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Fox News Airs 'Heresy' on War on Terror, Sort Of

Reported by Judy - Tue 9:22 AM

Fox News committed political heresy Tuesday (Sept. 12, 2006) by allowing a guest to question whether there are any true terrorist cells in the United States, but it did its best to undercut what the guest was saying with a series of biased banners. With Video.

Why Is FOX News Doing Republican Rehab For Bernard Kerik?

Reported by Ellen - Tue 1:58 AM

Once again, Bernard Kerik’s legal and ethical transgressions were swept under the rug by “real journalism, fair and balanced” FOX News. You may recall that Kerik recently pleaded guilty to accepting illegal gifts from a company associated with organized crime, a company that coincidentally was approved to construct a casino in New Jersey where a contact of Kerik’s played a key role in the approval. This is just the latest in a long string of questionable behavior by Kerik. But for the second time in a month, those lapses were overlooked while Kerik was given a pundit’s chair on Hannity & Colmes. He seems to have gotten the same hospitality on Your World yesterday, too.

Unmistakeable Bias And Divisive Partisanship On Hannity & Colmes’ 9/11 “Special”

Reported by Ellen - Tue 12:42 AM

Sean Hannity toned down his partisan rhetoric on last night’s (9/11/06) Hannity & Colmes “special” 9/11 commemoration but the pro-Bush, anti-Democratic bias was undeniable. As has become the norm when national policy is in the spotlight, all the guests were Republican and no critical analysis of Bush’s speech, which delayed the beginning of the show, nor any of his actions since 9/11, was offered. And despite the fact that just minutes before, President Bush had said our country “must put aside our differences, and work together to meet the test that history has given us,” Hannity couldn’t resist divisive partisanship, even on such a solemn occasion.

Exploiting 9/11

Reported by Chrish - Mon 10:46 PM

Tonight 9/11/06 on the Talking Points Memo Bill O'Reilly exploited the events of 9/11 to remind viewers to elect officials who have "specific plans and who are courageous enough to fight this brutal terror war" (and how many times have he and his coworkers said that Democrats "have no plan"?). He once again bemoaned that not enough people are sufficiently terrorized: "Most Americans are sitting the terror war out, thinking* it's not their problem. Tonight we'll prove them wrong."

*"Thinking" was the written word in the graphic; "believing" was the spoken word. For a "journalist" he's mighty cavalier about language.

O'Reilly Still Stuck On George Clooney

Reported by Deborah - Mon 9:36 PM

Bill O'Reilly takes a grudge seriously so even tonight, during the special 9/11 coverage on The Factor, he was compelled to remind everyone of last year's O'Reilly/Clooney feud .Terence Stamp, Charity Navigator, was on hand to evaluate performances of the 9/11 charities and O'Reilly showed a clip of Clooney taking a shot at FOX News and asked Stamp what he thought. 9/11/06

Be Very, Very Afraid but Remember, Bush has Made us Safer

Reported by Melanie - Mon 6:14 PM

Ed Koch, the former mayor of New York City, was a guest on Your World w/Cavuto today (September 11, 2006). Koch's appearance followed one by Bernard Kerik, who spoke about "the enemy we face," and Nathan Sharansky, who expanded on "the enemy we face." After Cavuto and his early guests wondered why "terror" doesn't poll as the issue Americans are most concerned about, as Cavuto claimed it should be, Koch, Fox's kind of Democrat, came on to tell us what a great job George Bush is doing keeping us safe.

McCain Kept Morphing Iraq With The War On Terror

Reported by Donna - Mon 1:42 PM

Today on Fox On Line with Bill Hemmer he spoke with Senator John McCain about the 5 year anniversary of 9/11, however, instead of concentrating on 9/11, McCain kept morphing it into the war in Iraq.

Hemmer Says Many Believe (Or Is That Some People?) Souls Of The Departed From 9/11 Speak To Us Through The Wind

Reported by Donna - Mon 1:27 PM

Today on Fox On Line with Bill Hemmer the show was devoted to 9/11, particularly the president's visit to Shanksville, PA, where he appeared live on video throughout the show. Hemmer spoke with several people throughout the show and he mused about 9/11 often.

He was speaking to a Republican strategist and a Democratic strategist when he went off on a memory of his about the wind on the first anniversary of 9/11.

Fox News Goes Easy on Bush's 'My Pet Goat' Moment

Reported by Judy - Mon 12:10 PM

Few Americans saw the video of George Bush sitting in a Florida classroom while the Twin Towers burned until Michael Moore had the courage to put it in a movie, but Fox News showed a portion of it Monday (September 11, 2006) while managing to surround it with enough Republican spin to try to make it into a courageous moment.

