Fox News said to reject ad on dont ask, dont tell

Fox News Rejects Ad On Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal (VIDEO)
WASHINGTON -- Fox News has rejected an advocacy group's ad on repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT), in which generals from around the world say that allowing Gay men and women to serve openly is no Big Deal. "I am surprised that Fox News would reject an ad featuring allied Generals, given that both host Bill O'Reilly and guest contributor Liz Cheney have expressed support for open Gay service," said Palm Center director Aaron Belkin in a statement. "This is an important time for input from ...

Fox News rejects DADT repeal ad
The GOP Propaganda channel Fox “News” has rejected an ad the highlights various allied Generals in support of Gays and Lesbians serving in the United States Armed Forces. Fox “News” the Unfair and Unbalanced” Propaganda channel that features several contributors and hosts who are clearly Unbalanced, said no to the ad because it does not fit the GOP "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" agenda. The United States Secretary of Defense Bill Gates, and the Chairman of th...

Wanted: GOP votes for repeal of don't ask don't tell
All the pieces are falling into place for the Repeal of the ban on Gay men and Lesbians serving openly in the Military. A comprehensive study on don't ask don't tell will be released one day early (Nov. 30). This gives senators time to read it. Hearings will be held on the report on Dec. 2. This gives senators time to debate it. And then there will be a vote. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is still threatening a Filibuster. That's why those who are passionate about getting rid of don't ask don't tel...

No Discharges Under DADT in Over A Month
While pressure still needs to be put on the US Senate to pass a Repeal of DADT, some good news has arrived for folks who believe you shouldn't face Discrimination just because of who you love. There hasn't been anyone dismissed from the Armed Forces due to their Sexual Orientation in a month. Although the Pentagon isn't ready to admit this is the reason, public support for Repeal and an Oct. 21 decision from Secretary Gates to only allow the secretaries of the various Military branches sign off ...

Fox News Refuses To Run Ad In Favor Of Ending DADT, Despite Public Support For Repeal
Fox News Refuses To Run Ad In Favor Of Ending DADT, Despite Public Support For Repeal Raw Story’s Sahil Kapur is reporting that FOX News is refusing to air an ad advocating for repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. The 30-second spot, produced by the Palm Center, “includes Testimony from Military leaders of NATO allies arguing that lifting the ban on gay Soldiers is a ‘non-event’ and does not diminish combat effectiveness.” “I am surprised that FOX News...

FOX News sucks, so support FOX News
Here's an ad submitted by the Palm Center, a Santa Barbara-based research center that produces research and conferences on Don't Ask, Don't Tell: The ad was rejected by Fox News. Here's Palm Center Director Aaron Belkin: "I am surprised that Fox News would reject an ad featuring allied Generals, given that host Bill O'Reilly and guest contributor Liz Cheney have both expressed support for open gay service. This is an important time for input from all sides on this issue, and I hope Fox will ...

Leftovers - November 23, 2010
While Republicans blast corporate taxes, corporations post record profits. Despite the TSA hubbub, the public does not support racial or religious profiling. Fox News refuses to run an ad supporting the Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Pat Buchanan and Norm Ornstein agree: GOP opposition to the New START is dangerous. Add RNC Chairman Michael Steele's former political director to his list of challengers. This makes it look like the best Health Care system in the world is kind of a rip-off. ...

Fox News Rejects Gay Troops Ad
Apparently Fox News is afraid of any opinions not their own - especially if they’re - gasp - foreign! How else explain Fox’s rejection of this simple 30 second ad produced by the Palm Center in which two Generals from allied forces say on May 2010 that gay Troops do not undermine combat effectiveness. Major General Semianiw, Chief of Military Personnel in the Canadian Forces,: “There is no negative impact of having men and women of any Sexual Orientation fight...

Senate panel plans hearings next week on 'don't ask, don't tell'
The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold two days of hearings next week after the release of the Pentagon's report on how the Military could end the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. The panel, led by Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and ranking member Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), will hear from Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates; Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen; and the co- chairmen of the Pentagon Working Group, Defense Department General Counsel Jeh Johnson and Army Gen. Carter ...

Dismissed lesbian major to be reinstated
Published: Nov. 24, 2010 at 8:47 AM WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A major dismissed under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law barring Openly Gay people from U.S. Military service will be reinstated, a Civil Liberties group said. The American Civil Liberties Union, which represented U.S. Air Force Maj. Margaret Witt in her four-year battle, announced her reinstatement Tuesday, CNN reported. In September, the U.S. District Court for Western Washington ordered the Air Force to reinstate Witt, a decorat...

Lance Simmens: Cheap Thrills and National Security
You have to excuse me if I laugh, but all this public consternation over TSA pat-downs is silly. And it seems to me that those who scream the loudest are the very people who no one in their right mind actually wants to pat down anyway. I mean, look at Americans, they quite possibly might be the most untouched and uptight collection of overweight, out of shape, curmudgeons on the planet. My guess is that if you conducted a survey, you might find an overwhelming majority of those doing the comp...

DADT Discharges: Pentagon Says Nobody Dismissed For Being Gay In Past Month
San Francisco — No U.S. service members have been discharged for being Openly Gay in the month since the Defense Department adopted new rules surrounding the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, a Pentagon spokeswoman said Monday. Under new rules adopted Oct. 21, Defense Secretary Robert Gates put authority for signing off on dismissals in the hands of the three service secretaries. Before then, any commanding officer at a rank equivalent to a one-star general could discharge Gay enlisted per...

