Poison Journalism: Five Shocking Clips of Brian Kilmeade On Fox News
By Richard Cassaro | March 1st, 2012 http://www.richardcassaro.com
It’s no secret that America’s mass media news outlets
purposely distort the truth, brainwash the masses, and poison our minds and the
minds of our children with all the “news” they are reporting. The Fox News
Channel deserves special attention. Fox has wreaked havoc by pumping so much
fear and toxicity into America society and into the world at large it’s
stunning. Fox claims to be fair and balanced. But its reporters are so blatantly
bigoted and biased they make a mockery of journalism. One Fox news “reporter”
stands out not only for his hate-filled messages, but for the ignorance and
arrogance with which he delivers them. His name is Brian Kilmeade, and his
award-winning “work” is utterly astonishing because of the depths and depravity
to which it sinks (in my opinion).
We need to look at what Brian Kilmeade, award-winning “journalist” at Fox News
is pushing on our friends, families, colleagues, children, even ourselves. As a
reporter for Fox news, his statements are skewed, his opinions are intolerable,
even unbelievable, and the fact that he holds an unelected position of authority
where he is allowed to influence masses of Americans with his fear-driven
messages is incomprehensible.
Here are 6 brief video-clips which show how Brian Kilmeade’s brand of
journalism—and, by extension, the Fox news style of journalism—is far from
objective:
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VIDEO #1 – Kilmeade Calls For Terrorist Car Bombings In The
Middle East
https://www.youtube.com/
This is perhaps the most despicable thing Kilmeade has ever said on Fox news. On
August 8th 2007, Brian Kilmeade openly and criminally called for terrorist car
bombings in Iran. In doing so, he put himself in the same exact category as the
worst terrorist who ever lived. No better. No worse. It’s unbelievable but true.
Here is the video:
The fact that these words came from an award-winning journalist is
heartbreaking. Worse, this man has children of his own. Does Kilmeade not care
how many innocent children will die in random car bombings in Iran should his
advice be followed?
Imagine if a news anchor somewhere in the world (let’s say Afghanistan, Iraq,
Libya, Pakistan, or any of the other countries America has recently bombed)
called for car bombings in New York City “to teach Americans a lesson”? How
would Kilmeade feel about that journalist? For me, that journalist would be a
criminal. And so for me Kilmeade is a criminal too.
Kilmeade should be held-to-account for his actions and ultimately taken off the
air because of his words. Americans can and must demand better standards than
this from our news stations.
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VIDEO #2 – Kilmeade Mocks U.S. Navy Seal And Former Governor
Jesse Ventura During An Interview
https://www.youtube.com/
Kilmeade mocked and chastised U.S. Vietnam war veteran and former governor of
Minnesota Jesse Ventura on the air during a so-called “interview” which in truth
sounded more like an “attack.” As you may know, Jesse Ventura has questioned the
truth about 9/11, saying that perhaps the Bush administration lied about what
they knew and when they knew it. See the clip below. Remember, Jesse Ventura is
a guest on Kilmeade’s show:
When people show a lack of respect for others, it often reveals a lack of
respect for themselves, at least on some level. Ventura obviously holds his own
here against not only Kilmeade but against Gretchen Carlson’s giggling
(reminiscent of Junior High School) to the point that Kilmeade walks off in
frustration—very arrogantly and unprofessionally.
Ventura could have walked off too, as he was clearly under fire during this fair
and balanced “interview.” But he didn’t cut and run. He stayed and answered
questions even though he was in essence being mocked for his views. Some
journalism. Bravo Ventura.
VIDEO #3 – Kilmeade: “Not All Muslims Are Terrorists, But All
Terrorists Are Muslims”
https://www.youtube.com/
Inane. Foolish. Racist. Bigoted. This next one of Kilmeade’s statements is just
unreal. It’s hard to imagine that anyone can be this stupid. But there’s no need
to imagine it, just click the play button and you’ll see:
This type of fear-driven “reporting” is very powerful. It pumps fear into one
group of people (non-Muslims) directly teaching them to hate another (Muslims).
Many Americans buy into the “all terrorists are Muslims” rhetoric because many
Americans are scared and unable to think for themselves, so they repeat the
things they see on the news and read in newspapers. How many times have you
heard Americans say things like “we should just bomb all the Arab countries from
the face of the earth”?
The trouble is, that’s the fear-inside-them talking. As someone who is not an
Arab but who has visited Arab countries, I can promise you that people from the
Middle East are among the kindest, gentlest most loving and family-oriented
people in the world. Caring, honest, loving, kind-to-strangers, healthy and
wise.
