Faux News' Chief Propagandist Roger Ailes Caught Lying By Arianna Huffington & Brave New Films

[Turborama]

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Roger Ailes On "This Week": Defends Glenn Beck, Insists Fox Is No Longer At War With Obama

Fox News Channel President Roger Ailes insisted on Sunday that his network was no longer at war with the Obama White House and defended Fox's Glenn Beck over some of his more inflammatory statements.

Appearing for the first time on ABC's "This Week," Ailes said that Beck's often over-the-top rhetoric was politically legitimate, even if it ruffled a few feathers.

Reminded by HuffPost's Arianna Huffington that Beck has warned of "slaughter" and a "killing spree" for those not on board with the Obama administration's agenda, Ailes insisted that the reference wasn't to this president but rather to murderous dictators.

"Well, he was talking about Hitler and Stalin slaughtering people, so I think he was probably accurate," he said. "I think he speaks English, I don't know. But I don't misinterpret any of his words. He did say one unfortunate thing that he apologized for. But that happens in live television."

Ailes was wrong. http://clips.mediamatters.org/mmtv/200910230029">Beck's reference was, indeed, to Obama. Here is the "killing spree" quote from October 2009:

Spread the wealth -- hello, Mao -- that is what this is all about. And anybody not on board, look out because you too could be the next victim of the killing spree. Is it far fetched to think that (pay) Czar (Kenneth) Feinberg could go into Walmart and argue it that it is just too important to the economy if Walmart fails? I mean it's the biggest store in the world. We feel you are being reckless in your pay structure Walmart. We have to bring the unions in to control your pay. What about Rupert Murdoch? if News Corp failed would it be harmful to the economic health of America?... Obama has repeated over and over again just how dangerous, old and unworkable our economy is.

And here is Beck warning of a possible impending "http://crooksandliars.com/node/32519">slaughter" in November 2009:

I told you yesterday, buckle up your seatbelt, America. Find the exit -- there's one here, here, and here. Find the exit closest to you and prepare for a crash landing. Because this plane is coming down, because the pilot is intentionally steering it into the trees!

Most likely, it'll happen sometime after Christmas. You're gonna see this economy come up -- we're already seeing it, and now it's gonna start coming back down again. And when you see the effects of what they're doing to the economy, remember these words: We will survive. No -- we'll do better than survive, we will thrive. As long as these people are not in control. They are taking you to a place to be slaughtered!

More (including video clips): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/31/roger-ailes-on-this-week_n_443555.html

[ProgressOnTheMove]

1. Taking us to a place to be slaughtered, well last weeks ruling sealed the deal...

All good Democratic party members at least tried to hold it back. Get close to the fire we're toast, all that remains is to fight our corner as best we can and hope there is some innovative way back. We can only try and hope. At least when they do get all their own way they will know what they have done taken themselves down with us, as I'm not sure a toxic world will just be inhabitable for ultra rich.

[Turborama]

2. Here's the full clip...

Ailes defends Beck: "He's talking about Hitler and Stalin" killing people so it's "accurate"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4RPN0zPZsM

[JDPriestly]

6. Does Ailes watch Glenn Beck? Probably can't bear it himself.

Ailes is crooked and slimy, but not stupid. He probably would go absolutely crazy if he actually had to take a steady diet of Glenn Beck himself.

[Enthusiast]

10. I agree.

I doubt that he watches Beck. Anyone with even a modicum of intelligence finds Glenn Beck almost painful to watch.

[Shining Jack]

3. K&R

[Grassy Knoll]

4. As long as we draw attention to these assholes..........

The more the viewers they will get, its like saying " how dare faux news show a live execution ", who wouldn't want to watch that?
thus.... their ratings soar. Sad but true, Faux news has a lot of freeway wreck looky loos, period.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

9. ......honestly. How does one fight people who have no scruples?

[earcandle]

5. beck is yakking out of two sides of his mouth at the same time to try to

take advantage of the fact that most people are NOT really
listening but tune in to the catch words.

Yep, causing a civil war is his agenda, no doubt, but that is
what THE FAMILY and all of those
Armageddon folks want.  We got 15 million here planning and
investing in it.  

Can we have about 50 million to assert themselves powerfully
with language to make these fools
appear to be the fools they are?  Dangerous fools at that! 

[Loudmxr]

7. Ailes got away with it. And he will continue without the panelists having no video to nail him.

BTW I love George Will's body language. He is all humbled and bowed in front of the BIG MAN. His chin squarely in his throat, suppressing any untoward comment that may be offensive.

DO NOT look him directly in the face or else he will be mad!!! :smoke:

[SleeplessinSoCal]

8. he wasn't "caught lying" unfortunately. He lied as usual and FNC viewers like it that way.

[progressoid]

11. "Ailes Caught Lying" ... and in other news, the sun rises in the east.

every Goddamn day.

[olegramps]

12. Roger Ailes has only one concern: RATINGS

He doesn't give a damn that his staff of propagandists are out right liars and are deceiving the citizens. He knows that the majority of the American public are gullible know-nothings. Yes, I said the majority. This can be easily confirmed by observing the fawning idiots that attend the maga-churches and are being fleeced by charlatans. Ailes is just another unscrupulous bastard that knows that there is a sucker born every minute. His cadre of jingoists have little trouble attracting a hoard of buffoons that will swallow their swill and he can reap the rewards. This gluttonous slob is a prime example of a being without a shred of moral or ethical values and a story as old as time.