(2013/02/28) Ridiculing Fox isn't just fun, it's important (Media)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 1 March 2013
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Summary
Edition #693
Ridiculing Fox isn't just fun, it's important
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Without a Free Fox, There's Not a Free America! - Majority Report
Ch. 3: Song 1: Serre-moi - Tryö
Ch. 4: Act 2: Fox News Lowest Ratings in 12 Years in Key Demo - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 01-31-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Movin' on up - Primal Scream
Ch. 6: Act 3: Fired Dick Morris Lies On CNN About Lies on Fox - Young Turks - Air Date: 02-08-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: J'y Suis Jamais Allé - Yann Tiersen
Ch. 8: Act 4: After Being Fired By Fox, Dick Morris is Welcomed on CNN - Media Matters Minute - Air Date: 02-07-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: J'y Suis Jamais Allé - Yann Tiersen
Ch. 10: Act 5: Former Fox News Reporter Tells All - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 02-05-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: Don't hold me back - Alex Cornish
Ch. 12: Act 6: Fox News: Least Trusted Name in News - Young Turks - Air Date: 02-10-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Little lion man - Mumford & Sons
Ch. 14: Act 7: Geraldo Rivera Will Use Fox Platform To Benefit Possible Senate Run Until "It's No Longer Legal" - Media Matters Minute - Air Date: 02-01-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: Little lion man - Mumford & Sons
Ch. 16: Act 8: Scott Brown Heads to Fox News: Wicked Awesome! - Majority Report - Air Date: 02-15-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: In the air tonight - Phil Collins
Ch. 18: Act 9: Geraldo Reaffirms He Will Remain On Fox News "Until Five Minutes Before" He Files For Senate Run - Media Matters Minute - Air Date: 02-08-13
Ch. 19: Song 9: In the air tonight - Phil Collins
Ch. 20: Act 10: Fox News Debunks Fox News - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 02-15-13
Ch. 21: Song 10: Cameras - Matt & Kim
Ch. 22: Act 11: Fox News: Al Jazeera is a Sleeper Cell Plot! - Young Turks - Air Date: 02-22-13
Ch. 23: Song 11: Arab money - Busta Rhymes & Ron Browz
Ch. 24: Act 12: Bob Beckel is the token liberal on Fox News for a reason - CounterSpin - Air Date: 2-22-13
Ch. 25: Song 12: Vagabond - Beirut
Ch. 26: Act 13: Funny Fox News Fails Trying to Blame Democrats for Detroit - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 02-26-13
Ch. 27: Song 13: It was a very good year - Frank Sinatra
Ch. 28: Act 14: O'Reilly Lies About On-Camera Lying, Blames Left? - Young Turks - Air Date: 02-09-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 29: We are actually at war, though we shouldn't be - Ian from Baltimore, MD
Ch. 30: Maybe Obama knows something we don't - Isiah from New York
Ch. 31: Americans should take the risk to defend our principles - Todd from LA
Ch. 32: Being American is irrelevant to drone strike issue - Drea from Pennsylvania
Ch. 33: A response to Wade on drone strikes - Colin from Cleveland, OH
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Ch. 34: Final comments on McSweenys White House press Secretary speaking on secret kill list
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, where details visit |
| 0:06.6 | the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with Clipstay from the Majority Report, |
| 0:13.4 | the David Pakman Show, the Young Turks, the Media Matters Minute, and Counter-Spin, and |
| 0:17.7 | a note that we strongly recommend asking your doctor about the risks related to prolonged |
| 0:22.1 | exposure to discussions about Fox News before listening. |
| 0:30.0 | Press Limbaugh, though, he is whining about that it's just me and Fox News out here, |
| 0:35.6 | and I don't even think they care that much. |
| 0:38.5 | He should be happy to note that, yes, Fox News does care about Limbaugh, they realize |
| 0:43.9 | they are joined at the hip, responding to a piece in the New Republic, the newly launched |
| 0:53.0 | New Republic, where President Obama is talking about immigration reform, and he's basically |
| 0:58.6 | saying what, in many respects, I've been saying for quite some time, that the only way Republicans |
| 1:07.7 | will be able to support this is if they are able to shake off the yoke of the Frankenstein |
| 1:13.4 | that they have created. |
| 1:15.2 | Remember back in 2007, when George Bush and Karl Rove knew that the future of the Republican |
| 1:22.1 | party was in jeopardy because of how much they had alienated Hispanics among other people, |
| 1:29.8 | they attempted some type of immigration reform, and the Frankenstein's, the electoral base |
| 1:39.4 | of the Republican party, Rebelld, talk radio, Rebelld, and sunk the whole bill. |
| 1:48.9 | And so Obama was basically saying, if these Republicans have to cow-tow to Fox into |
| 1:55.0 | Russia Limbaugh, it may not happen. |
| 1:57.4 | And of course, well, that provided a segment for Fox, one of the Fox and friends, Steve |
| 2:03.7 | Dushi, who brings on a paid legal consultant to tell him just how great Fox is. |
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