Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 By Melody Yan [2 more lists]

The people over at Fox News have caused many laughs, cries and broken television screens in 2010 and usually in that order. The network has created so many blunders and mistakes that its mere existence as a news agency is in of itself amazing and saddening. So, from targeting themselves as terrorist supporters to misrepresenting video clips to airing massive headline typos, here are the top 10 Fox News fails of 2010, in no particular order.

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Fox News Outs Themselves as Evil Terrorist Mosque Supporters

Jon Stewart knows a thing or two about demolishing Fox News and their absurdities. One report that Stewart and sane Americans particularly enjoyed watching due to its shocking and comedic element is one where Fox News outs themselves as agents funding terrorism. Either that or Fox News is even more idiotic than we thought possible, which is also just as funny.

The issue revolves around how Fox News' planned to settle the "Ground Zero Mosque" debate, the idea of whether or not an Islamic Center should be built. Fox reporters said that their tactic is to "follow the money" from mosque builder Imam Rauf to terrorists, because of course, there has to be some sort of connection there or else we're not thinking in the minds of Fox News correspondents. Well, in this case, such a preposterous assumption, might actually work for the benefit of the good because the money from Imam Rauf leads straight back to Fox news itself.

Through the "Kingdom Foundation," Mr. Rauf has ties to the Saudi prince Al-Waleed bin Talal who also happens to be one of the biggest shareholders of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. So, according to Fox News, if they keep their nose on the trail they might just find the big culprit...in themselves! This is one case where we actually DON'T want to correct Fox News, just to see when they'll see the mess they created.

Watch Stewart shred Fox News and their accidental journalism-suicide-bomb to pieces for the greatest Fox News FAIL of the year, arguably:

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Atheist Owns Fox News Correspondent on His Own Show

When Dan Barker, co-president or the Freedom of Religion Foundation and author of "Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists," made an appearance on Fox News, he really showed the world who knew the basics of history better.

Long story short: Atheist author 1, Fox News reporter 0.

Barker came on to discuss the 2010 U.S. District Court decision to ban the National Day of Prayer, and how the government-sponsored day makes some Americans who don't believe in evangelical prayer feel like outsiders. After making strong points about freedom and a godless constitution, the Fox correspondent rebuts his point with a quote that does not come from the Constitution but the Declaration of Independence.

*Buzzer sound*

Barker, of course, catches the mistake and begins to correct the interviewer but the reporter unabashedly cuts him off, turning the attention away from his blunder and onto his next very important question: "Obviously Christmas has its roots in Christianity. Is that something the government should no longer recognize as well?"

While Barker answers his question with extreme skill and the tact of an absolute Saint (irony intended), the reporter must've gotten more notes to read from and once again tries to counter Barker by saying that he's objecting on the establishment clause that reads there is no establishment of religion on the government.

Good try, but Barker says "Actually there is an establishment of religion." He then points to the First Amendment and once again trumps the correspondent's arguments.

Atheist ex-preacher 1, Fox News 0.
3

Fox News Tweets Softcore Porn Site

Believe it or not, Fox News reporter Major Garrett has a large Twitter following.

I know, it's our nation. *shrugs*

That's why tons of people saw the Vegas call girl website link Garrett tweeted and then quickly deleted in January. According to Garrett, he was trying to give his Twitter followers a link to Obama SOTU excerpts and said that the ""Bit.ly turned [his] original link into a soft-porn link.""

If his schedule has anything to say for it though, Garrett may have just been doing a little pre-travel planning. Turns out, he was actually going to Vegas the following week to cover Obama's stump speech for Harry Reid. You can bet Fox News only gives their correspondents the best of accommodations.
4

Fox News Headline Promotes Obama's Private Parts

When the Obama administration decided to give the title of White House ""Food Initiative Coordinator"" to Sam Kass, President Obama's personal cook, in an effort to monitor obesity in America, Fox News loved the idea.

Maybe a little too much.

Their appreciation for Obama soared to unfathomable heights and they expressed it with the following headline story: ""Feds to Monitor Obesity as White House Promotes Obama cock to Senior Position.""

Really, every member of President Obama's cabinet deserves recognition, even apparently, Little Barack.
5

Fox News's Annual Geography FAIL

First it was the complete takeover of Iraq by Egypt in 2009, now it is the relocation of Sydney, Australia in 2010. Fox News proves yet again that they do not have the slightest handle of world geography when a February reporting shows a map onscreen with Sydney on the wrong side of Australia. There's something called double-checking before going on air that Fox should really look into. Either that or a community college. Or testing your graphics guys for dyslexia.

