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-'''Fox Derangement Syndrome''' is 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> and there is a brief article on the subject on the website of ''U.S. News & World Report''.<ref>http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2007/4/11/have-you-got-fox-derangement-syndrome.html</ref> Journalist Bernard Goldberg devotes and entire chapter 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'' to FDS.
-'''People afficted with the condition:'''
-* [[Keith Olbermann]]
-* [[Al Franken]]
-* [[Janeane Garofalo]]
-* [[Chris Matthews]]
-* [[Angelina Jolie]]
-* [[John Edwards]]
-* [[Barack Obama]]
-* [[Hillary Clinton]]
-* [[Howard Dean]]
-* [[Robert Greenwald]]
-==References==
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-[[Category:Politics]]

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