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After a couple of days of questionable "mistakes" with its news programming (see here), Fox News’s management has issued a memo declaring that “Effective immediately, there is zero tolerance for on-screen errors”: Effective immediately, there is zero tolerance for on-screen errors. Mistakes by any member of the show team that end up on air may result in immediate disciplinary action … Read More

Perhaps some of you are aware of the fact that Jon Stewart — a guy on a comedy channel — last week caught Fox News showing false footage.  In a news story about the Tea Bag rally held by Backmann (attended by a few thousand at best), Fox showed footage of the 9/12 rally (attended by tens of thousands), passing … Read More

Lou Dobbs, August 14: It's just killing the left wing in this country that they can't force CNN to fire me. Lou Dobbs, today: …..  

A bit of a departure for Stewart, but great:

So many people are covering this — I have little to add. For those not paying attention, the Obama White House is openly condemning Fox News for its biased reporting.  Fox News is crying foul. In the latest volley, Fox News is claiming that the White House doesn't know the difference between its opinion programming (Beck, Hannity, etc.) and actual … Read More

As reported in Time: "The fact that our numbers are up 30 plus in the news arena on basic cable I'd like to think is a sign that we are just putting what we believe to be the facts out on the table," said Michael Clemente, Fox's senior vice president for news, in an interview on Tuesday. Reflect on that … Read More

Earlier this week, Beck — almost crying (again) — lashed out at "the media" for digging into his past.  Apparently, it had something to do with an excellent three-part Slate article (starting here) about Beck's life. In the course of his performance, Glenn Beck assured viewers that what he does, well, "it's about me and you and quite frankly, Fox News — … Read More

Read it.  Here's my favorite: RHETORIC:   BECK SAID VANCOUVER LOST $1 BILLION WHEN IT "HAD THE OLYMPICS."   Glenn Beck said, "Vancouver lost, how much was it? they lost a billion dollars when they had the Olympics."  [Transcript, Glenn Beck Show, 9/29/09]   REALITY:   VANCOUVER'S OLYMPICS WILL NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL 2010.   Vancouver will host the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic … Read More

Media Matters has some interesting (and unfortunately non-embeddable) video of Fox News at the 9/12 rally. Actually, it's two videos.  One is what was telecast — Glenn Beck talking to a reporter on the scene of the D.C. mall during the 9/12 rally.  Beck was saying to the reporter that critics of the rally were saying it was all staged/astroturfed, etc. … Read More

… was written on Monday.  It appeared in Tuesday's Orange County Register.  Here's how it begins: It doesn't sound as if Jaycee Dugard got to see a sports page. Box scores were not available to her from June 10, 1991 until Aug. 31 of this year. She never saw a highlight. Never got to the ballpark for Beach Towel Night. Probably … Read More

There's evidence out there that Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990, and most tellingly, Beck hasn't denied that he raped and murdered a young girl in 1990 — so therefore it must be true that Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990, which is something that he clearly did do. You can find it … Read More

Seriously, I think this guy has gone off the deep end.  I’m not kidding about that. BONUS BECK: From last week — big payoff at the end so be patient… I mean, this is waaay beyond McCarthyism.  Beck is accusing the titan of American capitalism, John Rockefeller, of having been a secret communist.  How does he get there? For those … Read More