{"id":11026,"date":"2013-12-04T18:03:14","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T02:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=11026"},"modified":"2013-12-04T18:03:14","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T02:03:14","slug":"so-fking-what-fox-news-goes-after-americas-disabled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=11026","title":{"rendered":"So F**KING What? Fox News Goes After America’s Disabled"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just in time for Christmas, Fox News has found time to publish distorted information about American beneficiaries of disability insurance. On their community website Fox Nation (a notorious peddler of lies<\/a>), they posted an item sourced to the uber-conservative CNSNews that expressed concern that there are “More Americans on Disability Than Population of Greece.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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SO F**KING WHAT?<\/h4>\n

The apparent purpose of this ludicrous comparison is to stir up animosity toward people who are already suffering. It’s a recurrent theme for Fox who are also hostile toward the poor, the sick, victims of discrimination, veterans, etc. However, their attempt at fomenting faux outrage fails at the outset.<\/p>\n

First of all, the number of disability beneficiaries in the U.S. is about eleven million and, yes, that is slightly more than the population of Greece. What that has to do with anything is a mystery? It is also only about 3% of the U.S. population. What’s more it includes a couple of million children and spouses of disabled persons. But driven by their hunger to disparage these folks, the Fox Nationalists took the number and shopped around for a small nation whose population was lower. And if silly, unrelated comparisons are all they are interested in then they might want to take note that there are more people on disability…<\/p>\n

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  • …than saw The Hunger Games last Saturday<\/li>\n
  • …than are vegan.<\/li>\n
  • …than condoms used in 18 days.<\/li>\n
  • …than people who like to watch bowling.<\/li>\n
  • …than people who watch Fox News (three times more).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Stupid comparisons notwithstanding, it is obvious that Fox is focused solely on making the lives of people who are already struggling, even harder. It’s fair to say that the point they are making is not that the population of Greece is too low. Consequently, it’s clear that they are advocating a reduction in benefits for the disabled, just as they do for recipients of food stamps and the unemployed. And they went out of their way to make this point in the days before the celebration of the birth of their savior who is so well known for refusing to help those poor, sick, hungry, moochers. Merry Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Just in time for Christmas, Fox News has found time to publish distorted information about American beneficiaries of disability insurance. On their community website Fox Nation (a notorious peddler of lies), they posted an item sourced to the uber-conservative CNSNews that expressed concern that there are “More Americans on Disability Than Population of Greece.” Be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"So F**KING What? 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A billboard that gives information about where people can go to learn more about Islam doesn't seem like something that would stir up much controversy. It isn't espousing a point of view. It isn't disparaging any other faith.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8988,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=8988","url_meta":{"origin":11026,"position":1},"title":"So F**king What? Students Pledge Allegiance To The United States In Arabic. Fox Freaks Out","author":"Mark NC","date":"2\/2\/2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Isn't this a good thing? The rabidly Islamophobic racists at Fox News have found yet another manufactured threat over which to obsess. It seems that a high school in Ft. Collins, Colorado, has taken the radical step of embracing the patriotism of all of its students. The horror of this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9248,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=9248","url_meta":{"origin":11026,"position":2},"title":"So F**king What? Movie Producer Funds Jon Stewart’s Movie","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/7\/2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Due to the apparent lack of anything else that's newsworthy, Fox Nation is reporting this bit of breaking news: The glorified delinquents that run Fox Nation veritably drool at any opportunity to disparage President Obama and his Hollywood pals. They are also giddy about slamming allegedly liberal comedians whenever possible\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9329,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=9329","url_meta":{"origin":11026,"position":3},"title":"So F**king What? Fox News Bigots Falsely Tie Islam To The Aurora Theater Massacre","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/21\/2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In this edition of \"So F**king What?\" we are treated to a repulsive display of bigotry by the Islamophobes at Fox News. Their Fox Nation web site (renowned as world-class liars) saw fit to republish a story from the uber-conservative Washington Times that alleged that James Holmes, currently in prison\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8956,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=8956","url_meta":{"origin":11026,"position":4},"title":"So F**king What? ObamaCare Makes Smokers Pay More?","author":"Mark NC","date":"1\/28\/2013","format":false,"excerpt":"And the problem here is what? The Fox Nationalists are very concerned about the allegation that \"ObamaCare Makes Smokers Pay $5,100 More A Year.\" It's a display of empty outrage because insurance companies have required smokers to pay higher premiums for years. And why shouldn't they? 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