posted July 14, 2010 01:46 PM            

'I'm thinking about killing Michael Moore, and I'm wondering if I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it. ... No, I think I could. I think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and I could just be choking the life out.''—Glenn Beck

posted July 14, 2010 06:05 PM            

The first (might be) news.

seldom is the report without slant-

Who gives us the wwwwwh only? Have they ever?

Semantics aside the coup that Rupert Murdoch has accomplished is extraordinary. My own bias is to say that he could not have accomplished this feat without a few choice ingredients in the American larder.

• an undereducated public
• a human condition which prefers the sensational
• rampant distrust
• a populace with a shrinking middle class
• a governing body largely populated by corrupt Machiavellian personalities.
• Undiscerning readers who feed on it.

Does FOX work for us or do we work for FOX?

posted July 14, 2010 08:39 PM            

ann coulter may not have said that on fox either, but the flavour is the same, and it is what fox TRADES in.

as to murdoch, node, he started in australia and breezed through england on his way here. no flies on that one!! you can't call him a socialist or a conservative or anything else, whoever is in power he cozies up to. and if they are looking shaky he pals them right out of their business...charming character.

posted July 16, 2010 10:57 AM            

“I think anybody who doesn’t think I’m smart enough to handle the job is underestimating.” [George W. Bush]

posted July 16, 2010 01:19 PM            

that one almost makes me like Clinton a little.

posted July 16, 2010 03:22 PM            

So far under O'Bomber, America has been attacked repeatedly by terrorists in only 18 months of O'Bomber's Socialist rule.

Where was O'Bomber's teleprompter when he really needed it?

No katatonic, you didn't mention CNN as the network where Beck made that comment...because you didn't know he worked at CNN when he said it.

As for me, if it's a given that there's going to be a terrorist attack on America; I'm fine with terrorists attacking their friends at the NY Times or other bastions of leftist terrorist appeasement.

posted July 16, 2010 03:40 PM            

9/11 happened.

ann coulter has the heart of a slug.

posted July 16, 2010 04:13 PM            

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I'm fine with terrorists attacking their friends at the NY Times or other bastions of leftist terrorist appeasement.

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Jwhop,

I know you feel strongly, however, think of all the innocent people, whose loved ones will mourn their deaths if this were to happen.

PS ~ I'll still make you martini's and bake brownies for you

posted July 16, 2010 04:49 PM            

I said "if it's a given...meaning inevitable..that there's going to be a terrorist attack on America"....

And, why should those who have condoned terrorists, assisted terrorists, excused terrorists not be the ones in the forefront of any future terrorist attack?

Beck left CNN for business reasons. CNN is in the toilet and FNN is the leader in cable news.

Yeah bungled terrorists attacks. Terrorists attacks not stopped by O'Bomber's crack homeland security personnel but only stopped by the bungling of the terrorists.

posted July 16, 2010 05:33 PM            

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Please notice

I said "if it's a given...meaning inevitable..that there's going to be a terrorist attack on America"....

And, why should those who have condoned terrorists, assisted terrorists, excused terrorists not be the ones in the forefront of any future terrorist attack?

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I know you said if. I'm thinking of the terrible loss of life, and the grieving families. I haven't forgotten Fort Hood.

Why shouldn't they be in the forefront? Because lost life is a tragedy, no matter whose it is, where it is, or when it is.

That's my opinion.

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We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique. --Benjamin Jowett

posted July 16, 2010 06:32 PM            

the fact that the only actual event you can point to took place on military soil and was perpetrated by someone the military considered FIT TO BE DEPLOYED basically vacates your accusation that it is obama's govt's fault.

not because i like the govt but because you can't make a rational argument about them.

as far as enabling there is a lot of evidence that points to the bush/cheney regime enabling 911. extremist conspiracies aside, much of that evidence is actually pretty strong.

posted July 16, 2010 11:45 PM            

That killed the most effective means the US had to monitor their plans and their location...and whom they were talking to.

