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Fox News’ The Five Accuses Media Of ‘Double Standard’ And ‘Misogyny’ In Coverage Of Bachmann

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Fox News’ new afternoon panel show The Five had its second episode today and started off with a segment on presidential hopeful Rep. Michele Bachmann. The group went through a number of what they felt were “personal attacks” against the Congresswoman coming from, in order, fellow Minnesotan Rep. Keith Ellison, ABC, and Bill Maher and pointed out what they (for the most part) felt was a “double standard” in the treatment of a strong conservative woman.

First up was Ellison who told college activists that conservatives like Bachmann wanted women to “get back in the kitchen and to take her shoes off and get pregnant.” The comment got a round of thumbs down from the panel. Bob Beckel, however, pointed out that Bachmann has made quotes from the Bible in the past about wives needing to be “submissive” that could leave her open to this kind of criticism.

The oddest statement came from Greg Gutfeld who thought it was “rich” that these statements came from Ellison since he’s a Muslim. Uh…ok then.

Next up was Bill Maher who took heat for calling both Bachmann and Sarah Palin “MILFs.” The panel all agreed that this was misogyny and claimed that there would be a huge uproar if anyone said that about a Liberal politician. This time Gutfeld was noticeably silent. It was noticeable since he had spent a good amount of time yesterday talking about how hot he thought Palin was and wondering why all Liberal women are uglier.

Finally was ABC who aired undercover footage that an activist group made at Marcus Bachmann’s clinic which has been accused of teaching patients they can “pray the gay away.” As everyone went after the “hit piece,” Beckel wondered why there wasn’t any similar uproar when Fox News repeatedly aired the undercover footage of ACORN. Eric Bolling claimed the difference was that ACORN was being suspected of doing something illegal. No one mentioned the NPR videos.

All in all, the show remains entertaining. We’ll see how it does as it continues its first week.

Unrelated grammar question: If I’m going to start covering this show, I need to get something straight. In the headline up there, should it be “accuse” or “accuses?” By using the italics it seems like the show is making the accusation and therefore it’s singular. However, they are “the five” hosts.

…ah, who cares?

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  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    I’m shocked that a conservative program would harp on all of the usual conservative themes regarding their supposed victimization within the media.

  • Liberal Tormentor – tormenting liberals with logic and facts since 1972

    I’m shocked that you can’t point out where they are wrong.

  • LoyalOpposition

    Liberal Tormentor - tormenting liberals with logic and facts since 1972 said:
    I’m shocked that you can’t point out where they are wrong.

    Are you really though?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ken-Tinkham/1683859319 Ken Tinkham

    I donot find this show entertaining. Years back, The McGlough Group was entertaining with their arguments. This banter is hard to take. Primarily because of idiot liberals like Beckel. Let’s give him the show and he’ll disapear quickly!

  • Liberal Tormentor – tormenting liberals with logic and facts since 1972

    LoyalOpposition said:
    Are you really though?

    HAHA, nope! I am surprised he got through at least one comment without a death threat directed at a Conservative.

  • LoyalOpposition

    Ken Tinkham said:
    I donot find this show entertaining. Years back, The McGlough Group was entertaining with their arguments. This banter is hard to take. Primarily because of idiot liberals like Beckel. Let’s give him the show and he’ll disapear quickly!

    If they handed the reins over to Greg Gutfeld, the show would be a lot better.

  • TfT

    Interesting selective observations there Jon. if you are going to cover this show daily, might I suggest that you be a little more thorough and a little more accurate, please, pretty please?

    Beckel went on about the double standard and how there would be a lynch mob if the MILF garbage had gone on about a democrat female politician, and it wasn’t just Maher who got the attention, Piers, the CNN anchor who laughed heartily at the exchange and indeed used the “gun to your head” expression doesn’t get off scott free here. he is guilty as sin for bringing it up and laughing about it, and CNN should issue apologies to both Michelle and Palin poste haste.

