By GottaLaff
Again, thank you for being patient with my abbreviated/light posting today. I'm dealing with major tech issues.
With that:
[Kim] Kardashian claims the only news on in her house is - nope, shockingly not E! - but good old Fox News. She says it's the only news channel on in her home. "It's just a very reputable news channel," she said.
By GottaLaff
This will be a lighter posting day. Still struggling with a few computer issues.
That said, here's your ClusterFox of the day:
"Three of the top five choices in the Southern Republican Leadership Conference's recent straw poll on favorite 2012 presidential candidates had more than one thing in common: They're all on the Fox News Channel payroll," the AP reports.
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ClusterFox gets the Trudeau treatment:
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ClusterFox just keeps topping itself in its efforts to remain the most tasteless, repulsive organization in the world:
"Lovely speech, but what's going on with President Obama's accent in this video?"
By GottaLaff
Levi Johnston has a story to tell. You know that, I know that, everyone knows that. The question is, what will he say, will what he says be credible, and when will he say it?
According to Levi, he will tell the "true story of the Palin household."
A brief excerpt from Mike Allen: "Sarah Palin is a singular national industry... This January, she signed a three-year contributor deal with Fox News worth $1 million a year, according to people familiar with the deal... Nowadays, for both poles of the political spectrum but especially for the right, politics is a business -- the entertainment business... It was Fox's Roger Ailes who had the insight that the American right was an underserved market, one with a powerful kind of brand loyalty."
“When she lost, I knew exactly what she was gonna do,” he says. “The whole time she was getting big-money offers for book and TV shows. I was like, All right, she’s gonna pick that up. It was just a matter of time before she quit."
By GottaLaff
Aren't BushCo and ClusterFox synonymous?
"George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are long gone," writes the NY Times' Brian Stelter. "Fox News Channel is Jon Stewart's new enemy No. 1."
Stelter says that in 2010, Stewart has devoted 24 segments to FNC, compared to five segments on CNN.
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Ed Schultz went on a hard core rant just now, and I liveblogged; paraphrased some:
People on Potomac River are embarrassing Caucasians in this country. We have people of color advancing in America, we should be proud of this. They're a bunch of phonies. Obama has done nothing to take anyone's guns away!Whew!
Why didn't they do this in the last eight years? Why now? What has Barack Obama done? What have the liberals done?
Wall St: Where do the Tea Bag nut jobs stand on R's being responsible for it?
Fox fueled all of this stupidity.
[Shows clips of Palin, Bachmann, Beck, Hannity... others...]
6 idiots you can always count on.
[Plays clip of Clinton opining on Oklahoma City parallels]
That got the Drugster's attention today. [Plays Boss Limpdong clip].
Rush, there's no such thing as gov't. run media. They all want you to believe that gov't. is the problem. Let me give you something real easy to understand: Obama has an F rating, meaning suck, bad, from Brady campaign against gun violence.
Obama does NOT want your gun. He hasn't proposed a single thing that would infringe on 2nd amendment rights.
If we face another anti-gov't. attack, we could spiral out of control re: civil unrest. Media must focus on this. [Laffy Note: Thank you!] I do.
They're playing with the emotions of Americans out there who are easily misguided. ... who just live by a little bit of information...the 'two word culture.' We read less, don't have all the facts.
O'Reilly couldn't let his ego get out of the way, his own people called him on it, but he didn't back down. What does that tell you about responsibility in commentary?
We don't get the facts.
I think Palin is flat out stupid. Bachmann irresponsible. I feel good that I was angry, because I'm calling them out on it. I'm a lefty. I hunt and fish more than any of 'em. ...
Why is it that some people have a hard time with what's really happening out there? What's happening is that we are fed lies every day. There's a difference between debate and lies. O'Reilly lied.
Tea Partiers are misguided, mostly racist, afraid, clinging to their guns/religion, and in many respects are what's wrong with America, and sometimes we the media are what's wrong with America... because we COVER the Tea Party. That's a huge story? It's outta whack.
By GottaLaff
It's with a heavy heart that I must report on the disappointment ClusterFox has expressed in one of their biggest stars, Sean Hannity. He and his ego have gotten themselves into a pickle, and there could be major repercussions. I'm saddened. I'm speechless. I'm...
