Fox News: Referring to Michael Brown as an “Unarmed Teenager” Is Misleading

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The right wing incitement coming out of Fox News is utterly relentless. Today’s case in point, this morning’s episode of the talk show for complete idiots, Fox & Friends, in which the empty-headed Steve Doocy asks Fox contributor Linda Chavez if it’s “misleading” to refer to Michael Brown as an “unarmed teenager.” Because he was rather large and rather black.

Yes, really. And as I read over this post, I can’t apologize for its tone. This show really is one of the most abysmally stupid and hateful shows on any cable network. Bleh.

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51 comments
1 FemNaziBitch  Aug 25, 2014 2:22:13pm

Allegedly unarmed?

2 Frenchy  Aug 25, 2014 2:22:59pm

Hey, Douchey was just asking questions!!1!

3 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Aug 25, 2014 2:23:01pm

well he had arms, two of them even, so he wasn’t unarmed. Now wipe the drool off your chin Douchey.

4 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Aug 25, 2014 2:23:04pm

Steve Doocy is such an idiot!

5 Lidane  Aug 25, 2014 2:23:08pm

re: #1 FemNaziBitch

Allegedly unarmed?

HE WAS A SCARY LARGE BLAH MAN. OF COURSE HE WAS ARMED.

/Fox News

6 Iwouldprefernotto  Aug 25, 2014 2:24:33pm

Is Michael Brown now allegedly dead?

7 Bulworth  Aug 25, 2014 2:25:36pm

re:
#1

We have questions……concerns….why dont we just wait for all the Facts to come out1!!11

8 Mattand  Aug 25, 2014 2:26:29pm

Kind of like how it’s misleading to refer to Steve Doocy as a human with a conscience.

9 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Aug 25, 2014 2:26:48pm

re: #6 Iwouldprefernotto

Is Michael Brown now allegedly dead?

We now refer you to Monty Python ///

10 ausador  Aug 25, 2014 2:27:05pm
11 DodgerFan1988  Aug 25, 2014 2:27:07pm

The Right Wing is going to use the same talking point about Michael Brown that they used on Trayvon Martin last year, he was armed - with his fists.

12 Lidane  Aug 25, 2014 2:27:46pm

re: #6 Iwouldprefernotto

Is Michael Brown now allegedly dead?

We need to wait until the Ferguson PD autopsy is released, just to be sure.

//////

13 Mattand  Aug 25, 2014 2:28:17pm

re: #11 DodgerFan1988

The Right Wing is going to use the same talking point about Michael Brown that they used on Trayvon Martin last year, he was armed - with his fists.

Unfortunately, it works. I can think of two commenters here who bought into it regarding Trayvon Martin.

14 Bulworth  Aug 25, 2014 2:28:26pm

Well how come Michael Brown didn’t fill out an incident report, huh? Checkmate, Libtards!!!111

15 Amory Blaine  Aug 25, 2014 2:29:06pm

Frank Luntz must be back from vacation.

16 FemNaziBitch  Aug 25, 2014 2:30:39pm

re: #5 Lidane

HE WAS A SCARY LARGE BLAH MAN. OF COURSE HE WAS ARMED.

/Fox News

Scary Large Black Men are really Super Villians—they have special powers that are equal to or greater than “carrying arms”. They can also use this special super power to overwhelm and seduce white women.

17 Ace-o-aces  Aug 25, 2014 2:30:55pm

re: #11 DodgerFan1988

The Right Wing is going to use the same talking point about Michael Brown that they used on Trayvon Martin last year, he was armed - with his fists.

It goes back even further. Remember the “Rodney King was on PCP” rumor?
Which is why Hoft’s BS about a “blowout fracture” is so important to them. To them it means Mike Brown was so powerful that Wilson had no choice but to empty his clip.

18 FourEyeFreckleFace  Aug 25, 2014 2:32:41pm

This is absolutely fucking infuriating.

19 Mattand  Aug 25, 2014 2:34:10pm

re: #15 Amory Blaine

Frank Luntz must be back from vacation.

That brings up a really good point. Who’s creating this stuff? Luntz? Ailes? Zombie Lee Atwater?

Then again, the NY Times went out of its way to get their own little Michael Brown smear in an editorial over the weekend. I guess I shouldn’t be shocked that news orgs are still pandering to their audience’s worst instincts.

20 b_sharp  Aug 25, 2014 2:34:16pm

When do we find out if the Fox News talking heads are real people or CGI?

