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'''Fox Derangement Syndrome''' is an idiomatic phrase referring to some liberals' wildly exaggerated overreaction to the news, opinion shows, and very existence of the [[Fox News Channel]]. Although the term did not exist at the time, a good example occurred during the December 1, 2003 broadcast of ''Hardball with Chris Matthews'', in which [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] political commentator [[Chris Matthews]] asked liberal Democrat politician [[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 an idiomatic phrase used by some [[conservatives]] to refer to wildly exaggerated overreaction to the news, opinion shows, and very existence of the [[Fox News Channel]]. Although the term did not exist at the time, a good example occurred during the December 1, 2003 broadcast of ''Hardball with Chris Matthews'', in which [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] political commentator [[Chris Matthews]] asked liberal Democrat politician [[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]] used the phrase on her website on February 16, 2006<ref>http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004571.htm</ref>. Journalist [[Bernard Goldberg]] uses it 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]] used the phrase on her website on February 16, 2006<ref>http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004571.htm</ref>. Journalist [[Bernard Goldberg]] uses it 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]]<ref>http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/012830.php</ref>, [[Al Franken]], [[Janeane Garofalo]], [[Chris Matthews]], [[Angelina Jolie]], [[John Edwards]], [[Barack Obama]], [[Howard Dean]], [[Robert Greenwald]]<ref>[http://www.outfoxed.org/] Greenwald appears in Outfoxed</ref>, [[USA Today]] [[Blog]] <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/12/18/readers-cheer-fox-news-headquarters-fire-usa-today-blog Fox News Headquarters Fire Cheered at USA Today Blog], Noel Sheppard, [[NewsBusters]], December 18, 2007</ref>.

''Fox Derangement Syndrome'' has been said to have been shown by [[Keith Olbermann]]<ref>http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/012830.php</ref>, [[Al Franken]], [[Janeane Garofalo]], [[Chris Matthews]], [[Angelina Jolie]], [[John Edwards]], [[Barack Obama]], [[Howard Dean]], [[Robert Greenwald]]<ref>[http://www.outfoxed.org/] Greenwald appears in Outfoxed</ref>, [[USA Today]] [[Blog]] <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/12/18/readers-cheer-fox-news-headquarters-fire-usa-today-blog Fox News Headquarters Fire Cheered at USA Today Blog], Noel Sheppard, [[NewsBusters]], December 18, 2007</ref>.

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