Showing posts with label Fox news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fox news. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Worth 1,000 Words
April 22nd, 2012
How dare you accuse FOX of using using racially-coded dog whistles.
How dare you accuse FOX of using using racially-coded dog whistles.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Watching Fox "News" - Like Living Under A Rock
March 20th, 2012
You know the old saying "unless you are living under a rock"? Well, it seems we have more proof that exclusive Fox "News" viewers may as well be doing just that. Fox is the media outlet where the Treyvon Martin story nearly doesn't exist.
via ThinkProgress
You know the old saying "unless you are living under a rock"? Well, it seems we have more proof that exclusive Fox "News" viewers may as well be doing just that. Fox is the media outlet where the Treyvon Martin story nearly doesn't exist.
via ThinkProgress
Monday, January 30, 2012
The Muppets Presser Takes On Fox
Jan 30th, 2012
Kermit and Miss Piggy have some choice words in response to Eric Bolling's claim they are subverting our nation's youth.
Kermit and Miss Piggy have some choice words in response to Eric Bolling's claim they are subverting our nation's youth.
Monday, January 23, 2012
About That Incandescent Light Bulb "Ban"
Jan 23rd, 2012
Not only were the hysterical Fox News reports that these bulbs would be "banned" starting on the first of the year total bullshit, they were bullshit you can prove to be bullshit by simply going shopping.
Not only were the hysterical Fox News reports that these bulbs would be "banned" starting on the first of the year total bullshit, they were bullshit you can prove to be bullshit by simply going shopping.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Sally Kohn Takes Fox News To School
Jan 12th, 2012
by F. Grey Parker
Our home base is here in North West Indiana. As such, we have been fighting against Gov. Mitch Daniels' "right-to-work" plot since last June.
Just after the New Year, Daniels renewed this odious assault on, well, the advances of the post-Feudal economy that once defined our nation's progress. It is a bitter engagement. For more on this you can click HERE, HERE or HERE. Last night, Sally Kohn kicked some serious ass, in short order, on Fox News.
by F. Grey Parker
Our home base is here in North West Indiana. As such, we have been fighting against Gov. Mitch Daniels' "right-to-work" plot since last June.
Just after the New Year, Daniels renewed this odious assault on, well, the advances of the post-Feudal economy that once defined our nation's progress. It is a bitter engagement. For more on this you can click HERE, HERE or HERE. Last night, Sally Kohn kicked some serious ass, in short order, on Fox News.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Fox Vs. Fox
Jan 9th, 2012
Fox News gets another kick in the pants from The Simpsons. Via Mediaite:
"The premise of the episode is that Homer has become a viral internet video sensation after Bart uploads footage of him having an Alec Baldwin-esque airplane meltdown.
RELATED: The Simpsons Takes Swipe At Fox News: ‘Not Racist But #1 With Racists’
His YouTube stardom earns him a spot as a commentator on cable news show HeadButt, with commentary from Adriatica Veljohnson (a not-too-subtle jab at Arianna Huffington). Homer goes off script, and claims to speak for “those real people out there who buy their coffee from the mini-mart and grab enough sugar packs for a week. Honest, hardworking, sugar-stealing Americans!”
Cable news executives are so endeared by Homer’s folksiness — saying he is the “ill-informed gas bag that networks cannot get enough of” — that they decide to give him his own show, Gut Check!"
The video cannot be embedded, unfortunately.
Fox News gets another kick in the pants from The Simpsons. Via Mediaite:
"The premise of the episode is that Homer has become a viral internet video sensation after Bart uploads footage of him having an Alec Baldwin-esque airplane meltdown.
RELATED: The Simpsons Takes Swipe At Fox News: ‘Not Racist But #1 With Racists’
His YouTube stardom earns him a spot as a commentator on cable news show HeadButt, with commentary from Adriatica Veljohnson (a not-too-subtle jab at Arianna Huffington). Homer goes off script, and claims to speak for “those real people out there who buy their coffee from the mini-mart and grab enough sugar packs for a week. Honest, hardworking, sugar-stealing Americans!”
Cable news executives are so endeared by Homer’s folksiness — saying he is the “ill-informed gas bag that networks cannot get enough of” — that they decide to give him his own show, Gut Check!"
The video cannot be embedded, unfortunately.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Fox News Funnies
Dec 11th, 2011
So. This happened. A recent Fox News poll on the 2012 field showing the current President to be the powerhouse that he actually is was greeted by Gretchen Carlson practically pulling her hair out. The fact that she didn't breathlessly quote The Simpsons' Mrs. Lovejoy outright ("think of the children") is the only surprise.
So. This happened. A recent Fox News poll on the 2012 field showing the current President to be the powerhouse that he actually is was greeted by Gretchen Carlson practically pulling her hair out. The fact that she didn't breathlessly quote The Simpsons' Mrs. Lovejoy outright ("think of the children") is the only surprise.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Fox News Vs... The Muppets?
Dec 3rd, 2011
Yes, indeed. Eric Bolling is warning against the insidious anti-oil industry bias that apparently runs amuck throughout the new Muppets film. We aren't making this up.
Yes, indeed. Eric Bolling is warning against the insidious anti-oil industry bias that apparently runs amuck throughout the new Muppets film. We aren't making this up.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Romney Watch - Immigration Confusion Edition
Dec 1st, 2011
In the (still) fairly friendly confines of a Fox News interview, Romney simply can't make a coherent argument on this red button issue.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
The News Corp Crisis NO ONE Is Talking About
July 22nd, 2011
The hacking story is a big deal. The closing of NOTW is very big deal. The denials by Murdoch and son that they "knew nothing" about multi-million dollar payouts and a potentially international conspiracy to encourage official impropriety are so wildly implausible that only a devoted ideologue could accept them at face value. The death under mysterious circumstances of Sean Hoare, the whistle-blower who first broke the story just prior to Parliamentary hearings on the matter certainly has a greater smell to it than anything the rabid dogs in Murdoch's own little empire had to go on after the Vince Foster suicide.
The hacking story is a big deal. The closing of NOTW is very big deal. The denials by Murdoch and son that they "knew nothing" about multi-million dollar payouts and a potentially international conspiracy to encourage official impropriety are so wildly implausible that only a devoted ideologue could accept them at face value. The death under mysterious circumstances of Sean Hoare, the whistle-blower who first broke the story just prior to Parliamentary hearings on the matter certainly has a greater smell to it than anything the rabid dogs in Murdoch's own little empire had to go on after the Vince Foster suicide.
All in all, this dynamite. It is both an astounding public relations disaster and a sordid criminal affair. And it is far from over. But, in my humble opinion, none of this is as interesting as some very simple and very public information that has gone utterly ignored.
The ratings of News Corp's giant, right-wing American libel machine, Fox News... are in a free fall. Across the first two quarters of 2011, FOX lost nearly 15% of its prime time viewers. Not only are they not the "most trusted name in news," they are no longer even close to being "number 1."
Here's the bottom line from the 2011 Q2 report via Mediabistro:
"CNN reached a cumulative Q2 2011 average monthly audience of 100.4 million, Fox News followed with 83.2 million and MSNBC trailed with 80.3 million."
These numbers would spell doom at any other news network. There would be time-slot shuffling, talent firings, producer replacements and major design alterations. However, Fox is not any other network.
Andrew Sullivan put it succinctly a few days ago when he wrote, "I don't put Fox in the category of biased media. it is, rather, propaganda, which is always indifferent to the truth, because its ultimate allegiance is to power."
As an essential tool of the hard, corporatist right wing, Fox isn't going away anytime soon. But the audience is.
Here's the bottom line from the 2011 Q2 report via Mediabistro:
"CNN reached a cumulative Q2 2011 average monthly audience of 100.4 million, Fox News followed with 83.2 million and MSNBC trailed with 80.3 million."
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These numbers would spell doom at any other news network. There would be time-slot shuffling, talent firings, producer replacements and major design alterations. However, Fox is not any other network.
Andrew Sullivan put it succinctly a few days ago when he wrote, "I don't put Fox in the category of biased media. it is, rather, propaganda, which is always indifferent to the truth, because its ultimate allegiance is to power."
As an essential tool of the hard, corporatist right wing, Fox isn't going away anytime soon. But the audience is.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Murdoch... Rated R
July 18th, 2011
Were the unfolding NewsCorps hack-tastrophe to be made into a film... I would hope it could look something like this.
Were the unfolding NewsCorps hack-tastrophe to be made into a film... I would hope it could look something like this.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Stewart Meets Wallace
June 20th, 2011
And Jon Stewart tells it like it is. This is the unedited version via Mediaite. The FOX broadcast version is also available at the Mediaite link.
And Jon Stewart tells it like it is. This is the unedited version via Mediaite. The FOX broadcast version is also available at the Mediaite link.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Epic Fox Fail 2
May 2nd, 2011
Seriously. This stuff only seems to happen on channels tha have anything to do with the Murdoch Device. This one is a doozy.
Seriously. This stuff only seems to happen on channels tha have anything to do with the Murdoch Device. This one is a doozy.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
FOX Comments Roundup
April 19th, 2011
So. I have said it before and it bears repeating; I do not know how the watchdogs at FoxNewsComments can stand it. It's been a banner month so far for Murdoch's moderators. What have they NOT been deeming inappropriate lately?
Headline: Principal Apologizes For Mock Auction of Black Students in Virginia
Headline: Mexican Authorities Find Mass Grave Holding 59 Bodies
So. I have said it before and it bears repeating; I do not know how the watchdogs at FoxNewsComments can stand it. It's been a banner month so far for Murdoch's moderators. What have they NOT been deeming inappropriate lately?
Headline: Principal Apologizes For Mock Auction of Black Students in Virginia
20 people clicked "like" on this last one.
Sleep tight all you folks who might be foolish enough to think we are living in the 21st Century.
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