Outrageous Quote of the Week - Week of September 4th

Reported by Janie - Mon 11:25 AM

Convicted liar Ollie North was able to take 33% of last week's vote by offering the viewers of Fox the ultimate in fear-mongering - claiming a Democratic-controlled Congress would mean a nuclear attack on America:

"If we elect a Congress in this election on November 7 that is committed to being anti-war, get out now, withdraw America, then we’re in serious, serious trouble. This could be catastrophic. That’s exactly what happened in 1974, when the Congress re-elected decided to get out of Viet Nam. But in this case, it won’t be boat people, it will be nuclear weapons in the hands of fanatics.”

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Partisanship Underlies Veneer of Fairness in 'Fox and Friends' Treatment of ABC Film

Reported by Judy - Mon 10:13 AM

Fox News began its coverage of the fifth anniversary of 9/11 on Monday (September 11, 2006) with somber video and music and interviews recalling the day of attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, but then quickly switched to subtle partisan messages.

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FOX News Does Its Part For Right-Wing McCarthyism On Campus

Reported by Ellen - Sun 7:03 PM

FOX News deliberately gave a PR boost to right-wing McCarthyism on college campuses Friday night (9/8/06) when Hannity & Colmes hosted UCLA alumnus Andrew Jones without a balancing guest and without mentioning that Jones is the controversial figure who tried to pay students to tape left-leaning professors’ lectures. Instead, Jones was presented as an independent expert who is head of the UCLA Bruin Alumni Association. Jones explained that his group is not the “official” alumni association but nobody revealed that it has a specific, McCarthy-esque agenda to “document,” “publicize” and “reform” what Jones describes as an “unholy alliance between anti-war professors, radical Muslim students, and a pliant administration” resulting in an “exploding crisis of political radicalism on campus.” FOX News also gave Alan Colmes' critical questioning one minute less than Oliver North's sympathetic portion.

Heartland Plays the Clinton Blame Game

Reported by Chrish - Sun 1:33 PM

NOTE: GUEST BLOGGED by Priscilla

First off, let me say that I had been eagerly looking forward to Heartland because Kasich’s web page promised that David Limbaugh would be appearing in a discussion about the “Path to 9-11.” David can always be relied on for a rabidly right wing view of the world. But in an unacknowledged “bait and switch,” David was replaced by Mona Charon, an equally rabid right ringer who did not disappoint.

O'Reilly Insults New York Firefighters While Attacking CBS

Reported by Deborah - Sat 8:09 PM

Bill O'Reilly went after Dick Meyer, CBS, for an editorial he wrote criticizing George Bush for not being straight with the American people about the torture issue. Accusing Meyer of having no proof of torture and putting lives in danger, O'Reilly offered this threat. 9/8/06

" Put up some evidence, if you have it sir. If not, go down to a New York fire station and see what happens to you."

Cavuto Fails to Back Up Claim of 'Class Warfare'

Reported by Judy - Sat 12:08 PM

Neil Cavuto based a segment of "Cavuto on Business" Saturday (September 9, 2006) on the claim that Democrats are waging "full-on class warfare in the mid-term elections," but never cited a single example of what he considers such rhetoric.

Fox News Guest: Saudis Will Help Republicans Win

Reported by Judy - Sat 10:59 AM

AAA says gas prices are falling around the country because of a calm hurricane season and lower tensions in the Middle East, but a guest on Fox News claimed Saturday (September 9, 2006) that Saudi Arabia will keep gas prices low to help Republicans retain control of Congress. Conspiracy theory?

Hannity Yearns For Clinton Hating Glory Days

Reported by Deborah - Fri 6:22 PM

Sean Hannity yearns to return to his glory days as an acclaimed Clinton hater. According to Hannity there is no reason for the "Clintonistas" to ask ABC to change the 9/11 Docudrama or pull it. He came armed for debate on H&C;, 9/7, with one quote from Clinton that he kept throwing at Julie Roginsky, Democratic Strategist, while G. Gordon Liddy repeated, "This is not a Michael Moore hit piece." Hannity wouldn't want his loyal viewers to be confused with too many facts so he made sure his message was simple. Clinton had sex with an intern and was responsible for 9/11.

Neil Cavuto Says the Senate Report on Prewar Intelligence is "Moot"

Reported by Melanie - Fri 6:19 PM

Neil Cavuto hosted Oliver North and Peter King (R-NY and Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security) today (September 8, 2006) to discuss not the content of the Senate report on prewar intelligence but whether or not Democrats are "playing politics with Iraq and the War on Terror." (Chances are good Fox watchers will never be told what the report actually says.)

Flash: Chris Wallace Takes Dems' Side in ABC Flap

Reported by Judy - Fri 2:49 PM

Fox News' Chris Wallace was surprisingly angry about the ABC docu-drama that contains made-up scenes regarding President Clinton's attempts to capture Osama bin Laden, calling the action "unethical" and "lousy" and urging people not to see it so that ABC and its parent, Disney Corporation, lose money on the deal.