    As for the Muslim comment – honestly Jon, you are really short chaning that discussion. You know damn well women in Muslim countries have little or no rights and that was the point that was made, and that point alone. You trying to make it into something it wasn’t doesn’t bode very well for your”take” on this show. if you wanna spin it, then change your headline to:

    MEDIAITE SPINS THE FIVE TO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT

    Otherwise, be fair, ok? I don’t think that is asking too much.

  • BFD

    Obviously this new show has no interest in covering the news, only the latest Righty talking points.

    A perfect fit for Fox.

  • Jerps

    Felt like it was The Four vs. Beckel.

  • Jackyboy

    Jerps said:
    Felt like it was The Four vs. Beckel.

    Agreed, I like the show but they need another liberal.

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    I want to know if Beckel thinks it’s okay to surreptitiously video people at AA/NA meetings, since he thinks it’s all right everywhere else. (Paul Ryan at dinner, dontcha know.)

  • BFD

    Now we know why Roger got rid of Beck and put this show on.

    They will be pimping for the conservative presidential candidates all summer long, something Beck wouldn’t do.

  • espo222

    This show has real potential…but, they NEED to get rid of Bolling, Perino and Tantaros. Bolling is just a joke and a Beck wannabe and Tantaros and Perino don’t look comfortable. Gutfeld is great and Beckel makes it interesting because he is an opposing view. I’d rather see the show with Gutfeld hosting, Beckel, Megyn Kelly, Andy Levy and Juan Williams or just move Greta to 5:00 and put Red Eye on at 10:00.

  • Pablo

    Jackyboy said:
    Agreed, I like the show but they need another liberal.

    Juan Williams is supposed to be in the mix on this.

  • Fokker News

    Looks like another “great show” promoting conservative talking points. They even let the liberal chime in occasionally.

  • Jackyboy

    BFD said:
    Now we know why Roger got rid of Beck and put this show on.

    They will be pimping for the conservative presidential candidates all summer long, something Beck wouldn’t do.

    I think that’s a little premature after two shows but it looks like that pattern is starting to form

    Pablo said:
    Juan Williams is supposed to be in the mix on this.

    Juan Williams doesn’t count, he’s a center left guy (emphasis on the center) at best. They need a real liberal to join Beckel.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeremy-Volkens/100000152902441 Jeremy Volkens

    TfT said:
    As for the Muslim comment – honestly Jon, you are really short chaning that discussion. You know damn well women in Muslim countries have little or no rights and that was the point that was made, and that point alone. You trying to make it into something it wasn’t doesn’t bode very well for your”take” on this show.

    Precisely. If Jon Bershad is incapable of recognizing the obvious irony of a Ellison’s statement I have to seriously question his intelligence.

    Furthermore, to assert that Bachmann, (a mother of seven who is also an entrepreneur and an extremely active politician) wants woman to be in the home barefoot and pregnant defies even faulty liberal logic.

  • Jaurez

    Fox News-Fair and Balanced=#1. ;)

    I love how pubic, fukker and bfsockpuppet scream “talking points” but have no proof. Lame. Just freakin lame. Same loser? Prolly.

  • Liberal Tormentor – tormenting liberals with logic and facts since 1972

    BFD said:
    Obviously this new show has no interest in covering the news, only the latest Righty talking points.

    A perfect fit for Fox.

    Was it billed as a NEWS program?

  • JunkJunk

    Fox News’ The Five Accuses Media Of ‘Double Standard’ And ‘Misogyny’ In Coverage Of Bachmann

    Of course they do.

  • Toby Tucker

    espo222 said:
    This show has real potential…but, they NEED to get rid of Bolling, Perino and Tantaros.

    I was under the impression that the cast would be changeable, the way Red Eye is, rather than like The View. If it’s not going to be a daily change maybe the the lineup will change on a weekly basis. I hope so. After a certain length of time, it gets to the point where you know what everybody is going to say before they say it. And that spells B-O-R-I-N-G.

  • 2012freedom

    They could get rid of Perino and bring in Kristin Powers. They need to have more Liberals (as much as I don’t want to hear them) to make it more interesting.

