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Stewart, Colbert, Fox News and host of U.S. lawmakers receive threatening letters
WASHINGTON — Several US lawmakers received threatening letters containing a harmless white powder, but the sender warned more missives including a “harmful material” could follow, a Senate official said. The news sparked alarm and served as a grim reminder of the 2001 anthrax attacks in which letters containing the deadly…
In labored clarification, Fox contributor castigates military’s ‘fake heroism’
Appearing on the Fox News show America’s News HQ, contributor Liz Trotta attempted to clarify remarks she made earlier this month that became fodder for The Daily Show, during which host Jon Stewart summarized that she did not want the military helping women who’ve been “raped too much.” Unfortunately for the…
Gingrich: ‘You can’t put a gun rack on a Volt’
With unemployment and the economy improving, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has turned to attacking President Barack Obama on the price of gas. At a campaign event in Suwanee, Georgia, the former House Speaker told supporters that he would bring back cheaper gas because “you can’t put a gun rack…
Fox News host to Rep. Waters: ‘Step away from the crack pipe’
Fox News host Eric Bolling is advising a black congresswoman to “step away from the crack pipe” because “you saw what happened to Whitney Houston.” In a segment Thursday on the Fox News morning show Fox & Friends, co-hosts Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Eric Bolling took time out of…
Romney: ‘Living life makes you more conservative’
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Wednesday explained his extreme change in positions since serving as the governor of Massachusetts by saying that he had gotten more conservative by “living life.” Speaking to Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday, half-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) had worried that Romney…
Stewart: Fox contributor against helping women ‘raped too much’
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart lambasted Fox News contributor Liz Trotta Monday evening for her controversial comments on the rise of sexual assault on women in the military. Stewart was particularly disturbed at Trotta’s complaining about the military spending money for sexual assault victims on “women being raped too…
Fox contributor on women raped in the military: What did they expect?
Fox News contributor Liz Trotta on Monday suggested women serving alongside male service members should expect to be raped and complained about the money spent on women who are “now being raped too much.” Trotta appeared on Fox to discuss new Department of Defense rules allowing women to serve in…
Fox News host: Contraception rule a ‘conspiracy’ to ‘derail’ Romney
One Fox News host believes that the Obama administration’s decision to require private health insurance plans to cover contraception for women may actually be a conspiracy to “derail” Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Eric Bolling told his Fox News co-hosts on Wednesday that after seeing former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum’s…
Fox analyst: ‘The very poor suffer from gout’
Fox News business analyst Charles Payne continued his usual attack of America’s impoverished Saturday morning, agreeing with Mitt Romney’s much discussed and criticized comment this week. In fact, Payne told Neil Cavuto that the country’s financially challenged actually suffer from gout. “Mitt was right,” he said. “The very poor in…
O’Reilly: The Muppets ‘better watch it’
Bill O’Reilly decided to keep a feud between The Muppets and Fox News going on Monday evening, with a stern warning for the lovable TV and movie characters. O’Reilly was not very pleased that Miss Piggy hit back against the network’s recent criticism of their movie, saying, ”It’s almost as laughable as…
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