In a reprise of last April’s Tea Party propaganda campaign, Fox News is once again heavily promoting the latest Astroturf movement by rightist opponents of the administration. This episode of tea baggery is focusing specifically on health care reform. Recall last April, when Fox News not only aired millions of dollars worth of free publicity [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Aug 29
The Man Behind The Defend Glenn Beck Web Site
Shortly after Glenn Beck said that President Obama is a racist who has “a deep seated hatred for white people,” the activist group Color of Change launched a campaign aimed at Beck’s advertisers. The campaign has enjoyed unparalleled success, persuading over forty companies to withhold their advertising dollars from Beck’s program. In response to the [...]
Aug 28
Rupert Murdoch Says 9/11 Is Bullshit And Should Be Forgotten
The faux patriots at Fox Nation are making a habit of exploiting the image of 9/11 and contriving false and negative associations with Democrats. Last week the Fox Nationalists published an article accusing President Obama of desecrating the memory of 9/11 because he supported a National Day of Service to be held in conjunction with [...]
Aug 27
Glenn Beck Is (Still) A Dirtbag
This is day four of Glenn Beck’s special, “The New Republic.” In today’s sermon, Pastor Beck sought to inspire his flock with tales of his own decrepitude. He started with a reminder of his past as an alcoholic: “After I sobered up I admitted that I was a dirtbag, man, I was DIRTBAG! I have [...]
Aug 26
Chris Wallace Contemplates The End Of Life
From the Department of Prize Winning Stupidity… Chris Wallace of Fox News was interviewing Jim Towey, former director of faith-based initiatives in the Bush administration, about the trumped up “death book” controversy. This is a pamphlet distributed by the Veteran’s Administration that assists people in making end-of-life decisions, like preparing a living will. Wallace has [...]
Aug 26
Cable News Remembers Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
Statement from the Kennedy family: “We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever,” the Kennedy family said in a statement. “He loved this country and devoted his life to serving it.” At a [...]
Aug 25
Glenn Beck: Arguing With An Idiot (Himself)
I know, the question of Glenn Beck’s sanity was settled long ago. But what is happening now is more than just a question of sanity. Beck seems to be losing what remains of his cognitive ability. On his radio program today, Beck staged a little play as a retort to a Jon Stewart segment that [...]
Aug 25
I Have Here In My Hand A List Of Names…
On day two of Glenn Beck’s week long special “The New Republic,” Beck extends his diatribe against the Obama czars. On the first day he focused extensively on Van Jones, who was a co-founder of Color of Change, the group spearheading the Beck advertiser boycott (coincidence?). Today Beck sought to lengthen the list of Communist [...]
Aug 25
Glenn Beck Targets White House Advisor Van Jones
A couple weeks ago, Glenn Beck demonstrated the severity of his cognitive deformity by asserting that he didn’t think Barack Obama is a racist, just that he has a deep seated hatred for white people. Uh huh. Subsequently, an activist group called Color of Change initiated an advertiser boycott of Beck’s program. The campaign has [...]
Aug 23
Bill O’Reilly’s 99 Loofah Loons
Last week Bill O’Reilly spent several minutes gushing about himself and his ratings. This is a regular feature on “The Narcissist Factor” wherein he boasts about the huge pool of lemmings that are transfixed by his megalomaniacal visage. On this occasion he offered up an explanation for his popularity amongst the brain-dead demographic: “Well, a [...]
Aug 21
Rupert Murdoch’s Anti-Competitive Internet News Cartel
The newspaper industry’s woes are nothing new. They have been suffering declining revenues in both subscriptions and advertising for a couple of years. Some portion of that decline is attributable to the economy, but there is no question that the Internet has had an impact as well. Rupert Murdoch, Chairman of news behemoth News Corporation, [...]
Aug 20
Fox Nation’s Racist Attack On McDonalds “Black” Web Site
In response to an announcement from McDonald’s that they are launching a new web site to serve the African American community, Fox Nation members donned their white sheets and expressed how they truly feel. The spark that fueled this barrage of hate was 365Black.com, a site about which McDonalds says: At McDonald’s, we believe that [...]
Aug 19
Who’s Still Advertising on Glenn Beck?
Gawker took the plunge and watched Glenn Beck yesterday to see what advertisers remain after more than twenty …um… thirty …er… forty have abandoned the program due to Beck’s offensive rhetoric. It is a list that says much about him and his disciples. Here it is with my own comments attached: Extenze penis-enhancing pills – [...]
Aug 19
The Lies That Fox News Viewers Believe
See who is still advertising on Glenn Beck Six years ago the Program on International Policy Attitudes published a study that showed that Fox viewers are far more likely to believe things that are demonstrably false, than are viewers of other networks. It’s still true. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll (pdf) featured on the [...]
Aug 18
The Idiots Of Fox News: Garrett, Sammon, And O’Reilly Edition
I know, the headline is redundant. What’s more, this list is far from comprehensive. It is just intended to spotlight a few recent examples. I couldn’t possibly keep up with them all. For the last Week, Major Garrett has been making it abundantly clear that he is a moron. He doesn’t seem to understand how [...]
Aug 17
Fox Nation Declares Victory: Health Care Edition
This is the fifth time that the Fox Nation has declared a “victory” on their web site that is not attributable to Fox Nation nor even a victory: Quoting me: Fox Nation has decided to make a habit of these “Mission Accomplished” moments. That stance in and of itself is evidence of Fox’s bias. They [...]
Aug 14
Fox News’ Major Garrett Really Doesn’t Understand Email
At yesterday’s White House press briefing, Major Garrett of Fox News embarrassed himself by demonstrating his utter lack of understanding of the Internet and email. Today he is escalating his campaign to make a total ass of himself, and he is doing a magnificent job of it. Garrett appeared on Fox News today to announce [...]
