Fox "News" and its connection to the Pittsburgh cop massacre

[babylonsister]

http://mediamatters.org/countyfair/200904050005?show=1

Fox News and its connection to the Pittsburgh cop massacre

Published Sun, Apr 5, 2009 4:24pm ET by Eric Boehlert


We're learning more and more about the killer who called cops to his apartment in order to execute them on Saturday morning. We're leaning that Richard Andrew Poplawski was a right-wing conspiracy nut who was convinced the new Democratic administration was going to take away the guns of Americans.

We've also learned, via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, that Poplawski was an avid fan or right-wing conspiracist and radical talk show host Alex Jones. A "freak," was how the conservative web blog, Little Green Footballs, described Jones today.

From the Post-Gazette:

Believing most media were covering up important events, Mr. Poplawski turned to a far-right conspiracy Web site run by Alex Jones, a self-described documentarian with roots going back to the extremist militia movement of the early 1990s.

Who's been mainstream the "freak" Alex Jones in recent days? Who's been embracing his loony conspiratorial rants and giving them a platform and legitimacy? Fox News, course.

Click here to watch FoxNews.com intro its segment about "what the government has done to take your liberty and property away." And watch the Fox host introduce the "the one, the only, the great Alex Jones." The radio nut then launched into a talk of the "New World Order" a "global government."

Fox News has been playing with radical, right-wing fire in recent weeks and months. And now it can't contain the bonfire. Of course, that doesn't stop Newsbusters from whining about the consequences and insisting that the GOP Noise Machine has no responsibility for the extraordinary hate it's been pushing since January.

UPDATE: Again, even Little Green Footballs is appalled:

Wow. Racists, 9/11 truthers, and conspiracy theorists, all brought to you by Fox News.

Featuring “the great Alex Jones.”

What the hell is wrong with Fox News?

[Ian David]

1. You forgot to put "News" in quotes. n/t

[babylonsister]

2. You're right. Thanks. Done. nt

[madrchsod]

3. little green footballs is appalled? now that`s funny...

[madokie]

5. I don't remember little green footballs but I sure do remember the purple ones

xanax's, the favored drug of pickles :-)

[LuvNewcastle]

4. I can see how Alex Jones would

appeal to Fox News viewers. He's always railing against the government and calls out govt. officials who are members of the Freemasons, the Bilderburgers, the Council on Foreign Relations, etc. Jones often has Rep. Ron Paul on his show (he's based in Austin,TX) and even has David Ickes on now and then. His paranoia is infectious. If he continues to be featured on Fox News, I expect to see a lot of craziness going on.

[sufrommich]

6. What the hell happened to Little Green Footballs?

Has it been taken over by sane people?

I hope there is lots of noise drummed up on the connection between right wing hate sites (Fox News being the daddy of them all) and the carnage it reaps. We need to shout it loud and clear so everybody hears.

[maddezmom]

7. Video: Napolitano with Alex Jones, Ron Paul, Lew Rockwell, Etc

wow that's quite the lineup. :eyes: I had no idea Napolitano even had a show....nice name, too. :puke:

[ColbertWatcher]

8. I don't understand.

Why does it seem that there is a distinction between Little Green Footballs, Fox "news" and Alex Jones?

[DainBramaged]

9. We read each other's minds........

:hi: