he Center for Constitutional Rights has sent a letter to Fox president, Roger Ailes, warning him that Republican propagandist Glenn Beck’s on-going, libelous criticism of Dr. Frances Fox Piven has generated threats of violence against the 78 year old professor:
the CCR asks that Ailes distinguish between First Amendment rights, of which they are “vigorous defenders” [...]

The latest false rumor floated on the right is that, during his interview with Fox News’ right-wing shill Bret Baier this week, Pes. Obama made up an earthquake that hit Hawaii in 2006. The lie appeared on Drudge, Malkin,”Fox and Friends” and all over right-wing blogs. It’s unclear whether these people didn’t bother to check the Google, or whether they did a search and then knowingly lied. A Google search produced Fox News’ own coverage of the quake in about two seconds.