On February 2, I appeared on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann to discuss the strange saga of James O’Keefe, Andrew Breitbart and Fox News.
Background:
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Prop. 8 federal lawsuit begins, cue right-wing media hysteria
By Karl Frisch
This week in federal court, a legal odd couple will join forces to overturn California’s Proposition 8 because it violates the U.S. Constitution. Cue the right-wing media’s hysteria and homophobia.
In late 2009 I was interviewed by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on his Air America radio show Ring of Fire. GoLeft.tv now has video up of the interview which you can watch below in three parts:
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How about some New Year’s resolutions for the right-wing media machine?
By Karl Frisch
By now, many Americans have made their New Year’s resolutions. Perhaps the conservative media establishment should do the same. To help them out, I’ve come up with some suggestions.
As another year comes to a close, I hope this short post and holiday poem finds you and yours in the merriest of spirits. Best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year.
Karl Frisch
This photo of me was taken at an impromptu snowball fight in Dupont Circle following the winter storm that passed through DC last weekend. Be sure to check out these videos from the fun times as well.
Happy Holidays!
There is a list of folks I know
All written in a book,
And every year at this time
I go and take a look.
And this is when I realize
Those names are all apart
Not of the book they’re written in,
But deep inside my heart.
For each name stands for someone
Who touched my life someway,
And in that time they have become
“A special friend” let’s say.
I really feel that I’m composed
Of each remembered name,
And that my life is better
Than it was before they came.
Once I’ve known that “someone,”
All the years cannot erase
Whether it’s for all the pleasant words,
Or just a friendly face.
So never think these holiday notes
Are just a mere routine
Of names upon a list that are
Forgotten in between.
When I send my special wish
That is addressed to you,
It is because you’re on that list
Of folks I’m grateful to.
And whether I’ve known you
For many years or just a few,
The greatest I can receive
Is having friends like you!
Here are some great videos from the impromptu snowball fight in Dupont Circle following the winter storm that passed through DC. You can see me pretty clearly in the first video. The last video is later that evening as I fly through the air onto a parked car covered in snow. Good times.
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Is Dr. Fox-enstein — errr … Roger Ailes building another monster?
By Karl Frisch
With Halloween just around the corner, Fox News president Roger Ailes — a former Republican communications guru — is looking more and more like the news industry’s Dr. Frankenstein. For months now, he has been putting the finishing touches on his first monster, Fox News Channel, just as its bride, Fox Business Network, is showing signs of life.
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All aboard! The right’s Fox News gravy train rolls on
By Karl Frisch
Since President Obama took office in January, Fox News has been acting more like the propaganda arm of the Republican National Committee than a legitimate news outlet. Perhaps it’s the rallies or the lobbying or the fundraising or the demonstrably false attacks that’s kept the president from appearing on Fox. Regardless, the right’s gravy train rolls on undeterred, facts be damned.
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Glenn Beck’s “deep-seated hatred” of Obama and why Fox News won’t budge
By Karl Frisch
If Bill O’Reilly has the “no-spin zone,” Glenn Beck seems to have the “sponsor-free zone” of late. The Fox News strategy for dealing with its Beck problem seems pretty simple: Keep a low profile and hope that advertisers return to Beck’s broadcast sometime down the road once the controversy over his incendiary attacks on President Obama has died down.
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Lou Dobbs and his hate groupies
By Karl Frisch
By now, CNN’s Lou Dobbs, with his single-minded obsession over all things anti-immigrant and his bizarre embrace of the loony birther movement, is well known for trafficking in disturbing, misleading, and often inaccurate garbage. Escaping under the radar of many, however, are his close associations with an organization that has been described by experts as a “hate group.”