... kidding! I am so loving this!
Sean and his ego forgot to tell the Big ClusterBoss that they were using their little Tea Bagger Sean Show to sell tickets for and to benefit... the Tea Baggers. Oops.
Now Roger Ailes, the Mother Foxer himself, is not amused. Check that. He's pissed. It's not nice to blindside your boss:
This afternoon, conservative commentator Debbie Schlussel wrote a lengthy blog post about the behind-the-scenes trouble Hannity and staff had gotten themselves into over the incident (via Johnny Dollar). [...]
[...]You have to read between the lines on the LA Times Hannity story and know the background. The order to cancel Hannity’s Tea Party broadcast came from FOX News Chairman Roger Ailes, not Senior Vice President Bill Shine–a shameless Hannity toady.
Schlussel closes with, “Yes, the once-hot FOX News property, Sean Hannity, is not only self-destructing, he’s proving to be a liability and a headache not worth the male diva prima donna act,” and continues to speculate about Hannity losing his timeslot. That’s overstating matters a bit.
This incident shows what can happen when major FNC personalities put their personal interests and side projects ahead of Fox News. As FNC grows into the unmatched powerhouse it has become, so too have their big stars become that much bigger.
By GottaLaff
Talk about an emotional roller coaster, I just got finished posting ClusterFox's first breaking news alert, and now, minutes later, I got this one:
Members of the U.S. Navy were denied access to FoxNews.com for hours on Friday before service was finally restored shortly before noon ET, the Navy confirmed.
Cdr. Danny Hernandez, a Navy spokesman, said he was unable to offer an exact reason why access to Fox News' Web site had been blocked, but he said it most definitely was a technical issue.
"This was not a policy issue," Hernandez said.
Fox News received e-mails from Navy personnel around the world on Friday complaining that they could not gain access to the Web site. They said they were able to view numerous other news Web sites.
When they tried to access FoxNews.com, the following message appeared: "Access to this site has been denied in accordance with Navy policy to safeguard the security posture and/or to maintain the operational integrity of the NMCI [Navy Marine Corps Internet]."
By GottaLaff
UPDATE: It was a glitch, not a ditch.
Via an e-mail alert, so this is all I have:
U.S. Navy denied access to FoxNews.com
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Based on the Nielsen numbers, here's a look at Beck's average daily rating over the last month. [...]
You'll note that aside from a temporary spike that came on March 22, the Monday after the historic health care vote, Glenn Beck has spent the last four weeks with between 2.5 million and 2.0 million viewers, which represents a downward trend.
By GottaLaff
Fox conducted a poll. Here are three little excerpts, but please go here for much, much more.
This little piggy is a little cringeworthy for everyone:
This little piggy is a little cringeworthy for Barbie McLipSchmutz:
And this little piggy cried "We're weeee-weeee-weeee'd up!" all the way to the ballot box:
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The End.
By GottaLaff
My segment starts at about the 30 minute mark.
Nicole Sandler is a pleasure to talk to. It's like a couple of pals gabbing our heads off, a sort of stream of consciousness.
Thank you, Nicole, for putting me at ease and making a half hour fly by!
By GottaLaff
Our friends over at The Mudflats just added a nice big P.S. to the Fakey McNoInterview story:
If you haven’t quite yet recovered from your previous shock that Sarah Palin would be engaging in fake interviewing, you may need to sit down… This just in about her interview with Toby Keith:“Toby was not asked to participate nor has he ever done an interview with Sarah Palin,” his spokesperson said.
Only problem is they're using old interview clips and not asking for the stars approval. Heck, they're not even notifying the stars that they're taking part in the show at all. Needless to say, Toby Keith, LL Cool J, and others are a bit surprised that they're the ones being touted as guests.
"We were never contacted by Fox," his rep tells Hitfix."I have no idea what interview it's taken from. They're promoting this like it's a brand new interview. He never sat down with Sarah Palin."
By GottaLaff
Yesterday I posted about ClusterFox's using LL Cool J to promote Barbie McLipSchmutz's new Fox show, including LL Cool J's protest tweet, here.
It said, , "Fox lifted an old interview I gave in 2008 to someone else & are misrepresenting to the public in order to promote Sarah Palin's Show. WOW."
Wow, indeed.
