Fox News/Assholes

[ls317]

Rupert Murdoch's Fox News channel was under fire yesterday for comments by some of its leading journalists in response to the London bombs.
Speaking about the reaction of the financial markets, Brit Hume, the channel's Washington managing editor, said: "Just on a personal basis ... I saw the futures this morning, which were really in the tank, I thought 'hmm, time to buy'."


http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1524856,00.html

[DBoon]

1. Has the French press said anything about these comments?

Esp. the one about Paris.

I can only hope this nonsense starts to cost Fox. Their pandering to the US right wing has to cost them big internationally.

[BillZBubb]

2. Hey Brit's a right wing Repug, what do you expect?

He's always going to look for the angle that helps him first, second, ..., and last: Compassion and empathy are for losers.

[BayouBengal07]

3. Oh my god.

Another Fox News host, John Gibson, said before the blasts that the International Olympic Committee "missed a golden opportunity" by not awarding the 2012 games to France. "If they had picked France instead of London to hold the Olympics, it would have been the one time we could look forward to where we didn't worry about terrorism. They'd blow up Paris, and who cares?" He added: "This is why I thought the Brits should let the French have the Olympics - let somebody else be worried about guys with backpack bombs for a while."


He should be ashamed of himself. I'm almost speechless. Was that on the air?

[City Lights]

6. Sadly, yes, it was on the air.

There were a couple of lengthy threads about it in recent days. Disgusting. He should be ashamed of himself, but since he's not human, that's not possible.

edited for typo

[frankly_fedup2]

8. Yeah, you can download a copy of what he said while he filled

in for O'Reilly (the worst), and then what he said on his TV show. This is unbelievable stuff.

They are all narcicistic, arrogant Conservatives

www.mediamatters.com

[indigo32]

4. Look in the Thesaurus under Asshole

and Fox News will be there.

[BayouBengal07]

5. What a dick.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,161997,00.html


"What's the obsession with Africa?

I mean, here's the day after the Brits big day of terror. Fifty dead, 700 wounded. The ancient and regal city reduced to walking home because of guys with backpack bombs set on timers and at least one guy who blew himself up along with his victims.

So here's Friday — what amounts to 9/12, the day after 9/11 — and what is Tony Blair doing? Talking about Africa — debt relief, AIDS relief, starvation relief."

snip

"Bono was at Gleneagles, Scotland, site of the G-8, where he's being treated like a rock star who is also a prime minister who was swept into office on a landslide vote. Actually nobody voted him anything except cool.

But look at the guy. He's selling aid to Africa in a tuxedo jacket and a rocker's silk shirt and those damn stupid glasses he wears everywhere. What does he look like without those things anyway?"

Prick.

[really annoyed]

7. Hey

At least in the article he admits he's a low-life pondscum.

[Fritz67]

9. I swear...

If all of those guys don't make the next "Top Ten Conservative Idiots" I'll fall over in shock.