So oreilly called this boycott unfair.....anyone remember when he vehemently supported the boycott of the Dixie chicks? Fucking hypocrite....
I do remember indeed! The Dixies really stood their ground.
billo was relentless back then. but he gives chick fil a a pass now. newscorp has a financial stake in this, so that is why oreilly is being so vocal about it...
Fox Not Disclosing News Corp.'s Interest In Defending Chick-Fil-A
Fox News is not disclosing its clear conflict of interest in defending Chick-fil-A against criticism over the fast-food restaurant's stance on marriage equality, as the controversy stands to benefit HarperCollins, a publishing company owned by Fox News' parent company, News Corporation.
Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy set off a controversy when, during a July 16 interview, he said that his company supports "the biblical definition of the family unit." Cathy later said in a radio interview, "As it relates to society in general, I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.' "
Amid calls to boycott the company over the anti-marriage equality remarks, The Jim Henson Company, which created toys for Chick-fil-A, spoke out against the restaurant, writing on Facebook: "[W]e have notified Chick-Fil-A that we do not wish to partner with them on any future endeavors. Lisa Henson, our CEO is personally a strong supporter of gay marriage and has directed us to donate the payment we received from Chick-Fil-A to GLAAD." Chick-fil-A then announced it had pulled the Henson toys, citing safety concerns.
Following the split with The Jim Henson Company, Chick-fil-A replaced the toys with the children's books The Berenstain Bears. As reported by NBC News, a statement on the Berenstain company website "said the books' publisher, HarperCollins, has been working on this marketing project for more than a year." The statement read, in part:
The Berenstain family does not at this time have control over whether this program proceeds or not. We hope those concerned about this issue will direct their comments toward HarperCollins and Chick-fil-A.
While all this has been going on, Fox has been defending Chick-fil-A while not disclosing that it has an interest in doing so. Both Fox and HarperCollins, the publisher of the Berenstain Bears books, are subsidiaries of News Corporation. If the HarperCollins marketing project suffers as a result of a decline in sales brought about by the Chick-fil-A controversy, News Corp. stands to take a hit to its bottom line.
Last week, on the July 26 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, Fox contributor Laura Ingraham defended Chick-fil-A by falsely claiming that "the majority of Americans" oppose same-sex marriage. Neither Ingraham nor O'Reilly mentioned Fox's interest in defending Chick-fil-A.
On Fox News' On the Record yesterday, Fox contributor Sarah Palin said that calling for a Chick-fil-A boycott "has a chilling effect on our first amendment rights." Neither Palin nor host Greta Van Susteren disclosed Fox's interest in defending the restaurant.
Today, Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson suggested that opponents of Chick-fil-A's anti-marriage equality stance have "taken it a step too far," adding: "Just because the CEO said that he's in favor of traditional marriage doesn't mean that there's been any discrimination going on at any Chick-fil-As." Again, Fox's interest in defending Chick-fil-A was not mentioned.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
"so when anti gay rights organizations boycott and protest JC Penney's, Ellen DeGeneress, DC Comics, Electronic Arts, Marvel Comics, the lifetime network, Toys R Us, the dixie chicks, etc they are exercising their freedom of speech. but when gay rights activists boycott chick fil a they are infringing on the company's freedom of speech??"
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
Ohhh, Hedonist... I'm getting you a ticket to the next Tool show.
Seen 'em three times so far. Still, who am I to refuse such an offer?
As to the hypocrisy...I don't support it in general, but in specificity, well...aren't we all, to some degree? I certainly can be at times, much as I don't like to admit it. Not making excuses for anyone, but I think it's just in our nature - and also, to simply change our stance over time.
So oreilly called this boycott unfair.....anyone remember when he vehemently supported the boycott of the Dixie chicks? Fucking hypocrite....
Do you have a link for that?
no i don't have a link on that. i have a memory though... i clearly remember o'reilly railing against the dixie chicks, and 3 or 4 days ago he called this boycott "unfair" because i watched the factor that night.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
this whole chick fil a shit is madness and the fact that the faux news assholes are saying it's a freedom of speech issue is madness.. You haven't got freedom of speech to blurt out hatred all over the place and then say 'sorry I have freedom of speech to speak my hate to anyone".
I wouldn't want bigoted companies in my city also but maybe they can't stop that. why don't these so called bible loving people line up at soup kitchen's in their thousands?
