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14 December 2005

a former Fox News producer speaks on the War on Christmas and Fox and religion.

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Then there’s Fox management’s view on the separation of church and state, and on those who support it. One not-so-subtle hint came in March, 2004, after a Baghdad bombing gave reporters at a hotel in the Iraqi capital a scare. Moody’s memo that day advised FNC staffers to “offer a prayer of thanks for their safety to whatever God you revere (and let the ACLU stick it where the sun don’t shine).” (Moody is the network's VP)

post by: amberglow at: 16:19 | 11 comments

fuck christmas.

posted by me3dia 14 December | 16:22

i'm getting more and more grinchy this year---3 people have actually said this past week they think there really is a PC war on christmas (and they're not Fox viewers or republicans)

posted by amberglow 14 December | 16:25

I read this the other day, and I'm curious - do you think many people in America feel this way or is he just being over sensitive?

posted by dodgygeezer 14 December | 16:28

The whole "war on christmas" crap makes me want to punch someone.

posted by gaspode 14 December | 16:31

me3dia, that's excellent.

posted by Frisbee Girl 14 December | 16:32

dodgy, his latest cartoon is about it too

The problem is that when you're the majority you tend to think that everyone else shares your things---religion, sexuality, etc. Or you're evil, and want to force everyone else to celebrate and be only what you want them to be.

posted by amberglow 14 December | 16:39

Onion: Activist Judge Cancels Christmas

posted by amberglow 14 December | 16:43

and this was great: ... SEDER: Listen, as far as the war on Christmas goes, I feel like we should be waging a war on Christmas. I mean, I believe that Christmas, it's almost proven that Christmas has nuclear weapons, can be an imminent threat to this country, that they have operative ties with terrorists and I believe that we should sacrifice thousands of American lives in pursuit of this war on Christmas. And hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer money....

posted by amberglow 14 December | 16:45

(fixed the more inside thing)

posted by amberglow 14 December | 16:50

...Sure there's a Santa Claus, Little Jimmy! He's as real as you an me, and he watches all the good little boys and girls every day with his thousands of horrible insect eyes.

You see Santa lives in the North Pole where he crashed to earth thousands a years ago in the time before time, when the Jolly Ones walked the earth and stalked primitive man in the halls of the Jingle King. Now he sleeps beneath the frozen wastes waiting for the one time a year when the stars are right and he can rise from the ice to spread toys an goodies an Christmas cheer an feast on the brains of naughty children everywhere. ...

posted by amberglow 14 December | 17:32

No blood for toys

posted by amberglow 14 December | 20:09

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