Shep Smith slams "Armageddon," "Marxists," "socialism" rhetoric: "The fringes believe it" then "do stupid things"

Way to go Shep on calling them out!!! Alas, if you keep this up, you'll probably be fired from Fox for rocking their boat.

Something resembling real journalism... on FOX? I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

Boehner is now " fringe " ???? Palin putting up targets on a map pointed at elected officials is coming from a GOP vice presidential candidate. .

Shep, again, the voice of reason over at Faux. Perhaps finally someone will listen and put the straight jacket on Beck!

Even if you set the whole "they should denounce and reject every fringe action," I haven't really heard the left party leaders saying anything about the examples they gave.

I do hear, however, right wing leaders going out to a rowdy crowd and congratulating them for being so "American," a big, consistent "keep up the good work."

Even that's setting aside the numerous examples of direct, specifically extreme statements they give.

That Carl cameron is a white wing shrill. Comparing earthfirst members on the left breaking windows to death threats and deliberately cutting a gas line in somebody's home are completely different things. These people on the right are nuts, and the people like this A**hole defending them are just as bad.

Cameron is so full of it. This false equivalency thing is outrageous. Democratic congress members are not at WTO protests egging the protesters on. Bachmann, King, et al. are there, organizing these events. They are directly egging them on. Fox News is directly egging them on. Sarah Palin, the Republican VICE-PRESIDENTIAL candidate is putting up maps on facebook with rifle targets. This is not a matter on both sides, sorry buddy. It is YOUR side. This is not the work of a fringe group, the GOP is leading the charge.

Carl wants us all to know that "fringy types" and the Republicans are very different.

Someone show him the Harris poll on Republican beliefs. Carl, baby, the fringy-types are the Republican Party.

Here we go agan with the "both sides do it" deflection. The difference is that there are no politicians or media figures on the left ginning up anger using such over-the-top inflammatory rhetoric. The WTO protesters? When's the last time anyone representing their viewpoints was interviewed on television or hosted a TV or radio talk show?

It's like all those false-equivalent comparisons that are made between the Birthers and the so-called Truthers. As far as I know, the Truthers do not have much of a platform in either the media or politics from which to put their views forth. The Birthers, however, are so prevalent in both arenas that most of the Congressmen who were asked by reporters if they believed Obama was born in the US ran as fast as they could to avoid answering the question. I can guarantee that would not be the case if the same thing would happen to Democratic congressman if asked about 9/11 being an inside job.

I've studied the different ist-isms everyday in Glenn Beck's civics class. He's covered MarxIST and SocialIST and I'm waiting for him to tell me what AnarchISt means.

All of my life, I've been wrong about MarxIST and SocialIST, but I thought that AnachIST's were people who believe the state unnecessary. The leftIST's demonstrating at the G8 meetings can't be Democrats since they don't believe in the state.

When do we learn about Nihilists Glenn? Everything I know about them I learned from these guys.

Fox would never fire Shep even though he actually is "fair and balanced" as the network claims all of its hosts are. The reason being, I think Shep is the highest paid cable news anchor.

The left doesn't legitimize the fringe elements, such as the WTO protesters. The right, on the other hand, is constantly endorsing these crazies...
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I always find it very interesting how Michael Steel uses "ghetto" language every time he feels to be in trouble, however, he is part of the party that hates on the minority groups, huh!

It is refreshing to see Smith question these things. I hope he keeps it up. But, in their exchage, Cameron danced around him like a cheap stripper.

Shep was clearly focusing on the right-wing incidents of recent days, and implying that someone might go out there and start shooting things up.... while Cameron (staying on the Fox message) brought it immediately back into a 50/50 thing in which Democrats and Republicans are equally challenged by their respective fringes. He then went on to criticize the MSM for blowing the violence aspect of the Town Hall meetings out of proportion by twisting the facts (now there's a surprise!) and accusing the MSM of over covering the few arrested citizens. In fact, the MSM was covering the shouting and interupting - not any arrests, which of course, was very widespread.

Smith, knowing that Cameron had completly ignored the question, made sure to repeat it clearly before ending the segment.

I wonder if Smith, while driving home that night, considered the irony of having his own associate dodge a question (and not being able to challenge him on it!) Smith may have a lot of leeway at Fox, but calling out one of his own people... well, let's just say he's not there yet. But, maybe soon...

Shepard Smith is not fair and balanced. Shepard is always attacking Republicans.

It's easy to visualize Shepard Smith eating lunch each day by himself in the company dining room.

I want Shep to be hired by MSNBC, and work alongside Joe and Mika. It would make a morning show even MORE awesome. MUCH better than MindFox and friends.

Defeat the Republican Propaganda Channel!!! Long Live MSNBC!!!

Ok, Shep's the "fair" part. Where's the balanced part? And no, Fox'n Friends is not an acceptable answer. Although .. the way she sits in the middle and the two guys sit on the end .. Ok .. they're balanced too. What the heck, it's near 3 AM. They're fair and balanced; Until Shep leaves and then they'll only be balanced. Unless she starts sitting on the end in which case, the whole Fox RUSE goes up in smoke.

I guess that means that Michael Steele is one of those 'fringey types', with his comments about making sure they get ready to put Nancy Pelosi 'on the firing line'. This kind of nasty rhetoric is so endemic in the rabid right that they don't even comprehend that they're spouting it. Shouldn't some mental health organization be looking into the cause of this party-wide epidemic of paranoid psychosis?