Tag Archives: Fox News

Fox balks, NPR fires somebody

Posted on October 20, 2011 by oddmanout215

It’s easy to joke about the level of self-censorship at NPR, as I did recently, but hard to exaggerate the uselessness of a news operation whose managers constantly bend to kiss the asses of the right-wingers aiming to kill government … Continue reading →

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Sexist-crazed NOW leader rips Newsweek

Posted on August 10, 2011 by oddmanout215

It’s “sexist,” says National Organization for Women President Terry O’Neill, in high dudgeon over Newsweek’s cover photo of crazy-eyed Michele Bachmann looking crazy-eyed. As if readers might look at the photo and suspect Bachmann is… you know, crazy. As if … Continue reading →

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Fox News VP: Sure, I lied about Obama

Posted on April 1, 2011 by oddmanout215

In case you wondered why Roger Ailes and his motley crew are barred from Canadian TV outlets, here’s this from Media Matters: In newly uncovered audio, a Fox News executive boasts that he lied repeatedly during the closing days of … Continue reading →

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Alfred E. Neuman on cable news: ‘Yes, me worry!’

Posted on November 18, 2010 by oddmanout215

We live now in a cable news universe that celebrates the opinions of [Keith] Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly – individuals who hold up the twin pillars of political partisanship and who are … Continue reading →

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Politico reels in another red herring

Posted on July 25, 2010 by oddmanout215

The issue is right-wing lies, not ‘media recklessness’ Once upon a time, the news was dictated to us by a handful of corporations that professed to be non-partisan in their methods and goals. Then along came revelations that non-partisanship – … Continue reading →

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