{"id":9794,"date":"2013-05-30T15:35:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T22:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=9794"},"modified":"2013-05-31T18:03:04","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T01:03:04","slug":"scandal-fever-is-making-fox-news-even-more-demented-than-usual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=9794","title":{"rendered":"Scandal Fever Is Making Fox News Even More Demented Than Usual"},"content":{"rendered":"

It must be a terrible burden to have to manage as many trumped up scandals as Fox News is currently struggling with. The sheer volume of fabricated nonsense to manufacture and inventory would be a strain on any propaganda outfit. But the pressure is showing now as Fox appears unable to function under the weight of the task. Take a look at these recent schizoid episodes they have belched out:<\/p>\n

On the Fox Business Network, their anchor Lou Dobbs hosted a panel to discuss the state of women in the workplace and the results of a new poll that shows more American women are the primary earners in their families. In order to have a balanced debate on this subject, Fox invited only men to participate. But after you hear what one of those men said, you’ll understand why women weren’t necessary:<\/p>\n

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Erick Erickson:<\/strong> I\u2019m so used to liberals telling conservatives that they\u2019re anti-science. But liberals who defend [the increase in women earners]<\/em> and say it is not a bad thing are very anti-science. When you look at biology \u2014 when you look at the natural world \u2014 the roles of a male and a female in society and in other animals, the male typically is the dominant role<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Consequently, Fox is committed to having only males weigh in on the subjects of working women, reproductive rights, domestic violence, etc. And remember, Erickson is the miscreant who once called Supreme Court Justice David Souter<\/a> a “goat-fucking child molester.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Next up is a story Fox did about the number of times Douglas Shulman, the IRS commissioner, visited the White House. Of Course, there should be nothing suspicious about a critical economic adviser spending time with other administration officials as they seek to restore the nation’s economy. But like everything else they do, Fox is only focused on turning this into a nefarious scheme of some sort. So they tally up the number of visits and imply that the frequency represents something other than devotion to duty:<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately for Fox, their own source, the notoriously disreputable Daily Caller (which is run by Fox contributor Tucker Carlson) contradicts the very premise they sought to prove. After making a federal case out of the visits attributed to Shulman, the Daily Caller correctly notes that…<\/p>\n

“The visitor logs do not give a complete picture of White House access. Some high-level officials get cleared for access and do not have to sign in during visits […] it is probable that the vast majority of visits by major Cabinet members do not end up in the public record.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other words…never mind. We don’t know what the heck we’re talking about. Which is surprising because this isn’t the first time that right-wing media tried to build these logs into a conflagration and failed to ignite any sparks. Back in 2009<\/a> there was an effort to tie the President to ACORN by reporting that ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis had visited the White House a few weeks before that phony scandal erupted. As it turned out, it was a different Bertha Lewis, but nobody at Fox or their source (Breitbart News) bothered to verify the information. In fact, we still don’t know if the Douglas Shulman on the logs is the IRS commissioner.<\/p>\n

Finally, the most disturbing evidence that Fox is suffering severe symptoms of dementia was demonstrated in this segment of Fox & Friends when the hosts interviewed John Bolton about why National Security Adviser Tom Donilon was AWOL on the night of the attacks in Benghazi. They stated flatly that Donilon was absent for the crisis, even while they showed a photo alongside Bolton of a White House meeting that clearly included Donilon.<\/p>\n

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This is pretty much what we can expect from Fox News for the duration of this scandal season. They are obviously over their heads and unable to steer a steady course. They either need some extended rest or a significant increase in the dosage of their meds. This should at least provide a lesson to them for the future: Don’t make up more scandals than you are capable of handling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It must be a terrible burden to have to manage as many trumped up scandals as Fox News is currently struggling with. The sheer volume of fabricated nonsense to manufacture and inventory would be a strain on any propaganda outfit. But the pressure is showing now as Fox appears unable to function under the weight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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],"tags":[785,751,33,156,401],"class_list":["post-9794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-daily-caller","tag-erick-erickson","tag-fox-news","tag-john-bolton","tag-lou-dobbs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-2xY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32889,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32889","url_meta":{"origin":9794,"position":0},"title":"Hate Mongering Fox ‘News’ Anchor Tweets Trump Victim’s Home Address And Phone","author":"Mark NC","date":"10\/14\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The continuing saga of Donald Trump's sexually predatory behavior is emboldening more victims to come forward with harrowing tales. 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