UPDATE: Over half a million views! Robert was on Keith Olbermann's show, dozens of blogs have linked, and over 100,000 visitors from DIGG alone!
Most of you are aware, and most likely have been for a while, that under the guise of "news" Fox has offered its viewers a steady stream of bias pertaining to social and political issues since its inception in 1996. From attacking Black America to pushing for war with Iran, from demonizing bloggers to distorting environmental issues, theirs is quite a record of achievement in propagating propaganda that is neither fair nor balanced.
Today we have a surprise (well at least it surprised all of us at BNF). Thanks to the terrific work of the News Hounds, we bring you Fox and ole' Billy O'Reilly attacking decency. Yes, you read that right. The self-righteous, pompous, bloviators who deign to lecture on how we should behave in our personal lives, are in fact exploiting women, pandering to the lowest common denominator and pushing smut out on the airwaves on a daily basis!
And this will definitely raise your hackles. YOU ARE PAYING FOR THIS! Yes, you read that right too. So watch the video and pass it along to as many on your email list as possible. We simply must let the FCC know we are mad as hell about having their smut in our homes and being forced to pay for it. And we’re simply not going to take it anymore.
Cenk Uygur from the Young Turks has a great take on the video here.
Here's more from ChrisH at the News Hounds:
Bill O'Reilly is sort of FOX's preacher, or the father figure who scolds and punishes the wayward, appealing to the viewers who yearn for the "Father Knows Best" days of yore when minorities knew their place, women stayed home in servitude, kids were seen and not heard, and a man's home was his castle. Yes, those were the days – if you weren't a minority, a woman, or a kid. Hence O'Reilly's popularity among older white males who blame their lost stature on teevee even as they're glued to it.
O'Reilly has a habit of lecturing about the decline of moral values, although he phrases it in the context of his book "Culture Warrior" and targets the "secular progressive" faction of society, who are allegedly out to abolish "traditional values." He routinely blasts Hollywood, television, the Internet, and the music industry for producing and selling media he considers harmful to the nation's moral fabric, scrupulously avoiding his owner's part in all these productions. (FOX Television retains high honors year after year for unsuitable programming, according to Brent Bozell's Family Television Council.)
He even asserted in "The State of the Union According to the Folks" that " Sixty-three percent believe the moral and ethical climate in America is declining. And it is. The Internet and an irresponsible media have hit traditional values hard."
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O'Reilly has recently addressed such important topics as PETA using nude female images in ads promoting a healthy vegetarian diet, "Girls Gone Wild" participants suing the producer after the fact, and dating websites that only allow "hot" people to sign up – all so he could show related videos of scantily clad young women to the dirty old men who watch. Under the guise of reporting on Internet porn sites who publish pictures of the youngest girls allowed (18), the moral decadence exhibited at beaches during Spring break, and American Idol stars who take it all off for magazines, O'Reilly played videos and showed screenshots in the interest of letting his audience see what he's talking about, raising their, um, outrage.
I don't recall seeing any soft porn on my console TV growing up when my parents watched the Huntley-Brinkley report or later during the MacNeil-Lehrer Hour.
Now O'Reilly is far from alone in featuring soft porn during alleged "news" reports. Neil Cavuto is notorious for his Hooters' girls interviews and dropping chyrons to more amply exhibit the cleavage of his quests. John Gibson has been known to do the gratuitous story or two on Playboy bunnies and sexy Internet triplets campaigning for Mitt Romney, and the Anna Nicole Smith story came complete, day after day, with video segments of her physical assets. And it seemed no one could resist the Paris Hilton burger commercial as we followed her every move to prison, home again, back to prison, and finally, apparently, off the face of the earth.
Even prudish Hannity can't resist the sexy teachers stories, and he uses the opportunities to moralize about standards and expectations – why shouldn't teachers have a morals clause in their contracts, like he does? Not one to be outdone, O'Reilly even went so far, last night 11/5/07, as to suggest that teachers should be subjected to annual polygraph tests to assure that they are not fooling around with underage students or using drugs.
