*Written by Rob Rimes.

Recently, in a memoir he published, a former Navy SEAL came forward claiming that he decked and knocked down former Navy SEAL, former professional wrestler, former Governor of Minnesota and television host Jesse Ventura. Chris Kyle, the SEAL who claims he did this, is a decorated sniper who has been awarded an almost uncountable number of medals. Now while I would hate to discredit someone of that stature, certain things about his story don’t add up and since Fox News is just about the only mainstream media source that is even talking about the issue, one can’t not question this situation. Plus, the incident took place over five years ago and it is just now being brought public? Sorry but that is incredibly fishy.

Another thing worth noting is that the book that Kyle wrote ‘American Sniper’ has been published by Harper Collins which is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, who also own Fox News. Now also taking into account that Bill O’Reilly has been vehemently opposed to Jesse Ventura for years and the former Governor has had plenty of spats with O’Reilly and his Fox News colleagues makes him a prime target for Fox News’ top ratings getter. It also probably doesn’t help Ventura that O’Reilly has never really been objective or fair and balanced, as he claims that he is. Hell, the O’Reilly Factor’s slogan “The spin stops here” is a blatant lie. O’Reilly often times refers to himself as a “journalist” even though he is a commentator. O’Reilly is either a horrible liar, as anyone with a single brain cell can see through this charade, or he just doesn’t know the difference between a journalist or a commentator. Another reason why O’Reilly may be coming at Ventura with guns blazing is because the former Governor has been very vocal about his support for Ron Paul, which is someone else that Fox News is trying to smear and brush under the rug, as if he were non-existant. In any event, this whole situation smells about as rotten as sack full of sweaty yeast infected orangutan vaginas, so I had to do some investigating of my own, since Bill O’Reilly the “journalist” apparently doesn’t have that magical ability.

Before I get into my investigating, let’s get into O’Reilly’s lackluster attempt. Now while taking Chris Kyle’s story at face value, O’Reilly and almost every other Fox News show promoted this guy and his book and pushed his tale as factual without actually checking on the story for themselves. This obviously outraged Ventura, who went on the Alex Jones Radio Show and said that this event never happened. Ventura said that he never disrespected a deceased Navy SEAL as Kyle claimed and that he never even met Kyle and therefore was never punched by the guy. Ventura went on to name the restaurant where the incident supposedly took place and said that the owner was a friend of his and people were free to call the guy and ask him if the story was indeed true. So what did O’Reilly do after Ventura brought all this up?

Well, O’Reilly didn’t call the bar owner. In fact what he did do was quote two eye-witnesses, who weren’t even actually interviewed, who claimed they saw the whole thing. The catch was that both of these witnesses were buddies of Chris Kyle and therefore, obviously had some biased input, as they don’t want to tarnish their homeboy’s credibility while he’s trying to pimp his book. O’Reilly before the show where he quoted these eye-witnesses was promoting the segment like he had the smoking gun and was going to expose Ventura. Billy O claimed that he had evidence to support his made up conclusion and when all was said and done, this evidence was placed at the very end of his show in the “Dumbest Things of the Week” segment. Okay, so is he admitting his evidence is dumb? Or is he trying to make a joke out of all this to absolve himself of any backlash after carelessly opening a can of bullshit worms? Also in this segment was a story about a Colorado high school senior who wanted to use a topless photo for her yearbook picture. As you can see, O’Reilly was now filing this story, that he made such a big serious deal about the week prior, into the trash bin.

So why did O’Reilly waste his audience’s time with these bullshit witnesses that he promoted heavily leading up to the show? Then again, anyone who watches this douchenugget is wasting their time regardless. Anyway, why didn’t O’Reilly take Ventura’s advice and call the owner of the bar and get him to make an official statement? Maybe Ol’ Billy Boy didn’t want to have someone come in and ruin this story. Maybe if he asked the owner for his account it would’ve ruined this pointless smear of an American hero who deserves the same amount of respect that Chris Kyle is getting from his News Corp. brothers. Well, being the pot-stirring jackass that I am, I couldn’t let justice not be served so I made a couple phone calls.

Last week I called the restaurant in question and asked to speak to the owner. When I called, he wasn’t in but I did get some information from the manager who picked up the phone. The manager said that he didn’t specifically remember if the event happened or not, as it took place over five years ago. The manager told me to try again to see if I could talk to the owner, who he claimed was hard to pin down.

I called the next day and had no luck and then called a third time and was cued in to something noteworthy. I was told by one of the managers that they were getting a lot of calls about the incident from other people. I asked if any major news organizations had contacted them like Fox and they said “no”. Aha! So O’Reilly didn’t even bother! Anyway, the guy on the phone told me that the owner wasn’t there but that he didn’t want to talk about it anyway and I agreed to not call back out of respect for their wishes not to be bothered. I was told however that even if it happened so long ago, an incident like that wouldn’t have been forgotten and that it would still be the talk of the bar, which it isn’t. In his own way, this was the manager’s confirmation that this story was most likely a fabrication. It’s really for you to decide but the point is, journalists, bloggers and concerned citizens working outside of the mainstream media circle have been trying to get to the bottom of this while the media giants didn’t even make a phone call to check and cover their own asses.

