The Fox Nation headline yesterday: Global Warming Activist Freezes to Death in Antarctica. This caused much chortling among Fox News fans, who left comments like this: I'm sorry but this is about the funniest thing I've ever read!! Talk about what comes around goes around!!!!!!!!!! Ya get what you ask for – this has it all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you FOX I … Read More
Justin Bieber Is Like 9/11 All Over Again
…except for the collapsing buildings. And instead of terrorist flying planes and a nation going into war in random overseas countries, there's a kid singing pop songs. But other than that, it's just the same. H/T Glenn Beck:
How Much You Want To Bet Glenn Beck Cries On TV Today?
Just asking…. UPDATE: Perhaps a better question would be: "Will Rush Limbaugh now move to Costa Rica?" UPDATE #2: Digby has the pushback for the whiny wingers: The teabaggers are all upset that the Democrats passed a bill without any Republican votes. Evidently, this makes it illegitimate and unconstitutional. I'm not surprised they think this. They get their constitutional instruction … Read More
From The Anti-Health Care Rally In D.C. Earlier This Week
I know I'm throwing out a lot of video today, but this one is particularly good. It's another on-the-street interview with anti-health care protesters in D.C., conducted by New Left Media (which actually is two undergrad journalism students, who produce good stuff). On the one hand, it's about what you would expect. These people really hate health care reform. What … Read More
Stewart Does Beck
Even if you've never really seen Glenn Beck in action, you will enjoy this parody, as Jon Stewart employs Beckesque illogic and style to make the argument that…. well, I'm not sure. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Broadcast News Redux
You know that scene from the movie Broadcast News where Holly Hunter learns that William Hurt's teary interview was actually fabricated, i.e., that he could cry on cue? Seems like there's a little but of that happening over at Fox News. From Howard Kurtz, via Kevin Drum, we learn about Glenn Beck's "on-air pyrotechnics": Some staffers say they have watched … Read More
Rush Says He’ll Leave U.S. If Health Care Passes
From Think Progress: CALLER: If the health care bill passes, where would you go for health care yourself? And the second part of that is, what would happen to the doctors, do they have to participate in the federal program, or could they opt out of it? […] LIMBAUGH: My guess in even in Canada and even in the UK, … Read More
Did You Know….?
Fox News chose to not broadcast the Hope for Haiti Now benefit concert (both CNN and MSNBC did). Instead, Bill O’Reilly aired a segment about Sarah and Bristol Palin’s “body language” during their Oprah interview and Sean Hannity conducted an interview with Karl Rove on the Obama administration’s approval ratings and health care reform.
Is There No End To Stupid Conservative Spin on Haiti?
Glenn Beck today, speaking of Obama: BECK: I also believe this is dividing the nation…to where the nation sees him react so rapidly on Haiti and yet he couldn’t react rapidly on Afghanistan. He couldn’t react rapidly on Ft. Hood. He couldn’t react rapidly on our own airplanes with an underwear bomber…it doesn’t make sense. […] Three different events and … Read More
Quote Of The Day
Sarah Palin on Glenn Beck's show, explaining why George Washington is her favorite founding father: “That is who you need to find to serve in government, in a bureaucracy,” Palin said. “Those who you know will serve for the right reasons because they’re reluctant to get out there and seek a limelight and seek the power. They’re doing it for … Read More
Nancy Pelosi: Is She Crazy… Or a Kook?
Sarah Palin made her first appearance as a contributor to Fox News on Bill O'Reilly's show. The whole transcript is here, and it is as you might expect. But one particular section jumped out at me for some reason: O'REILLY: Do you know Nancy Pelosi? Have you ever met her? PALIN: I met her once in the Capitol building, yes. … Read More
Sarah Palin To Contribute To Fox News
Like she doesn't already? Details: Ms. Palin will not have her own regular program, one person with knowledge of the deal said, though she will host a series that will run on the network from time to time. This person would not elaborate, but the network does have a precedent for such a series. Host a series. Presumably, with a … Read More
Hume Says He Wasn’t Prosyletizing Last Weekend…or Now
Politico's Mike Calderone: Fox's Brit Hume has taken some heat since advising Tiger Woods yesterday [Sunday] to embrace Christianity as a way to cope with his problems, while knocking another religion in the process. "He's said to be a Buddhist," Hume said on Fox News Sunday. "I don't think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by … Read More
When Tiger Woods Needs Brit Hume’s Advice…
The Tiger Woods story, as I've often said, isn't a news story. It certainly doesn't warrent a panel discussion on a Sunday morning "news" channel. And it certainly doesn't require commentary like that offered by Brit Hume, who said this weekend that Tiger Woods isn't going to be made whole until he rejects his religion and accepts the correct religion … Read More