But O'Reilly is the king of hypocrisy so it's not surprising that he moralizes against the decline of decency while simultaneously promoting it. He intones that we won't see anything that we couldn't see at the beach – if your beach has stripper poles, flashers, erotic dancers, and Playboy bunnies. He excuses it saying he has to show folks what he's talking about, but that's nonsense – do we need to see corpses when we hear of car accidents, or flag-draped coffins when we speak of Iraq? Oh, scratch that – he doesn't speak of the "carnage du jour" in Iraq.
FOX puts the 'tit' in titillation and the ass, well that's usually in front of the camera.
For the record:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2007/12/13/hammer.sex.sells.cnn?iref=mpvideosview
CNN is going with sex, too. They show naked Paris Hilton, painted in gold, and had to have shown her at least a dozen times AND they showed a clip of her tape (i think). They were on the subject so WHY NOT also bring up Pam Anderson for a few breast shots and the beginning of her sex tape.
Not only that, but the CNN host was like…”Great point, but we’re running out of time and I have to get to this next add…”
Your bitterness will get you nowhere. Sorry.
I agree with the folks who think Faux has far worse aspects to attack, but as I reach the bottom of the page I realise none of the commenters are getting the point. The anti-sex-leagueish slant on this is to help turn conservatives off Faux! Duh…But in all fairness it took me a little time for the light bulb to go PING! over my noggin – then, I thought, oh of course that’s what they’re doing this for. Hope it gets Rupert peeved.
wicked immoral bill oreilly
As usual, liberals spate hate using erroneous statements and out of content material to try, try, try again to convince someone, who doesn’t give a shit anyway, that they know what the hell they’re talking about. (yes, it’s they’re and not their). If liberals spent as much time reading a cross spectrum of material instead of busting our balls by Bill bashing (say that fast three times), they might have a clue, and they may be able to carry on an intelligent conversation. Intelligent liberal . . . isn’t that an oxymoron? Get a life, dummies!
It amazes that liberal refuse to believe that the moral decency and values of this country are unchanged, which is what they are implying when they beat Bill O’Reilly over the head for stating that watching Paris Hilton (ho-hum, with the emphasis on HO!) slither around a vehicle half naked is a ridiculous way to sell hamburgers. Why don’t you liberal fools finally face the truth. It is a ridiculous way to sell a hamburger. Now was that so hard? If you agree, then there’s hope for you yet. I have discovered through many hours of online chatting in political chat rooms that liberals have no clue what their candidates stand for. I would ask them during the last pres election what John Kerry’s platform was. They would reply, “Bush looks like a monkey.” That’s downright embarrassing! When God was in schools, kids didn’t carry guns or cuss out their teachers. Liberals have no idea what respect means. No idea what moral fortitude means. When did these things become ‘undesirable’? And to use absolutely incorrect statements such as saying that the average viewer likes porn and sexy hamburger commercials is a sad representation of just how desparate – and unenlightened – liberals really are. They pulled the commercial very quickly, morons, when the ‘real’ average viewer spoke up. I don’t partner liberals and democrats automatically. I believe there are many good democrats out there who are hoping that another John Kennedy will spring up from the political pool. Many democrats attend church. The loudmouths who are woefully ignorant are the Godless ones. And they are a minority. So, “who do you say that I am?”, you sophomoric leftists? I am an average viewer. So grow up and deal with it. That “quote,” by the way, is from the Bible. Maybe you should try reading it. I pwomise it won’t burn your wittle eyes out. Don’t be afwaid. I almost hope a dummocrat (meaning: a Godless, far left moron using the Democratic party as a means to achieve nationwide domination) wins the election. At least maybe, MAYBE, we stand a chance of at least a partial reprieve from your inane, uneducated, poorly-spelled spating. The way you go on and on about stupid, unimportant issues, (for instance, bad mouthing Fox News about reporting on unimportant issues) brings to mind my dog, which spends countless hours going around in circles trying to lick his ass. Maybe there is something to this THEORY of evolution. I am more and more convinced that conservatives were created by God. And liberals came from monkeys. If you respond to this, and like, posts . . . try and make some sense for a change. And see if you can complete an entire sentence using at least 1 BIG WORD, without a misspell, or without using the ‘F’ word. I (don’t) think you can.
