Filling in for Mr. Syphilis, Sean Hannity, last Tuesday, Tucker Carlson made a shocking claim: That Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick should be executed for “murdering” dogs. Carlson, then made sure he dragged in and smeared president Obama, indicating that Obama was wrong for calling the Eagles owner and for — applauding the Eagles for [...]

Media Matters: With Friends Like These: Fox & Friends’ Epic Year Of Misinformation — The past year found Fox & Friends solidifying its position as part of the campaign arm of the Republican Party through a barrage of attacks on President Obama, Islam, immigrants, health care, climate change, and by relentlessly campaigning for the GOP [...]

MediaMatters: As the lead off act for all of Fox’s daily programming, Fox & Friends led the charge in 2010 on misinformation about the stimulus, health care reform, the “ground zero mosque,” and the 2010 midterm elections. But with such a heavy schedule, it should come as no surprise that the three hosts should slip [...]

   [ By: Marc Adler ]With the recent fervor from the Right about states’ rights, particularly in relation to health care reform, and recurring noises throughout Obama’s presidency about Texas threatening to secede, a salient question is worth considering. What would it look like if all the conservatives formed a “utopia” in Texas, say, and broke [...]

Huffington Post: Betsie Gallardo was a dying HIV+ Haitian child when missionary Jessica Bussert adopted both Betsie and her sister, Germaine. Betsie grew up in one of Haiti’s worst slums where she was regularly sexually abused by a local policeman. Jessica brought the two girls home to America and Betsie responded well to treatment and [...]