Click on the image on the left for an enlarged look at someone who obviously Googled their geography and got their information off of an old Geocities site with construction guy .gifs.
6

Fox News Does Not Blame Republicans Who Voted Against Health Care for 9/11 Responders

On the "Fox & Friends" show, Fox News reports on the block closure of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 that would cover health care costs to 1st responders of the 9/11 attack sites.

So basically, Republicans cutoff health care to 9/11 first responders, which means that yeah, just about 10 years was enough for them to "forget", despite all the bumper stickers and XXXL t-shirts explaining that the expiration date on that guilt was "never".

Fox's legal analyst responds to the decision with "Shame, embarrassment, outrage and anger" (all while sad-sounding jazz music plays in the background, thanks to Fox's special effects masterminds).

He also claims that the American senators have "turned their back on American heroes."

However, one thing that the reporter fails to mention in all his backlashing is that 42 votes against the bill were all done by Republicans.

So in fact, it was Republican senators themselves who blocked the 9/11 responder health care bill. The mysterious omission crucial information is the FAIL here and the fact that pretty much everyone called them on it is an even bigger FAIL.

Fox is like that kid in class that gets busted for using the same exact sentence as Wikipedia on a history essay... only people rely on them for news.

See the video evidence here:
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Fox News Mocks NASA's Attempt to Bring the World Together, Mocks Reagan

Here's one that's really out-of-this-world, even by Fox's standards. After NASA administrator Charles Bolden delivered his outreach goals for the space agency, Fox immediately transformed the innocuous PR statement into a malicious agenda.

Bolden said NASA intended to "reinspire children," "expand international relations" and "reach out to the Muslim world." These, of course, could only be the words of cruel, cruel terrorists since obviously the most important word used in these statements was "Muslim."

Fox focused on that word and one correspondent even pointed out in an argument as to why NASA is dealing in religious affairs that "the S stands for Space." Cutting edge news here, folks.

The Fox graphics department even joined into the efforts of building conspiracy by transforming the NASA logo on the screen into the "Crescent moon and star" symbol affiliated with the Muslim world.

WHY DIDN'T WE SEE THIS COMING?

Well, Jon Stewart put it nicely saying, "Because I wasn't really looking for it and don't really care." If Fox is suspicious of NASA and its Muslim dealings, then it should also be very suspicious of that one guy who's supposedly a leader of sorts for their own, Ronald Reagan. He also used the space program to build a bridge to peace in his presidency. But he must've been wrong to think that NASA could accomplish such a thing because, well, like one ignoramus once said, "S stands for Space!"

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Fox News is Not Run By Humans

There's always been speculation as to whether or not Fox News reporters and hosts have any human soul at all, and in 2010 Fox put that speculation to rest.

They do not have souls; they are not even human, according to them.

In a February edition of Fox News' "Happening Now," an on-screen graphic showed a man sitting in a closet with the following story headline: "dsfgsdfgdsfgsdf." Oh, and the additional story details goes: "sdfgsdfgsdfgsdfg." Personally, Fox robots showing their true colors are the best thing that's happened to the network. It shows the world that there is indeed a reason for all the unintelligent madness that goes on over there.

Click the picture to the left to see the full-sized image.

More likely scenario: people were having a conjugal visit in the control room and/or their graphics guy got laid off that day and was just putting in some extra hours.
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Fox Completely Misquotes Obama. No, This One Was Worse.

Anyone who's taken a history class before knows that treaties are hard to follow. There's a lot of words involved and details that need special attention in order to get the full picture of the agreement are often "wordy" and require "reading."

The fact that Fox News only hires people who failed history was illustrated, clearly, in their discussion of the nuclear arms treaty President Obama signed with Russia in April.

Though the policy does limit the amount of nuclear weapons to a more-than-sufficient number per country and prohibits countries from using nuclear weapons to those that don't have nuclear weapons, the treaty also clearly states that the "U.S. reserves the right to make any adjustment to this policy in the case of biological weapons threats" and that the policy "does not apply to countries not in compliance with NPT."

What that does NOT mean is that "if there was a biological attack which killed over a million Americans [that the] president [is] saying we would not retaliate," which is exactly what a Fox correspondent DOES say in the video below starting at 3:50. Amazing.