In fact, after O’Reilly quoted the bullshit witness testimonies, he brought on Greg Gutfeld and Arthel Neville to talk about it. Gutfeld tried to poke fun at Ventura being a 9/11 Truther because that’s all that he could do to try and discredit someone of Ventura’s stature, which is a much higher stature than Chris Kyle in my book. Neville added, “I tend to believe the Navy SEAL in this story.” She was referring to Kyle of course, as the three amigos didn’t mention or just simply forgot that Ventura too was a Navy SEAL. However, by her reasoning, both Kyle and Ventura would be telling the truth! That’s that good ol’ Fox News journalism for ya! I guess the fact that Ventura is a former SEAL and a former governor means nothing to these establishment cockpuppets. What’s sad is that I always liked and respected Gutfeld but ever since he became a co-host of ‘The Five’ he has been firmly assimilated into the mainstream media’s culture of bullshit. When on the television, Gutfeld always came off as the smartest and wittiest guy in the room but once getting himself out of that 3 a.m. time slot, he’s quickly regressed into being your run-of-the-mill mainstream shamster.

The purpose of this is not to say who is telling the truth or who isn’t, it is to show how the mainstream media takes potential bullshit at face value and disregards evidence in an effort to sell a story, that could be complete fabricated garbage. Fox News, as was confirmed, did nothing to really try and find a resolution to this story. Hell, they couldn’t even get an intern to pick up a phone and make a call? I made three calls and I run several websites with no real staff to speak of and I have a full-time job on top of that! If there is anything to learn from this, it is that you should question the trash that these ass clown talking heads try to shove down your throat. I wish we could trust the news coming from the top but this is just another account of why they are just lying bastards more interested in trash television than truth.

My Two Cents: So funny, considering Julia Louis-Dreyfus comes from a long line of billionaires who made their money in OIL! Hollywood hypocrisy knows no bounds. Look it up for yourself. Google “Louis Dreyfus Group”, her families business since 1851! End Two Cents.

My Two Cents: Gutfeld and ‘Red Eye’ pwn Jon Stewart and ‘The Daily Show’ as well as Stephen Colbert and ‘The Colbert Report’ in every way. End Two Cents.

*Taken from the Daily Caller. Video at link.

On last Sunday’s “Fox News Sunday,” Comedy Central “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart made an appearance in which he was highly critical of the Fox News Channel. But was Stewart playing fast and loose with the facts in his condemnation of FNC?

On Monday night’s taping of Fox News Channel’s “Red Eye,” host Greg Gutfeld pointed out some of discrepancies between what Stewart said about our media culture and his role in it versus the reality.

“So, last weekend Jon Stewart was interviewed on FNC. It was feisty and all about point of view. Stewart’s claim: Fox News’ perspective is ideologically based following a predetermined right-wing map. As for lefty bias at other networks, that’s a product of sensationalism or drugs. As for Jon’s bias, he says it is purely comedic. So when he links Palin to herpes, that’s coming from a funny place, not a political one. And when he dons a black accent to mock Herman Cain, that’s because comics do funny voices – and even funny black voices, after all he does Obama all the time, right?”

CONTINUED..

Reason’s Nick Gillespie appeared Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld to discuss Texas caving in to federal TSA regulations, Obama and the “Arab Spring”, the side effects of prescription drugs, suspended MSNBC host Ed Schultz’s sexist comments about Laura Ingarham, Candyland the movie, and more.

The show’s other guests were Leeann Tweeden (http://leeanntweeden.com) and Tom Shillue (http://tomshillue.com).

Airdate: May 26, 2011.

*Taken from the Daily Caller. Video at the link.

Is the Obama White House being hypocritical by declining to release photographic evidence of Osama bin Laden’s killing, citing concerns about the Muslim world’s reaction?

On his Thursday morning broadcast on the Fox News Channel, “Red Eye” host Greg Gutfeld questioned President Barack Obama’s reasoning during his “Gregalogue” segment – saying that same logic could be applied to doing almost anything.

“I get it,” he said. “The decision was based on placating extremists instead of conspiracy freaks. I get it. Terrorists are scarier than truthers, but it is wrong. The argument that the photo would piss off people who might then try to kill Americans bugs me. I mean, you could use the same argument for stopping all human activity, including killing bin Laden. I’m sure that pissed off extremists, as does our friendship with Israel, our love for dogs and music by the Black Eyed Peas.”

