Like News Corpse On Facebook In researching the recent controversies over the IRS and its alleged targeting of conservative non-profits, I stumbled across an article I wrote two years ago that unveils yet another blatant hypocrisy from Fox News (as if more were necessary to make the point). The current programming on Fox is dedicated [...]
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Andrea Tantaros Of Fox News Wants You To Punch Her In The Face
Fox News pundit and co-host of “The Five,” Andrea Tantaros, stepped forward on Thursday to make a brave announcement outlining her position on the free exercise of democracy. In a discussion about … Oh what the hell, it doesn’t matter what it was about. It always ends the same way with whichever interchangeable right-wing yakker [...]
CONFIRMED: Fox News Hack James Rosen Is A Political Operative, Not A Journalist
The First Amendment holds a place of unique reverence in the hearts of Americans. Rather than focusing on a single issue, its authors packed it with critical constraints on the federal government that encompass rights pertaining to speech, association, religion, and the press. It is a mouthful of freedom that justifiably deserves special attention. However, [...]
Have “Scandals” Sparked A New Tea Party Revival?
It’s as predictable as Glenn Beck’s tears. As soon as a president appears to be weakened by attack, the media pounces in a feeding frenzy hoping to score a kill. Some do it out of partisan animus. Some do it for personal glory. But either way it’s a bloodcurdling spectacle that contains scant morsels of [...]
STFU: Fox News Lacks Moral Authority On The DOJ’s Leak Investigations
There have long been complex debates about the propriety of government inquiring into private information in the course of criminal investigations. And the potential for harm to national security further complicates issues that test constitutional principles. However, ever since the Supreme Court ruled in 1971 that the publication of the Pentagon Papers was not actionable, [...]
So F**king What? Fox News Suffering From Judge Dread
Fox News is putting all judges on notice that if they are ever criticized by Fox News, they can no longer be regarded as impartial. This is a rather monumental upheaval for the judiciary, because Fox has criticized hundreds of judges. In fact, they have made it a cornerstone of their editorial philosophy that the [...]
Fox News Troglodytes Cheer Beefcake Conservatism
A visit to the Fox News community web site, Fox Nation, is always an adventure that yields surprises and curiosities. But even amongst the brazen lies and flagrant distortions, there are some gems of idiocy that stand out. For instance… In an item about a study on “the Ancestral Logic of Politics,” the Fox Nationalists [...]
Allen West Joins Fox News As Senior Nazi Rhetoric Correspondent
It was just a matter of time. Allen West, the one-term congressman from Florida who lost his seat last November, has taken his place among the most notorious losers in the media who have found redemption at Fox News. Fox is a dedicated collector of washed up political failures who have little hope of gainful [...]
Fox News’ Love/Hate Relationship With Jon Stewart
If there is one thing that is undeniable about the the editors at Fox News, it’s that they are devoted to maintaining narratives that unleash persistent and blistering attacks on liberals and Democrats. It is their whole reason for living and their greatest source of joy. However, every now and then there is an event [...]
The First Refuge of Scoundrels: How Fox News Recruits From Reporting’s Worst Rejects
Journalism is a competitive field and the best and the brightest are highly valued assets by reputable news enterprises. And then there’s Fox News. No other “news” organization so aggressively hires the refuse cast off from other media employers. It must be a great comfort for wayward reporters and pundits to know that if they [...]
Fox Nation vs. Reality: ‘Strong Sense’ Fox Authorized Birther Lies About IRS
With the right-wing media merry-go-round spinning furiously out of control over the IRS affair, it is not surprising to find Fox Nation cranking up the speed and ferocity of the misinformation. This morning’s posting of an article on lie-infested Fox Nation was adorned with this “bombshell” headline: ABC News: ‘Strong Sense’ Someone in WH Authorized [...]
Fox News ‘Media Watch’ Doesn’t Watch Fox News [Update: Good Thing Because They're Wrong Again]
This weekend’s episode of the Fox Media Wash …er, I mean Watch, featured a striking demonstration of how oblivious Fox is to their own blatant bias. In a segment addressing how the press has been covering the aftermath of Benghazi, the discussion turned to allegations of a coverup with the help of influential media figures. [...]
Hack Producer Of Anti-Obama Crockumentary To Motion Picture Academy Board: Dump Michael Moore
In the annals of Hollywood crybaby sagas, none climb to heights as high as those by the right-wing hissy-fitters responsible for 2016: Obama’s America. This alleged documentary starred, and was based on the book by, conservative shill Dinesh D’Zouza. It had some success at the box office due to the gullibility of Teabagging moviegoers, but [...]
GOP Calls For Impeachment Of President Hillary Clinton
Vowing to get an early start on efforts to remove Hillary Clinton from the White House, Republican leaders in congress have announced their intention to hold hearings on what they claim are the high crimes and misdemeanors that Hillary Clinton will commit once she assumes the presidency in January of 2017. Although she has not [...]
Fox Nation vs. Reality: There Are Hungry Folks In Puerto Rico – And Mississippi Too
One of the obvious and unsettling consequences of the economic collapse engineered by George W. Bush and his Wall Street cronies is the escalation of the number of poor and hungry Americans who rely on Food Stamps to feed their families. But leave it to the Fox Nationalists to ferret out an angle on this [...]
