Fox News: London bombings is "to our advantage."

[Chichiri]

"I think that works to our advantage, in the Western world's advantage, for people to experience something like this together, just 500 miles from where the attacks have happened." --Brian Kilmeade, Fox News

http://mediamatters.org/items/200507070005

[wicket]

1. Effing sick

[Vitruvius]

108. Or gloating over a successful MIHOP.

When the BFEE/VRWC sees something that would be "to their advantage", they make it happen.

And then they gloat. Openly. Like the murderous sociopaths they are.

[Democracy White]

117. Excuse me for my ignorance again

but what is MIHOP and LIHOP?

Dee

[roguevalley]

2. so, when is he going to volunteer to further the cause of common

grief?

[Redstone]

3. Now I really HAVE heard it all. Can't we take him outside

and have him shot for saying that? That's utterly disgusting.

Of course, it's Fox News, so I'm not surprised.

Redstone

[Chipper Chat]

32. He is a junior-high bully.

Isn't this the guy that wanted to fist-fight Al Franken at the White House correspondents Dinner (presumably for "hitting" on co-host Edy?)" He IS Fox News.

[Redstone]

36. You know, I think you're right. All the more reason to have him

taken outside and shot.

Redstone

[KamaAina]

38. That's the guy. Wonder what number he'll be in next week's Top Ten?

Additional nominations are welcome. What a sicko.

[jurassicpork]

93. Top Ten?

I'd give him at least half, if not all Top Ten spots for this idiocy that dribbled out of his mouth. One almost expected him to continue thusly: "It could work to our advantage just it did on 9/11, so we can finally have a legitimate impetus for TAKING OVER THE WORLD, bwah haw haw haw!"

But what this conservative cretin said was despicable enough, as it is, which was basically, "It's a good thing that at least 37 innocent people died and 700 more were maimed and injured on thewir way to work so we can keep terrorism at the forefront of our thoughts again," which is better than actually taking proper steps to ERADICATING it.

Right about now, Tony must be banging his head on a mahogany file cabinet at Downing Street muttering, "Why did I listen to that bloody twit? Stupid (bang) stupid (bang) stupid (bang)!"

JP
http://jurassicpork.blogspot.com

[struggle4progress]

120. Kilmeade being blasted apart would be to the Western world's advantage

[Wickerman]

4. Brian should lose his job for that.

must track down Fox news emails. Note to self: fat lot of good it will do; he will get a promotion.

[katinmn]

16. Fox news emails. I just fired one off.

To Call FOX News Channel:
1-888-369-4762

Outside the United States?
If you reside outside the United States and watch FOX News Channel, we want to know! Help us expand our availability by telling us why you watch FNC. If we're not broadcast in your part of the world but you want us on your dial, we want to hear from you as well. Take a moment to e-mail us at [e-mail] (non-U.S. viewers only). Thanks.

General FOX News Channel E-Mail Addresses
Viewer Services
[e-mail]

FOX News Channel Comments
[e-mail]

FOXNews.com Comments (website)
[e-mail]

FOX & Friends
[e-mail]

[Wickerman]

19. thanks

man, what a waste of oxygen.

[Aviation Pro]

48. Waste of....

...of zygote is more like it.

[katinmn]

85. Nope. By staying silent they assume everyone agrees with them.

[MaggieSwanson]

53. I called in my complaint as well.

The phone number again: 1-888-369-4762
To avoid listening to their menu, press 7 to leave a comment.

[mom cat]

70. Thanks for the link. I just sent them the following:

Dear General Manager of Viewer Services:

I am appalled and disgusted by the comments today of Fox News host Brian Kilmeade and Stuart Varney. How on earth could they say that the bombings in London today "works to our advantage, in the Western world's advantage, for people to experience something like this together, just 500 miles from where the attacks have happened." How could Brian Kilmeade say that these attacks were to "our" advantage unless he means that they were favorable to right-wing ideologues. That interpretation is bolstered by the follow-up comments by Stuart Varney delighting in the fact that global warming and African AIDS were taken off the front burner: "it sticks terrorism and the fight on the war on terror right up front all over again." Only demented and morally bankrupt people could use such a tragedy to rejoice in the possible political gain for their ideology!
I am hereby demanding that these so-called journalist be removed from the airwaves immediately and that Fox News make a sincere public apology for this afront. I also want to say that If Fox News sees the events of today to their advantage, then I no longer see it as being to my advantage to watch Fox News.

