Republican U.S. Congressman John Fleming Links to ‘Onion’ Story About “Planned Parenthood Abortionplex”

ShareLast May, the satirical newspaper The Onion ran a real humdinger about a Planned Parenthood “abortionplex,” an $8 billion “sprawling abortion facility” that would “allow

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‘Douche du Jour’: University of Connecticut Student TV Airs ‘Rape is Funny’ “Comedy” Sketch

ShareStudents at the University of Connecticut are up in arms over a decidedly tasteless sketch comedy poking fun at rape  that aired on the school’s

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Miss Piggy: Fox News Criticism of Muppet Movie “Almost as Laughable as Fox Being News”
Anyone who's been watching Fox News lately (ok, you caught me) can't help but notice that the right-wing network has it in for puppetry. First there was an attack on ... U.S. Plunges 27 Places to 47th in Reporters Without Borders’ 2011 Worldwide Press Freedom Rankings; Police Abuse of Journalists Covering ‘Occupy’ Movement Cited
Freedom of the press. It's one of the very pillars that support the edifice of any healthy democracy. It is so important that it is enshrined in the First Amendment ... Meet Buddy Roemer, the GOP Presidential Candidate the Corporate Media Don’t Want You to Meet
Former Louisiana governor and four-term U.S. congressman Buddy Roemer is running for president. But you'd never know that from watching the GOP debates. Roemer is on this Tuesday's New Hampshire ... Über-conservative Fox News Contributor Charles Krauthammer Admits that “The Rich Have Robbed You”… Sort of
Über-conservative Washington Post columnist and Fox News fixture Charles Krauthammer has admitted on-air that "the rich and the 'One Percent' have robbed you"... sort of. Krauthammer appeared on Fox's "Special Report ... Fox News Contributor Brent Bozell Calls President Obama a “Skinny Ghetto Crackhead”
A Fox News contributor called President Obama a "skinny ghetto crackhead" on air Thursday evening. Reuters reports that Brent Bozell, president of the far-right Media Research Center, appeared on Fox News' ... More Journalists Beaten, Arrested by NYPD while Covering ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protests
Today there were many new reports of more journalists being brutalized and arrested by New York police for trying to do their jobs and cover the 'Occupy Wall Street' protests. According ... “You’re Not Press Tonight”: NYPD Block, Brutalize Journalists Trying to Cover ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Eviction Raid; Mayor Bloomberg Admits Media Blackout
Chances are  if you're reading this, you don't need a lesson on First Amendment rights to freedom of speech, freedom of assembly or freedom of the press. But apparently, New ... Ford’s Theatre, Site of Lincoln Assassination, Bans Bill O’Reilly’s Book “Killing Lincoln” over Historical Errors
Ford's Theatre, the site where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, has banned a historical narrative by Fox News host Bill O'Reilly from its bookstore because of factual errors. According ...
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