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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Thu Jul 2, 2015, 07:02 PM Jul 2015

Daily Caller Headline: "Barack Obama, Wife Beater"

Nope. Not The Onion. Tucker the F*cker actually went there.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/07/02/daily-caller-headline-barack-obama-wife-beater/204232

Conservative blog The Daily Caller posted an article with the headline: "Barack Obama, Wife Beater."

The July 1 post, posted just before midnight with an anonymous "Daily Caller contributor" byline, featured just five words -- "He's wearing a wife beater" -- accompanied by two pictures of President Obama, in which a "wife-beater" sleeveless shirt is visible under his white dress shirt. The headline read "Barack Obama, Wife Beater."




As of Thursday morning, the piece was featured on The Daily Caller's homepage.

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Daily Caller Headline: "Barack Obama, Wife Beater" (Original Post) KamaAina Jul 2015 OP
Whoever posted that just needs a good slappin slappen right? slapping. randys1 Jul 2015 #1
Tucker, what about your fellow co-worker at FOX? napkinz Jul 2015 #2
A shirt called the wife-beater ? Never heard of that. Women shoud name a dress "The Bobbit" BlueJazz Jul 2015 #3
Why is this crap posted on DU malaise Jul 2015 #4
To taunt them, I guess KamaAina Jul 2015 #5
Its called click bait. tymorial Jul 2015 #6
mr carlson should be ashamed. but he won't be. spanone Jul 2015 #7

randys1

(16,286 posts)
1. Whoever posted that just needs a good slappin slappen right? slapping.
Thu Jul 2, 2015, 07:05 PM
Jul 2015

But the coolest man who ever lived (unless Jesus actually did), will ignore this racist garbage as he has ignored ten thousand like it

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
2. Tucker, what about your fellow co-worker at FOX?
Thu Jul 2, 2015, 07:06 PM
Jul 2015


05/18/2015

Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly, known for his hardline stance on family values and violence in the home, allegedly assaulted his ex-wife, dragging her down the stairs by her neck in front of the pair’s now 16-year-old daughter, according to court documents.

The documents were part of a recently-concluded child custody case in New York, in which a judge ruled that O’Reilly’s ex-wife Maureen McPhilmy would get custody of their two children. Though the vast majority of the case’s documents have been sealed because they deal with minors, Gawker has been able to confirm that the judge did in fact hear testimony about the alleged incident, which took place around 2010.

The allegation is just the latest in a string of incidents that have come to light following the couple’s divorce.

According to Gawker, O’Reilly has not only attempted to have his ex-wife excommunicated from the Roman-Catholic church (which views getting divorced and remarried as a sin against God), but he also used his influence to launch an internal investigation into McPhilmy’s new boyfriend, a Nassau County Police detective.

O’Reilley has also been a on record as blaming minorities’ plight on familial issues, including domestic violence.

read more: http://tampa.suntimes.com/national-politics/7/72/1139118/fox-news-bill-oreilly-domestic-abuse

tymorial

(3,433 posts)
6. Its called click bait.
Thu Jul 2, 2015, 07:46 PM
Jul 2015

While this is one of the more extreme and repugnant examples, this behavior is by no means isolated to the Daily Caller. All of the online news media websites engage in this crap. It is a means to get people to click on articles which drives up page hits which in turn generates advertising revenue. My guess is that this was far more about manipulating and exploiting right wing dbags into creating revenue for the DC than an attack on the president.

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