{"id":36231,"date":"2017-11-21T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T23:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=36231"},"modified":"2017-11-22T00:14:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T08:14:46","slug":"fox-news-sinks-even-lower-hires-crackpot-racist-birther-mark-levin-for-weekend-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=36231","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Sinks Even Lower: Hires Crackpot Racist Birther Mark Levin For Weekend Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As evidence that Fox News is descending ever further down the rabid hole, they just hired radio talker Mark Levin. Anyone who thought that Rupert Murdoch&#8217;s sons were going to moderate the networks extremist right-wing blather can put those fantasies aside. Levin is the worst of the worst who has embraced the most ludicrous conspiracy theories and engaged in the most heinous hate speech.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/FoxNews\/foxnews-levin-hire.jpg\" alt=\"Fox News Mark Levin\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36232\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/1942843729063746\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/fb-share-tn.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"20\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Levin is an OT (Original Trumpster) who has been fawning over Donald Trump from the start of his presidency. Although during the campaign he was a Ted Cruz supporter and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2016\/05\/04\/conservative_radio_host_mark_levin_fox_news_is_trump_super_pac_that_will_be_rubbing_their_faces_in_their_own_feces_come_november\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lashed out at Fox News<\/a><\/strong> saying <em>&#8220;it\u2019s not the Fox News Channel &#8212; it\u2019s the Fox Channel, and the Donald Trump super PAC.&#8221;<\/em> He should have stuck with that assessment. Instead, he now works for them. He is also a close friend of Sean Hannity, who has been featuring Levin on his show for several weeks. For a primer on Levin&#8217;s ultra-conservatism, check out these rhetorical departures from reality that he has propagated over the years (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/research\/2017\/03\/06\/short-guide-mark-levin-trump-s-likely-source-his-wiretapping-lie\/215573\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">courtesy of Media Matters<\/a><\/strong>):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump Gave Levin One Of His First Interviews As A 2016 Presidential Candidate.<\/li>\n<li>Trump\u2019s Claim That Obama Ordered A Wiretap Of Trump Tower Came From Talk Radio Host Mark Levin<\/li>\n<li>Obama Is A &#8220;Low-Life&#8221; And A &#8220;Racist&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Part Of Obama\u2019s \u201cAgenda\u201d Was To \u201cChange The Racial Makeup\u201d Of America With The \u201cImportation Of Millions And Millions From The Third World.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;There&#8217;s Been More Genocide, More Rape, More Enslavement Under This President [Obama] Than Any President In Modern History.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Jewish Obama Donors Are \u201cSelf-Haters\u201d Who \u201cDespise Their Own Country.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Obamacare Supporters Are \u201cBrown Shirts.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>GOP Should \u201cStop Chasing Genitalia\u201d To Win Elections.<\/li>\n<li>Levin Compared Marriage Equality To Incest, Polygamy, And Drug Use.<\/li>\n<li>Levin Claimed That Greenhouse Gases Were A Nonissue Because \u201cCarbon Dioxide Is Necessary For Plants.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Attorney General Eric Holder Committed &#8220;Hate Crimes&#8221; By Conducting Civil Rights Investigation In Ferguson After Shooting.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThere\u2019s Nothing Controversial\u201d About A Tweet Comparing Muslims To Nazis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From all appearances, Sean Hannity has taken over Fox News. Levin is one of his goto guests who reliably bashes President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and all things liberal. Hannity also recently got Fox News to hire former Glenn Beck protege Tomi Lahren. And now the Hannity show is so consumed by conspiracy delusions that it is challenging Alex Jones for the Conspiracy Crackpot Crown. Among Hannity&#8217;s obsessions is Hillary Clinton, who has become such a regular feature of the show that CNN&#8217;s media correspondent, Brian Stelter, suggested renaming it <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/cnns-stelter-hannitys-show-should-be-renamed-the-clinton-scandal-hour\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Clinton Scandal Hour<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Unfortunately for Fox News, Hannity&#8217;s programming philosophy is a proven catastrophe. That style of unhinged wingnut outrage is wearing thin and losing viewers. His program, which recently moved to a time period opposite MSNBC&#8217;s Rachel Maddow, is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=36217\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">frequently getting beat<\/a><\/strong> in the ratings race. That&#8217;s something that was unheard of a couple of years ago. And the addition of screaming screwball Levin isn&#8217;t likely to turn anything aroung for Fox. So let&#8217;s all welcome Mark Levin to the Titanic of cable news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As evidence that Fox News is descending ever further down the rabid hole, they just hired radio talker Mark Levin. Anyone who thought that Rupert Murdoch&#8217;s sons were going to moderate the networks extremist right-wing blather can put those fantasies aside. Levin is the worst of the worst who has embraced the most ludicrous conspiracy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,684,1200,16],"tags":[33,206,129],"class_list":["post-36231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-media-bias","category-politics","category-wankery","tag-fox-news","tag-mark-r-levin","tag-sean-hannity"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/FoxNews\/foxnews-levin-hire.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-9qn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8977,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=8977","url_meta":{"origin":36231,"position":0},"title":"Sean Hannity Taps Manic Mark Levin To Fill The Sarah Palin Void","author":"Mark NC","date":"2\/1\/2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Now that Sarah Palin has received her walking papers from Fox News, the programs that relied on her signature vitriolic commentary have been left to struggle with how to fill the air time she previously consumed with her incoherent rants. The programs most concerned are Greta Van Susteren and Sean\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10921,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=10921","url_meta":{"origin":36231,"position":1},"title":"Fox Nation Posts Radio Rant Against MSNBC That Also Attacks Fox News","author":"Mark NC","date":"11\/19\/2013","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the most notoriously hyperactive conservative radio shoutcasters is Mark Levin. Some of his on-air convulsions boil over into such bombastic rage that he seems close to having a cerebral aneurysm. 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