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Fox News guest: Gun background checks for mental illness will include abortions

A Fox News guest on Tuesday warned that a Democratic plan to expand gun background checks would allow the Ku Klux Klan to control black people and keep firearms out of the hands of women who had an abortion. Conservative columnist Star Parker told Fox News host Sean Hannity that…

No charges filed against man who punched Fox News contributor on video

Prosecutors in Michigan will not pursue assault charges stemming from the December 2012 encounter between Fox News contributor Stephen Crowder and union demonstrators. The Lansing State Journal reported on Tuesday that Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III decided not to pursue a case after watching unedited video of Crowder’s appearance…

Fox News airs name of 16-year-old Steubenville rape victim in Monday coverage

Fox News on Monday aired the name of a underage victim of a disturbing rape in Steubenville, Ohio. During correspondent Mike Tobin’s report about the guilty verdicts in the Steubenville rape case on Fox News’ America’s Newsroom, the girl’s first name was broadcast without being censored. “We have not known,…

Fox News guest to MSNBC: Hannity is ‘so upset that the economy is rebounding’

A Fox News guest who took on Sean Hannity for blasting President Barack Obama even as employment dropped to the lowest level in more than four years revealed on Tuesday that the conservative host and others at Fox News are “so upset” that the economy is recovering. During a panel…

Rove: Media should learn from Vatican and stop prematurely calling elections

In an appearance on Fox News regarding the papal conclave, Karl Rove has said that networks should avoid calling elections prematurely. According to Talking Points Memo, Rove said that U.S. media should take its cues from the Vatican regarding secrecy and predicting the outcome of elections. “Thank God we don’t…

Fox News revives Black Panther conspiracy to smear Obama’s labor nominee

Thomas Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, is likely going to face some jaw-droppingly dumb questions in the Senate if he is nominated to become President Barack Obama’s next labor secretary. That’s because one of the conservative media’s favorite conspiracy theories is that the Obama Justice Department…

Fox News chief Roger Ailes calls Obama ‘lazy’ in new biography

It is the opening salvo in the most anticipated media book war of the year – a clash of biographies on the political consultant-turned-media tycoon, Roger Ailes. First out of the blocks is what amounts to an official account, by the columnist Zev Chafets. In a short extract published on the…

Country music star sings about ‘Beer With Jesus’ on Fox News

Mainstream country music artist Thomas Rhett on Monday appeared on Fox News to perform his hit “Beer With Jesus.” “I like this title, ‘Beer With Jesus,’” Fox & Friends host Gretchen Carlson told Rhett. “What is it about?” As it turns out, “Beer With Jesus” is about having a brewski…

Fox News legal analyst suggests impeaching Obama over sequester spending cuts

Fox News Senior Legal Analyst Andrew Napolitano on Tuesday suggested that President Barack Obama could be impeached for implementing automatic spending cuts in the so-called “sequestration” in a way that embarrassed Republicans. “If you’re talking about the military, for example, the president wants to hire another 100 soldiers, can he…

Fugelsang slams Fox News: ‘A mecca for people who hate Mecca’

Current TV host John Fugelsang lambasted Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly and contributor Lisa Daftari for their segment linking the Al Jazeera America network with terrorist “sleeper cells” in Detroit. “How can someone so smart and so pretty have a show that’s so stupid and so ugly?” Fugelsang said on…