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Essentially, There is a FOX (Faux) News GOP Primary Going on for the 2012 Nomination
BARBARA'S BUZZ FROM Atlanta https://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/they-said-they-would Just look at what privatization to the Health Care industry..."...WENDELL POTTER [former executive, CIGNA]: ...We were concerned that the movie ["Sicko"] would be as successful as "Fahrenheit 9/11" had been. And we knew that if it were, it really would change Public Opinion about our Health Care system in ways that would be harmful to the profits of Health Insurers. So, it w...

Pinheads? Bill OReilly Fires Back At The Simpsons For Fox News Swipe
Sunday night’s episode of The Simpsons opened with a harsh jibe at Fox News, or more to the point, the audience of Fox News, when a news chopper featured a fictional FOX News slogan emblazoned on a Helicopter that read “Not Racist But #1 With Racists.” Bill O’Reilly, the Irish beat cop of Fox News, took exception of the cartoon family, calling producers “pinheads” for continually “biting the hand that feeds them.” The Simpsons appear on FOX Broadc...

NewsBusters' False Equivalence on Nazi Smears
NewsBusters' False Equivalence on Nazi Smears Topic: NewsBusters Lachlan Markay goes the false-equivalence route in a Nov. 22 NewsBusters post responding to NPR's noting that "Fox News does stand out amid Mainstream Media outlets for its ferocity and frequency" in hurling Nazi smears. Markay asserted that "NPR invoked vague claims by far-left Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank ... to paint FNC as unique in its invocation of Nazism." In fact, Milbank was quite specif...

O'Reilly attacks 'Simpsons' as 'pinheads' after Fox '#1 with racists' jibe
Fox News' Bill O'Reilly got his revenge on The Simpsons Monday but didn't deny the charge that his network is popular with Racists. On Sunday's episode of the long-running cartoon series, a Fox News Helicopter carrying a network executive reads, "FOX News: Not Racists, But #1 With Racists." After the Fox News executive steps out of the Helicopter into the head of the Statue of Liberty, the Aircraft goes into a tailspin and crashes. The pilot can be heard saying, "It's not fair, we're unbalanced....

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 ...

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...

Glenn Beck: MSNBC Will Be Sacrificial Lamb In Exchange For Ending Fox News
Senator Jay Rockefeller confessed recently that he’d prefer a world without Fox News or MSNBC. Naturally, it didn’t take Glenn Beck too long to find an insidious left-wing scheme boiling beneath the surface: the left, Beck told Bill O’Reilly in a special Thanksgiving visit to the Factor, is planning on “sacrificing” MSNBC in a quid-pro-quo negotiation to eliminate FOX News. The conversation sprung from comments made by former president Jimmy Carter , who once again ...

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 ...

OReilly attacks Simpsons as pinheads after Fox #1 with racists jibe
Stumble This! Fox News' Bill O'Reilly got his revenge on The Simpsons Monday but didn't deny the charge that his network is popular with Racists. On Sunday's episode of the long-running cartoon series, a FOX News Helicopter carrying a network executive reads, "Fox News: Not Racists, But #1 With Racists." After the FOX News executive steps out of the Helicopter into the head of the Statue of Liberty, the Aircraft goes into a tailspin and crashes. The pilot can be heard saying, "It's not fair, we...

News Corp to buy education tech company for $360 million
The company said that on completion of the deal, Wireless Generation will become a unit of News Corp.and will be managed by the target company's executives, including founder and CEO Larry Berger, who will retain a 10 percent interest. "When it comes to K through 12 education, we see a $500 billion sector in the U.S. alone...," News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch said in a statement. Established in 2000, Wireless Generation offers mobile and web software, data systems and professional services that al...

News Corp to buy education tech company for $360 million
Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:27pm EST n">(Reuters) - News Corp.said it will acquire 90 percent of Wireless Generation, a privately-held Brooklyn-based education technology firm, for about $360 million in cash to expand its presence into the education technology sector. The company said that on completion of the deal, Wireless Generation will become a unit of News Corp and will be managed by the target company's executives, including founder and CEO Larry Berger, who will retain a 10 percent interest. ...

UPDATED: Ailes apologizes to ADL for calling NPR Execs "Nazis"
During an interview with Howard Kurtz, Fox News exec Roger Ailes lashed out at NPR executives over their firing of Juan Williams, saying they are "Nazis" that have a "Nazi attitude. They are the Left Wing of Nazism." Politico reports that Ailes has apologized to the Anti Defamation League for his comments, saying he was "ad-libbing and should not have chosen that word": "I was of course ad-libbing and should not have chosen that word," Ailes wrote in a letter to Abe Foxman, ADL's national dir...

