. Seems like a pretty rational statement of fact but this comment sent Bill O'Reilly even further over the edge to which he is precariously clinging. As News Hounds Ellen reported, O'Reilly wasted no time in attacking Frank for having "politicized" the Boston bombing. But in the interests of "fair & balanced," O'Reilly brought Frank on The Factor so he could defend his position or, as noted on Fox News Insider, "take Barney Frank to task." And in so doing, O'Reilly scolded Frank about not waiting longer before making a political statement. But funny, O'Reilly didn't apply the same standard to a Republican sitting member of congress who did just what O'Reilly accused Frank of doing! What????
Read moreWatch The White House Correspondents Dinner With Us
Tonight's the White House Correspondents Association dinner, featuring jokes from President Obama and Conan O'Brien. Given that Fox News' Ed Henry is the president of the association, I'm looking forward to some good jokes at Fox's expense! We've got the White House stream which is scheduled to start at 9:45 PM ET.
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