Noting White House Press Secretary Tim Carney’s explanation, Gutfeld questioned why such a mindset doesn’t constitute Islamophobia – a fear of Muslims, or how they might react — especially given this is an administration that has preached against such fear.

“So, how will not releasing the photo affect conspiracy nuts?” he continued. “Carney said they’re going to think that way no matter how much evidence you give them. The photos won’t make any difference. But that same conclusion applies to extremists. Photos won’t matter to them either because they hate us already. So I’m thinking there’s some Islamophobia hiding in this decision, a fear of Muslims or rather a fear of offending them. But it is a mistake to conflate reasonable Muslims with radicals who want to kill us — an error mind you that is often blamed on the right, but here it is at the White House.”

The “Red Eye” host added that not releasing any photos offers a reverence to bin Laden that elevates him to a Muslim leader.

“Carney said bin Laden was a mass murderer and not a Muslim leader, but this decision today seems to say otherwise,” he continued. “By the way, I have no doubt we got bin Laden, but I just want our enemies to know we did too. Basically the picture is the price tag.”

*Taken from the Daily Caller.

While Wonkette and the website’s editor Jack Steuf are apparently not backing down from a post earlier this week slamming Trig Palin, the three-year-old special needs child of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, they’re still catching a fair amount of criticism.

And although that criticism won’t make the offensive nature of the post any easier to swallow, the folks at Fox News Channel’s “Red Eye” used the opportunity to take a few shots at Wonkette and Steuf on their Thursday morning show’s “Tool for Tonight” segment.

“Tonight the award goes to a piece of crap named Jack Steuf who blogs at Wonkette, a blog for people who are also pieces of crap,” Gutfeld said. “See Wednesday was Trig Palin’s birthday, so clever Jack writes about Sarah’s child thusly: ‘What’s he dreaming about? Nothing. He’s retarded. His mom went to a lot of trouble to leak amniotic fluid over eight states to make sure that he arrived in this world somewhat alive.’ Wow. There is actually another line that is worse and insinuates rape and incest, but we’re not going to go there.”

Gutfeld attempted to explain Steuf’s rationale for publishing the post.

“We can already hear your excuse, Jack,” Gutfeld said. “’See like, Sarah had used Trig as a prop while running for office,’ which means her kid deserves your petulant wrath, which means of course that any woman who runs for office better not have a kid in tow or the brat is yours to trash. And who cares if he has Down syndrome. Brave Jack is going to make fun of your, quote ‘retarded kid’ because that’s edgy and in your face blogging at its best.”

But according to Gutfeld, this is just par for the course.

“Did you know that Jack’s from Brooklyn and hairy?” he continued. “Yup, he shoots pool, drinks Pabst and makes fun at disabled kids, but only Palin’s because if he did it to anyone else he would have been ostracized by his friends who think and smell just like him. Of course, he doesn’t have much experience I’m sure with disabled people and he’s still pretty young so he has no real sense of suffering. But wait, here is a picture of him.”

“Well, maybe he does know suffering,” Gutfeld continued. “God, what a hideous, pathetic tool.”

*Taken from Reason.

What’s the biggest threat to free speech? Reason.tv asks a cavalcade of politicians, journalists, filmmakers and content creators ranging from former Gov. Gary Johnson (R-N.M.) to Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld to The Atlantic’s Megan McArdle to adult filmmaker John Stagliano to new media magnate Andrew Breitbart to call their shot.

Featured (in order of appearance):

Andy Levy, Fox News’ Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld
Gov. Gary Johnson, Our America Initiative
Roger Stone, Political Strategist, Blogger, The StoneZone
John Stagliano, Evil Angel Productions
Cyan Banister, CEO, Zivity.com
Robert Corn-Revere, Davis Wright Tremaine
Kevin D. Williamson, Deputy Managing Editor, National Review
John Tierney, Science Columnist, The New York Times
Robert A. George, Editorial Writer, The New York Post
Kristin Davis, “Manhattan Madam” and NY Gubernatorial Candidate
Andrew Breitbart, Big Hollywood/Big Government/Big Journalism
Tunku Varadarajan, Editor, Newsweek International & NYU Professor
Rob Kampia, Executive Director, Marijuana Policy Project
Scott Ross, Editor, NBC’s PopcornBiz
S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News and The Daily Caller
Bob Bowdon, Director, The Cartel
Tony Ortega, Editor in Chief, The Village Voice
Fred Smith, President, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Joe Garden, Features Editor, The Onion
John Papola, Producer-Director, “Fear the Boom and Bust”
Megan McArdle, Business and Economics Editor, The Atlantic
Greg Gutfeld, Fox News’ Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld

The interviews were conducted on December 9, 2010, at The Box, a nightclub on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. They took place during a Reason event designed to celebrate our work – and those of others across the political and ideological spectrum – in defense of free expression.