  • J Baustian

    No discussion of media misogyny? Or is that so obvious that it’s not worth debating?

  • CosmosDan

    I think Bachman has been getting more scrutiny than other candidates. Where’s the rest of video from that piece about the clinic? I just read one on HuffPo about how many times she’s called the police and what for. A presidential candidate deserves scrutiny but is all that necessary this early.

    Can’t we just highlight all the stuff she said that politifact said was fakse

    http://www.politifact.com/personalities/michele-bachmann/

    It’s not to impressive.

  • laceyunderalls

    Keith Ellison of ALL people really should just shut the hell up on this.

    You do understand the role of women in your “religion” don’t you there, Keith??

    Go get your groove on with a goat or something already.

  • phku

    This is possibly the worst show I’ve ever seen. Anybody who would take Bachmann seriously should be euthanized.

  • BoomShakalaka

    “Split the MILF vote”……

    Hahahahahahhahaha!!!!!!!!!!!

  • TfT

    Yeah, you and NOW are loving that MILF crap, eh?

    Bitch, whore, c–t, MILF…all acceptable terminology by your lefties as long as those terms are directed at conservative, Christian women.

    Pathetic.

    Piers should be shunned from here to forever for his “put a gun to your head” and the MILF segment. what a putz.

  • darladoon

    TfT said:
    Yeah, you and NOW are loving that MILF crap, eh?

    Bitch, whore, c–t, MILF…all acceptable terminology by your lefties as long as those terms are directed at conservative, Christian women.

    Pathetic.

    Piers should be shunned from here to forever for his “put a gun to your head” and the MILF segment. what a putz.

    i wouldn’t lump MILF in with those other three terms

    one is a flattering term, the others are not

  • CAINtheBULL

    All are conservatives expect that one guy.

  • J Baustian

    TfT said:
    Yeah, you and NOW are loving that MILF crap, eh?

    Bitch, whore, c–t, MILF…all acceptable terminology by your lefties as long as those terms are directed at conservative, Christian women.

    Pathetic.

    You are forgetting that Bill Maher has used another 4-letter slang word for a vagina to describe Sarah Palin, besides the one starting with a C.

    The other starts with TW.

    Pathetic is too polite.

  • insideguy

    She got into this knowing what to expect with the press. If she cant handle it then oh well. She is going down faster than an ICBM over the pacific ocean,she’s going to flame out just a matter of time.

  • The Voice of Reason

    The media is sexist. We all know that.

  • The Voice of Reason

    phku said:
    This is possibly the worst show I’ve ever seen. Anybody who would take Bachmann seriously should be euthanized.

    If Bachmann was a man, and Democrat; I’d bet you’d follow him on twitter.

  • insideguy

    If Bachmann was a man and a Democrat I would not be democrat.

  • insideguy

    I love how FOX news sits around and complains about women being mistreated and Misogyny and sexism yet always puts at least one of their hot ladies in the leg chair.

  • Yoda002

    I think they now miss The Beckster.

  • Rokker

    LOL

    Four low-end right wing hacks and a liberal has-been, yeah, this show will be a winner.

  • OxyCon

    Colby, put Bershad on MessNBC duty so he can watch all the crazy far-left loon bullcrap his heart desires. He really sucks at elitist condescension.

  • Nacho

    I don’t understand. I thought FoxNews was trying to tone down the crazy, it looks like they doubled down for Fox sake…

  • Nacho

    I must admit, I like the meat on the Andrea chick.

  • azh

    Sexism? Did they watch their own first episode?

    “That’s the problem with being president…It’s like a wife and her credit cards. Americans have to be the husband that takes the credit card and breaks it up.”

    “Greg, I know you think that Palin’s hot. Can she win based just on her hotness?”

    “[Medicare part D] is sugar daddy-like.”

    “The government is not your mom and dad, it’s your mistress.”

  • skyfet

    Get them Beckel!

  • AmericaSucks

    Wow.

    Mediaite’s front page displays precisely as many stories about the NOTW scandal (albeit a 3rd-hand one) as it does about a faux chupacabra story.

    For the love of god, can you either do your job better or change what it is you “do” entirely? It’s getting more and more embarrassing.

    Do you cover media or do you not? If you don’t, please let us know so that we can go elsewhere, and spread the word to others (which you can bet I will be doing).

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: Liberals are attracted to FOX programing but can’t understand what they are hearing. Just like the great Ronald Reagan said; Liberals know so much that isn’t so!

  • JR

    Absolutely mysoginistic behavior towards conservative women. It’s part of the remaining areas of acceptable bigotry in American society. Conservative, Chrisitian, if they were obese too, it would be the trifecta.

    What liberal media would find it acceptable for conservative media to be talking about ****ing liberal female politicians? Shall we talk about Hillary Clinton? Michelle Obama? Of course not, that would be inappropriate.

    And this isn’t just about female conservatives, one of them is a candidate for President. Would it be appropriate to discuss whether or not it’s appropriate to speculate if Obama is good in bed? Disregard his stand on political issues and act like he’s only good enough to boink?

    This one is a no-brainer and the fact that it’s even needs to be discussed reveals the truth by those who deny it.

  • MBW

    Running a story about Marcus Bachmann’s clinic is not sexist….but that’s classic Fox News. Lump every insult ever said about someone into a conversation about sexism.

    I’m sure these same people would have been silent about the press and the Republican Party’s treatment of Hillary Clinton.

  • MBW

    As the article points out, it’s also “rich” for the Republicans to cry “sexism”, when they spend every chance they get talking about how conservative women are prettier.

  • JR

    MBW said:

    I’m sure these same people would have been silent about the press and the Republican Party’s treatment of Hillary Clinton.

    You mean like the left being quiet about the treatment of Clinton during the 2008 election?

  • LAPhil

    phku said:
    This is possibly the worst show I’ve ever seen. Anybody who would take Bachmann seriously should be euthanized.

    Your avatar speaks for itself.

  • Scrapette Jones

    I’m just happy to be able to see Gutfeld earlier. I hope they keep him as a permanent host. I would like to see Kirsten Powers there. I realize that Beckel and Tantaros have been self-promoting themselves lately as a duo, but they do NOT interest me at all. Perino — lukewarm ok. Actually, zing for zing, I’d rather see Anne Coulter against Beckel if they are gonna keep him. She’ll drive him back to drink asap….

  • The Voice of Reason

    insideguy said:
    If Bachmann was a man and a Democrat I would not be democrat.

    Then why are you? Men who act in the same demeanor are elevated and praised, while woman are denounced with sexist vitriol. It really says something about your intelligence to think there aren’t men of the same demeanor. You probably love them and think they are smart and awesome.

  • X-3

    Hey Abernathy, you miss Glenn Beck yet? YOU FREAKING MORON.

  • Nature Freak

    Tomorrow Belongs To Me: (aka Sarah Palin’s song)

    The sun on the meadow is summery warm
    The stag in the forest runs free
    But gathered together to greet the storm
    Tomorrow belongs to Palin.
    Tomorrow belongs to Palin.

    The branch on the linden is leafy and green
    The Rhine gives it’s gold to the sea
    But somewhere a glory awaits unseen
    Tomorrow belongs to Palin.
    Tomorrow belongs to Palin.

    The babe in his cradle is closing his eyes
    The blossom embraces the bee
    But soon says a whisper, arise, arise
    Tomorrow belongs to Palin.
    Tomorrow belongs to Palin.

    Now Fatherland, Fatherland, show us the sign
    Your children have waited to see
    The morning will come when the world is mine
    Tomorrow belongs to Palin.
    Tomorrow belongs to Palin.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bruce-Kennedy/1439463341 Bruce

    Bush had a tougher time than I thought. He surrounded himself with idiots. Take Perino for example. An actual case of a blonde totally devoid of intelligence, who’d have thunk?

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