You’re probably wondering two things: 1) why is there a post on FoxNewsBoycott.com about Keith Olbermann, and 2) don’t Fox News personalities frequently support conservative candidates? Answering the second question first, absolutely, which answers the first question.

Apparently MSNBC has decided to suspend political commentator (read not journalist) Keith Olbermann indefinitely, without pay. Olbermann donated the maximum amount to three candidates during the midterm election and someone higher up (MSNBC President Phil Griffin) got their panties in a bunch. Granted, journalists should be unbiased, but as with Fox News personalities like Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity, he’s a commentator known for voicing his opinion. The difference, of course, is that his opinion is, typically, far more liberal than the others mentioned and/or Fox News does not have a similar policy covering this issue.

The following statement was released to Politico:

OLBERMANN: One week ago, on the night of Thursday October 28 2010, after a discussion with a friend about the state of politics in Arizona, I donated $2,400 each to the re-election campaigns of Democratic Representatives Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords. I also donated the same amount to the campaign of Democratic Senatorial candidate Jack Conway in Kentucky…I did not privately or publicly encourage anyone else to donate to these campaigns nor to any others in this election or any previous ones, nor have I previously donated to any political campaign at any level.

So, what about Fox News?

Over 30 people on Fox News’ payroll have shown their support of the GOP over 600 times during the midterm elections. Here’s who they are, should Fox News decide to hold their employees up to the same standard that MSNBC did:

• Fred Barnes, Fox News contributor
• Glenn Beck, host of Fox News’ Glenn Beck
• Eric Bolling, host of Fox Business’ Follow the Money
• John Bolton, Fox News contributor
• Tammy Bruce, Fox News contributor
• Elaine Chao, Fox News contributor
• Monica Crowley, Fox News contributor
• Mike Gallagher, Fox News contributor
• Newt Gingrich, Fox News contributor
• Sean Hannity, host of Fox News’ Hannity
• Mike Huckabee, host of Fox News’ Huckabee and Twentieth Television’s The Huckabee Show
• David Hunt, Fox News contributor
• Laura Ingraham, Fox News contributor
• John Kasich, former host and contributor
• Brian Kilmeade, co-host of Fox News’ Fox & Friends and host of Fox News Radio’s Kilmeade & Friends
• William Kristol, Fox News contributor
• Michelle Malkin, Fox News contributor
• KT McFarland, Fox News national security analyst and host of FoxNews.com’s DEFCON 3
• Angela McGlowan, Fox News contributor
• Dennis Miller, Fox News contributor
• Dick Morris, Fox News contributor
• Rupert Murdoch, CEO and chairman of News Corp., parent company of Fox News
• Andrew Napolitano, Fox News senior judicial analyst and host of Fox Business’ Freedom Watch
• Sarah Palin, Fox News contributor and host of Fox News’ Real American Stories
• Dana Perino, Fox News contributor
• Dave Ramsey, listed Fox Business personality and former host of Fox Business’ The Dave Ramsey Show (through June)
• Sandy Rios, Fox News contributor
• Karl Rove, Fox News contributor
• Rick Santorum, Fox News contributor
• Doug Schoen, Fox News contributor
• Andrea Tantaros, Fox News contributor
• Stuart Varney, Fox News contributor and host of Fox Business’ Varney & Co.

Check out Fox News’ GOP Connections here.

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Media Matters for America has released the following list exemplifying Fox News’ transition from a mere conservative “news” outlet to a complete right-wing political organization.

• Fox News personalities set goals to “get rid” of administration officials, “take the administration down.”
• Fox News led the charge against Van Jones and was widely credited for his resignation.
• Fox News repeatedly and falsely accused Kevin Jennings of unlawfully failing to report “statutory rape.”
• Hannity, in particular, crusaded against Jennings and has declared, “I want him fired.”
• Beck repeatedly targeted NEA’s Yosi Sergant; Sergant was reassigned, then resigned.
• Fox News figures advanced falsehoods about Cass Sunstein, including that he supports “forced sterilizations” and mandatory organ donations.
• Fox News figures falsely claimed John Holdren supported “forced abortions” and forced sterilization.
• Hannity repeatedly advanced dubious claim that Harold Koh supported the use of Sharia law in U.S. courts.
• Fox News targeted Anita Dunn over remarks about Mao Zedong.
• Beck launched 9-12 Project, which he said spurred “millions” to get “involved” in protests, including 9-12 march on Washington.
• Fox News relentlessly promoted 9-12 protest.
• Fox News heavily promoted April 15 tea parties.
• Fox News aired over 100 commercial promotions and over 20 segments in less than two weeks.
• Fox News’ coverage boosted protests, pushed other outlets to cover.
• Fox promoted anti-health care reform disruptions of town halls.
• Fox News’ town hall coverage amplified opponents of health care reform, ignored supporters.
• Bachmann: “[W]e began this on Sean Hannity’s show.”
• Hannity aired video from much larger 9-12 rally while discussing Bachmann’s rally.
• In 2008, Morris asked Fox viewers to “give funds to GOPTrust.com” without noting his apparent financial ties to the organization.
• After asking Fox News viewers for donations, Morris boasted about raising $2.5 million for ads against health care reform.
• Huckabee sends viewers to his PAC — which pays his daughter’s salary and supports Republican politicians –under the guise of signing a petition.
• Huck PAC asks “balancecutsave.com” petition signers to help remove Democratic health care proponents from office and campaign for conservative candidates.
• Fox News led charge against ACORN.
• O’Reilly: ACORN story “driven by Fox News almost entirely.”
• Republicans thanked Fox News for its ACORN advocacy.
• Hannity repeatedly pushed claim that Endangered Species Act protections are responsible for farmers’ hardship.
• Hannity reportedly persuaded to do show by Republican congressman.
• Hannity advocacy praised, seized on by Republicans.
• Fox News devoted round-the-clock coverage to Gingrich’s anti-Obama advocacy.
• Gingrich frequently promotes falsehoods, engages in advocacy on Fox News.