21 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Aug 25, 2014 2:34:44pm

I can even understand some people who might find a large black man scary and intimidating, especially in a confrontational situation.

But a policeman who is armed and supposedly trained to deal with such situations using a minimum of force?

No.

22 FemNaziBitch  Aug 25, 2014 2:35:25pm

re: #21 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

I can even understand some people who might find a large black man scary and intimidating, especially in a confrontational situation.

But a policeman who is armed and supposedly trained to deal with such situations using a minimum of force?

No.

FTFY

23 wrenchwench  Aug 25, 2014 2:38:58pm

Linda Chavez is despicable.

I think it is an exploitation of the black community.

We have another life at stake here, the officer…

FUCK

24 Gus  Aug 25, 2014 2:41:02pm

True. For all PO Wilson could have known, Mike Brown could have also been carrying WMDs or yellow cake.

25 Mattand  Aug 25, 2014 2:41:17pm

re: #20 b_sharp

When do we find out if the Fox News talking heads are real people or CGI?

LOL, look up uncanny valley on Wikipedia. Basically, it’s the feeling of uneasiness and hostility a person develops viewing a CGI character that’s just a hair shy of looking real.

That would explain the nausea I get when I watch Fox. That, and I’m not an amoral bigot.

26 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Aug 25, 2014 2:41:46pm

re: #24 Gus

True. For all PO Wilson could have know, Mike Brown could have also been carrying WMDs or yellow cake.

You mean Warm Mad Dog and Twinkies?

27 Gus  Aug 25, 2014 2:42:20pm

re: #26 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)

You mean Warm Mad Dog and Twinkies?

Precisely.

28 Decatur Deb  Aug 25, 2014 2:42:22pm

re: #19 Mattand

That brings up a really good point. Who’s creating this stuff? Luntz? Ailes? Zombie Lee Atwater?

Then again, the NY Times went out of its way to get their own little Michael Brown smear in an editorial over the weekend. I guess I shouldn’t be shocked that news orgs are still pandering to their audience’s worst instincts.

Much of it derpsourced in the RW blogosphere. The ‘good’ stuff is picked up and circulated with the speed of light.

29 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Aug 25, 2014 2:42:51pm

re: #24 Gus

True. For all PO Wilson could have known, Mike Brown could have also been carrying WMDs or yellow cake.

Don’t drop that shit!

Youtube Video

30 ausador  Aug 25, 2014 2:44:51pm

re: #16 FemNaziBitch

Scary Large Black Men are really Super Villians—they have special powers that are equal to or greater than “carrying arms”. They can also use this special super power to overwhelm and seduce white women.

Let me tell you about the Negro, punching them in the face or the head don’t do no good. They got thicker skulls see, and they don’t feel pain like white people. Nope all you do punching them in the head is to break your own hand, you gotta go for their body if you want to hurt em…

Shit I was told growing up in the south, true story. :(

31 b_sharp  Aug 25, 2014 2:45:15pm

re: #25 Mattand

LOL, look up uncanny valley on Wikipedia. Basically, it’s the feeling of uneasiness and hostility a person develops viewing a CGI character that’s just a hair shy of looking real.

That would explain the nausea I get when I watch Fox. That, and I’m not an amoral bigot.

That explains my stomach ache.

32 Decatur Deb  Aug 25, 2014 2:45:17pm

re: #29 Rev_Arthur_Belling

Don’t drop that shit!

[Embedded content]

Image: Powell-anthrax-vial.jpg

33 FemNaziBitch  Aug 25, 2014 2:45:40pm

re: #30 ausador

Let me tell you about the Negro, punching them in the face or the head don’t do no good. they got thicker skulls see, and they don’t feel pain like white people. Nope all you do punching them in the head is to break your own hand, you gotta go for their body if you want to hurt em…

Shit is was told growing up in the south, true story. :(

early conditioning.

34 FemNaziBitch  Aug 25, 2014 2:47:37pm

I’m still sick to my stomack over RWC’s Pages Post.

I clicked and read the whole article.

35 Lidane  Aug 25, 2014 2:53:50pm

Heads up — your RWNJ friends/relatives are probably derping about this:

Fake News Site Makes Fools Think Holder Paid Gang Leaders to Riot in Ferguson

In round #223443890 jillion of No, That Viral Article You Just Shared Is From A Fake News Site, we would like to tell you: no, the article you posted about Eric Holder paying off gangs to start riots in Ferguson is 100% false.

National Report, a quote-unquote satire website with a long, long history of fooling media outlets with fake news stories, managed to trick a number of news outlets into reporting that the Attorney General bribed gang leaders to cause trouble in the already-troubled town of Ferguson, Mo.

36 Stanley Sea  Aug 25, 2014 2:55:01pm

OT, but…

37 Skip Intro  Aug 25, 2014 2:55:15pm

re: #19 Mattand

That brings up a really good point. Who’s creating this stuff? Luntz? Ailes? Zombie Lee Atwater?

Then again, the NY Times went out of its way to get their own little Michael Brown smear in an editorial over the weekend. I guess I shouldn’t be shocked that news orgs are still pandering to their audience’s worst instincts.

My guess is the Heritage Foundation, from day one, but that is just a guess.

38 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Aug 25, 2014 2:56:21pm

re: #36 Stanley Sea

OT, but…

[Embedded content]

Thanks, that’s like seeing a puppy pic ;)

39 BeachDem  Aug 25, 2014 2:57:36pm

re: #19 Mattand

That brings up a really good point. Who’s creating this stuff? Luntz? Ailes? Zombie Lee Atwater?

Then again, the NY Times went out of its way to get their own little Michael Brown smear in an editorial over the weekend. I guess I shouldn’t be shocked that news orgs are still pandering to their audience’s worst instincts.

I’m thinking Zombie Lee Atwater doesn’t have the pull he once did—his widow couldn’t even win the Republican primary for State Supt. of Schools in South Carolina.

My money’s on Luntz—remember, he wanted to leave politics and go Hollywood, but nobody was returning his calls.

talkingpointsmemo.com

40 FemNaziBitch  Aug 25, 2014 2:57:52pm

Did you say Puppy Pic?

41 alpuz  Aug 25, 2014 2:58:00pm

‘Interference with the judicial system’? WTF? What has FOX been doing by propagating Hoft’s bullshit.

They’re so comfortably confident with their propaganda it’s frightening.

…and sickening.

42 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Aug 25, 2014 2:58:45pm

re: #40 FemNaziBitch

Feral Princess in a non-princessy situation ;)

43 De Kolta Chair  Aug 25, 2014 2:59:32pm

re: #32 Decatur Deb

Image: Powell-anthrax-vial.jpg

When Clarence Thomas saw that he said, “That reminds me of a funny joke…”

44 Decatur Deb  Aug 25, 2014 3:02:46pm

re: #43 De Kolta Chair

When Clarence Thomas saw that he said, “That reminds me of a funny joke…”

Can’t quite put that together. In the early 90s, Powell was 6-8 layers up in my chain of command. I hoped he’d be the first black president. Fuck him.

45 blueraven  Aug 25, 2014 3:04:15pm

re: #36 Stanley Sea

OT, but…

[Embedded content]

Hmmm…I was getting excited, but that is from May 2014? So now I am just confused.

46 De Kolta Chair  Aug 25, 2014 3:04:40pm

re: #44 Decatur Deb

Can’t quite put that together. In the early 90s, Powell was 6-8 layers up in my chain of command. I hoped he’d be the first black president. Fuck him.

I remember when Powell was Haig’s water carrier in the White House. Never cared for him.

47 Stanley Sea  Aug 25, 2014 3:05:30pm

re: #45 blueraven

Hmmm…I was getting excited, but that is from May 2014? So now I am just confused.

Ya know, I tried to get rid of the parent tweet, just wanted the truck. Unclicked include parent tweet and it still showed up.

I kinda fail at this sometimes.

48 Jenner7  Aug 25, 2014 3:11:58pm

Do we need a permit now, for our limbs???

49 Unabogie  Aug 25, 2014 3:15:16pm

Michael Brown WAS armed. WITH A SIDEWALK, LIKE ALL THOSE PEOPLE!

FACT!

50 blueraven  Aug 25, 2014 3:16:15pm

re: #47 Stanley Sea

Ya know, I tried to get rid of the parent tweet, just wanted the truck. Unclicked include parent tweet and it still showed up.

I kinda fail at this sometimes.

Well you are not alone! I cant figure out how to get rid of the parent tweets either. Unchecking the box doesn’t work. It’s a goddamn conspiracy!

51 John Q  Aug 26, 2014 12:13:14am

Hmm. Because he was 18, it’s wrong to call him a teenager.

So, okay, “police officer shoots unarmed man who had his hands up.”

Apparently that’s okay in Fox world…..


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