Tag: Fox News

Mr. Reagan, We’re Ready for Our Close-Up

Filed in National by on March 13, 2010 4 Comments
Mr. Reagan, We’re Ready for Our Close-Up

With Fox Noise snapping up Republican leaders to the soft chairs of punditry, will there be anyone left to run against Obama in 2012? Mike Huckabee recently said that his is quite content on being on television. “It’s kind of given me a new perspective of the power of the media more so than the […]

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Metaphor Fail

Filed in National by on February 19, 2010 8 Comments

Brand new Massachusetts Senator and conservative darling Scott Brown was interviewed on Fox (of course) and asked about the incident in Austin, Texas. His answer was interesting, to say the least. Seriously. The new Republican Senator from Massachusetts went on FOX News this evening and was asked about the nut who crashed his plane into […]

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Cutting And Running – FOX Style

Filed in National by on January 30, 2010 15 Comments

If you want to know exactly how damaging yesterday’s Q&A between Obama and House Republicans really was, look no further than FOX who yanked the coverage when it became apparent what was happening wouldn’t jive with its propaganda. In the end, by pulling coverage of a historic event, FOX added a million exclamation marks to […]

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The Media Gets A Clue

Filed in National by on January 25, 2010 6 Comments

NBC’s Chuck Todd notices that the Tea Party movement isn’t a “grassroots” movement like it’s been portrayed by the media: Chuck Todd actually gets this right on Meet The Press. Gregory played a clip of Dick Armey trying to say that the teabaggers represent the “center” of American politics as bizarre as that may sound […]

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The Haiti Disaster Brings Out Teh Stupid

Filed in National by on January 14, 2010 126 Comments

We’ve already heard about the disgusting statements of Pat Robertson about the Haiti earthquake disaster. Rush Limbaugh also couldn’t help making an ass of himself about the Haiti crisis. On his radio show yesterday Limbaugh said the earthquake in Haiti will play right into Obama’s hands by allowing him to play up his “compassionate” and […]

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Breaking! From Talking Points Memo: Palin Joins Fox News

Filed in National by on January 11, 2010 19 Comments

This is not a joke, it’s real. Although, come to think of it, it IS a joke. Maybe, just maybe, this will remove any last vestige of credibility that this network has. And maybe, just maybe, someone in power will review whether this House organ for the Rethugs is living up to its broadcasting obligations. […]

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Late Night Video — Red State Prays for Tiger Woods

Filed in National by on January 10, 2010 0 Comments

OK, this is less of a Tiger Woods post and more of a Make Fun of Brit Hume’s and Fox News’ Showy Religiosity post. And it is funny. And NSFW!

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Was Fox In On The Scam?

Filed in National by on January 4, 2010 6 Comments

The “grassroots” groups that grew up around the tea party movement were generally funded by industry-backed groups. The tea parties were heavily promoted by Fox News with some of their biggest stars, like Glenn Beck, reporting from the protests. One of the PACs raised money from the tea party protestors, but most of the money […]

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FOX News Has Reached Televangelist Status

Filed in National by on January 3, 2010 52 Comments

Not that anyone with a brain didn’t see this coming. Via Balloon Juice: Brit Hume had some advice for Tiger Woods during this week’s “Fox News Sunday.” Woods will recover as a golfer, Hume says, but it remains to be seen whether he will recover as a person. “He’s said to be a Buddhist,” Hume […]

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Another Dispatch From The GOP Brain Trust

Filed in National by on December 16, 2009 9 Comments

Fox News has figured out how to sell the GOP jobs plan. Cut wages! Now, with its Republican-inspired “Where are the jobs?” campaign in full swing, Fox has gone “on the job hunt” with a “new” idea for increasing employment: cutting the minimum wage. Jumping off from an op-ed by Washington Post editorial board member […]

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Fox News Is Off The Deep End

Filed in National by on December 11, 2009 1 Comment

I was doing my normal evening blog surfing and I came across this article at TPM: Fox Poll: Does Obama Want To Cut Taxes, Or Is He Corrupt Instead? To be specific, here’s what the poll asked: “What do you think President Obama would like to do with the extra bank bailout money — save […]

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Fox News Makes Fools Out Of MSM Again

Filed in National by on November 11, 2009 8 Comments

One story that the MSM has been very enamored of this year is the Obama administration vs. Fox News. The administration (rightly IMO) has accused Fox of being biased. The MSM has circled the wagons in defending Fox and going as far as saying Fox = MSNBC (someone please remind me at what time Fox […]

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Why It is OK to Call Out FOX News

Filed in National by on November 7, 2009 1 Comment

And in many ways, the rush to accommodate FOX Noise is right at the center of how journalists are undermining their own authority and respect.

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