I am tired of people with closed minds. You democrats, like our democrats in canada, only like to see and hear things they agree with. I watch both CNN and Fox and I find the latter much more balanced than CNN. You people will find out what taxes mean when you finally get totol liberal government. You also will sadly learn what socialized medical system is…Particularily when you Doctors go on strike. You should know by now that government, any government, can not run a business or a service satisfactorly and yet you want everything from goverment without paying the price. I am retired and still I must pay over 50% in income taxes not to mention the provincial and federal sales taxes(nodte the plural). On top of that we have surcharges on almost every energy related purchase or user fees. All told. we are probably in the 70% totl taxes bracket.
I also find it weird that many feel captalism related only to big business….How about your Moviestars, tv celebrities , sport celebrities. they make more than maany of the captalists. Wake up and smell the roses…
Nice clips, edited and doctored to spin it in one point of view. It amazes me how ignorant people can be, to listen so closely to what others tell them, and they don’t bother to fact check for themselves. Every fox basher I’ve seen doesn’t even watch fox news, most likely because they’re too afraid to prove themselves wrong after living in a world of liberal spin. Just ask Michael Moore. Believe his “documentaries?” People tend to believe everything they see on t.v. and the movies, especially when others tell them what they want to hear. Adolf Hitler knew this all to well. Long live fair and balanced. Long live fox news.
Ewe, that’s gross. And hey BOB, I’m not afraid to watch FOX news because I’m “too afraid to prove [myself] wrong after living in a world of liberal spin.” HAHA, I choose not to watch FOX news because out of all of the major news stations FOX is the MOST biased – and obviously so.
Keep tuning into FOX, you’re free to watch whatever you want. But, the thing that gets me is that people are too stupid/lazy to do their own fact checking and buy into everything the media tells them.
Maybe instead of trying to support a crooked news corporation on a web forum, try picking up a book once in a while. Not everything has to be so black or white, right or left – it is possible to find a middle ground. But that’s only possible for people with atleast a half-brain, and Bob, I’m not so sure you fit into that category.
Some heated discussion here, eh? Despite what others have said, I have to assert that Fox news is not what one would call a nuanced, measured, and thoughtful analysis of national and world events. I’m a registered Independent, and I check in with Fox on occasion, but I can’t say I’m ever very impressed. I’m no liberal, but compared to say, the BBC, wouldn’t you agree that Fox is much more inflammatory and crude? These days I feel like I have to find my news overseas to get an objective viewpoint of our own nation’s politics and the war in Iraq. I would agree that the videos on this site are spun, but I generally agree with their premise that Fox is not worth watching for a real examination of the issues. It’s good for some laughs, I guess.
I don’t mean to offend previous commenters, but in a truly respectful way, I would suggest checking out the BBC. Nothings perfect, but I stand by it as an example of a large news organization with a sincere ethic for balanced journalism.
Here’s a link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
Thanks,
-Ben
Was it necessary for Fox News to have Hooters girls deliver buffalo wings during the weather report? They can deny what they’re doing til they’re blue in the face, but it doesn’t change the facts. The embarrassing thing is that i subscribe to Sky Angel, a Christian satellite network, and Fox News is the only news carried. None of the other channels carried would show the things (including ads) that Fox News does.
Yeah, O’Reilly, your dirty little ‘news’ channel promotes the ‘freefall’ you CLAIM this nation is in.
FOX NEWS SMUT. Yep, that’s what Faux News is!!
Oh, goodie, Jamn. You love Bill-O and his perverted smutmongering news channel. Why don’t you listen to REAL news..NPR or the BBC News Service.
I thought you liberals got off on this?! Fox is trying to cater to you and get you off that Communist News Network.
I know Billy is a racist and hate black folks for many years.But in recent times he has shown to right wing soap box for for all his salty red necks that hate the thought that a black man could run and even win the President of the USA.
I trust that God will deal with you all accordingly.I think Fox should get some new faces.