Bernie Goldberg Warns Fox News About Its Bias
In a discussion about Fox News’ power, Fox News’ media critic Bernard Goldberg offered up a startling admonition to Fox. “If Fox champions causes, if Fox likes one Candidate or treats them differently than another, then you know what, it’s blowing an opportunity to be the important voice in broadcasting.” Goldberg’s statement came in the middle of a segment in which he and Bill O’Reilly largely agreed, with predictable statements, about the so-called ...

Simpsons has Fox News #1 with racists
From David's earlier post at Crooks and Liars, here is the Simpsons' scene that got Bill O'Reilly's knickers in a knot. BillO buys knickers with a knot made in them at the factory. See, he has all the problems in the world already solved so he gets pissy about a cartoon show ribbing Fox News. I wonder how much noise he raised about the Muslim people getting riled over a cartoon in a newspaper? Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean. We're unbalanced. It's unfair! Very funny...

Talk Box: Cable-News Prefers Profiling to Pat-Downs in TSA Debate
A new poll showing that most adults in the U.S. support profiling airline passengers based on nationality and looks was all the cable-news pundits needed to keep floating the idea of importing Israeli style "behavioral profiling" to airports as a way to stop all the junk-touching going on between TSA employees and American travelers. Fox News' Bill O'Reilly said he thinks efficiency trumps civil liberties, while over at Morning Joe, TMP's Josh Marshall declared that he believes profiling works...

Breaking: Keith Olbermann Is Still Not A Fan Of Fox News
Here’s a shocker for you: Keith Olbermann is taking issue with Bill O’Reilly’s proclamation that Fox News “is the Most Powerful media agency in the world.” On Countdown tonight, the MSNBC host took a few minutes to dissect that claim—though his comments didn’t exactly have the effect he intended them to have. Here’s what Olbermann had to say in response to a clip of O’Reilly’s FOX boast: “Interestingly, the thing O’Reilly think...

Obama administration appeals another 'don't ask' ruling
The Obama Administration is appealing another Court Case that found Unconstitutional a discharge under the Military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. On Tuesday afternoon, the Justice Department filed a formal notice that it is appealing the ruling of a Federal Judge in Washington State that required the reinstatement of Maj. Margaret Witt, an Air Force flight nurse who was kicked out under the ban on Openly Gay service members. U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Leighton found that the ...

Joint Chiefs chairman: Congress should end gay ban as soon as possible
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday that Congress shouldn't wait to Repeal the Military's Controversial "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy which forces gay, Lesbian and trans-gender members to hide their personal lives or face expulsion from the service. "The other piece that is out there that is very real is the courts are very active on this, and my concern is that at some point in time the courts could change this law and in that not give us the right amount of time to implement...

Capehart: Wanted -- GOP votes for repeal of don't ask don't tell
All the pieces are falling into place for the Repeal of the ban on Gay men and Lesbians serving openly in the Military. A comprehensive study on don't ask don't tell will be released one day early (Nov. 30). This gives senators time to read it. Hearings will be held on the report on Dec. 2. This gives senators time to debate it. And then there will be a vote. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is still threatening a Filibuster. That's why those who are passionate about getting rid of don't ask don't t...

Second Amendment News and Video - FOX News Topics - FOXNews.com
Description Search… Allen West's Chief of Staff. The e-mail said the writer liked that Kaufman had encouraged people to "excercise our Second Amendment rights" and that "something big" would happen at a government building in Broward County, maybe a school. Martinez … Title:Fla. woman accused in school threats arrested Description Search… Allen West's Chief of Staff. The e-mail said the writer liked that Kaufman had encouraged people to "excercise our second amendment rights" an...

Here Is an Insight Into the Kind of Logic Some Dont Ask, Dont Tell Supporters Are Using
"Did somebody say, beef parade?" Photo: iStockphoto.com It's always frustrating when Liberals or Conservatives take one crazy person spouting off nonsense and try to paint the entire opposing team with the same brush. So when we read a particularly bananas editorial about Gays in the Military on the website of the Daily Caller, we certainly did not assume that everyone who is against repealing the Military's ...

Fox News refuses to run ad about gay troops
Fox News doesn't want you to know that the result of Lesbian & gay Soldiers serving openly in other countries is... business as usual. That's according to Generals from allied militaries, who say that gay Troops do not undermine combat effectiveness. Here's The Palm Center's 30-second advertisement that Fox News refuses to run. Voiceover: As the millitary prepares to end "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", our NATO allies have told us what to expect... Business as usual. Major General Semianiw: "There i...

GLSEN: Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network: GLSEN: Gay,Lesbian,Straight Education Network
GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, today marks the culmination of 10 years of pioneering research documenting the experiences of lesbian, gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Students with the release of The 2009 National School Climate Survey. The 2009 survey of 7,261 middle and High School Students found that at school nearly 9 out of 10 LGBT Students experienced harassment at school in the past year and nearly two-thirds felt unsafe because of their Sexual Orientation. Ne...

Fox rejects ad against DADT
Fox News has declined to run an ad featuring generals lobbying for gay Troops’ right to serve openly in the Military. The ad was put out by the Palm Center, a Think Tank at the University of California at Santa Barbara, which released a statement about the ad’s rejection today. “I am surprised that Fox News would reject an ad featuring allied Generals, given that host Bill O'Reilly and guest contributor Liz Cheney have both expressed support for open gay service,” said ...

Resentment News (and More Blondes Per Square Foot): Explaining What Fox News Channel Is
Not sure whether I will continue to do these things, but I recorded my second Late Night with PressThink video. It tries to explain “what Fox News actually is, which really means explaining it to myself…” The original is here if you wish to embed. Some of the key concepts: On FOX, the news exists in order to generate Controversy. And controversy exists in order to generate resentment. And the resentment is what generates Ratings. So this is my most concise idea about Fox: ...