When is a tragedy fodder for hate and derangement? When you visit the Outfoxed gals.

National tragedies are usually seen as a time reserved for mourning and reflection. But not with the newshounds (another fine product of the Outfoxed mob). The opportunistic reactions from those parts remind us again that to be a Fox hater, you first have to be a hater.

The hounds have never been exactly sympathetic to Christianity. After all, they declared that all that stuff about the birth of Christ is simply "nonsense". So it was no surprise that they would attack Fox's religion correspondent for writing an article on the murders at Virginia Tech. Newsmutt Ellen takes Lauren Green's article, quotes the first few lines, and then claims the story ends with a discussion of the battle over souls. To complete the picture, Ellen headlines her piece:

Fox News Theorizes The Devil Was Behind Virginia Tech Murders - Seriously!

It's hard to recognize what Ms Green wrote from the newspooch bastardization. The truth: Ms Green (let alone "Fox News") does not "theorize" anything, but rather examines reactions not just from the Christian perspective, but also those of Judaism (via comments from the Rabbi at New York's Central Synagogue), modern psychology (Philip Zimbardo), and even atheism (Michael Shermer). Oh, and Ellen also lied about how the article ends. But that's par of the course with the curs.

Also par for the course is the reaction from the denizens of the dog pound, who were deeply inspired by Ellen's misrepresentations:

• The devil got a little sloppy drunk at his weekly power lunch with Ailes and Murdoch and admitted it.
• Speculating that 'the devil' was behind the shootings is just another way for them to layer the story to try and keep it going (while feeding the rabid right).
• We must ask the question: is Satan legally allowed on campus? If not he was in breach of the law!
• I think God did it. He slaughtered more people in the bible than satan could ever have dreamed of. God kicks ass the Devil just gives him an excuse.
• So the devil did it…and here thought [sic] that it was a very sick kid who was putting up more flags then the United Nations building….and stroll [sic] in to a gun store and legally brought [sic] a gun….i [sic] could’ve sworn that [sic] what I herd [sic]….but hmm …should we now start putting up hex signs to keep the devil away …..what a news channel
• I used to think that Lauren was good enough to have an "anchor" chair. I also didn't realize that she is as fundamentalist as she appears to be.
• Too bad. Most journalists have to wait for their career to be washed up before getting a job offer from FNC.
• I still can't get over that Lauren hung with Prince and Kirstie Alley and is now pushing religious crap on Fox. I suppose if the money is good...
• Religion and NEWS AND SCHOOLS DO NOT MIX!!!
• The closest Lauren Green has gotten to serious journalism is when she was a Newscaster in the video for "My Name is Prince." (Yes, really.) The lady is a [expletive deleted] joke.
• If by "Satan" [Fox] meant Karl Rove... Yeah, i [sic] could believe that.

How odd that Karl Rove's name would surface. It will again. We turn to Donna, who thought it somehow outrageous that Fox would do a segment on how much ammunition the shooter was carrying. Never mind that hundreds of news outlets have addressed this very issue--when Fox does it, they are eeevil. But don't take our word for it, just ask the kennel-dwellers:

• This is the hideous element of Fox coming out of the woodwork yet again.
• When they hire you at Fox, they give you a physchological test to if [sic] you pulled the wings off flies when you were 10 yrs old, and when you were 16 if you tortured small animals, then as a young adult mistreated people lesser off than yourself especially people of color and of lower economic stature. If you pass then, THEY HIRE YOUR SICK [expletives deleted].
• Face it -- [Fox] perpetrates an atmosphere of guns and death.... You can't deny it; it's right there on every minute of every show.
• It is not 'unusual' for [Fox] to continue the 24 hour a day obsfucation [sic] process for a disaster by milking every possible 'jingle the shiny keys' scenario to keep the real news from seeping through while at the same time keeping the morons riveted to their seats with endless titalation [sic].
• Now [Fox] have their built-in excuse to crucify anyone who brings up the Gonzales trial. That the shooter was Asian should also be fodder for their racist views.
• Additionaly [sic] Karl Rove must be jumping up and down with glee. He does not have to manufacture a disaster to distract the distractable [sic] from his crime scene...
• I wouldn't put it past Rove to have paid this kid to go ape just to distract the trolls from the real news.
• Fox glorifies the Ted Nugents of the world by making guns "cool" then pretends to care when it backfires.

So Karl Rove was behind the Virginia Tech shootings. Except wait, no he wasn't. It was the fault of Fox News! The shooter (who apparently watched NBC, not Fox) nonetheless was mesmerized by FNC, whose mind-warping techniques "backfired" and caused the murders of 32 people. This is what you hear from Fox haters less than 24 hours after the news broke of these horrific events, while hundreds were grieving over the loss of family and friends.

Very classy.