FOX NEWS PROMOTES ISLAMOPHOBIA, HOMOPHOBIA, AND XENOPHOBIA
Below is just a sample of some egregious statements made by Fox News hosts, contributors, and guests over the past few years:
FOX NEWS ON MUSLIMS
“[W]hen I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I
see people who are in Muslim garb and I think,
you know, they are identifying themselves first
and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get
nervous."
(Juan Williams, The O’Rei lly Fa ct or,
10/18/10)
“[T]here was a certain group of people that
attacked us on 9-11. It wasn't just one person. It
was one religion. Not all Muslims are terrorists,
but all terrorists are Muslims."
(Brian Kilmeade, F ox & Fr iend s, 10/15/10)
“[Park51] could also be the first stop for a radical
jihadist who comes to America who wants to go
pray."
(Bill Hemmer, Americ a’s New sr oom, 9/7/10)
“[Burning the Quran is] just like the Ground
Zero mosque plan."
(Glenn Beck, Blog Post, 9/6/10)
“[Park51 is] being built to commemorate a great
victory over the United States on 9-11."
(Neal Boortz, F ox & Frie nd s, 8/31/10)
“Think of [Park51] as a law school in shari’a law
where they recruit people, train them, indoctrinate
them in it.”
(Dick Morris, The O’Reil ly F act or , 8/25/10)
“[Park51] may be a meeting place for some of the
scariest minds -- some of the biggest terrorist
minds."
(Eric Bolling, F ox & Friend s, 8/19/10)
"[T]hese Sharia mosques... have become the
command centers for terrorists... so [Park51]
would be, too."
(Dick Morris, The O’Reil ly F act or , 8/18/10)
“[Park51]... feels like a stab in the heart to,
collectively, Americans who still have that
lingering pain from 9-11... this is a slap to those
innocent victims who were murdered that day on
9-11.”
(Sarah Palin, O n the Rec or d, 8/16/10)
"I think the whole idea of the mosque is
outrageous, and if you're a student of history, you
know that mosques are often built to trumpet
their victories."
(Jeanine Pirro, F ox & Fr iend s, 8/16/10)
"Nazis don't have the right to put up a sign next
to the Holocaust museum in Washington...
There's no reason for us to accept a mosque next
to the World Trade Center."
(Newt Gingrich, F ox & F riend s, 8/16/10)
"[Muslims are] enslaved by Islam."
(Franklin Graham, F ox & Frie nd s, 4/22/10)
"We used to acclimate new immigrants to
America to become Americans. The one part
Muslims really seem to have acclimated to is the
whole victim culture. And on 9-11 they became
the number one victims, [with] privileges.”
(Ann Coulter, Ha nnity , 11/13/09)
"If all Muslims would boycott airlines, we could
dispense with airport security."
(Ann Coulter, The O’Rei lly F ac tor, 3/25/09)
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FOX NEWS ON LGBT ISSUES
On Carl Paladino’s statement that children should
not be “brainwashed into thinking that
homosexuality is an equally valid or successful
option”: “I think someone on this network should
[be making these statements]”
(Ann Coulter, The O’Rei lly F ac tor, 10/11/10)
“We can get into the ick factor, but the fact is two
men in a relationship, two women in a relationship,
biologically, that doesn't work the same.”
(Mike Huckabee, Interview in the New Y orker ,
6/21/10)
On a gay-inclusive French McDonald's ad: "Do
they have an al-Qaeda ad?"
(Bill O’Reilly, The O’Reilly F act or, 6/2/10)
Objection to the Boys Scouts’ anti-gay policy is
“politically correct jihad.”
(Michelle Malkin, F ox & Fr iend s, 4/15/10)
On bathroom requests for transgendered college
students: “It’s bogus... it’s so stupid it’s ridiculous.”
(Bill O’Reilly, The O’Reilly F act ory, 4/13/10)
"[Allowing same-sex marriage] would be like
saying, well, there are a lot of people who like to
use drugs, so let's go ahead and accommodate
those who want who use drugs. There are some
people who believe in incest, so we should
accommodate them. There are people who believe
in polygamy, so we should accommodate them."
