“If [rape is a synonym for rob or plunder] then I think President Obama is really raping the American taxpayer, and he’s not even giving us a dinner or a glass of wine or cocktail.”
Eric Boiling, adding to his ever-growing long list of offensive statements as a Fox News correspondent.
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Video of Shep Smith’s reaction to Mitt Romney’s response to Newt dropping out
At first I was really distracted because there were so many things flashing and moving around him, but yes, Shep, politics is weird and you are creepy. I mean politics… politics is creepy.
‘The Simpsons’ snark on Fox News
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Gawker: Here’s a Picture of Bill O’Reilly With a Topless Woman Along With the Fox News Legal Threat Meant to Quash It
“For the record: there are other “Fox moles.” We just call them “sources.”
Fox News (2008): Don’t blame the president for gas prices
(@thinkprogress via The Maddow Blog)
68% of Republicans pick Fox News as most trusted source, nothing else even hits double digits
“Unlike you, I don’t have a ratings problem.”
Fox’s Bill O’Reilly Gets a Taste of His Own Ambush Medicine - Mother Jones
“Back in 2009, I wrote a piece for Newsweek arguing that Republicans would regret conceding so much power to Rush Limbaugh. Until that point, I’d been a frequent guest on Fox News, but thenceforward some kind of fatwa was laid down upon me. Over the next few months, I’d occasionally receive morning calls from young TV bookers asking if I was available to appear that day. For sport, I’d always answer, “I’m available—but does your senior producer know you’ve called me?” An hour later, I’d receive an embarrassed second call: “We’ve decided to go in a different direction.”
David Frum, When Did the GOP Lose Touch With Reality?
“Fox News Lies”: Geraldo booted off the Occupy Wall Street island
Not a banner day for Geraldo Rivera: In a crowd with fresh memories of Jesse LaGreca’s epic takedown of Griff Jenkins, Geraldo’s not-so-warm welcome is a tad heartwarming. Now, granted, his coverage of the protests — complete with Tavis Smiley and Cornel West talking from a studio — was pretty balanced, and not in that “Fair and Balanced” way, either. But his network affiliation led to some chants over his news broadcast — not fun — and eventually led to this rough exit, captured by Russia Today. source
“I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings.”
Roger Ailes, president of Fox News Channel
“Fox promo-ing a segment tonight “Alan Simpson for President… what’s behind the nationwide movement?” — they really don’t like the field.”