Steamy Megyn Kelly In GQ Men Of The Year Issue
TV Newser: TVNewser learns that “America Live” anchor Megyn Kelly is in the 2010 GQ Men of the Year issue, which hit newsstands this week. Kelly is the only tvnewser to be selected for the 2010 media personality. Megyn Kelly GQ Men of the Year Issue The magazine says about the anchor: “Abhorred by the left, adored by the right, frequently pinata’d by The Daily Show, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly has become the very blonde face—and legs—of the network. And she’s oka

‘Simpsons’ invents new Fox News motto: ‘#1 with racists’
Stumble This! In the world of The Simpsons, Fox News' well-known "fair and balanced" motto has been replaced. On Sunday's episode of the long-running cartoon series, a FOX News Helicopter carrying a network executive reads, "Fox News: Not Racists, But #1 With Racists." After the FOX News executive steps out of the Helicopter into the head of the Statue of Liberty, the Aircraft goes into a tailspin and crashes. The pilot can be heard saying, "It's not fair, we're unbalanced." The executive cond...

Sarah Palin, Riot Grrrl
To paraphrase Lillian Hellman, I don't agree with a word that Sarah Palin says, including "and" and "the." And as a liberal feminist, it drives me absolutely bonkers that Palin is the most visible working mother and female politician in America, that she is the best exemplar of a woman with an equal marriage, that she has put up with less crap from fewer men than those of us who have read The Second Sex and marched in pro-abortion rallies and pretty much been on the right side of all the issues...

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...

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 ...

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...

Ailes and Murdoch: Beck is their man. To employees who are troubled: "Shut up. You're getting a paycheck."
"Shut Up. You're Getting A Paycheck" by digby Speaking of Fox News, I think this article by Media Matters' Sarah Pavlus puts to rest any notion that they are going to be pressured into changing their ways because it's widely believed that they are employing dangerous, insane demagogues: Is Murdoch out of touch with what is happening at his own network? Is his defense and praise of Beck an accident? That seems unlikely, given that he views the network as the jewel of his empire. When asked ea...

OReilly: Fox News Is The Most Powerful Media Agency In The World
Forget the usual sniping about MSNBC-Bill O’Reilly wants you to know Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow simply don’t rate in one key area: global power domination. “There is no power at MSNBC to do anything. Here at Fox, we have emerged-and correct me if you think I’m wrong-but I think Fox News is the Most Powerful media agency in the world. Not just the country, but the world.” That bold claim may not be as surprising as the reaction from Bernie Go...

Parker/Spitzer Nowhere Near Competitors In Poor Showing Monday
Cable news Ratings, November 22, 2010: •Another disturbingly poor performance from CNN’s Parker/Spitzer, which came in fourth among viewers 25-54 on Monday night, less than half the audience of HLN’s Nancy Grace, and barely 15 percent of the audience of Bill O’Reilly on Fox. •CNN’s Larry King had a good night, besting MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow among viewers 25-54 for more than 22,000 viewers. Here’s the full scoreboard: TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +S...

Van Hollen: Tax cuts for wealthy 'not a big job creator'
A top House Democrat this week said extending billions of dollars in Tax Cuts to the nation's highest earners will do nothing to spur Job Creation.  Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, asked why, if those cuts are such great job stimulators, Unemployment is nearly 10 percent with the cuts currently in place. "It's clear that the Tax Cuts for the folks at the very top have not created any jobs. After all, we've had them in place now for mor...

W. Va. mine blast: Coal firm had worst safety record
Source: MSNBC Despite its claims that its safety record was “average,” no U.S. coal company had a worse fatality record than Massey Energy Co., even before an Explosion at its Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia killed 29 on April 5, according to an analysis by the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University. Massey, the largest coal company in central Appalachia, has come under heightened scrutiny in the six months since the disaster, the deadliest mining accident in nearly 40 ..

Interview with Megyn Kelly, Fox News Anchor: Politics: GQ
It wasn't an Infomercial! It was an abs tape! In another life—and as I like to say, another body—I used to teach aerobics. I was paid one whole dollar to be Backup Girl #1. So you got a JD instead? Yeah, I joined the Student government in college and you got to investigate the faculty and hear all the dirt. And so I thought I wanted to be a DA, a prosecuting attorney. But, in Manhattan, that would've put me at the federal Poverty level, so I took a job with a big old Law Firm that a...