Beck and Hannity: How Many Deaths Linked to ACORN? How About Blackwater?

[Joanne98]

For OpEdNews: Bill Hare - Writer

The hypocrisy goes on and on and on when it comes to right wing Fox propaganda zealots Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity.

With so much focus being registered on ACORN by Rupert Murdoch's dynamic duo it should be asked: How many deaths have been caused by ACORN? How much federal funding has ACORN received? How about directing those same questions regarding Blackwater, Halliburton, and Kellogg, Brown, and Root?

Eric Burns, president of Media Matters, on September 24 delivered a release revealing the results of that organization's effort to uncover answers to those foregoing questions. The results speak volumes.


On Beck and Hannity's programs combined ACORN was mentioned 1,502 times between May 8, 2006 and September 18, 2009. As Eric Burns noted, “Remember that ACORN has not been charged with any wrongdoing. Not only that, but the organization has been awarded just $53 million in federal funding over the past 15 years -- an average of $3.5 million per year.”

Remember Jack Abramoff and Congressman Bob Ney of Ohio? Look it up and you will see that one is still doing time while the other was released after wearing prison grays.

Then there were those well documented disclosures of scandal, corruption, and even death of U.S. troops, contractors, and Iraqi civilians relative to government contractors Blackwater, Halliburton, and Kellogg, Brown, and Root along with the scandal ridden Republican corporate operatives Abramoff and Ney.

How many times were those names mentioned by ACORN watchdogs Beck and Hannity? Abramoff and Ney were mentioned 62 times. Halliburton along with Kellogg, Brown, and Root received 43 mentions while Blackwater was virtually ignored. Blackwater received 4 mentions.

Here is the overall breakdown from investigative efforts of Fox's whiz kids. On Beck and Hannity programs they were 35 times more likely to discuss ACORN than any of the military contractors. ACORN was 24 times more likely for discussion than self-confessed corporate-political criminals Abramoff and Ney.

Beck and Hannity ran wild any time any story surfaced about ACORN even when accusations were unproven. Conversely, when cases of massive corruption and even death were involved there was scarcely any mention of involved individuals and organizations.

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[marew]

1. Rachel did something like this last night.

GOP hypocrisy at its best!

[sam sarrha]

2. how about that Fucking Psychotic Wet Brain Alcoholic GEORGE W BU$H... perhaps a Million DEAD.!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORB_survey_of_Iraq_War_casualties

i cant believe his father hasnt smothered him with a pillow

[Mr Generic Other]

3. thanks for the post joanne.

while it is undoubtedly true that those who frequent DU are keenly aware of "fox news'" propaganda roll in the current confusion, manifest by many americans, on economic and political issues it is good that media matters is compiling and publishing evidence of fox's imbalance when reporting the news.
some day, when more decent individuals, institutions, and policies dictate the conditions of our lives, this documentation can be used to help establish a fair and balanced approach to honest and professional journalism so that all of our citizens can get the accurate information they need to make informed decisions.
democracy requires this to function and corporate america is not interested in democracy.
unfortunately, fox is just the worst example in a nation where the reporting of news is a tightly controlled corporate monopoly (or at least has been until the internet poked some holes in the structure). other american news outlets don't provide honest or accurate information either.
corporate america has worked hard, and over a long period of time, to gain control over the economics and politics of our nation and they are not going to give up that control without a fight.
when enough of us realize that we are being manipulated by corporate interests and begin to seek out information on our own, there will be a revolution.
i am reminded of a comment that harriet tubman made about her life's work, "i have freed thousands of slaves in my life and could have freed thousands more if they had only known they were slaves".
that was a woman with courage and insight. the internet of her times.