[ismnotwasm]

71. I just sent one also

Politely suggesting they remove him from their employ. Only someone very sick would even use those combination of words in light of so many deaths. Thanks for the links

[democratic veteran]

79. Fox Advertisers

Better to send a complaint to their financial supporters. All FOX cares about is ratings and the money they generate. Who are the 'sponsors' of these guys?

[jurassicpork]

98. Thx for the email links, Kati

Tomorrow, I'll prepare a long, well thought-out and vitriolic reply to this, better than the one I just posted on my blog. With any luck, it might elicit a response, which I'll then also be happy to post on my blog.

JP
http://jurassicpork.blogspot.com

[katinmn]

99. Thanks, JP

We cannot let thier lack of common decency go without comment.

[Imagevision]

62. just when you think the scum over at Fox news already hit bottom

they manage to come up with ignorant comments -- this a is a case of allowing one's mouth to begin speaking before allowing the thought process to enter their brains or lact there of!!

Piss on you Fox news excuse my lingo DU er's

[wryter2000]

5. Yeah, yeah, yeah...

But Durbin mentioned Nazis.

[Bluebear]

6. Condi Rice: tsunami was a wonderful opportunity. VULTURES.

[KittyWampus]

23. Bush: Lucky me, I hit the trifecta

[GiovanniC]

64. And That's The MO -- It's All About Them

What have you done for ME? What can you do for ME? How will this tragedy help ME?

[Stephanie]

73. Bush, "2001 was a fabulous year for me and Laura."

[Supersedeas]

113. along those same lines but even more so for sensationalists like Fox

[Boo Boo]

86. Immediately after 9/11 Condi told her staff and members

of the NSC to think of it as an opportunity. Prolly the sort of thing that only makes sense to somebody that has her name painted an Oil tanker.

[katinmn]

7. He makes me hurl!

What a sick, twisted, slimy, soulless puke.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

8. "It takes Global Warming off the front burner"

Yeah, how convenient for *.

[mod mom]

10. Is it coincidental that Blair had pushed to have global warming on the

G* agenda? And now it is pushed back where where the war mongers want.

[Totally Committed]

9. This takes cynicism and callousness to an all-new "high"

even for these idiots.

What is wrong with these people? It's like they have a complete disconnect from humanity.

TC

[BelgianMadCow]

45. "what is wrong with these people" - you sound like Mike Malloy :-)

have you told us yet today how much you hate these people?

[WillyT]

11. Fucking Callous Twit !!!

[bvar22]

12. I agree. First thing I thought.

Blood, wholesale death of innocents, severs maimings, massive violent destruction....Happy Bithrday mr bush*!

that this will benefit bush*, the Republicans and Faux Propaganda Network. The sociopaths and ghouls feed of violence, death, and blood in the streets.

Makes me wonder who planted the bombs...
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE Faux NewsTeam!!!!

[Name removed]

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[GiovanniC]

66. It's Always Perfect Timing For Bush

Always.

I've never seen anyone else stumble into the vast number of lucky coincidences that Bush seems to.

[onefreespiritedchick]

96. It IS always perfect timing for Bush!

It really does make one wonder at times....

[Mist]

78. This morning I was willing to believe the London bombs were genuine

terrorist attacks. Seeing something like this from FAUX, with the talk of "front burners," makes me incline to a MIHOP explanation. I hope DUers from the British Isles are picking up on these callous, twisted remarks from FAUX, and letting others know about them. This kind of soulless machination is the hallmark of the * admin.

[manxkat]

81. Yeah, if FAUX talks like this, you can bet

Blair, Bush, and the neocons THINK like this, especially since FAUX is simply the media arm of the Bush/Blair war machine.

I hope the resolve of the Brits after today's tragedy will prevent them from overreacting like we Americans did after 9/11 (understandably, but regretfully). I hope they don't get behind Blair like Americans got behind Bush after 9/11. If we've learned anything as a people, it should be that a violent response to a terrorist act is as senseless as the terrorism itself.

