Fox's Baier falsely suggests CA won't receive "millions of stimulus dollars" for forest firefighting
Citing a report that the U.S. Forest Service "will spend $2.7 million in the nation's capital," Fox News host Bret Baier falsely suggested that Washington, D.C., rather than California, "will receive millions of stimulus dollars allocated for forest firefighting." In fact, the Forest Service has announced that more than $60 million in stimulus funds has been allocated for "Wildland Fire Management" projects in California, and the Department of the Interior has committed another $3.3 million for "Hazardous Fuels Reduction" in the state. Read More
Fox & Friends ignores Frist double standard on reconciliation
Fox & Friends allowed former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) to criticize Democrats for considering using the budget reconciliation process to pass health care reform by characterizing reconciliation as "saying" to opponents, "you don't matter," while "cram[ming]" reform "down people's throats." In addition to failing to disclose that Frist is a partner in a health care investment firm, Fox & Friends hosts ignored that Frist repeatedly voted to use the reconciliation process to pass tax cuts and voted against amendments that would have stripped reconciliation language from budget resolutions. Read More
Michelle Malkin and the anatomy of the 2 million protester lie
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Beck, Limbaugh run wild with estimates on size of 9/12 protests
Conservative media have repeatedly provided conflicting crowd estimates for the 9/12 March on Washington, citing tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and in some cases, millions of participants, while one unofficial D.C. fire department estimate placed the number between 60,000 and 75,000 participants. On his radio show, Glenn Beck said a "really conservative" estimate is 500,000 based on photos, and on Fox & Friends, co-hosts Steve Doocy and Gretchen Carlson alternately claimed that "tens of thousands" attended and that "hundreds of thousands" attended. Read More
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