And it's not just one Fox correspondent completely misunderstanding the treaty, there's a second one, equally dumb, equally confident that "yes, that's what the president is saying."

Jon Stewart breaks it down for us better than a collection of Fox News clips, cause c'mon, why poison your brain with more of those than are already on this list:
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Video of British Tea Partiers is Actually of Student Protest

It's easy to say that Fox News is a major leader in distorting U.S. news, but on November 26 in a segment of "Special Report" titled "Yankee Rebellion Resonates in Ye Olde England," Bret Baier started misrepresenting news on behalf of another country: Britain.

Let's start off with the title "Ye Olde England." Don't think the modern-day sovereign state of the United Kingdom likes being talked down to like some non-functioning ancient relic very much, but that's not the real problem, old chaps.

The real problem is the so-called "Yankee" rebellion that Fox News was touting around, reporting that Great Britain was following the United States' example and embracing the Tea Party ideology. At one point in the report a voiceover says that the British people are increasingly asking for smaller government and tax cuts, but the video that's played as an example of this actually shows the opposite.

If looked at closely, the video, which lasts only for a few seconds, is of protestors marching against education cuts and increased tuition fees. These are both things that directly contrast Fox's news report.

Sadly, subtle "mistakes" like these often sidle the average viewer leading them to believe that the protesters are actually Tea Party activists.

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jj2657
Fox News is Not Run By Humans at 12/15/2011 5:38 AM

Ever see the books Windows for dummies? FOX NEWS is for dummies!

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justiceforall
Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 5/07/2011 4:17 PM

Faux News pretty much just sux. From their lying motto "Fair and Balanced" to their incompetence in reporting, to their outright fabrication and lack of accountability when caught out, they are an example of the worst kind of divisive hatred in America. I'd have no problem with them if they held ALL sides to task, then they would be fair. Incompetent, but fair. Instead they have the kind of political agenda that marks them as the "lame-stream" media they always whine about. Even more pathetic are the mindless peons who genuflect to this kind of barely veiled politically racist c**p.

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freakofnature
Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 4/23/2011 1:47 PM

All Fox? MSNBC is a horrible new network with tons of fails. Your showing your true colors.

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1. Deanna
  Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 6/05/2011 12:07 PM
  
  you're showing your true colors.
  
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joe2171
Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/11/2011 4:05 PM

The only reason they wrote this article about Fox was that if they tried to write it about MSNBC, CNN, or any of the network news shows, they wouldn't have enough space...no way they could narrow it down to only ten!

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Pembrokelib
Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/08/2011 12:44 PM

The Fox news commentators have a right to their opinions but not the right to constantly
Distort the facts. They are a neo conservative propaganda channel, not a news channel.
Anyone who does not believe this need only look at an unbiased news site such as truthometer or politico fact. These sites expose the lies that are constantly being spewed out
By OReilly, Hannity, and, the worst of them all, Beck. On the other hand, they probably laugh
All the way to the bank!

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wdhpr
Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/06/2011 6:46 PM

Interesting.
Ratings mean nothing. Does this mean most people are idiots that need someone to feed the information? I believe you are afraid your house of cards IE your reliable liberal media bias is starting to fray at the edges. Most good hardworking people don't get involved until they see their country being hijacked by those that have some misguided notion that this world is all about their idea of what is fair. Sadly if you look at the FACTS. Conservatives are the most charitable of any political affiliation. Liberals want the government to be the source of charity. Let me ask a question. Who is going to work to pay the taxes to support this, what will be their incentive?

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Erik-NYC
Atheist Owns Fox News Correspondent on His Own Show at 1/05/2011 3:47 PM

Wow, that gentleman got it 100% right. Domocracy not theocrisy. I just wish it had been Hannity or or one of the other idiots getting owned and not this 12 year old who, really, must have been a fill-in or something.

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HengTeets
Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/02/2011 9:22 PM

LOL, not like anyone with an ounce of common sense listens to anything from Faux news lol

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Dose of your own medicine
Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/02/2011 7:51 PM

I LOVE IT!!!! Finally all you liberals get a taste of your own medicine of what we conservatives look at all liberal c**p coming out of networks like CNN, MSNBC and pretty much all other news channels except for Fox. Obviously you libs "Can't handle the truth!".