Self-described as the “flagship of neoconservatism,” Commentary magazine recently published an entry about Glenn Beck titled, “Glenn Beck: Harmful to the Conservative Movement” in response to the the Time cover article by David von Drehle. The author of the Commentary piece, Peter Wehner, states that what he’s seen from Beck should worry the conservative movement.

Wehner lists off many examples that show Beck’s bizarre behavior, including calling Obama a racist, his interest in conspiracy theories, tearing up, screaming at callers, etc. He calls Beck a “roiling mix of fear, resentment, and anger—the antithesis of Ronald Reagan.”

But the role Glenn Beck is playing is harmful in its totality. My hunch is that he is a comet blazing across the media sky right now—and will soon flame out. Whether he does or not, he isn’t the face or disposition that should represent modern-day conservatism. At a time when we should aim for intellectual depth, for tough-minded and reasoned arguments, for good cheer and calm purpose, rather than erratic behavior, he is not the kind of figure conservatives should embrace or cheer on.

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Ever wonder how you can tell when Fox News is biased, besides it just being on? The source used for the information in the graphic below is cited as being “Conservative Blogs.”  Ohhhh… ok…. What’s next? “The guy from that place?”

Here’s a little time line that shows the progression of events leading up to many conservatives and right wing media personalities attacking Fox News‘ Shepard Smith.

1. Department of Homeland Security releases report on right-wing extremists
2. Conservatives blast Obama and Napolitano for ordering report
3. Shepard Smith explains that the reports were ordered by Bush Administration and there was a left-wing report as well
   
4. Several right-wing extremist related murders occur making national headlines
5. Shepard Smith brings the DHS report back to light showing it was justified and
   
6. Shepard Smith also provides examples of hate mail received
7. Conservatives attack Shepard Smith and call for him to be fired

It’s amazing how blatant these nuts are in trying to supress the truth.

Fox News’ Shepard Smith, who accurately reported on the Department of Homeland Security report on right-wing extremists, is now under attack by conservatives.

RUSH LIMBAUGH: “For liberals to now claim that the atmosphere is somehow more violently anti-Obama is simply preposterous.” Limbaugh also said Smith was “whining and moaning and complaining about emails.” After stating that he, too, got “vile, sick emails,” Limbaugh said, “Shep, you got nothing on anybody out there.”

Atlas Shrugs blogger PAMELA GELLER: Shep, don’t preach to us about anger. This from a guy who hit a reporter with his car as she saved a parking space. He was arrested for it too. (Above photo is Smith’s mugshot) Yup. And who can forget his leftist asshattery last month, when Fox anchor Shepard Smith, on a post-broadcast Webcast, lost it when discussing his opposition to waterboarding, etc — bellowing: “We are America!” (slamming the table) “I don’t give a rat’s ass if it helps. We are AMERICA! We do not f—ing torture!!” He has got to go.

WorldNetDaily’s JOE KOVACS: Ironically, Smith himself allegedly engaged in activity some might deem questionable. As WND previously reported, during the presidential election fiasco in November 2000, Smith was arrested at the Florida Capitol for allegedly driving his Mazda Millenia into another reporter who was standing in a parking space she attempted to save for a friend. The victim, freelance journalist Maureen Walsh of Tallahassee, was hospitalized and released later the same day with bruises on her knees and legs.

On Michelle Malkin’s blog, HotAir – ALLAHPUNDIT: hamfisted attempt to draw a straight line between dopey ‘Hussein’ invective and the sort of decades-long dementia displayed by the Jew-loathing nut who pulled a shotgun in the Holocaust Museum today. (And who, by the way, hated neoconservatives generally and the GOP’s last two nominees for president in particular.) I don’t know how else to read this clip except as Shep warning America that his own viewership is teeming with would-be presidential assassins. If he truly believes that, why doesn’t he quit? How can his conscience stand it?

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There is ample evidence to prove otherwise, but Fox News’ Megyn Kelly told Haute Living that the reason people think Fox News is right wing is because of Sean Hannity.

When asked about her employer’s reputation for being conservative, she attributed those perceptions to the network’s primetime host lineup, not its news coverage. “There is no question that Hannity is a conservative,” she says. “But I can tell you from personal experience after having worked with O’Reilly for years now, you never know where he is going to come out on an issue. He definitely leans right when it comes to certain social, traditional value issues, but he’s all over the board on certain other issues. And Greta-nobody knows exactly what her stripes are. I think [the conservative reputation is] really because of Hannity.”

Except for Bill O’Reilly, Glenn Beck, Greta Van Susteren, Mike Huckabee, Neal Cavuto, Fox & Friends, Red Eye and practically everybody else at Fox News, besides maybe Shepard Smith, it’s all Sean Hannity… Riiight…

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