News Hounds (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Brian Kilmeade is the FOX and Friends funnyman, always joking and ad-libbing, often speakings so fast it's hard to understand him. But this morning 8/12/08 it was clear that he thinks John McCain has come around, shedding his maverick persona in order to unify the Republican party around his candidacy. With video....
Chris's Commons (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
On the August 6th edition of "Fox and Friends", host Brian Kilmeade claimed that the President never said that there was a link between Iraq and Al Qaeda: This statement, is 100% false. On June 17, 2004, President Bush stated before reporters: "The reason I keep insisting that there was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and al Qaeda, because there was a relationship between Iraq...
Fox Attack (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Brian Kilmeade is rapidly becoming one of the GOP's top propaganda tools. (By the way, if you're a fan of watching Kilmeade getting his ass kicked, watch this drubbing put on him by Jeanine Garofalo.)
Media Matters (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
On the August 6 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade falsely claimed that "the president of the United States never even said there's a link between Al Qaeda and Iraq," and that "[t]hat wasn't the premise for going in there." In fact, President Bush, and several other members of his administration, repeatedly said there was such a link, and that the United States...
News Hounds (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
In a discussion among FOX Friends this morning 8/6/08 about revelations in Ron Suskind's new book The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism , Brian Kilmeade denied that Bush ever tried to tie Al Qaeda to Iraq before the invasion. FOX really really needs to get that fact-checker job filled....
News Hounds (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
According to Brian Kilmeade on FOX and Friends this morning 8/4/08 , Rupert Murdoch is unveiling plans "to launch 'a global Dow.'"...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
On today’s Brian and the Judge radio show, Fox News host Brian Kilmeade twice confused Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Osama bin Laden — within five seconds. Even after catching himself, Kilmeade immediately makes the mistake again: KILMEADE: Michael, first off, is Bin Laden — excuse me, uh, is Osama — uh, is Barack Obama right [...]
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
On the Brian and the Judge radio show today, Fox News host Brian Kilmeade presented his sunshine-filled vision of Iraq, declaring that “the Green Zone could come down in 6 months” and praising a new hotel to be built in Baghdad. His view was so optimistic he declared that there were “just as many convoy [...]
Media Matters (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
On the July 18 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends First , co-host Gretchen Carlson reported: "Where U.S. troops sleep, eat, and relax in Iraq may be as lethal as a combat zone. The New York Times says shoddy electrical wiring has killed 13 Americans and injured many more." Co-host Brian Kilmeade said: "They had to find the negative story in Iraq?" After Carlson reported that "[t]he Pentagon...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Fox & Friends aired the first two parts of a cable exclusive interview between anchor Brian Kilmeade and soccer star David Beckham . Kilmeade's more than just a fan — he's a soccer player and coach himself. And according to co-anchor Steve Doocy , the two are involved in a bit of a "bromance." Beckham talks soccer in America, playing hurt and celebrity friendships. Part three...
News Hounds (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
The speculation continues over who will be chosen as both party's vice-presidential nominees. Brian Kilmeade made mention several times this morning 7/14/08 that several persons who have been rumored to be Democratic possibilities have publicly said they're not interested; Kilmeade turned that into a negative for Obama....
Media Matters (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
During the June 25 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends , co-host Brian Kilmeade, who had previously falsely asserted that Sen. Barack Obama "[e]vidently ... went to a madrassa" as a child, asked guest Mohamed Elibiary: "[D]o you find it insulting at all when Barack Obama goes out of his way to say, 'Hey, I am not a Muslim. I'm a Christian, and let's stop these spread' [sic] as if being...
News Hounds (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Brian Kilmeade is the FOX and Friends funnyman, always joking and ad-libbing, often speakings so fast it's hard to understand him. But this morning 8/12/08 it was clear that he thinks John McCain has come around, shedding his maverick persona in order to unify the Republican party around his candidacy. With video. Amend 6pm, below...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
... by claiming that they were the ones responsible for the change in American Airlines’s policy: KILMEADE: Meanwhile, some good news. Mission accomplished. At 29 minutes before the top of the hour. It seems yesterday, when we brought up that airlines were charging additional bag costs to military people being deployed overseas — sometimes costing them as much as $300. Outrage was through your...
News Hounds (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
... it as a big endorsement. He, Kristol, doesn't think it's a big deal and he didn't mean to hype it. Brian Kilmeade asked if Colin Powell is perhaps fishing around for a job or appointment? He speculated that he doesn't want his career to go out with a whimper and insinuated that an Obama endorsement may get him an appointment. Kristol shrugged that speculation off, and said instead...