(Mike Huckabee, Interview in The Pers pecti ve,
4/9/10)
 FOX NEWS PROMOTES ISLAMOPHOBIA, HOMOPHOBIA, AND XENOPHOBIA
Below is just a sample of some egregious statements made by Fox News hosts, contributors, and guests over the past few years:
FOX NEWS ON LGBT ISSUES (CONT.)
On same-sex couples adopting children: "Children
are not puppies. This is not a time to see if we can
experiment and find out, how does this work?"
(Mike Huckabee, Interview in The Pers pecti ve,
4/9/10)
“I don't want [LGBT] people intruding on a
parade where little children are standing there,
watching. And then they have to go, ‘Mommy,
what does that mean?’ OK?”
(Bill O’Reilly, The O’Reilly F act or, 3/17/10)
“The New York Times is a wholly owned
subsidiary of the gay rights movement… There
are stories, columns, editorials on the
entertainment page, on the business page, on the
front page, pushing a pro-gay rights agenda.
That's just a fact. That is an observable, provable
fact.”
(Cal Thomas, F ox News Wat ch , 2/6/10)
On a California state bill requiring textbooks to
recognize the accomplishments of historical
LGBT figures: “[This bill] is a form of fascism...
[i]n the sense that you have to say good things
about this group.”
(Bill O’Reilly, The O’Reilly F act or, 5/8/06)
“[If same-sex marriage] becomes law, all other
alternative marital visions will be allowed. We've
already seen a Dutchman marry two ladies in the
Netherlands. Looks like a happy guy. And now
comes word that a British woman has married a
dolphin in Israel.”
(Bill O’Reilly, The O’Reilly F act or, 1/4/06)
FOX NEWS ON IMMIGRATION
Morris referred to the 14th Amendment as the
“anchor baby amendment.”
(Clayton Morris, F ox & Frie nd s, 9/4/10)
On Mexican drug lords’ murder of police officers:
“[S]ome would say that a lot of the illegals have
that sense of entitlement here because they've
been allowed to have that sense of entitlement
here."
(Gretchen Carlson, Fox & Frien ds , 7/8/10)
“[D]id Arizona act reasonably here under the
circumstances by passing this somewhat draconian
law? And I think the answer may well be yes...”
(Brian Hume, Fox News Su nd ay, 4/25/10)
“[The National Council of La Raza] has called for
Mexico to annex southwestern states.”
(Sean Hannity, Ha nnit y, 2/26/09)
“[The New York Times and the far-left] want to
break down the white, Christian, male power
structure... and they want to bring in millions of
foreign nationals to basically break down the
structure that we have... So I say you've got to cap
[immigration] with a number.”
(Bill O’Reilly, The O’Reilly F act or, 5/31/07)
“[Children of undocumented immigrants] dumb
down the American children and overpopulate our
schools."
(Michelle Dallacroce, Y our W orl d, 5/19/06)
“[There was] a story yesterday that half of the
kids in this country under five years old are
minorities. By far, the greatest number are
Hispanic... Twenty-five years and the majority of
the population is Hispanic... Hispanics are having
more kids than others. Notably, the ones
Hispanics call ‘gabachos’ -- white people -- are
having fewer. … The rest of you: Get busy. Make
babies. … Procreation not recreation.”
(John Gibson, The B ig St ory, 5/11/06)
The immigrant rights movement has a “hidden
agenda” to bring about “the browning of America.”
(Bill O’Reilly, The O’Reilly F act or, 4/12/06)
"With so many illegals hitting the streets [to
protest], is this the perfect time to round up these
lawbreakers and ship them out?"
(David Asman, Y our W orld , 4/10/06)
“[T]he intellectual underpinnings of reconquista
are embraced by the vast majority of mainstream
Hispanic politicians."
(Michelle Malkin, The O’Reilly Fa ct or,
3/30/2006)
“I am no hard-liner on immigration who wants to
expel 11 million illegal immigrants, but flags are a
symbol of national identity. The student
brandishing the Mexican flag signals divided
loyalty or perhaps loyalty to a foreign power.”
(Robert Novak, The B ig St ory, 3/29/06)
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