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1. Pembrokelib
  Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/08/2011 12:53 PM
  
  If you care about the truth, look up Glenn Beck on Truthometer, an unbiased news site which
  Cites lies told by both liberals and conservatives. You will see that Fox news contains many
  More lies than any other. Fox news is bigoted, racist and just plain nasty. They did not even
  Know that Fox is owned in part by an Arab prince!
  
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1. MCV
  Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/06/2011 7:05 AM
  
  What? You love that the news station that supports your party is inept? I guess if you can't change stupidity and unprofessional behavior, embrace it? And no, I'm not some Liberal wimp that can't say tough s**t to the criminals and illegals of this country. Both parties are disgraceful, just for different reasons. Why anyone would align them self with a group of people (dems or reps) that has proven to be counter productive mystifies me. Must abolish the 2 party system. It's killing the country.
  
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1. twistercat
  Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/03/2011 6:17 AM
  
  You would have a valid argument if you had dozens of documented examples like this article. Or one example.
  
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1. AllanFrazier
  Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/03/2011 6:16 AM
  
  You sir are taken in so much by the propaganda that you actually believe it. You've made a good first step though. Stop watching that stuff and start using the Internet to find the truth. Even on the Internet you have to search for truth. But that's the difference between finding the truth or having it handed to you and you're asked to believe it (that goes for ANY network). We can handle the truth, you like to make-believe you can. But as with most folks of your ilk, your mind is made up, do not try to muddy it with the truth.
  
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  1. MCV
    Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/06/2011 7:09 AM
    
    I do long for the days when the news was just facts from a talking head. Not some"expert" with a hidden agenda telling us what to think. Very true too that many people make their mind up and then find facts to support their theory. It's a circle of ignorance.
    
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1. blah
  Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/03/2011 6:21 PM
  
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Steel
Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/01/2011 8:03 PM

The University of Maryland recently did a study that showed that Fox viewers were more likely to be "misinformed".

www.fancast.com/blogs/2010/cable-news/study-fox-news-viewers-misunderstand-issues-more-than-others/?cmpid=FCST_tvnews

They didn't say that Fox deliberately lied to their audience but the examples above show how easy it is to "omit" vital information while increasing their level of "fear mongering" against the current President.

I monitor Fox news on a daily basis as part of a research team and find this practice to be quite common.

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SuperWittySmitth
Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/01/2011 3:38 PM

Really, except for the Simpson's, I avoid the evil Fox network. My poor Mom has it on 24/7 and has become cold-hearted and miserly,as a result. Not to mention grossly misinformed.

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AJ
Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/01/2011 2:01 AM

Seriously? This is your evidence that Fox News is evil horribleness from mean town. Give me a break. Are you familiar with the phrase---grasping at straws.......thats what happens when you get your news from Jon Stewart, i guess. The derangement syndrome you liberals are suffering from is sad. MSNBC does more to damage media credibility in one day than you can invent for a year at Fox.

What is wrong with you progressives? You control every other news network and you are obsessed with Fox. If it was as awful as you say, i doubt it would get ratings better than every other news channel combined.

They are not perfect, or the only source for good news, but dismissing them in favor of the left wing cheerleaders on MSNBC and CNN is not only hypocritical, but shows the typical myopic perspective and brainwashed zombie mentality that has pushed our once great country to the brink of implosion.

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1. twistercat
  Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/03/2011 6:21 AM
  
  AJ - Shooting off your mouth without one single example to point to. Except for ratings. Yep, that makes you right.
  
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1. Ralph
  Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/02/2011 5:53 PM
  
  It gets the ratings because simple minded people want simple answers to complex issues. Why do you think Rush has such high ratings? The notion that all the other news outlets have a "liberal" bias is absurd. Talk radio is dominated by conservatives. Nearly 24/7.
  
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  1. Pembrokelib
    Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/08/2011 12:58 PM
    
    You are totally right although I would rate the Fox viewers somewhat lower than simpleminded.
    
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1. AP
  Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/02/2011 11:31 AM
  
  You are automatically taking sides with Fox News because you are assuming this is an "either or" issue. Nobody said that MSNBC or Jon Stewart weren't biased, we are just saying Fox has many instances where the message of their intentions are overshadowed by how poorly they are executed. That being said... calm down William Quantrill.
  
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David
Fox News Headline Promotes Obama's Private Parts at 1/01/2011 1:50 AM

Not to forget the picture of Michelle showing how giant is Obama's cooking tool...

