Archive for the ‘ witch hunt ’ Category
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 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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]