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Fox News’ War on the White House

Media Matters posted this great compilation clip of FOX attack dogs in action. The research is here. BACKGROUND: Following the White House’s exposure of Fox News as a partisan political operation, as opposed to a credible news network, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity have claimed that the “warmongers” in the Obama administration have “declared war” [ READ MORE ]

Beck is flexing his political muscles, vows to “take the administration down.”

Beck is now calling for a coup, which is what I take it to mean when he says he is going to “take the administration out”. I wonder which high position he is going to appoint himself? I assume Sean Hannity will be Secretary of the Department of Defense. I guess if there was incompetence or [ READ MORE ]

Glenn Beck The Movie- Trailer “Fear”.

This is a YouTube clip posted today by @peterwlang It has Glenn Beck being despicable, and some juxtapositions with old-time demagogues that Beck draws inspiration from. I think it is really good. [ READ MORE ]

Beck lashes out in an ad hominem anti-commie rage.

I have been distracted for the last while, but this clip from Media Matters of Beck on today’s FOX news show fit too many categories here to not post. Beck plays a long clip of White House communications director Anita Dunn and claims he played the whole thing(even though he didn’t) so ‘the blogs’ would [ READ MORE ]

Hannity jumps the shark, links Jennings to child rape, yet refuses to support bill defunding companies that support rape.

Grab the pitchforks! Build the pyre! Hannity says the government is protecting  child rapists! Sean Hannity has dedicated hours repeating discredited fallacies in an attempt to have an openly gay government official removed from office. He is using guilt by association tactics in an attempt to imply that President Barack Obama is guilty by association with [ READ MORE ]

Hannity’s guilt by association charges of rape and child molestation would make McCarthy blush.

FOX News issued a retraction (see update) for smearing Kevin Jennings, the highly qualified and respected assistant-deputy of the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, with a false and malicious claim that he helped conceal a rape that did not occur. UPDATE FOX did issue a retraction, but they have now continued with the false [ READ MORE ]

Beck and his fellow Republican attack dog.

Media Matters posted this clip of fear-mongering against the latest target in an ongoing witch hunt.  Deepak Bhargava has “connections” to Obama, of course they are only vague and nebulous, but he seems to believe in raising the standards of living for the poorest segments of society, something that these two millionaires find despicable and [ READ MORE ]

Beck’s latest ‘Crazy Tree’ falsely smears his latest target: Valerie Jarrett

Glenn Beck continued his partisan witch hunt on his show last night, making connections, distorting the facts, posting a new ‘crazy tree’ on his ‘chalkboard of hate’ and talking to his audience as if they were seven year olds. He finished the segment by pinning the warning notice below beside pictures of the Obama’s, which [ READ MORE ]

McCarthyism: The Political Carnival’s Insightful Friend

GottaLaff at The Political Carnival posted a comment from her friend last week regarding his experience with McCarthyism. Below are three excerpts, but I recommend reading the entire essay. The picture above is the one mentioned below. McCarthyism One thing that is sure to make my blood pressure rise is the mention of Joseph McCarthy and McCarthyism. [ READ MORE ]

Anti-Bullying Czar Swarmed and Pushed Around by FOX News

Kevin Jennings is the assistant-deputy of the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, he has a bachelors degree from Harvard, a Master’s from Columbia and a M.B.A. from New York University. Among other accomplishments he has been a high school history teacher, published six books on gay rights and education and founded the Gay, Lesbian [ READ MORE ]

Beck and Republicans May Learn Lesson in Blowback

What may be the most ironic and amusing event in Beck’s long-standing and ongoing smear campaign against ACORN is shaping up to have far-reaching implications. Even going as far as accidentally defunding some of the largest military contractors in the United States. Ryan Grim wrote a recent article for the Huffington Post, that brings up the [ READ MORE ]

The Return of McCarthyism

A juxtaposition of the past and current use of McCarthyism. “Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn’t mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.“-Edward R. Murrow [ READ MORE ]

Glenn Beck can’t stand poor people.

This video is a fine example of Beck and a co-conspirator trying to re-kindle McCarthyism. They try to claim Barack Obama is denying knowledge of ACORN receiving public funding, I guess they must not have a very high opinion of their audiences perception abilities. As they play a clip of an interview in which the President [ READ MORE ]

In the overthrow the government relay, Beck hands the baton to Hannity.

Sean Hannity is no match for Beck when it comes to installing fear of the unknown into his audience.The only smears he can come up with for Samantha Powers are that she insulted Hillary Clinton, and that she is married to an intellectual. Media Matters gives a detailed point by point reading of this clip, [ READ MORE ]

Beck makes obvious connections seem nefarious.

Last week, Fox News released video that they initially claimed people would go to jail for, and their claims and predictions did not come true. The first video they released was two young republican activists dressed like a pimp and prostitute entrapping ACORN workers into helping them pay taxes and get a mortgage. A couple of [ READ MORE ]