The Brits are well educated and smart, and they've dealt with IRA terrorism for years (not to mention WWII bombings). I'm truly hopeful that they'll treat this like the terror scenes in the film "Brazil" (just continue enjoying their tea as the bombs go off) and look for a replacement for Bush's poodle.

[Helga Scow Stern]

13. They aren't wasting anytime at all getting to the talking points,

are they?

You can bet this was a scripted event.

Just how stupid do they think we are? How many times does this have to happen before we wise up and demand their resignation on a platter?

[AndyTiedye]

14. Doesn't That Contravene the Obscenity Laws?

[AlCzervik]

15. jesus h christ! These people are just fucking shameless

everything bad that happens works to Bush's advantage, everybody that dies is another notch in his belt----Did you get that London? Your sorrow is a boon to Bush.

[Lindacooks]

17. So where's the media outcry about that statement????????????

They got all up in arms about Senator Reid calling chimpy a liar and a loser, and when Dr. Dean said Repukes are white 'Christians'. Where are they when some piece of scum says that the London bombings are good????????

[Hepburn]

18. What a freaking SICK mind....

....and to put that on display for public consumption??? OMG! What a mother-freaking IDIOT!!!!

[anarch]

20. ok, that actually, literally almost made me hurl

God.

[More Than A Feeling]

21. FOX News supports the terrorists

Clearly they want to see more attacks, to continue bringing people together.

[understandinglife]

22. More propaganda in service of Bu$h, Blair nuclear-age imperialism

WATCH IT; SPREAD IT http://www.bushflash.com/right.html

Peace.

www.missionnotaccomplished.us - How ever long it takes, the day must come when tens of millions of caring individuals peacefully but persistently defy the dictator, deny the corporatists their cash flow, and halt the evil being done in Iraq and in all the other places the Bu$h neoconster regime is destroying civilization and the environment in the name of "America."

[Redstone]

76. Yet another masterwork from the bushflash people.

They are magnificent, and magnificently creative.

I stand in awe of them.

Redstone

[Benbow]

24. We had 25 years of IRA bombings -

please tell Brian Kilmeade that - and we never said that it was to anyone's advantage. He is one sick, sick, sick man.

[HR_Pufnstuf]

25. TIVO everything.

Now is when they act stupid.

[Maraya1969]

26. Submit a story to the jerk

http://www.briankilmeade.com/Astorysubmission.htm

I just sent one:

This is a story about an ignorant sport's reporter who is happy that people in London have been killed by the Taliban - which has no relation to Iraq save that the US has made a great training ground for them. Can you get your tiny head to understand that Iraq was a SECULAR nation run by a dictator who held a tight rein on his people and would NOT allow terrorist training camps that could take HIM out?

"I think that works to our advantage, in the Western world's advantage, for people to experience something like this together, just 500 miles from where the attacks have happened."
Brian Kilmeade

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

30. kick n/t

[SouthDakota]

28. Unbelievable.

horrifying. I practically choked on my own vomit when I watched Bush give a statement this morning about the ongoing war on terror. He could barely keep from grinning. It's pretty frightening when you've got an administration that actually benefits from the threat of terrorism. And Fox News ought to be coming under attack for a comment like that. To see such suffering of innocent people and react with "this benefits us". Appalling

[ClintonTyree]

29. Disgusting......

what a fucking tool.

"If we're not broadcast in your part of the world but you want us on your dial, we want to hear from you as well. Take a moment to e-mail us at [e-mail] "

I DON'T want you on my fucking dial, but there you are. We can't get rid of this lying pack of jackasses. Why would anyone WANT FUX on their dial, unless you're brain dead, slack-jawed, booger eating morons like the freeps, I mean.

[Maraya1969]

33. Well maybe when they bomb us again - they'll bomb Fox News

After all that is where are the mis-information is spread. They are the ones who keep this ignorant shit up. They are the ones who continue to air things that creates more hatred toward the US.

[Jack Rabbit]

31. Comment

Mr. Kilmeade's remark is tasteless on its face, but, if he had made it almost anywhere but FoxNews, it would be less so.

