BIll's Buried Blarney [Update: Corcoran Fired?]
We have exposed some of the fictions concocted by Bill Corcoran, official "guest blogger" at the newshounds (another fine product of the Outfoxed mob). But an emailer tipped us to a whole new universe of egregious falsehoods--not in his notorious "guest posts", but buried in various comment threads. Here Billy can spread his wings and invent even more elaborate lies to smear Fox and anyone connected with them.
Corcoran is not exactly Nostradamus. Back in April our favorite "guest blogger" cited a "rumor" to assert that Imus producer Bernard McGuirk would be "joining Fox News". That worked out well, didn't it? But if news of the future is not his strong suit, facts in the present fare even worse. Did you know that everyone who appears on Fox News gets paid?
Everyone should know one thing about anyone appearing on any of these shows as "experts." They are all getting paid by FOX NEWS and FOX NEWS does not pay an "expert" because he is going to side with liberal views about the war.The truth: they are not "all getting paid". FNC contributors are paid, but most of the pundits who appear on Fox are not contributors. Oh, and Billy's claim that they don't pay people who express liberal views about the war? Another lie. Just ask Wesley Clark, David Corn, Ellen Ratner, Laura Schwartz, Harold Ford, Bob Beckel... the list goes on.
For sheer unabashed audacity, a lie this brazen is stunning in its chutzpah:
There are two polls you should NEVER, NEVER trust. The first is the FOX OINION [sic] DYNAMICS POLL. It is run by Fox News and they ONLY call Republicans who are home during the day while Democrats are out earning a living.What in the wide world of sports is Billy talking about? First of all, Opinion Dynamics is not run by Fox News. FNC is just one of their clients, who come from many industries. But then Billy tops himself with the whopper that they "only call Republicans"! Where did he get this idea from? He made it up! Never mind the published methodology. Never mind the polls themselves, which give you the exact breakdown--their most recent survey called 42% Democrats, 35% Republicans. Yet Billy lies, and the credulous kennel-dwellers lap it up.
Corcoran positions himself as a defender of the troops, and even purports to have a military background. He uses every death as a political bludgeon and attacks Fox News if they don't cover it (and even if they do--he will just lie and say they didn't). Keep that in mind as you read these words:
Of course NONE of the FOX NEWS people will allow any of their military age children to enlist in the United States military, but that is beside the point as far as FOX NEWS is concerned.
This, of course, is another "fact" Billy just made up on the spot. But it's especially repellent given one case in particular. Gen Paul Vallely is a military analyst for FNC. His son, Scott Paul Vallely, not only enlisted in the US military, but lost his life during Special Operations training.
Bill Corcoran, the ultimate moral authority, smears everyone who works for Fox News with a lie, in the process slandering a General with years of distinguished service to his country. Corcoran blithely claims people like Scott Paul Vallely never existed--because one of their parents works for Fox News, and Billy will not stand for anything that contradicts his lies. Corcoran's feigned support for the troops is a chimera, a facade, that crumbles as his duplicitous mendacity is laid bare. He owes a lot of people a major league apology.
Update: After this article was published, Ellen of newshounds announced that they have severed all ties with Mr Corcoran. See comments for the rest of her response. Read further for Bill Corcoran's response to Ellen.