Bombing such people would make us terrorists (NEWS FLASH: most people in the
world think we Americans are terrorists already because we let our government
bomb innocence). Perhaps it’s time we take a stand.
VIDEO #4 – Kilmeade Attacks Another Guest: Jeneane Garofalo
https://www.youtube.com/
I’m not a Jeneane Garofalo apologist. But watch in this next clip how Jeneane
tries to explain her reasoning as hard as she can against the onslaught of the
mindless attack conducted by Brian Kilmeade.
This “interview” took place in February 2003, about a month before the Iraq War
began and just after the worldwide protests of the impending U.S.-led invasion.
Just as he was with Jesse Ventura, Kilmeade won’t allow a full reply or time for
a reasoned response, showing why Fox is not as “fair and balanced” as they
claim:
What Jeneane had to say afterward:
“The only time I’ve ever lost my cool is on Fox and Friends—this alleged morning
news show on Fox. One of the first things one of the morning crew said to me
was, “Boy, Saddam must love you.” I’m not going to put up with that shit. I
don’t need to take that on a television program. You booked me, and you have a
choice: You can either respect the guests you book, or book a guest you can
respect. But I’m not going to come on there and have you make such an
inflammatory statement. So I lost my cool.”
—Jeneane Garofalo
Of course, we all know the Iraq war went south quickly. It cost 4,500 Americans
their lives (so far) not to mention all the injured who lost vision, hearing,
arms, legs, and more. The war has cost untold Iraqi deaths and suffering.
Finally, it cost the American taxpayer billions of dollars and we never found
weapons of mass destruction.
“The most recent major report on these costs come from Brown University in the
form of the Costs of War project, which said the total for wars in Iraq,
Afghanistan, and Pakistan is at least $3.2-4 trillion.”
—Wikipedia
We should think about all of this senseless waste of life and limb and suffering
and financial costs as the hawks in the media and the government begin to beat
the war drum on Iran. We should think of all the innocent Iranian children who
are alive today but will be dead tomorrow before we begin bombing.
Iranian children. In harm’s way right now. Alive today. But what about tomorrow?
Perhaps we should consider “talking to” and “trading with” these countries, not
bombing them. I have several Iranian friends. All wonderful, kind, caring,
family-oriented people.
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VIDEO #5 – Kilmeade Disses Then Dismisses U.S. Senator Carl
Levin
https://www.youtube.com/
This is just plain wrong. Conceited. Disrespectful. The level of arrogance in
this next clip is stunning. Pay particular attention to the last few seconds of
the interview. Note how Kilmeade dismisses Senator Levin. Again, disrespect of
others is a sign of lack of self-respect, which Kilmeade seems to suffer from,
at least on some level:
Seeing this makes one feel as though Kilmeade is some rich kid whose uncle owns
a big part of Fox news, and so Kilmeade gets to work there, and Kilmeade knows
he can do whatever he wants because Uncle Kilmeade is sitting in charge. I’m not
interested in knowing how Kilmeade got the job—because the real power behind Fox
is hidden—but I’d bet the truth is something like this. I mean, you saw the
video, is this real Journalism?
Of course, taking a bit of a tough stance when questioning our elected officials
is always acceptable, even commendable, when the circumstances warrant it. But
this goes far beyond tough questions. Kilmeade is obnoxious, he doesn’t allow
time for a reasoned response, and he mainly injects his opinion without
listening to and acknowledging the point Levin is trying to make. He’s just
arguing with the guy and telling Levin where he can go.
In Conclusion
In these few clips, we’ve seen enough to realize that Brian Kilmeade is not a
Journalist, at least not in the idealistic sense of the word. Not fair. Not
balanced. He is 100% pushing a hidden agenda given to him by the higher-ups at
Fox news (which agenda is to support the military-industrial complex). Don’t be
surprised if in the near future Fox puts an audience into the studio so that
each time Kilmeade slams a guest on the show the audience can cheer “Brian!”
“Brian!” “Brian!” “Brian!”
Brain Kilmeade needs to be removed from the airwaves, and we can do this by
boycotting Fox news, which it’s high time we did. It’s not easy for me to speak
out like this, because it breaks my heart to know that maybe one day Kilmeade’s
children or parents might read this article. But we all need to start speaking
out loud about what we know is wrong, about what we know is fear-based,
hate-based bigoted and biased Journalism, if this country and this world is
going to become a better place for all of us and for the younger generations.