Two Twitter pals, StopBeck and QuitPalin were instrumental in alerting LL to what was going on, and for that we thank them. It's a genuine accomplishment when the Twitterverse can bring the truth out into the open by exposing deception.
Especially when the outcome is this positive. Via MSNBC:
However, Fox News has now removed the LL Cool J segment from the Thursday (April 1) special and issued a derisive statement to Media Bistro's TVNewser blog."Real American Stories features uplifting tales about overcoming adversity and we believe Mr. Smith's interview fit that criteria," a spokesperson tells TVNewser. "However, as it appears that Mr. Smith does not want to be associated with a program that could serve as an inspiration to others, we are cutting his interview from the special and wish him the best with his fledgling acting career."
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Wow is right!
LL Cool J sets us straight, and yes, he has a verified account on Twitter. Bust. Ed:
ClusterFox of the first order.
My original post about Fox's apparent lie is here.
Note: I corrected the title.
H/t: Imzadi44
By GottaLaff
Because this is how ClusterFox's NotCool McAprilFool rolls:
Sarah Palin will host her first episode of "Real American Stories" Thursday April 1 [...]
Guests will include country singer Toby Keith, GE CEO Jack Welch, and rapper/actor L.L. Cool J.
Why NotCool, what a diverse guest list. Is that what you mean when you refer to "Real America"? So unlike the not real America crowds you get at your rallies. But I digress:
Mr. J will be an interesting interview for Palin. He's not an "out" conservative, as far as I know, but his politics seem to lean libertarian, which would make him an odd bird in and of itself in the entertainment world. The fact that he's a libertarian-leaning, Rand-quoting rapper makes him even more fascinating.
Yes, but what will make McAprilFool more fascinating? Anyone?
Ooo! Ooo! Me! Pick me! I know! Actually reading some of the books from which Mr. J quotes! That might make for a decent interview. Then maybe she could sing some country ditties with Toby, followed by some corporate love for Welch.
Who wouldn't want to tune into that?
Ooo! Ooo! Me!
By GottaLaff
Your Daily Dose of BuzzFlash, via my pal Mark Karlin:
It's a relief of sorts that the Michigan militia members, White Christian Domestic Terrorists, were apprehended before they launched a killing spree of police officers and other Americans. But why should they receive a civil trial, according to right wing arguments; why shouldn't they be flown directly down to Guantanamo?
Of course BuzzFlash does support criminal trials for all charged terrorists and those plotting terorrism, but why the double standard on the part of the right wing when it comes to White Christian Domestic Terrorists? [...]
[T]he destructive white male power feeling of "victimization" (which translated means: "why don't we call all the shots anymore, and why don't the undeserving minorities know their place?") virtually disappeared during the Bush administration, when you had a white male with a cauliflower for a brain as titular head of the nation; but that's okay, white males -- even if as dumb as cabbages -- are entitled to rule.
That's what the White Christian Domestic Terrorism of the Michigan militia is all about. [...]
[T]his is just the tip of the iceberg.
Anyone planning domestic terrorism or shooting a few people dead after reading books by FOX news inciters or Rush Limbaugh or the like should be sent directly to Guantanamo.
They are as dangerous in terms of terrorism as Al-Qaeda, so why should they get an exception just because they are white and Christian?
By GottaLaff
Let's see now... CNN gets desperate and hires Erick Erickson. If you don't know who that is, here is a reminder from a previous post:
That was then.
This is now:
Health Care Suicide Bombers — Open Thread
Posted by Erick Erickson (Profile)Precisely.
Some things never change.
CNN continued what has become a precipitous decline in ratings for its prime-time programs in the first quarter of 2010, with its main hosts losing almost half their viewers in a year. [...]
[Larry] King, whose show has been regularly eclipsed by Rachel Maddow’s on MSNBC (and is almost quadrupled by Sean Hannity’s show on Fox), is now threatened by a new host, Joy Behar on HLN (formerly Headline News.)
At the same time, Fox News, which had its biggest year in 2009, continues to add viewers. Greta Van Susteren’s show was up 25 percent from a year earlier. Bill O’Reilly, whose show commands the biggest audience in prime time with 3.65 million viewers, was up 28 percent, and Glenn Beck was up 50 percent from a year earlier.
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