FoxNews is privatized propaganda for the neoconservatives; they define the war on terrorism as doing whatever Bush says. Terrorism is still a threat; we've been letting Bush have his way for nearly four years since September 11 and it's still a threat. The people at FoxNews will never say so, but today's attacks in London are further evidence of Bush's failure to lead an effective war against terrorists and, consequently, further reason why his leadership on this matter should be rejected. The people at FoxNews will never say that invading Iraq, a country that nothing to do with jihadist terrorism before 2003 and was not a military treat to anyone, could never have had any positive effect on the struggle against the people who perpetrated the September 11 attacks. Invading Iraq was a waste of resources that should have been used to pursue Osama and his followers; it was one of the greatest blunders in history.

Perhaps terrorism needs to be given a higher priority, as Mr. Kilmeade and Mr. Varney say. However, this is not a selling point for Mr. Bush's leadership, as they assume.

Those of us who dissent from Mr. Bush's leadership do so not because we want to make the world safe for terrorists but because Mr. Bush is not making it safe for the victims of terrorism. He has not directed an honest war against terrorism and has no idea how to direct one and at the same time make it profitable for his corporate cronies in Halliburton, the petroleum companies and the defense industry. The latter seems to be a more important priority with Bush.

Consequently, his solution to the war on terrorism is to invade Iraq and transfer its wealth to his friends. Just over a week ago, in the face of a deteriorating situation that a real leader with honest priorities would never have allowed to arise, Bush told the American people that his plan is working and that he will not change his approach.

To continue to follow Bush's dishonest leadership is dangerous.

We're waist deep in the big muddy and the big fool says to push on.
--Pete Seeger

[Broken_Hero]

101. I couldn't have said it better...

You hit a lot of key points, which are very very valid, and it gives me a lot of pause, when trying to think of the "hows" and "whys" of the WH, great post.

[area51]

34. Faux "news"

Faux news: "violence, blood, horror, bombings, terrorism, flying body parts .... it's all good."

Every time I think vermin like nazis/Faux news can't sink any lower....

[More Than A Feeling]

35. Sent email telling them to fire him. n/t

[Iris]

39. you don't mess around, do you?

Heaven and Earth don't play!


Good for you!

[Bluebear]

51. Agreed!

[chicagiana]

37. Buzz Bombs ...

... more buzz bombs ... That's all this shit means to these sick fuckers!!!

[H2O Man]

40. And has it come

to this Brian? Have no no shame?

He should be shunned by the human race.

[shadowknows69]

41. because it was only Americans that died on 9/11 right?

Fuking obscene.

[Straight Shooter]

42. I don't think he meant it the way it came out, it's incredibly stupid.

But for crying out loud, my jaw dropped and it still hasn't gone back to closed position.

[baby_mouse]

43. Brian Kilmeade is an enemy of Britain n/t.

[BrightKnight]

44. Party in the FAUX hole - n/t

[UCLA Dem]

46. Un freaking believeable. I'm sure Londoners would love to hear that.

[UCLA Dem]

47. Un freaking believeable. I'm sure Londoners would love to hear that.

[Scottie72]

49. Just remember

it was * who kept saying IRAQQ IRAQ in the days after 911.

He wanted to finish poppy's job so bad he would use anything to get his way. Remember we STILL have men fighting and dying in Afghanstan and still no bin laden. How in the world we not find a guy hooked up to a dialysis machine?

[zinndependence]

50. are you serious?!?!?

if so, all I can say is SICK!

[pauldp]

52. Well at least the F**ker is honest Fascist Scum.

[0007]

54. Unfucking believable!

[Vladimir]

57. All too fucking believable n/t

[DanCa]

55. Pigs

These people are just pigs.

[WI_DEM]

56. you can always depend on Faux to give the administration thinking

obviously that is what Bush and company hope. The more innocent dead people the better for their war on Terrah.

[despairing optimist]

58. Maybe next time he'll get closer and luckier

That would be to the sane world's advantage. We can always hope.

[Historic NY]

59. Another Fox nit wit.........

I see no advantage in it at all, they might as well have watched it on TV. If the people behind this thought it would change the G8's policies or opinions, they thought wrong. If they really want to experience it they should have hopped on the helicopter with Blair.

[Greylyn58]

60. That's disgusting!!!!!!

Leave it to the talking crap-heads at Faux to try to spin this. They are the worst bottom-feeders in the media.

