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Fox Promotes Hillary Clinton “Buddying Up To Hugo Chavez” Meme

You really don’t need to hear the discussion on Monday night’s Great American Panel segment on Hannity (1/3/11) to get the Fox News meme about Hillary Clinton “buddying up to Hugo Chavez.” Just looking at the graphic in the lower right-hand corner of the screen tells you everything the Fox News producers want you to know.

The Beck Week That Was; Woodrow Wilson is an Evil S.O.B. Edition

Guest blogged by Aunty Em

It was another whirlwind week on the Weepy Wanderer’s Wayward Hour aka The Glenn Beck Show. It included (but was not limited to) Twinkies; red phones (as always); Beatles songs; the movie “War Games”; turtle tunnels; Joe Klein; plugs for the Bold & Fresh Tour; plugs “Restoring Honor,” his new vanity 8/28 Project (not to be confused with his 9/12 Project or his upcoming re-education conventions); George Bernard Shaw (again); enough blackboards to start a university; Glenn’s Grandma’s sink (don’t ask); Woodrow Wilson; all the usual suspects; and a BRAND NEW game show that’s sweeping the nation: “Compare & Contrast.” It’s a lot like “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” except, instead of linking people to Bacon, it links Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to U.S. President Barack Obama in one move.

Is Hannity Inciting Civil War?

Sean Hannity reached a shocking new low last night (5/5/09) as he likened the Obama administration to King George and went on to suggest that a new American revolution is needed. With video.

“Liberal” Van Susteren Cozies Up To Limbaugh As He Lies About Homeland Security Memo And Smears Obama

Greta Van Susteren, whom FOX News points to as liberal balance to the prime time conservatives, nonetheless did her part to help spread the hate-mongering against President Barack Obama last night (4/20/09) on On The Record by hosting Rush Limbaugh and asking him leading questions guaranteed to elicit anti-Obama responses. She not only let stand a blatant lie about the Department of Homeland Security memo warning of right-wing extremism, she didn't utter a peep of protest when Limbaugh suggested that DHS ought to investigate Obama instead.

FOX News Suggests America is Doomed, Civil War May Be Justified

Those “we like America” folks at FOX News sure have a funny way of showing their esteem sometimes. Take, for example, Glenn Beck's February 20, 2009 show in which he did his darnedest to scare viewers into thinking that the country is on the road to Apocalypse. In a paranoid fantasy spun out over several segments, Beck and a series of guests set forth a number of dire “worst-case scenarios” for the United States in 2014. During each segment, Beck gave viewers the disclaimer that the apocalyptic visions he and his guests presented were not predictions of what would happen but merely what could happen. And yet Beck and his guests spoke as though the doomsday scenarios, including civil war, were a likelihood, if not a fait accompli. With video.