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Following July 4th break, Fox Nation gets around to pushing Drudge’s homophobic Google smear

July 06, 2010 2:14 pm ET by Karl Frisch

Perhaps it was the July 4th holiday but Fox Nation has finally gotten around to advancing the disgustingly homophobic Drudge Report post that Media Matters’ Ben Dimiero wrote about last week:

Proving yet again that his commitment to breaking "news" that appeals to the conservative noise machine trumps any commitment to facts and reality, Matt Drudge is currently hosting the following link on his website:

The article he links to makes no mention of gay employees being paid "more than" straight employees. What it does indicate is that Google will be adjusting the paychecks for its same-sex couples in order to cover a "disparity" in federal taxes on domestic partner benefits.

True to form, Fox Nation just can’t miss an opportunity to pass along homophobic misinformation from the conservative noise machine.  The right-wing website now has a link hyping Drudge’s spin of the story on its main page and has also posted a link on its Twitter profile

From the Fox Nation website:

From the Fox Nation Twitter feed:

It’s just further proof of Fox News’ love/hate relationship with LGBT people.

Tags: Fox News Channel, The Drudge Report, Fox Nation

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    • Author by rwmacdonald2091 (July 06, 2010 2:17 pm ET)
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      I know this is off topic, but has Drudge mentioned the heat wave gripping the eastern part of the country?
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      • Author by DAWUSS (July 06, 2010 2:44 pm ET)
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        Briefly.

        Any connections to Global Warming were absent.
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        • Author by historygeek001 (July 06, 2010 3:41 pm ET)
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          As soon as Drudge figures out a way to blame the heat wave on Obama it will be all over the site.
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          • Author by mhughen (July 06, 2010 4:29 pm ET)
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            I thought the heatwave was Clinton's fault. Man I am misinformed.
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      • Author by Andy Kreiss (July 06, 2010 3:31 pm ET)
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        Oh, come on. rw, it's hot in July, that's not news.

        Now, snow in January, on the other hand...
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        • Author by bintx (July 06, 2010 3:37 pm ET)
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          Ah, but in West Texas, we have had MUCH cooler temps than usual for June/July and it has rained every day for the past 10 days. It's supposed to be in the low 70s on Thursday here, which is our average LOW during July. Back in December, we had our first EVER blizzard reported here. We had over a foot of snow from December 1 until mid-February. Most snow in our history. We usually get no more than a trace.

          Yep, we've got some real climate changes around here.
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          • Author by magnolialover (July 06, 2010 3:53 pm ET)
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            I live in DC, and it hasn't rained here, in, well, I don't really know how long.

            I had the global warming conversation with a guy I worked with last winter when it was snowing like mad here, he of course, stated that the snow at the time totally disproved global warming was even remotely real.

            I asked him today that the record heat wave we're having last week, and this week must then prove that global warming is real. His response:

            "It's summer, it's hot in the summer..."

            I rest my case..
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            • Author by AC (July 07, 2010 2:44 am ET)
                 
              I love hearing people use local weather patterns to refute/prove global warming. It's hilarious. Like with the guy you argued with. He'll use local weather patterns to disprove global warming, but when you show him a local weather pattern that seems to prove it he turns the tables. It's funny how he can use that argument against you, but you can't use it against him. I like to point out the difference between temporary local weather patterns and long-term climates. It really confuses the climate-change deniers.
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          • Author by AC (July 07, 2010 2:41 am ET)
               
            Actually the low temperatures and rain are being caused (in part) by Hurricane Andrew. Before the hurricane came along the temp was usually over 100 by noon. I did hear about that heat wave though, it's crazy.
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    • Author by marco21 (July 06, 2010 2:50 pm ET)
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      Matt Drudge is no better than Roy Cohn.
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    • Author by mhughen (July 06, 2010 4:31 pm ET)
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      In a free market, cant google pay whomever whatever?
      Why does Drudge hate the free market?
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      • Author by Andy Kreiss (July 06, 2010 5:08 pm ET)
           
        I suppose he wants the government to tell Teh Googles how much they can pay Teh Gays.
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    • Author by clearstate (July 06, 2010 4:59 pm ET)
         
      You have to love all this global warming.
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      • Author by eweston8542983 (July 06, 2010 8:45 pm ET)
           
        I've managed to keep my passion for certain climatic conditions firmly under control, thank you.
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