There is NO Advantage when innocent people of any country die for some terror groups twisted ideals and no one should use this kind of tragedy to further their agenda.

Jeez!!!

[gbeb]

61. Echo Chamber for Brains

Killmead is just saying what we can expect to be at the heart of Bush's next action.

We can expect more counter-productive, overpriced, macho proposals from the President (maybe we can chip in and send him some Viagra?).

I'm calling my Senators to tell them not to cave into more squandering of lives and resources.

Is there some way to cut off the stupidity that is destined to follow?

Gary

[Fleshdancer]

63. I heard about this on AAR while driving and almost ran into the median

Seriously, I'm going to have to rethink my Air America habit while I'm in the car because the huge WTF moments are dangerous. Plus I probably look pretty funny yelling at my radio.

I don't think it will do any good, but I sent a nasty letter to faux about this.

[confludemocrat]

65. Notice as I did big quality diffs between Fox and Sky newspeople?

We get a bunch of blowdried retarded blowhards, they get calm succinct coverage by real news people who can talk without seeming like total asses or going off into bizarre prescribed right wing side comments, contrived to send Republican party message.

The contrast was jarring and very telling

[thebigidea]

87. no. Sky is still the same Murdoch trash.

[CatholicEdHead]

88. Sky does that because of the UK's media rules

I think Murdoch is trying to work behind the scenes to get them changed so Sky can go the Faux News route.

Until then, it is apparently illegal in the UK to have a domestic broadcast outlet use a style like Faux and other Cable media.

[ikri]

107. Sky is kept honest

By the main TV news outlets here BBC and ITV.

They can't get away with reporting one side of the news, or not reporting certain stories, when the BBC and ITV are reporting them.

They would lose any viewers and credibility that they have here (and they don't have that much to start with) if they tried to ignore stories that were being covered by others.

[confludemocrat]

112. Thanks, I wondered why even under Murdoch they are decent (n/t)

[Raoul Duke II]

67. Am I confused?

Based on my reading from the link to media matters, I think he was saying that it was in a certain sense advantageous to the leaders at the g-8 summit to have been together when the attacks occured.

An interseting opinion, not un-informed, however wrong-headed one might find it.

Why does he need to be fired or shot for saying this?

[sonicx]

68. yup, you're confused

enjoy your stay.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

69. Contact the FCC.

Right here: http://www.fcc.gov/contacts.html

Hell, maybe even the FBI.

This guy is actually suggesting the terror attacks are a good thing.

[mom cat]

72. My how this rhymes with what McCain said today!

This comment by McCain was picked up by another DUer earlier today:

janetle (104 posts) Thu Jul-07-05 07:21 PM
Response to Original message
32. Did anyone else hear John McCain on MSNBC?
He outraged me because he said that maybe now the British people (apart from Tony Blair) will be more supportive of OUR war on terror. And he went on to say that now more than ever we must prevail in Iraq and that all Americans should not only support the troops there but support U.S. policies as well.

Here we go again--if you are not with this administration then you must be on the side of the terrorists. I can't stand it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

Did someone mail out the talking points in advance? Or are they all just clones of one another's demented mentality?

[Amaryllis]

80. Which brings up a point; has anyone considered that possibly these

attacks were not generated by Al Quida, but were similar in origin to 9-ll? Or am I just thinking like a conspriracy theorist? It gets to be boy-who-cried-wolf thing after awhile. What is there to gain from this? Political capitol?

[mom cat]

83. I have seen a number of similiar opinions expressed today.

Between McCain and Fox story, there is no doubt who is claiming a political victory from today's events!

[savemefromdumbya]

74. Fox Fox Fox!

Fox never ceases to AMAZE ME!

[Bouncy Ball]

75. EXCUSE ME????

And there were people here on DU earlier, scolding other people for talking about how this wouldn't have happened if bush had really gone after AQ and OBL?????

What that FUX guy said is SO sick, I don't even know where to start.

Like, hey, I got shot so YOU get shot too so we can have a bonding experience over it! It'll be great!

Gads.

[Solly Mack]

77. Fucking sicko

[Joey Liberal]

82. FAUX News is a sick fucking "news" channel

Faux News is the National Enquirer of TV news. Pathetic.

[leesa]

84. Yes. And to the disadvantage of the alleged Al Qaeda "terrorists"

Which is what makes me believe BushCo did it, once again.

