EVERY NOW AND AGAIN I LIKE TO CHECK IN WITH OUR GOOD FRIENDS
ON THE FOX NEWS NETWORK-- OR-- OR AS YOUR GRANDPARENTS CALL IT
"THE REAL NEWS."
AND TO BE FRANK, OFTENTIMES THIS SHOW IS CRITICAL OF FOX.
BUT ONLY BECAUSE THEY'RE TERRIBLE.
( LAUGHTER ) LIKE SOMETIMES ALMOST SHOCKINGLY
TERRIBLE.
FOR INSTANCE, TWO WEEKS AGO, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RELEASED A
REPORT ON THE FERGUSON, MISSOURI POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOOTING OF
MICHAEL BROWN.
BASICALLY EXONERATING OFFICER DARREN WILSON AND DEBUNKING THE
HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT, NARRATIVE.
AND THEN THEY RELEASED A SECOND D.O.J. REPORT STATING THAT THE
FERGUSON, MISSOURI ROUTINELY VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTION AND
FEDERAL LAW WITH A PATTERN OF RACIAL BIAS, UNREASONABLE FORCE,
INTENTIONAL DISCRIMINATION AND MISTREATMENT OF DETAINEES
WRONGS BORNE DISPROPORTIONATELY BY AFRICAN AMERICANS.
BUT ON FOX-- YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS-- DESPITE THEIR
24-HOUR SCHEDULE, THEY REALLY ONLY HAD TIME FOR THE ONE
REPORT.
>> THE D.O.J. NOW ADMITTING HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT, NEVER
HAPPENED.
>> PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FED A NARRATIVE.
>> PROTESTERS WHO HAVE BEEN RUNNING AROUND THIS COUNTRY
TELLING A LIE.
>> THE TSUNAMI OF MISINFORMATION AND INNUENDO.
BONE-HEADED NONFACT-BASED RHETORIC
>> IT NEVER HAPPENED.
>> DID NOT HAPPEN.
>> IT DID NOT HAPPEN THAT WAY.
WILSON HAS BEEN EXONERATED.
LET'S MOVE ON.
>> Jon: LET'S MOVE ON!
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOUND THAT THE FLASHPOINT INCIDENT FOR
PROTESTS DID NOT HAPPEN THE WAY SOME THOUGHT.
ALTHOUGH, IN THE SECOND REPORT, THEY DID ALSO DOCUMENT A TOWER
OF RACIALLY BASED KINDLING WOOD, YEARS OF UNREASONABLE FORCE
LIGHTER FLUID, AND DAILY TOSSED LIT CIGARETTE BUTTS OF
DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT THAT COULD EASILY LEND ITSELF TO
THE FLASHPOINT.
BUT AS THE FIRE SAFETY WARDENS OF FOX SUGGEST, ( BLEEP ) IT,
LET'S JUST MOVE ON.
( LAUGHTER ) BUT HERE'S THE THING-- THE ANGER
IS STILL THERE.
THE PEOPLE COULDN'T MOVE ON AT FOX.
THEY-- THEY DEMANDED RESTITUTION AT FOX.
>> WHY ISN'T THE MEDIA, WHICH PEDALED THAT NARRATIVE,
APOLOGIZING?
>> OBAMA, SHARPTON-- THEY SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR
INCENDIARY RHETORIC.
>> FANNING THE FLAMES, RUSHING TO JUDGMENT.
>> BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS.
>> THE DAMAGE WAS DONE. THE INFLAMATORY RHETORIC WAS USED.
>> WE SAW MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SAYING, "HAND UP, DON'T SHOOT."
AND IF ONE OF THEM HAS SO FAR APOLOGIZED FOR MISLEADING
AMERICA, WE HAVEN'T HEARD IT.
>> Jon: I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A SINGLE "I'M BEAR-Y SORRY FOR
IGNITING RACIAL CONFLICTS" GREETING CARDS.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE!
