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Links: Fox News blames Obama for a college student's suicide
By Lina CanneyApril 14th, 2011, 6:40 pmComments (12)
Fox News came out with a real doozy today. They were so super-sad to inform us that while Obama was speaking, a student at George Washington University committed suicide. Seriously guys, Fox News is really devastated by the coincidental and poor timing of this; the current homepage of Fox's website may or may not read: "Obama's Speech Sparked Suicide" right now. Go check.
Just to be careful. In more shitty news, a couple robbed a thirteen-year-old girl's lemonade stand. As if it could get worse, the itty, bitty Mother Teresa was selling lemonade to raise money for her cousin's medical condition. Which was being born with part of his brain missing. Really.
Speaking of precocious children, this eight-year-old movie critic, who is not dissimilar to a small version of Gilbert Gottfried, artfully states: "Inception is visually stunning" while the forty-year-old anchorman sits next to him and agrees, "Visually...it is, uh, actually pretty good."
Continuing with impressive children, watch this amazing human: all I want to know is who raised this miracle of a well-adjusted, humorous, confident pre-teen. Also, are you considering adopting?
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Commentarium (12 Comments)
Sorry, I saw Fox News at the time you are referring. Nerve is obviously vying for the "Faux" (only the American pronunciation would approximate the slander to which most refer) News.
For shame, Ms. Lina.
Thanks PubicLiceus. Also... nice username.
Thanks, Lina. Who will set the record straight?
Incidentally, the username was bestowed by some fans of mine.
Fans who don't understand Latin, clearly, nor the need for open dialogue. Pinheads, really.
The actual Fox News headline: "GWU Suicide Tragically Coincides with Obama Speech."
There is no denying that whoever wrote the headline wanted to draw some connection between the two events, though obviously there is absolutely no evidence of this. That leaves behind a particularly hateful bias as the only motivation, in my opinion. Stay classy, Fox News.
PS To the Nerve editors: fix your tag, it says "...suicide at Georgetown" as of right now. Georgetown, quite thankfully, isn't the same school as George Washington.
The connection that the headline draws is that they were connected in time.
One suicide occurs every 18 minutes in the US according to this figure which admittedly is a little dated), with one attempt made every minute. So, during Glenn Beck's tenure-that's a lot of suicide that "tragically coincided" with his programming.
And? How many rapes occurred in DC while Republicans were gutting social program funding?
Oh my god I want to adopt that last kid.
136 people had a heart attack while Obama was speaking, 3 people died in car accidents, several choked to death, a few were murdered and someone just vanished. Bad, bad Obama.
Very valid, pithy, scucnict, and on point. WD.