[NYdemocrat089]

89. What a sick man.

Why doesn't he go tell that to the 37 families who are now missing a loved one, or to the 700+ people who have been injured in this attack.

[bsiebs]

90. Brit Hume had some choice personal reflections as well....

Brit Hume joins the sick Faux parade ...

During Fox News' coverage of the July 7 London bombings, Washington managing editor Brit Hume told host Shepard Smith that his "first thought," when he "heard there had been this attack" and saw the low futures market, was "Hmmm, time to buy." Smith had asked Hume to comment on the lack of a negative U.S. stock market reaction to the London attacks.

From Fox News' July 7 breaking news coverage between 1 and 2 p.m. ET:

SMITH: Some of the things you might expect to happen, for instance, a drop in the stock market and some degree of uncertainty across this country -- none of that really seen today, and I wonder if the timing of it -- that it happened in the middle of the night and we were able to get a sense of the grander scheme of things -- wasn't helpful in all this.

HUME: Well, maybe. The other thing is, of course, people have -- you know, the market was down. It was down yesterday, and you know, you may have had some bargain-hunting going on. I mean, my first thought when I heard -- just on a personal basis, when I heard there had been this attack and I saw the futures this morning, which were really in the tank, I thought, "Hmmm, time to buy." Others may have thought that as well. But you never know about the markets. But obviously, if the markets had behaved badly, that would obviously add to people's sense of alarm about it. But there has been a lot of reassurance coming, particularly in the way that -- partly in the way the Brits handled all this, but also in the way that officials here handled it. There seems to be no great fear that something like that is going to happen here, although there's no indication that we here had any advance warning.

Source: http://mediamatters.org/items/200507070007

There is also a video link of Hume ... sick.

[Ganja Ninja]

110. What a class act!

"I heard there had been this attack and I saw the futures this morning, which were really in the tank, I thought, "Hmmm, time to buy."

Compassionate conservatism in a nutshell!

[Fuzz]

91. "Our advantage" who is 'our' exactly and 'advantage'?

What a sick fuck. Sounds like something a terrorist might say actually.

[Deja Q]

92. HOW THE FUCK IS THIS ADVANTAGEOUS? PEOPLE DIED.

Damn degenerate ANIMALS.

[cctian]

94. are you feeling safe now?

Brian Kilmeade's comments are typical of a mindset among rightwingers who want to make sure that people remain afraid in order for them to continue pushing their extremist agenda. What you won't hear is the obvious fact that Bush has made a mess of the world in pursuit of pure greed. Thanks a lot.

[ekwhite]

95. I just apologized to my nephew.

My nephew mentioned that he thought the bombing was on purpose. I told him he was in "UFO alien" territory. After listening to the Faux News clip, I think he may have been right, God help us. Was this intended to be another Reichstag fire?

[TankLV]

97. OK - so he's GLAD that AIDS and AFRICA is out of the news now?!

Did we hear THAT part right, too?

Could these bigots and racists scum be any more blatent?!!!!

[Broken_Hero]

100. What an Idiot.

To say that after a few hundred people die? God, these types of people make me sick *vomits*.

[electricray]

102. I thought they said we were the ones hoping for another terrorist attack!

We have all heard the retards call in to Air America screaming about how we are all hoping for a terrorist attack so we can call Bush a failure. Then this fuckface gets on TV and basically thanks Osama? If everyone hasn't already go to IWTnews.com and sign up. It's time to shut FUX down.

[Stockholm]

103. I am sending this on to the tabloids in London...

Fuck you Fox

[moggie]

109. It would be good for Murdoch readers to learn of this

There have been effective boycotts of Murdoch papers before.

[TheGoodCitizen]

104. Like a New Pearl Harbor?

http://www.newamericancentury.org

NOT to imply that they (PNAC) are behind this, but I heard that's what they said right before 9/11.

(edit to ad link and explanation)

[NMMNG]

105. These people are some twisted f*cks

I swear, they are so narcissistic it is repulsive. To use an event where hundreds were injured and at least 37 died and see it as beneficial because they gain attention from it. I could imagine them taking glee in babies being incinerated if it drew attention to their "cause".

