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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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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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Breitbart.com is promoting the theory that Hitler was secretly gay, playing into one of the most extreme and damaging anti-gay smears in right-wing politics: that gay men were responsible for the Holocaust. In a May 9 post, Breitbart.com touted ” new evidence ” that Hitler was gay, citing a  Washington Examiner   article  that highlighted notes taken from interviews with several of Hitler’s doctors. The “evidence” of Hitler’s alleged homosexuality includes the claims that Hitler took female hormones and did not sleep in the same bedroom as his girlfriend and eventual wife, Eva Braun: There is new evidence that Adolph Hitler was  gay .

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The Wall Street Journal once again published an op-ed disputing climate science by authors with no peer-reviewed papers on the topic and ties to groups funded by the oil industry.

Tags: articles, climate, congress, discrimination, elections, environment, global-warming, peace, pennsylvania, science, united-states

A gaffe according to the oft-repeated definition is getting caught saying something you actually believe. Last week Harvard Professor and Daily Beast contributor Niall Ferguson offered an ” unqualified apology ” after remarking that the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes should be ignored because of his purported sexuality. In the  Harvard Crimson  he seems to withdraw at least the “unqualified” nature of his remorse  claiming  ”not for one moment did I mean to suggest that Keynesian economic as a body of thought was simply a function of Keynes’ sexuality.” According to the economist, “nor can it be true–as some of my critics apparently believe–that his sexuality is totally irrelevant to our historical understanding of the man.” Ferguson goes on to state “Keynes’ sexual orientation did have historical significance.

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A central facet of the right-wing media’s criticism of the Obama administration’s response to the September attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya has been inadvertently disproved by  The Weekly Standard

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The Tampa Bay Times failed to note the extremist past of David Yerushalmi — an anti-Muslim lawyer and activist — who authored the model legislation for a Florida bill which would attempt to ban Sharia law in the state.

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The National Rifle Association’s annual meeting on May 3-5 will feature a number of conservative media figures — including Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, and Ted Nugent — who often use violent rhetoric and promote gun-related conspiracy theories.

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Fox News host Megyn Kelly and frequent contributor Jay Sekulow attacked Attorney General Eric Holder for a speech he gave highlighting the work of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in combatting threats against Muslims, a timely topic given the anti-Muslim backlash seen in right-wing media following the Boston Marathon bombings. On April 29, Holder spoke at the centennial summit of the ADL and commended the organization for its long history fighting anti-Semitism, stating the organization would continue to ” find a committed and active ally in this Attorney General .” Holder closed his remarks by noting that it was two weeks to the day of the Boston bombings and praised ADL for its additional work fighting anti-Muslim bigotry, a commitment Holder assured the audience the Department of Justice shares.

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