THE LESSON FOX NEWS IS GETTING AT IS VERY CLEAR-- WOULDN'T IT
BE NICE IF PEOPLE WHO JUMPED TO CONCLUSIONS AND PEDALED A FALSE
DIVISIVE, ANGER-STOKING NARRATIVE HAD TO APOLOGIZE FOR
MISLEADING AMERICA?
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
NOW, NOW HERE'S WHERE THE ( BLEEP ) GETS REAL.
I WONDER IF THERE'S AN ANALOGOUS EVENT WHERE WE COULD
TEST FOX'S FEALTY TO THIS PRINCIPLE OF RESTITUTION
FOR AGGRIEVEMENT?
>> DOES THE WORD BENGHAZI RING A BELL?
>> A BUNCH OF NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT BENGHAZI.
>> BENGHAZI.
>> BENGHAZI, BENGHAZI, BENGHAZI.
>> Jon: FIRST OF ALL, BENGHAZI ISN'T "BEATLEJUICE."
YOU DON'T SAY IT THREE TIMES.
BUT IF YOU INSIST, OKAY, LET'S USE THAT EXAMPLE.
IT'S A TRAGIC EVENT WHERE AMERICANS DIED, LIKE FERGUSON.
BUT IF THE ANALOGY IS TO HOLD, WHO WILL PLAY THE ROLE OF
NATION-DIVIDING, ANGER-STOKING, RHETORITICIAN BEFORE THE
OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED?
>> SPECIAL REPORT INVESTIGATES DEATH AND DECEIT IN BENGHAZI.
>> SUSAN RICE WILLINGLY WENT ALONG AND LIED ON SUNDAY CHAT
SHOWS.
>> THE C.I.A. WARNED THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN ATTACK ON THE 9/11
ANNIVERSARY.
>> DURING THE ATTACK, THEY DIDN'T SEND HELP THAT WAS
WAITING IN TRIPOLI, C-130, TO ASSIST THESE GUYS.
>> COMING UP, THEY COULD HAVE SAVED FOUR AMERICANS, BUT
INSTEAD, OUR GOVERNMENT TOLD THEM TO STAND DOWN.
>> Jon: SO BASICALLY YOU'RE SAYING THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
UNITED STATES TOLD ITS MILITARY-- IF I WANT TO PUT THIS
IN A CATCHY, PROTESTY KIND OF PHRASE-- STAND DOWN, DON'T
SHOOT.
AND FOX DIDN'T RESTRICT ITS ANGER STOKING TO WORDS, BECAUSE
LET'S FACE IT, THEIR OLDER VIEWERS WHO ARE HEARD OF
HEARING, ALSO HAVE A RIGHT TO BE MAD, SO SCARY OPENS AND
THAT BURNING BENGHAZI FOOTAGE IN A SEMICONTINUOUS LOOP
LIKE SOME KIND OF FOX NEWS YULE LOG.
( LAUGHTER ) OH, THEY'RE RUNNING THE BURNING
COMPOUND FOOTAGE AGAIN.
IT SEEMS LIKE BENGHAZ-MAS COMES EARLIER AND EARLIER EVERY YEAR.
BUT, OF COURSE, UNLIKE FERGUSON PROTESTERS, FOX WASN'T BEING
IRRESPONSIBLE AND DIVISIVE.
THEY JUST WANTED THE TRUTH.
>> WE HAVE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT BENGHAZI.
>> THERE ARE GLARING QUESTIONS THAT ARE UNANSWERED.
>> QUESTIONS STILL REMAIN UNANSWERED.
>> THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT STAND DOWN ORDERS AND SO ON, AND
HERE WE ARE ALL THE TIME LATER, WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS.
>> SO WE STILL DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS.
>> FOUR AMERICANS ARE DEAD, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF UNANSWERRED
QUESTIONS.
>> Jon: WELL, YOUR SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION SAYS I JUST WANT TO
KNOW BUT YOUR TONE SAYS WHY THE PRESIDENT HAD AN AMBASSADOR
WHACKED.
