The Return of Stupid Hound Tricks
It's the return of Stupid Hound Tricks, wherein we document the subterfuge, deceit, and outright lying of the ultimate Fox hater website, the newshounds (another fine product of the Outfoxed mob). With no further ado, let's get right to the list.
Stupid Hound Trick: Quote-cropping.
There's no easier way to misrepresent someone than by chopping a quote in half, a technique the newsmutts have mastered. This time it's deceitful Deborah, who writes:
Bill O'Reilly Claims He's Skeptical About Barack Obama... O'Reilly said, "I"m skeptical about Obama." He complained that Obama wants to be president for all the people but wouldn't debate on FOX News because he folded to Moveon funded by George Soros.The Gullible:
- Gee, no kidding?! BOR has always been skeptical of Obama
- Was O'Reilly that skeptical when he was begging Obama to appear on his crappy program?
- This whole Obama bashing is at its full swing with these radio talk show rejects.
Deb has hoodwinked her readers once again. That's what happens when you quote half a statement, and leave off the other half. The full quote paints a much different picture:
I'm skeptical, and others here at Fox News are skeptical of Barack Obama, as we should be. We should be skeptical of all the Presidential candidates. That's our job.
Stupid Hound Trick: The Invisible Man
This works by cherry-picking certain people who appeared on a program and leaving out others, to paint a false picture of what was broadcast. And--surprise!--once again it's Deb:
It's been a little more than twenty-four hours since Barack Obama's speech and the non stop attacks on FOX News continue with the same intensity. Today on America's Election HQ with Megyn Kelly and Bill Hemmer clips of Obama condemning Don Imus for his racist remark were introduced to portray Senator Obama as a hypocrite while attacks on his judgment and patriotism remained in the mix. The parade of critics included Jane Hall, Juan Williams, Michael Reagan and Tammy Bruce.... These attacks continue on FOX everyday and the message seeps into everyone's minds.The Gullible:
- The slime from [Fox] News just keeps coming.
- Fox viewers are dying off. Thats one consolation.
- Fox doesn't want to mention non stop the anniversary of this 5 years of illegal war and the cost in trillions of dollars due to the 935 lies told by the Bush administration... It's easier to keep thier [sic] stupid viewer stupid by bashing Obama non stop.
Leaving aside that far-right-winger Juan Williams, let's turn to Obama "critic" Jane Hall, who actually stated:
I think that it is sad that a man who tried to transcend race is being dragged into this. I do think that's regrettable. And I don't think he started this conversation.Quite a searing criticism there. But what else is Deb not telling us? Who was the invisible man? Actually there were two on this program, both speaking in defense of Senator Obama and Rev Wright: Al Sharpton and Rev David Barber:
Why do you suppose Deb didn't want her readers to know about them? Because it might expose her claim of "non stop attacks" as a flat-out lie? Ya think?
Stupid Hound Trick: Blind reviewing.
This is something like using psychic powers. It's best to let you see for yourself, as Melanie begins her smear:
I happened to catch the last few minutes of Studio B w/Shepard Smith today (March 19, 2008) while waiting for Your World w/Neil Cavuto to begin.We know what you're thinking. She's going to review a show based on the last three minutes? Considering that the newspoodles have admitted to reviewing programs they didn't watch at all, three minutes is at least a step up. In any event, Mel wails over an interview about Frosted Flakes, and ticks off all the important stories that weren't being covered, like the Dow, the economy, the 5th anniversary of Iraq. Then she moves in for the Big Finish:
I suppose it is when so much of the real news points to what a disaster the reign of George W. Bush has been. I imagine segments about Illinois-shaped Frosted Flakes take on real significance when your goal is to make the Republicans look as good as you possibly can. No news is good news.The Gullible:
- Fox either doesn't want to remind their viewers about the war or they think their viewers are just too stupid to understand.
- Don't you think that that time would have been better spent covering something that actually matters?
- Five years of war - so much to talk about - so little of it discussed on Fox. War, what war?????
- Unlike [Fox], the fluff is NEVER the main story on CNN nor MSNBC. The fluff is usually last thing reported unless there is some breaking news.
Of course, when we posted a comment pointing out how these were covered during the hour, Mel immediately deleted it. That's how much she cares about telling the truth.
Each one of these is a shopworn, oft-used fraud employed by the biased bassets to bamboozle the credulous kennel-dwellers. The fact that the newsmutts believe they can continue to lie about broadcasts seen by millions of people and expect to get away with it, well, that might be the stupidest hound trick of them all.
