I received this as an e-mail, does anyone know if it is true?

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New York, New York - In a conversation with Fox News celebrities,
Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, that was picked up by an open
microphone, Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corp.,
repeatedly referred to Fox News viewers as morons and white trash.
The incident took place as the three men were sitting together at a
benefit dinner for the Ann Coulter defense fund. Apparently, they had
been drinking heavily which may account for their lack of restraint
and obliviousness to the open microphone that was positioned directly
in front of them.

At one point, while addressing O'Reilly and Hannity, Murdoch
said, "Can you believe the shit we get away with? Good thing our
viewers are dumb as doorknobs or else we would be in trouble." To
which, Hannity laughed and then replied, "Yeah, I heard that people
who watch Fox News have to wear bibs to catch their drool so their
sofas won't be stained by the tobacco juice, and that's just the
women." O'Reilly, also laughing, then joined in by saying, "Hey, how
many Fox viewers does it take to change a light bulb? None, they all
refuse to change the bulb because they prefer living in the dark."

However, the unkindest cut of all that is sure to enrage Fox viewers
came at the end of the conversation when Murdoch raised his glass in
a toast and said, "God bless trailer park trash and idiots
everywhere. Without them Fox News would be nothing and I would not be
a billionaire."

After news of the recorded conversation became public, Fox News
released the following brief statement, "We encourage our viewers to
reject anything they hear or see that does not come directly from Fox
News. Fox News is the only source of information you need for Fair
and Balanced™ coverage."

It can't possibly be real.

c'mon, peeps.

nt

I am not lying to you about that.

"Simply put, we want to bring out the wackos to vote against something and make sure the rest of the public lets the whole thing slip past them. The wackos get their information through the Christian right, Christian radio, mail, the internet and telephone trees," - Michael Scanlon, former DeLay Aide and Abramoff Buddy

if you start a question with: 'received this in an email' then the answer to 'is it true?' is usually 'no'

I can't get a gargantuan penis by just taking a few pills like it says in the emails I get?

Just send me some money and i will send you the means to a super sized dick.....honest.......:shrug:

odd, they seem to know to skip the Big Ten fans and go right to the needy people. good spam filters!

that was above average cross-forum smack talking, and you know it. :)

Above average indeed.

Do I need a sarcasm tag?

Guess you should contact them and fill em all in...since they'll apparently believe anything.

A Kucinich Administration Would Re-Open 9/11/
You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYpgCt-s808

http://www.911blogger.com/node/12646

But I'm not some crazy IJET (Invisible Jewish Elf Theorist).

You really believe that?

No wonder we are always near the bottom of every worldwide education poll.

If you want to publish it. Otherwise, I'd say it reeked like the totally apocryphal story it is.

Its hard to believe such a story is not true. However, Murdoch and his kind most likely have such conversations far away from any microphone.

However, that doesn't mean they don't think those things, privately.

It probably also reflects the reality of their thinking.

If this dinner had taken place, do you really think DU could NOT have known about it?

Why should the left be any different from the super-right.

99% of those bullshit forwards are rightwing fabrications. We can make shit up, too.
We don't actually have to make much stuff up... just report the news.

Your target audience, FOX News Channel viewers, may very well buy shit that is way over the top. But it is way over the top about things they WANT to believe. That is a big difference. So you need something a tad more subtle.


New York, New York - In a conversation with Fox News celebrities,
Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, that was picked up by an open
microphone, Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corp.,
repeatedly referred to Fox News viewers as morons and white trash.
The incident took place as the three men were sitting together at an
Ann Coulter book signing.

At one point, Murdoch explaining the " we get away with" on
as being the result of their viewers being "dumb as doorknobs".

Hannity is heard to laugh and refers to the viewers as "morons and
white trash".

O'Reilly, also laughing, contributed the following joke, "Hey, how
many Fox viewers does it take to change a light bulb? None, they
hate change, but love to be in the dark."

The "hate change" comment would seem to refer the conservatism of
the Fox News Channel viewership. While "in the dark" likely refers
to a recent poll demonstrating that FNC viewers are more likely to
still believe items long proven false, such as Iraq's alledged
involvement in the attacks on 9-11.

After news of the recorded conversation became public, Fox News
released the following brief statement, "this is just another case of
liberal media spin. Our viewership has long known that Fox News is
the only source of information you need for Fair and Balanced™
coverage."

Forward it to all the rightwingers in your address book post haste!