Tag Archives: Fox News

James McEnteer : How Mass Media Enable the Zombie Apocalypse

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Zombies from Shaun of the Dead. Image from TheModerateVoice. What if the dead stop staying dead?How mass media enable the Zombie Apocalypse When Mitt Romney rose from the grave of his own hypocrisy and insular privilege to oppose Barack Obama, … Continue reading →

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Bruce Melton : The Climate Change Awareness Drought is Over / 2

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Photos by Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog.The Climate Change awareness drought is overPart Two: Voices tell us ‘the warmists are dead’ Which side is biased and how do we tell with all the noise in the media? By Bruce Melton … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Lamar W. Hankins : ‘The Fox Effect’ Poisons Public Discourse

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

The Fox Effect:Disinformation that poisons public discourse By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | March 26, 2012 [The Fox Effect, by David Brock, Ari Rabin-Havt, and Media Matters for America (2012: Anchor); Paperback; 336 pp; $15.] Sometimes education … Continue reading →

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Mary Tuma : When One Man Owns Too Much

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Hacking Rupert. Political cartoon by Pat Bagley / The Cagle Post.The News Corp. scandal:A case against media consolidation What happens when one man owns too much? By Mary Tuma / The Rag Blog / July 21, 2011 Before a UK … Continue reading →

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Mary Tuma : Rick Perry (Selectively) Touts Texas Economy With Glenn Beck

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

It’s all good. Rick Perry’s broad brush. Image from The Last Refuge.Schmoozing with Glenn Beck:Rick Perry paints the Texaseconomy with a broad brush Texas leads the nation in the number and proportion of people making minimum wage or less. By … Continue reading →

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Eric Boehlert : Fox Insider Says ‘Stuff Is Just Made Up’

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Fox’s Roger Ailes. Image from Scene MagazineFox News Insider:‘Stuff Is Just Made Up’ By Eric Boehlert / Media Matters / February 15, 2011 Asked what most viewers and observers of Fox News would be surprised to learn about the controversial … Continue reading →

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Bill Freeland : More Evolution at Ten

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Rag Blog graphic by Bill Freeland. See Bill’s video version here.Verified by a second source: Image courtesy of Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog.The Rag Blog / Posted September 15, 2010

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David McReynolds : Glenn Beck’s Faux Dream

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

The great March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963. Photo by Warren K. Leffler / U.S. News & World Report / Wikimedia Commons.Remembering August 28th:Martin Luther King had a real dream By David McReynolds / The Rag … Continue reading →

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Gloria Feldt : Gender Disparities and Aniston-O’Reilly Spat

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly attacked Jennifer Aniston for her comments on single parenting. Photos by Sykes, AP; Lovekin / Getty. Image from New York Daily News.Women’s Equality Day:Aniston comments on single parentingGet O’Reilly all riled upBy Gloria Feldt / … Continue reading →

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Fox News : Just Don’t Call it ‘Journalism’

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Glenn Beck of Fox “quote” News.Fox and its enablersIn the mainstream media Fox’s pretense of being an actual news network is hardly more convincing than, say, Milton Berle in a bra and garters posing as a woman. By Eric Alterman … Continue reading →

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The Afrikaner Party : GOP vs. Van Jones & Team Obama

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Van Jones (top) “should sue the living shit out of Glenn Beck.”The Afrikaner Party draws first blood:Van Jones, Obama and the audacity of capitulation By Tim Wise / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2009 Van Jones, special advisor to … Continue reading →

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Bill O’Reilly and ‘Tiller the Baby Killer’

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Excerpts from Bill O’Reilly’s attacks on murdered physician George Tiller.O’Reilly’s campaign against murdered doctor The Fox News star had compared Tiller to a Nazi, called him a ‘baby killer,’ and warned of ‘Judgment Day’ By Gabriel Winant / May 31, … Continue reading →

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