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How Fox News Is Destroying The Republican Party

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. January 30, 2012.

It's becoming increasingly clear that Fox's programming and the radical, fear-based agenda it's setting for Republicans is now doing lasting damage to the Grand Old Party.

10 Stupidest Moments of Fox and Friends

Justin Berrier, Media Matters for America. December 16, 2011.

Fox & Friends punctuates its incessant campaign to promote conservative politics with some extremely absurd moments.

7 Things Fox Viewers Are Wildly Misinformed About

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. November 25, 2011.

What's stunning is how many different areas of the news and public policy Fox viewers are misinformed about.

4 Reasons the Right-Wing Propaganda Machine Has Failed to Destroy OWS

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. November 1, 2011.

Less than a year after the 2010 elections, the right-wing is losing its ability to dominate the media's attention. Here's why it hasn't been able to tarnish OWS.

The Foxification of CNN? 8 Signs the Network Is Trying to Tilt Crazy Right

Mark Howard, AlterNet. October 12, 2011.

If there's one thing that American media doesn't need, it's another Fox News. The first one is already doing a stellar job of advancing the GOP agenda.

What Does Rupert Murdoch Want With America's Schools?

Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones Online. September 23, 2011.

Murdoch has made it very clear that he views America's public schools as a potential gold mine.

12 Ways Rupert Murdoch's Media Empire Has Made the World Worse

Russ Baker, WhoWhatWhy.com. July 25, 2011.

Rupert Murdoch has done a whole lot more damage over his career than what is being revealed in the hacking scandal.

Is Fox News Scared? Desperate Attacks on Watchdog Group Media Matters Suggest Yes

Mark Howard, AlterNet. July 8, 2011.

The Fox News pack is on the warpath against media watchdog group Media Matters.

The Fall of Glenn Beck: How an Imaginative Boycott Stripped the Right-Wing Screamer of Sponsors and What We Can Learn from Its Success

Mark Engler, AlterNet. July 4, 2011.

Commentators have been downplaying the role of a Color of Change campaign against Beck. They are wrong. Beck is gone. Give the boycotters their due.

Jon Stewart Was Right About Fox 'News' Viewers Being the Most Misinformed Citizens

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. June 21, 2011.

In refuting Stewart's claim, Fox naturally went ahead and misinformed its viewers.

The GOP's CIA Playbook: Destabilize Country to Sweep Back Into Power

Robert Parry, Consortium News. June 9, 2011.

Modern Republicans have a simple approach to politics when they are not in the White House: Make America as ungovernable as possible by using almost any means available.

Are Roger Ailes' Fox News Freaks Inadvertently Helping Democrats?

Mark Howard, AlterNet. May 23, 2011.

Fox is bad for journalism and Democracy. It is bad for America. But is it also bad for the GOP?

The Fox Charade: How the News Organization Pretends to Be Populist While Fueling Partisan Flames

Danny Schechter, AlterNet. May 13, 2011.

Fox's formula feeds into a political strategy of promoting partisanship through heightening polarization and political conflict.

10 Reasons Fox News Is Just as Awful with or Without Glenn Beck

Mark Howard, AlterNet. April 10, 2011.

Fox earned its nefarious reputation long before Beck arrived and there is every indication it will remain long after he’s gone.

How Glenn Beck Threatens Fox News and the Conservative Agenda

Leslie Savan, The Nation. April 10, 2011.

Glenn Beck's paranoid populism begins to look suspect when the angry populace is rising up against the GOP's corporate, union-busting agenda.

How You End Up Bankrolling Fox News: News Corp. and Rupert Murdoch Weasel Out of Paying Taxes

Mark Howard, News Corpse. March 21, 2011.

When giant, prosperous, multinational corporations get out of their tax obligations, ordinary citizens are the ones who are forced to make up the shortfall.

Scary: People Who Watch and Trust Fox News Will Surprise You

Ilyse Hogue, The Guardian. March 14, 2011.

One in four Americans believes "most or all" of what's said on Fox News, despite Fox's fabrication of everything from death panels to Climategate.

Is Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes Going to Jail?

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. February 28, 2011.

Ailes, who runs Fox News as his personal fiefdom, has been thrust into the spotlight for potentially breaking the law, allegedly telling an employee to lie to feds.

Bill Moyers: America Can't Deal With Reality -- We Must Be Exposed to the Truth, Even If It Hurts

Bill Moyers, AlterNet. February 14, 2011.

Many people inhabit a closed belief system on whose door they have hung the "Do Not Disturb" sign.

"We Were a Stalin-esque Mouthpiece for Bush" -- Fox News Insider

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. February 10, 2011.

"They’re a propaganda outfit but they call themselves news," says a former insider from the world of Rupert Murdoch.

MSNBC's Cenk Uygur: 'I Plan to Beat Fox News in the Ratings and Make Them Fear Me'

Don Hazen, AlterNet. February 8, 2011.

AlterNet speaks with Cenk Uygur, the newest addition to MSNBC's nightly lineup.

Foxy News: The Cable News Home For Sexism, Scantily Clad Women

Media Matters for AmericaFebruary 4, 2011.

Fox has a long history of broadcasting sexism, which also mirrors a culture at parent company News Corp that has led to numerous sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits.

Top Fox News Editor Pushed Staff to Smear Obama as "Socialist"

Eric Hananoki, Media Matters for America. February 1, 2011.

During the 2008 race, Bill Sammon used his position as a top Fox News editor to engage in a campaign to link Obama to "Marxists" and "socialism."

Are Wealthy News Corp Investors Turning on Rupert Murdoch?

Jamie Doward, Paul Harris, The Guardian. January 31, 2011.

Scandal in the UK and a boycott in the US has wealthy News Corp investors restless.

What the Hell Happened to Keith Olbermann?

Robert Parry, Consortium News. January 23, 2011.

MSNBC's parent company, General Electric, never seemed comfortable with some of Olbermann's material.

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