I'm just flying around the other side of the world to say I love you
Sha la la la i'm in love with a jersey girl
I love you forever and forever
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this whole chick fil a shit is madness and the fact that the faux news assholes are saying it's a freedom of speech issue is madness.. You haven't got freedom of speech to blurt out hatred all over the place and then say 'sorry I have freedom of speech to speak my hate to anyone".
I wouldn't want bigoted companies in my city also but maybe they can't stop that. why don't these so called bible loving people line up at soup kitchen's in their thousands?
Oh! Yes We Do.....and the man never said he hated anyone....he is a follower of God......who do you follow?....and I bet whatever or whoever it maybe does not have the love that our God has for ALL people....even you!
“We the people are the rightful masters of bothCongress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
this whole chick fil a shit is madness and the fact that the faux news assholes are saying it's a freedom of speech issue is madness.. You haven't got freedom of speech to blurt out hatred all over the place and then say 'sorry I have freedom of speech to speak my hate to anyone".
I wouldn't want bigoted companies in my city also but maybe they can't stop that. why don't these so called bible loving people line up at soup kitchen's in their thousands?
Oh! Yes We Do.....and the man never said he hated anyone....he is a follower of God......who do you follow?....and I bet whatever or whoever it maybe does not have the love that our God has for ALL people....even you!
Oh! Yes We Do.....and the man never said he hated anyone....he is a follower of God......who do you follow?....and I bet whatever or whoever it maybe does not have the love that our God has for ALL people....even you!
while he has the right to "say" anything or "think" anything he wants, people also have the right to say anything back. "Free Speech" is a two way street. The Palins and Bachmanns of the world forget that "freedom of speech" doesn't mean that you can say anything without having a public backlash when you say it.
Ask Carrie Prejean how saying something unpopular worked out for her.
This isn't about "free speech."
Dan Cathy has donated over 5 MILLION dollars to three separate groups, two of which are recognized as Hate Groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center. They include groups that encourage forcing "reparative therapy" on teenagers, deporting "known homosexuals," doing away with any and all legal protections of the GLBT community and making gay sex illegal. None of that "supports traditional marriage." So we can drop that silly meme right now.
When he donates money to attack my family, that's no longer "an opinion" or "disagreeing" on some concept or theory. It's my family and our rights and protections under the law.
Did he say he "hated" anyone? No. he doesn't have the guts to admit that. But his actions make it pretty clear.
The good news is that this week we learned the extreme conservative right has been reduced to a mob of slovenly high school bullies who have only one national chain left to rally around. They show up and pay each other on the back as they make the bold political move of... buying lunch. :fp:
this whole chick fil a shit is madness and the fact that the faux news assholes are saying it's a freedom of speech issue is madness.. You haven't got freedom of speech to blurt out hatred all over the place and then say 'sorry I have freedom of speech to speak my hate to anyone".
I wouldn't want bigoted companies in my city also but maybe they can't stop that. why don't these so called bible loving people line up at soup kitchen's in their thousands?
Oh! Yes We Do.....and the man never said he hated anyone....he is a follower of God......who do you follow?....and I bet whatever or whoever it maybe does not have the love that our God has for ALL people....even you!
god told me to love my neighbor as myself. he told everybody that. the problem is that those that talk about god the loudest act the least christ-like....why is that?
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
god told me to love my neighbor as myself. he told everybody that. the problem is that those that talk about god the loudest act the least christ-like....why is that?
Sounds like a very broad generalization. Seems inept.
who is out there at chick fil a appreciation day? the christians. who mobilized that movement? mike huckabee, a christian. who funded the opposition to prop 8? the christians. who makes up the westboro baptist church? christians, so yeah where is the love for their neighbors as themselves?
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
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"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
I like figs... Jesus, why have you forsaken me?
shouldn't that be "OMFD"?
"Oh my fudging goodness"
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"Eyeballs deep in muddy waters. Fuckin' hypocrite."
I do remember indeed! The Dixies really stood their ground.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Fox Not Disclosing News Corp.'s Interest In Defending Chick-Fil-A
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/08/01 ... fen/189064
Fox News is not disclosing its clear conflict of interest in defending Chick-fil-A against criticism over the fast-food restaurant's stance on marriage equality, as the controversy stands to benefit HarperCollins, a publishing company owned by Fox News' parent company, News Corporation.
Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy set off a controversy when, during a July 16 interview, he said that his company supports "the biblical definition of the family unit." Cathy later said in a radio interview, "As it relates to society in general, I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage.' "
Amid calls to boycott the company over the anti-marriage equality remarks, The Jim Henson Company, which created toys for Chick-fil-A, spoke out against the restaurant, writing on Facebook: "[W]e have notified Chick-Fil-A that we do not wish to partner with them on any future endeavors. Lisa Henson, our CEO is personally a strong supporter of gay marriage and has directed us to donate the payment we received from Chick-Fil-A to GLAAD." Chick-fil-A then announced it had pulled the Henson toys, citing safety concerns.
Following the split with The Jim Henson Company, Chick-fil-A replaced the toys with the children's books The Berenstain Bears. As reported by NBC News, a statement on the Berenstain company website "said the books' publisher, HarperCollins, has been working on this marketing project for more than a year." The statement read, in part:
The Berenstain family does not at this time have control over whether this program proceeds or not. We hope those concerned about this issue will direct their comments toward HarperCollins and Chick-fil-A.
While all this has been going on, Fox has been defending Chick-fil-A while not disclosing that it has an interest in doing so. Both Fox and HarperCollins, the publisher of the Berenstain Bears books, are subsidiaries of News Corporation. If the HarperCollins marketing project suffers as a result of a decline in sales brought about by the Chick-fil-A controversy, News Corp. stands to take a hit to its bottom line.
Last week, on the July 26 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, Fox contributor Laura Ingraham defended Chick-fil-A by falsely claiming that "the majority of Americans" oppose same-sex marriage. Neither Ingraham nor O'Reilly mentioned Fox's interest in defending Chick-fil-A.
On Fox News' On the Record yesterday, Fox contributor Sarah Palin said that calling for a Chick-fil-A boycott "has a chilling effect on our first amendment rights." Neither Palin nor host Greta Van Susteren disclosed Fox's interest in defending the restaurant.
Today, Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson suggested that opponents of Chick-fil-A's anti-marriage equality stance have "taken it a step too far," adding: "Just because the CEO said that he's in favor of traditional marriage doesn't mean that there's been any discrimination going on at any Chick-fil-As." Again, Fox's interest in defending Chick-fil-A was not mentioned.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
As to the hypocrisy...I don't support it in general, but in specificity, well...aren't we all, to some degree? I certainly can be at times, much as I don't like to admit it. Not making excuses for anyone, but I think it's just in our nature - and also, to simply change our stance over time.
Do you have a link for that?
real classy there big guy. :?
Godfather.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
classy was not what i was going for, but at least people read that post...
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
I wouldn't want bigoted companies in my city also but maybe they can't stop that. why don't these so called bible loving people line up at soup kitchen's in their thousands?
Sha la la la i'm in love with a jersey girl
I love you forever and forever
Adel 03 Melb 1 03 LA 2 06 Santa Barbara 06 Gorge 1 06 Gorge 2 06 Adel 1 06 Adel 2 06 Camden 1 08 Camden 2 08 Washington DC 08 Hartford 08
but unlike Soylent Green, really tasty! (or so I hear)
Oh! Yes We Do.....and the man never said he hated anyone....he is a follower of God......who do you follow?....and I bet whatever or whoever it maybe does not have the love that our God has for ALL people....even you!
:roll:
while he has the right to "say" anything or "think" anything he wants, people also have the right to say anything back. "Free Speech" is a two way street. The Palins and Bachmanns of the world forget that "freedom of speech" doesn't mean that you can say anything without having a public backlash when you say it.
Ask Carrie Prejean how saying something unpopular worked out for her.
This isn't about "free speech."
Dan Cathy has donated over 5 MILLION dollars to three separate groups, two of which are recognized as Hate Groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center. They include groups that encourage forcing "reparative therapy" on teenagers, deporting "known homosexuals," doing away with any and all legal protections of the GLBT community and making gay sex illegal. None of that "supports traditional marriage." So we can drop that silly meme right now.
When he donates money to attack my family, that's no longer "an opinion" or "disagreeing" on some concept or theory. It's my family and our rights and protections under the law.
Did he say he "hated" anyone? No. he doesn't have the guts to admit that. But his actions make it pretty clear.
The good news is that this week we learned the extreme conservative right has been reduced to a mob of slovenly high school bullies who have only one national chain left to rally around. They show up and pay each other on the back as they make the bold political move of... buying lunch. :fp:
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Sounds like a very broad generalization. Seems inept.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."