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Fox News ignored economic history to forward the absurd claim that former President George W. Bush exercised “fiscal discipline.” On the April 25 edition of Fox & Friends , former Bush White House Chief of Staff Andy Card claimed that President Bush “probably has the best track record of any modern president in terms of fiscal discipline,” a statement that went unchallenged by the Fox & Friends co-hosts: But facts undermine Card’s claim. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the drivers of current and future public debt are policies from the Bush presidency: A recent study from Harvard researcher Linda J

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The military has begun a transition to efficient and renewable energy. The Army is proceeding with its “ Net Zero Energy ” initiative, which means that they will aim to produce as much energy (and water, and waste) as they use. Cost and reliability are the primary reasons, but cutting carbon pollution is one of the outcomes. Last month, the head of U.S

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Fox News hosts speculated that uniforms made in Mexico for the U.S. Border Patrol could end up in the wrong hands and ultimately fuel situations similar to those in Afghanistan — where Taliban fighters wearing Afghan security or coalition uniforms have launched attacks on U.S

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Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson pushed the right-wing media’s false claim that an increase in government employment made up the bulk of job growth during the economic recovery . The private sector, however, has added millions of jobs since 2009 while the public sector has shed hundreds of thousands of them

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The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has organized an anti-equality rally outside the Supreme Court this week as the Court mulls over the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Media outlets should be aware and report the extreme anti-LGBT animus that motivates many of the prominent speakers NOM has invited

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Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly declared victory in the so-called “War on Christmas,” joining Fox’s fight to defend Easter from supposed attacks by “secular progressives.” Previously, O’Reilly claimed there was no “War on Easter,” crediting himself for preventing such a war. O’Reilly Declares Victory In The “War On Christmas,” Shifts His Focus To Easter Bill O’Reilly: “We Won The War On Christmas Battle.” During his Fox News show, Bill O’Reilly declared victory in the supposed “War on Christmas,” before claiming that other Judeo-Christian values were under attack.

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Broadcast and cable news networks have largely ignored a new report which concluded that the United States’ rebuilding efforts in Iraq squandered billions of dollars due to widespread fraud, abuse, and waste. Last week, Stuart Bowen, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, released a report  concluding  that of the $60 billion the U.S

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Andrew McCarthy A Fox News contributor drew a direct comparison between Iraq in 2004 to current day Mali, claiming President Obama’s actions in Libya were on the same scale in destabilizing the world.

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Fox News military analyst Jack Keane falsely claimed that President Obama’s withdrawal timeline from Afghanistan was based on politics instead of reacting to the state of the conflict.

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In response to a compromise on tax policy, conservative media are again comparing the United States to Greece. According to right-wing logic, the deal  brings America even closer to the violence and discord  in Greece, Italy, Ireland, France, and just about every European country whose citizens have protested austerity measures. Of course, conservative media figures have spent at least three years ringing this same alarm

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