[NMMNG]

106. I just sent Faux news an e-mail

I am disgusted by an exchange made by Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade and substitute host Stuart Varney on the July 7 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends. It occurred during coverage of the attacks on London subways and busses.

KILMEADE: And he made the statement, clearly shaken, but clearly determined. This is his second address in the last hour. First to the people of London, and now at the G8 summit, where their topic Number 1 --believe it or not-- was global warming, the second was African aid. And that was the first time since 9-11 when they should know, and they do know now, that terrorism should be Number 1. But it's important for them all to be together. I think that works to our advantage, in the Western world's advantage, for people to experience something like this together, just 500 miles from where the attacks have happened.

VARNEY: It puts the Number 1 issue right back on the front burner right at the point where all these world leaders are meeting. It takes global warming off the front burner. It takes African aid off the front burner. It sticks terrorism and the fight on the war on terror, right up front all over again.

KILMEADE: Yeah.

I find it abhorrent that these hosts would use a tragedy such as this to promote an agenda. To consider the deaths of 37 people and maiming of at least 700 more "advantageous" is offensive to say the least. The narcissism of these two individuals is appalling.

The problems of global warming and extreme poverty in Africa are no less important now than they were before the events of the morning of 7/7. To suggest that the original agenda G8 conference was a waste of time, and that now (thanks to the London attacks) the conference can be better utilized is inappropriate.

I expect better from a network that claims to be "fair and balanced".

[Douglas Carpenter]

111. LET FOX NEWS KNOW THAT YOU ARE DISGUSTED WITH LONDON COVERAGE

Just when you thought Fox News couldn't get any lower--Fox News host Brian Kilmeade and Fox News business contributor and substitute host Stuart Varney seemed to be reveling in how the bombing in London "works to our advantage". Gloating in how it puts the "war on terrorism" on the front burner and aid to Africa and global warming on the back burner.

See the Media Matters report and watch the Fox News video at this link:

http://mediamatters.org/items/200507070005

If you thought the coverage of these horrific events couldn't get lower than that--Brit Hume reacted by saying that his first reaction to hearing about the bombings in London was to look at the futures market and say to himself "hmm-time to buy".

See the Media Matters report and watch the Fox News video at this link:

http://mediamatters.org/items/200507070007


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Everyone should write in their own words..Here is my own personal E-mail/Letter:

Dear Sir/Madam

I wish to express my total disgust with the comments by Fox News host Brian Kilmeade and Fox News business contributor and substitute host Stuart Varney as they both gloated over how the horrific attacks in London works for the advantage of a particular political agenda.

I didn’t think TV coverage of such terrible events could get lower until I heard Brit Hume tell Shepherd Smith that his first thought upon hearing of the bombing was “time to buy”.

I do hope Fox News apologizes for this obscene insensitivity to human suffering.

I do hope Fox News reflects on what impression they are giving of American values as your programming is beamed around the world

I do hope Fox News remembers that there are children watching.

Sincerely,

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[Seeing Red]

114. What if BBC had said the same about September 11?

We already know that our dear friend Bill O'Reilly over there at Faux thinks that the BBC is "soft on terrorists" and is "sanitizing terrorism," i wonder what these people would say if the BBC had said that 9/11 will work to the Western world's advantage?

Don't get me wrong, my heart goes out to victims of both 9/11 and the London bombings, and their families, but we expected (rightly, and received) support after 9/11, and then after our friends in Britan experience a similar disaster, we give them THIS? absolutely despicable

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[methinks2]

116. what a moron!

[Divine Discontent]

118. agreed, he's a moron!!!!!!!!!!

my email to [e-mail] :

Mr. Hume,
I heard your comment yesterday about the futures being
in the dumps and I agree, what a smart idea. So,
also, when God determines it's your time, I'll also,
in turn, buy some stock in Fox because ratings will
certainly go up. I'm so glad the real networks dumped
you.

Sick bastard.

[confludemocrat]

119. OK, I take it back. Sky is pretty sick this link proves it.

I actually heard this but blocked it out as garden variety racism heard in daily life here in this country, I actually heard this portion of Sky/Fox coverage in the ten minutes I watched Fox yesterday and which despite what I heard formed my premature judgement

(A link provided at Daily Koz)
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22regular%20--%2...