Last night, Stephen Colbert came to the defense of embattled reality television star Phil Robertson. “This is a terrible day for Americans,” Colbert said. “But admittedly, a pretty good day for ducks.” “Why did A&E A-and-axe him?” he asked. “Because this good Christian man spoke his mind to GQ about the gays.” After quoting Robertson’s […]
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The sun is setting on Katie Couric’s daytime talk show. The newswoman and ABC have pulled the plug on her daily talk show, “Katie,” which will not return for a third season next year. “While production will continue on ‘Katie’ through June 2014, we’ve mutually agreed that there will not be a third season of […]
Read moreAlthough reality TV star Phil Robertson’s comments on race and homosexuality made him less attractive to advertisers, they only made him more attractive to Glenn Beck. The future of A&E’s “Duck Dynasty” was cast in doubt with Robertson’s placement on indefinite hiatus by the cable network after the publication of the cast member’s comments in […]
Read moreSteve Harvey and President Barack Obama decided to surprise folks taking Christmas tours of the White House recently, including a wide-eyed boy who shared something in common with the president. “You got ears just like me,’’ Obama said while shaking the hand of a boy named Jordan. “They give you some special power.” Before Harvey […]
Read moreAfter showing a statement from Robertson regarding his homophobic remarks, Megyn Kelly turned to the panel, and right off the bad Bernard Whitman condemned Robertson’s “disgusting,” “really reprehensible” remarks and said he should get the boot. Arthur Aidala and Monica Crowley vehemently disagreed, and all three got in a heated back-and-forth about the free speech […]
Read moreFox News host Sean Hannity joined Rush Limbaugh’s recent attack against Pope Francis who spoke out against “unfettered capitalism” and for helping the poor. Limbaugh called Pope Francis a “Marxist,” which Hannity, who is a Catholic, said he agreed with. (Sources: Fox News and MediaMatters.org)
Read moreLast week Fox News host Megyn Kelly led a debate on the ethnicity of Santa, starting with the statement: “Santa is white.” The comment incited backlash, including a skewering from Jon Stewart. Kelly fired back on Friday, saying her “off-hand jest… has become a national firestorm. Humor is a part of what we bring to […]
Read moreThe president of a Kentucky creationist museum told Fox News on Monday that Christmas was a “time to take on the atheists” who used their free speech rights to doubt the existence of God. “Well, it wouldn’t be Christmas without someone complaining about Christ,” Fox & Friends host Elisabeth Hasselbeck told Creation Museum President Ken […]
Read moreOn Monday night, Christmas crusader Bill O’Reilly weighed in on the “white Santa” controversy started when Megyn Kelly reacted to a Slate column on the topic. O’Reilly, who has long been a supporter of Kelly’s, declared that she was historically correct and that Santa Claus is a white man. O’Reilly went through the history of […]
Read moreFox News host Megyn Kelly on Friday lashed out at critics who she said had accused her and Fox News of being racist because she insisted that Santa Claus and Jesus Crist had to be white men. On her Wednesday show, Kelly had pointed out Slate columnist’s Aisha Harris assertion that forcing Santa only to […]
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