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WDitot
Fox News Does Not Blame Republicans Who Voted Against Health Care for 9/11 Responders at 12/31/2010 6:24 PM

... only people rely on them for news. >>

Really? Looks like something was left out.

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NoXungThien
Fox News Does Not Blame Republicans Who Voted Against Health Care for 9/11 Responders at 12/31/2010 6:14 PM

The greatly positive impact of Reagan's era seems to disappear & erased by the current Republicans in power due to their pure narrow minded & put their political / greedy interest above American who trusted them with their votes. No wonder, lots of conservative changed their votes to the Liberal. Get rid some dumb asses from political stage like Palin, Mitch McConnell ... as well as Pelosi ... this would help big time !

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NoXungThien
Fox News Headline Promotes Obama's Private Parts at 12/31/2010 5:58 PM

Wow ! let's wait until this so-called pro. GOP News to promote Palin's private part ---> super media nuclear bomb !

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wdhpr
Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 12/31/2010 2:59 PM

This just has to be a way that fox news brainwashes their viewers into watching their news programs. I mean their ratings are through the roof now I know why. Rachael Madow is far more fair and balanced HUH?

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1. Ralph
  Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/02/2011 6:05 PM
  
  Not more fair and balanced just more factually accurate.
  
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MC
Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 12/31/2010 2:32 PM

Just a small thing. On the video clip for point 10, they highlight both Northern Ireland and Great Britain on the map, yet the text label only says Great Britain. It looks like they got confused between Great Britain and the United Kingdom - it's like when people think Holland and The Netherlands are interchangeable. It's not a major point, but they really should know the difference.

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1. dutchie
  Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/02/2011 4:52 PM
  
  um actually the netherlands and holland are the same thing
  
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  1. dutchie
    Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/02/2011 4:56 PM
    
    oops my bad I never knew about that difference... even having lived in holland/the netherlands. :)
    
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mbg
Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 12/31/2010 8:59 AM

When does the MSNBC 100+ fails of 2010 get posted?

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1. twistercat
  Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/03/2011 6:23 AM
  
  Because you didn't post them. Right here. Right now. Just one, maybe?
  
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1. Bubba
  Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/03/2011 3:29 AM
  
  Fails? MSNBC?? Not likely. They just don't bother to air anything that is Obama negative until its been on Fox News for at least a week and they are getting hammered for not covering it. This isn't a single issue. This has happened repeatedly over the last two years.
  
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1. Ralph
  Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/02/2011 6:06 PM
  
  When it happens. Unlikely.
  
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1. mpg
  Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/02/2011 11:33 AM
  
  When you point them out
  
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1. bob
  Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 12/31/2010 11:58 AM
  
  I imagine you would get to three and lose count.
  
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  1. Ralph
    Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/02/2011 6:08 PM
    
    Now Bob be kind. These are simple people. Simple people with lots of guns.
    
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1. John D3
  Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 12/31/2010 11:40 AM
  
  No one's stopping you, genius. Go ahead and find MSNBC's fails, and then take the time and initiative to post them. But, I suppose like most lazy Fox watchers, it's just easier to be spoon fed a believe what they tell you. And then to complain when they're called out for their lies.
  
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1. David
  Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 12/31/2010 9:33 AM
  
  hmmm...let me guess, you exclusively watch fox (made up) news? Those are the only people that mindlessly defend the channel. And the reason a bunch watch that and only that? "Their" guy didn't win the election....so instead of just accepting it, they watch the channel that's there JUST to criticize the President and pander to the 40 or so percent on team republican. Grow up.
  
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  1. AllanFrazier
    Top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010 at 1/03/2011 6:35 AM
    
    I work in an office that is predominately on the right of things with me being the only lefty. Needless to say, the right put up with 7 years of Bush bashing so I don't hold it against them to bash the left at this point. Problem is that the Bush bashing was well deserved as he pandered to the rich and the oil barons, created two (count'em two) wars and sent the economy into a tail spin. Obama tries to correct some of this and gets bashed. I don't get it. No one cares for their country anymore. It's all about your political affiliation. Are you Republican? Are you Democrat? Or by chance are you and American. The right uses the name of democracy to do the most immoral things to not just foreigners but folks at home as well all in the name of the almighty dollar (which is getting less almighty as time passes).
    
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Thom
Fox News's Annual Geography FAIL at 12/31/2010 8:11 AM

They also placed New Zealand in the wrong location.

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