Peace Love Justice
Rev Owen , Brooklyn NY
How dare you Republinuts say that ‘liberals’ all LIKE this smut! Your party is SUPPOSED to be the ‘Family Values’ party, yet you have in YOUR perverted hornet’s nest people like Larry Craig and the SUPPOSEDLY ‘reformed’ Reverend Ted Haggard. Who’s the real bunch of snakes and liars here?
hi diz be danny bonaduce. me and bill used to hit da pipe and cruise fo da trannies. bill likd da blak tranniez wit da big ol blak johnsonz. bill iz a total freakazoid wit da tranniez. you go bill wit yo trannie luvin self.
p.s youz owe me a rock– i boughtz dat last dub biooootch.
Fox ‘News’ is a JOKE. Come on, admit it, all those right-wing neo-cons, they just LOVE Faux News because you’re too thick-headed to hear THE TRUTH that the other, non-biased news channels tell. You want to PRETEND that everything is hunky-dory in Iraq, that everyone here in the USA is well off, and that there are no problems with health care here..TAKE OFF THE BLINDERS.
Yea, ok.
Here we go again, dumb liberals. So its wrong if fox shows some racy images,
buuuuuutttt……
its quite ok for liberals to have rampant sex, cheer peta commercials that promote underage sex, allow unconditional abortions, and are up in arms every time the FCC trys to bleep out “crap”
GIVE ME A BREAK YOU STUPID LIBERAL HIPPIES!
NO you dumb Fuck aka steve, its simply showing the hypocrisy of fox saying dont show this image dont show sex, america is going downhill because of networks showing that type of image
than showing it themselves
think you fucking dumb ass, think before you talk.
Obama will lose!!!
He is a liberals liberal!!
Obama has received “100″ ratings from Americans for Democratic Action, Planned Parenthood, the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of Government Workers, Citizens for Tax Justice (i.e., for raising taxes on the “rich”), Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, the National Education Association, and the National Organization for Women. He has received “F” grades from the National Taxpayers Union, the National Rifle Association, and U.S. English, a 13 rating from Citizens Against Government Waste, 7 ratings from the Club for Growth, the American Conservative Union, and the Eagle Forum, and zero ratings from the Family Research Council, the National Right to Life Committee, and Americans for Tax Reform.
When will the Democrats wake up and stop sending socialist liberals to their execution, like Obama!! not to mention Gore, Kerry,McGovern,Dukakis,etc,etc..
Clinton made it because of Perot.
McCain will be the President in the end.
“The North Europeans, alas
–they never could combine
sex with spirit.”
D.H. LAWRENCE
lETTERS 1920
It’s ALL part of the
franchise-slum, porno-tweeing
of America –
you know, making it a voided
consumerist chicken-factory –
you know –
-like Hong Kong -but without
the good cooking.
-NOW –
-got that 700 billion ready to go?
“Anyone travelling America
quickly realizes Americans
never loved their land the
way Europeans loved theirs–”
-D.H. Lawrence 1922
Lectures on American Literature
-Now that goes for our media
landscape as well…
sad
sad
sad…
xtv
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More foxnoise hypocrisy – the so called “christian” network. Yeah, right.
Bad enough it's the media arm of the gop.
More foxnoise hypocrisy – the so called “christian” network. Yeah, right.
Bad enough it's the media arm of the gop.
HAHAHA, this guy proves he is not cognizant of the world around him. How else could he distort the context of this video so badly? How else could he vote republican? Terrifying how stupid some people are.
I think its important for everyone to realize that, yes, of course, FOX News is a complete and utter joke and so are all of its supporters…but to also realize that NO major news network does a good job at portraying an unbiased view in the political arena. Journalism is about exposing and always questioning EACH AND EVERY ONE of these terrible traitors that we the moronic people (not me) elect into public office. Oh wait, I guess the Dumbmerican public couldn't handle that and would rather be bombarded by bias and nice, fluffy reporting. The majority of people in this country are incredibly weak-minded when it comes to politics. Nonetheless, I am enjoying these videos because I can imagine some cave-dwelling redneck foaming out the mouth like the illiterate primates that they are, screaming, “HECK NAH! Not my FOX News! These are fake videos created by the government!”