There are no bodies, or even missing persons, but that didn’t stop this Fox guest from speculating the Idaho slayings weren’t the perpetrator’s first murders. The Fox producers and on-air hosts have their fingers in this pie, too, because they solicited his appearance, put him on t[...]
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What’s next for Kari Lake?
Kari Lake’s signal accomplishment in politics is losing to a Democrat in Arizona. That took work, and a reverse sort of genius, but she was up to it. Lake ran for governor on a 3-part platform: (1) Zero experience for the job, (2) insisting Trump was robbed in 2020, and (3) asserting the elect[...]
Why Sidney Powell’s “no reasonable person” defense won’t save her
It might not save Sean Hannity, either. Dominion Voting Systems is suing Hannity and Powell for defamation. Sidney Powell, a Trump lawyer and high-profile promoter of his election lies, went on Hannity’s show on November 30, 2020, and said, “There was a whole plot going on and a lot of peopl[...]
Trump launches another frivolous libel lawsuit
Let’s start with this, because that’s also where it ends. “Trump has long used the courts to go after his opponents and to get attention for his own claims. It’s a pattern that goes back decades before his presidency<” The Hill reported on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 (r[...]
Another example of why Fox is disreputable
Fox doesn’t do news, it does persuasion. Its talk shows, which are pure demagoguery, are by far its most popular fare. And its hosts are close-minded, intellectually dishonest pot-stirrers and hatemongers. They’re also liars. Take Laura Ingraham, for example, one of Fox‘s worst off[...]
Trust and Safety gone from Twitter
I’m sure that’s not how Musk wants the world to read it, but that’s how it literally reads. “Elon Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council,” The Hill reported on Monday, December 12, 2022 (read story here). An email announcing the move said the counci[...]
Why are Fox hosts so screwed up?
Lisa Booth (bio here) had a good upbringing, so don’t blame her parents for her ending up at Fox News. Booth, a Republican staffer and campaign operative before landing at Fox, is an anti-vaxxer. She ranted on air that the U.S. isn’t better than China about “taking away the freedom[...]
Fox and GOP stoke anti-LGBQT hate
A day after the mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Fox superstar Tucker Carlson and Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis were busy inciting more gratuitous violence against LGBQT people. This is America, land of free speech, and they can do that, up to a point. Cross a line and you can be sued, as [&h[...]
What to do when prayers aren’t answered
Maybe God wants you to try harder, and in a different way. Doug Mastriano was on a Mission From God™ to ensure Trump gets Pennsylvania’s electoral votes in 2024, regardless of what voters want. His rallies resembled religious revivals; people bowed their heads, closed their eyes, raised thei[...]