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'''Fox Derangement Syndrome''' is a political term referring to the acute onset of paranoia and the loss of rationality in otherwise normal people in reaction to the news, opinion shows, and very existence of the [[Fox News Channel]]. An early example of FDS occured on the December 1, 2003 broadcast of ''Hardball with Chris Matthews'', in which [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] political commentator [[Chris Matthews]] asked liberal Democrat politican [[Howard Dean]], "Would you break up Fox?". To which Dean replied, "On ideological grounds, absolutely yes."<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3607157/</ref>
'''Fox Derangement Syndrome''' is a political term referring to the acute onset of paranoia and the loss of rationality in otherwise normal people in reaction to the news, opinion shows, and very existence of the [[Fox News Channel]]. An early example of FDS occured on the December 1, 2003 broadcast of ''Hardball with Chris Matthews'', in which [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] political commentator [[Chris Matthews]] asked liberal Democrat politican [[Howard Dean]], "Would you break up Fox?". To which Dean replied, "On ideological grounds, absolutely yes."<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3607157/</ref>
Political commentator [[Michelle Malkin]] mentioned the condition on her website on February 16, 2006<ref>http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004571.htm</ref> Journalist Bernard Goldberg uses the phrase as a chapter title of his book, ''Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right: How One Side Lost Its Mind and the Other Lost Its Nerve,'' which was reviewed by U. S. News and World Report.<ref>http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2007/4/11/have-you-got-fox-derangement-syndrome.html</ref>
Political commentator [[Michelle Malkin]] mentioned the condition on her website on February 16, 2006<ref>http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004571.htm</ref> Journalist [[Bernard Goldberg]] uses the phrase as a chapter title of his book, ''Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right: How One Side Lost Its Mind and the Other Lost Its Nerve,'' which was reviewed by U. S. News and World Report.<ref>http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2007/4/11/have-you-got-fox-derangement-syndrome.html</ref>
Fox Derangement Syndrome has been said to have been shown by [[Keith Olbermann]], [[Al Franken]], [[Janeane Garofalo]], [[Chris Matthews]], [[Angelina Jolie]], [[John Edwards]], [[Barack Obama]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[Howard Dean]], [[Robert Greenwald]].
Fox Derangement Syndrome has been said to have been shown by [[Keith Olbermann]], [[Al Franken]], [[Janeane Garofalo]], [[Chris Matthews]], [[Angelina Jolie]], [[John Edwards]], [[Barack Obama]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[Howard Dean]], [[Robert Greenwald]].