That intelligence operation was top secret and the NY Times spilled it to those who attacked the WTC in 2001 and killed about 3000 people.

posted July 17, 2010 12:10 AM            

BUT..this thread is about the irresponsible haters at fox "news"...not about who is responsible for 9/11. it was probably limbaugh who set it up. great copy.

posted July 17, 2010 10:45 AM            

It's ok we can disagree on this point. The one thing we can't disagree on is cigars and martini's.

posted July 23, 2010 01:45 PM            

will Breitbart apologize for the phony O'Keefe/pimp-dressing ACORN story? *laughs hard*

So my quote is from economist and writer Paul Krugman http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/
he points out, "When the right-wing noise machine starts promoting another alleged scandal, you shouldn't suspect that it's fake -- you should presume that it's fake, until further evidence becomes available."

posted August 17, 2010 10:39 PM            

Fox News' parent: $1 mil to GOP governors
The corporate parent of Fox News has donated $1 million to the Republican Governors Association, and sees no bearing on the conservative network's "fair and balanced" approach to the news.

The donation comes from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., which owns Fox News, the New York Post, the Wall Street Journal and the Times of London.

"News Corporation believes in the power of free markets, and the Republican Governors Association's pro-business agenda supports our priorities at this most crucial time for our economy," the company said in a statement.

The donation comes at a time when Fox News has turned itself into a fund raising vehicle for Republican candidates, giving exposure to such contenders as U.S. Senate candidate Dino Rossi in Washington.

A trio of potential GOP presidential hopefuls for 2012 - Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich - are also on Murdoch's payroll.

"For a media company - particularly one whose slogan is 'fair and balanced' - to be injecting themselves into the outcome of races is stunning," Nathan Daschle, executive director of the Democratic Governors Association, said Tuesday. "The people owning Fox News have made a decision that they want to see Democratic governors go down to defeat. It's a jaw-dropping violation of the boundary between the media and corporate realm."

Jack Horner, a News Corp. spokesman, told the Washington Post: "It's patently false that a corporate donation would have any bearing on our news-gathering activities at Fox News or any other of our priperties."

An arch-rival of Fox News, General Electric-- current owner of NBC - has donated $245,000 to Democratic governors, and $205,000 to Republican governors. Time Warner, owner of CNN and Time, has given $70,000 to the Democratic governors and $50,000 to their Republican counterparts, the Post reported.

But Daschle described the Fox contribution as "in a completely different league. Other media firms' donations are generally small and about equal to the many committees that receive money."

Republicans are defending governorships in three major states - California, Florida and Texas - this fall. They hope to capture Democratic-held statehouses in Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, Oregon and Pennsylvania.

The Australian-born Murdoch, whose media empire stretches to three continents, previously gave $1 million to the California Republican Party.

Hari Sevugan, a Democratic National Committee spokesman, commented:

posted August 17, 2010 10:41 PM            

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Why is Rupert Murdoch so clueless about Fox News?
November 17, 2009 5:57 am ET

Did you know that Sean Hannity is "an academic"? That Obama administration officials love Fox News' White House reporters? That CNN refuses to have Republicans on its program? That Glenn Beck is "purely Libertarian"? Or that there's no bias -- none -- in Fox's presentation of the news?

At least that's the gospel according to Rupert Murdoch this month.

In truth, thanks to Murdoch's recent laundry list of public falsehoods, we now know that Fox News' misinformation culture starts at the very top, inside the corner office of Murdoch, the CEO of News Corp., Fox News' parent company. It turns out Murdoch functions as his own one-man misinformation machine. Who knew?

Of course, the Murdoch falsehood that recently generated the biggest headlines last week came when, sitting for a television interview with Sky News Australia, he agreed with the claim made by Glenn Beck that President Obama (aka "this guy") was a "racist" with a "deep-seated hatred for white people." Defending Beck, Murdoch stressed that Obama himself had made a "very racist comment" (which apparently only Rupert Murdoch heard), and that Beck was "right" to point out Obama's racist ways.

Murdoch's claim was so bizarre (and false) that soon his corporate flak was forced into damage control mode and issued a non-apology apology in an effort to smooth over Murdoch's smear against Obama. But with his "racist" claim, as well as a collection of other recent falsehoods regarding Fox News, a rather obvious question has been raised: How come Murdoch remains systematically uninformed about his controversial cable channel?

The sad truth is Murdoch either has no idea what kind of programming Fox News now produces, or he's too embarrassed to watch and acknowledge it. Neither scenario is particularly flattering for the aging CEO.

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