WELL, FINALLY ON NOVEMBER 21, 2014, THEY GOT THEIR ANSWERS
FROM AN EXHAUSTIVE REPORT FROM THE REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE ANSWERING THOSE MANY QUESTIONS-- DID
SUSAN RICE GO ON TV AND TRY TO DECEIVE ANYONE?
REPORT SAYS NO.
DID THE ADMINISTRATION IGNORE CREDIBLE WARNINGS ABOUT THAT
DAY'S ATTACK?
REPORT SAYS NO.
WAS THERE A STAND-DOWN ORDER OR FAILURE TO RESCUE THOSE
INDIVIDUALS AND SEND RESCUE PLANES?
REPORT SAYS NO.
WAS THERE A MASSIVE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY COVER UP, THE REPORT SAYS
NO, NOT C.I.A., NOT F.B.I., NONE OF THEM.
WHICH MEANS ALL THESE ELEMENTS OF THE TWO YEAR BENGHAZI
RAGE-GASM -- WERE, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?
>> TSUNAMI OF MISINFORMATION AN INNUENDO.
>> Jon: RIGHT, RIGHT. RIGHT.
>> BONE-HEADED, NON-FACTED-BASED RHETORIC.
>> Jon: YES! YES, YES, YES! THAT!
RIGHT, IT'S ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO IT WOULD ONLY FOLLOW THAT JUST LIKE FOX DEMANDED OF ANY
PROTESTER WHO SAID, "HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT," THE CORRECTION
ACTION FOR NO STAND DOWN DON'T SHOOT FOR FOX NEWS NOW
WOULD BE TO--
>> WHY ISN'T THE MEDIA WHICH PEDALED THAT NARRATIVE
APOLOGIZING?
>> Jon: YES!
YES!
WHY NOT?
MWA!
OH ERIC, THAT'S SO TRUE.
YES!
AND SO, IN THE FATEFUL DAYS FOLLOWING THAT REPUBLICAN HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE REPORT, WHAT DID THE FOX SAY?
♪ ♪ ♪ >> Jon: YUNG-YUNG-YUNG!
IN FACT, OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF HALF-HEARTED EFFORTS TO
( BLEEP ) ON THE REPUBLICAN-LED REPORT, ITS CONTENTS WENT
LARGELY UNNOTICED ON FOX.
EVEN MEGYN KELLY WHO WAS PRIOR TO THAT DESPERATELY SEARCHING
FOR ANSWERS HAD THE HOUSE COMMITTEE CHAIR MIKE ROGERS ON
HER SHOW TWO WEEKS AFTER HE RELEASED THE BENGHAZI REPORT AND
NEVER ASKED HIM ABOUT IT ONCE, NOT ( BLEEP ) ONCE.
YES, THE NETWORK, WHO USED THE WORD "BENGHAZI" LIKE A CLUBHOUSE
PASSWORD, THE OFFICIAL REPUBLICAN-DOMINATED HOUSE
REPORT ON BENGHAZI WAS THE ONLY NEWS STORY IN TWO YEARS THAT
DIDN'T REMIND THEM TO TALK ABOUT BENGHAZI.
( LAUGHTER ) WHICH BRINGS US, ONCE AGAIN, TO
OUR MAIN POINT OF RESPECT AND APPRECIATION.
THE BEAUTY THAT IS THE UGLINESS OF FOX NEWS.
THEY DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ANGER DIVISIVENESS, WHILST
HOLDING THEMSELVES ENTIRELY UNACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ANGER
AND DIVISIVENESS.
FOR TWO YEARS, THEY USED BENGHAZI AS SHORTHAND, AS A
SYMBOL FOR THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF A CORRUPT, LYING, TYRANNICAL,
POSSIBLY MURDEROUS OBAMA WHITE HOUSE, KIND OF LIKE OTHER PEOPLE
USED "HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT AS A SYMBOL FOR SYSTEMIC RACISM.
AND THERE'S REALLY ONLY ONE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO
PHENOMENA-- SYSTEMIC RACISM ACTUALLY EXISTS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK