5 Outrageous Right-Wing Moments This Week: Red-Faced Fox Actually Admits It Made a Mistake

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1. Ben Carson says totally crazy thing; O’Reilly blames the liberal media.

It does not seem to matter what kind of crazy thing Fox rave-fave Dr. Ben Carson says; his Faux friends will back him up. This week Carson likened American patriots to Islamic State militants in a speech at the Republican National Committee's (RNC) winter meeting. This was an odd and perplexing move to be sure, but Carson was fully committed to it. He spoke admiringly of the Islamic State fighters as people willing to die for what they believe, just like the early Americans, but with the wrong philosophy.

2. Ayn Randian billionaire Roger Ver, who renounced U.S.citizenship to avoid taxes last year, whines that U.S. won’t let him visit.

Super-rich investor Roger Ver objected to the oppression of having to pay taxes on his gazillions, and in an Ayn Randian hissy fit, renounced his U.S. citizenship. Now he lives in the tropical tax haven heaven of St. Kitts. Problem solved. Happy ending for him, right? Well no, because now he would like to come to the U.S. to attend a tech conference, presumably so he can make some more money to shelter from taxes. And the mean U.S. authorities won’t let him in. His visa application was rejected. “So Ver took to the Twitter machineto whine about tyrants and post Darth Vader pictures,” according to Wonkette.

3. Fox guest invents concept of Muslim no-go zones, for which Fox apologizes, since all of Europe is laughing at it.

It is pretty rare for Fox News to issue any sort of correction. Getting things pathetically wrong and perversely twisting facts is its brand. Well, it turns out that Rupert Murdoch does have his limit, and that limit is when the Prime Minister of England calls the people on your network complete idiots.

4. Supposedly smart GOP presidential contender Bobby Jindal perpetuates concept of Muslim no-go zones.

Hoo boy, that whole Muslim no-go zone thing was so embarrassing, right? Pretty sure no one would mention that whole hysteria-mongering falsehood again.