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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> | + | '''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> 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. As a result, the book has been attacked by liberals such as blogger Scoobie Davis<ref>http://scoobiedavis.blogspot.com/2007/05/bernard-goldberg-asks-why-do-liberals.html</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. As a result, the book has been attacked by liberals such as blogger Scoobie Davis<ref>http://scoobiedavis.blogspot.com/2007/05/bernard-goldberg-asks-why-do-liberals.html</ref> | ||
Revision as of 19:03, June 17, 2007
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 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."[1]
Political commentator Michelle Malkin mentioned the condition on her website on February 16, 2006[2] and there is a brief article on the subject on the website of U.S. News & World Report.[3] 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. As a result, the book has been attacked by liberals such as blogger Scoobie Davis[4]
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