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Fox News is misrepresenting President Obama’s position on surveillance and the threat of international terrorism to falsely accuse him of hypocrisy and fecklessness.

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Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly provided a platform for Tommy Robinson, head of the English Defence League, a violent, extremist anti-Muslim hate group in Great Britain. O’Reilly hosted Robinson on  The O’Reilly Factor  to discuss the EDL’s efforts to, as Robinson described, “fight for Christianity, fight for our children’s future, fight for our culture, and fight for our country’s identity, which is completely under attack.” Robinson went on to claim that British politicians aren’t doing enough to suppress the growth of Muslim communities in the United Kingdom, adding “actions speak a lot louder than words.” Although O’Reilly mentioned press reports describing the EDL as “fascist” and “racist” and described the group’s views as “militant” at the beginning of the segment, he failed to note the EDL’s history of incendiary and often violent actions. A 2010 “undercover investigation” by  The Guardian   found  that the organization planned protests against Muslim communities in “a blatant attempt to provoke mayhem and disorder”:

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Immigration reform is inching closer to reality, and conservatives standing in (thus far) fruitless opposition are careening ever further from it.

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Fred Barnes sees an Obama presidency in trouble. That’s probably good news for President Obama

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Right-wing media are continuing to claim Attorney General Eric Holder lied under oath because of a a search warrant request that included Fox News reporter James Rosen, a myopic smear conservative legal experts are warning is baseless.

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Fox News contributors pushed flawed claims that Attorney General Eric Holder committed perjury while testifying before Congress because Holder’s comments on Justice Department examinations of reporter communications records as part of leak investigations supposedly conflict with Holder signing off on a warrant seeking the communications of a Fox reporter in one such case. House Republicans are now following Fox’s lead by reportedly investigating Holder’s statements, which has one Fox reporter saying Holder is “gonna have to go.” Fox Figures Suggest Holder Approving Warrant For Fox Reporter James Rosen’s Communications May Prove Holder Committed Perjury Karl Rove: Holder May Have Lied To Congress. Fox News contributor Karl Rove reacted to Holder’s May 15 testimony to the House Judiciary Committee by stating: “I don’t think the president was, you know, shooting straight with us, and neither was the attorney general.” Rove contrasted Holder’s testimony with the news that Holder had signed off on the warrant for Rosen’s emails, commenting, “I find that highly unusual and potentially involving a lie to Congress.” [Fox News, On the Record with Greta Van Susteren , 5/23/13 via Nexis] Hosts Of The Five : Holder “On The Hook,” Will Go To Prison “I Hope.” After airing a clip of Holder’s testimony, Eric Bolling said, “So how do you explain your signature on the subpoena of FOX’s phone records?

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Fox News contributor and National Review columnist John Fund fabricated a link between voter suppression and IRS employees inappropriately singling out tea party and conservative groups’ applications for tax-exempt status, claiming that such scrutiny by the IRS is the “real” form of voter suppression.

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The recent brutal slaying of a gay man in New York City had all the trappings of a national news story, so why was it ignored by major cable news outlets? On May 17, Mark Carson was shot in the face and killed while walking home in New York’s Greenwich Village by a man who pelted him with anti-gay slurs and asked, ” You want to die tonight ?” Carson’s alleged killer, Elliot Morales, reportedly laughed as he was arrested by police, bragging about what he had done. The incident highlights a recent spike in anti-gay hate crimes both in New York City and across the country

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Right-wing media figures are attacking President Obama over his decision to lift a moratorium on a Guantánamo Bay detainee transfer to Yemen — a decision that has earned the praise of a former top Navy judge and is an important step toward closing the detention facility, which experts agree is necessary. On May 23, Obama announced that he is lifting his ban on the transfer of detainees from the Guantánamo Bay detention center to Yemen

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The Washington Times attempted to recycle misinformation about Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s warning that GOP obstructionism of President Obama’s nominees is unsustainable, but published an inaccurate argument that doesn’t support its own rhetoric.

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