Fox News' John Gibson: Plays Maddow Clips, Adds Homophobic Slur
Above audio clip and more from Media Matters:
While discussing the controversy surrounding Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor, on the April 30 edition of his nationally syndicated Fox News radio show, host John Gibson aired an audio clip of MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow in which she asked, "What else has to happen in the news to push Jeremiah Wright out of the headlines?" Following her comments, Gibson aired an unidentified audio clip of a man saying, " Ooh, lesbians. Yummy." Later in the segment, Gibson's producer, known on-air as "Angry Rich" said, "That Maddow's become bathtub boy's pit bull, hasn't she?" -- an apparent reference to MSNBC's Countdown host, Keith Olbermann. Gibson replied, "Ooohhh. ... Well, I don't know, you know? She may have one of those -- I shouldn't say anything more, should I?" "Angry Rich" said, "No," and Gibson said, apparently referring to his associate producer, "Christine's shaking her head back and forth," and went on to air an audio clip in which an unidentified woman said, "I would like to thank my wife." Gibson later said, "Did I tell you about the people ... on the island of Lesbos?" Read on...
Poor Gibby. His tee vee show got yanked from the polluted FOXNews network and is stuck in the vast wasteland of right wing talk radio. Poor bigot.
There are a lot of sick puppies in the world.
Gibson is so low down on the intellectual food chain that any insult is not only a badge of honor but an exultation for being on the right track.
there aren't too many people on air with the personality, intellect, education, conviction and integrity of Rachel Maddow.
Why doesn't [deleted. Sitemonitor] moron bigots such as Gibson?
And Gibby wonders why he was fired from his t.v show. How deserving.
Did Rachel get out of Air America yet? IMHO Cable TV is a much better venue for her, I don't care for the AAR show much. She must be making an impact on TV or bottom feeders like Gibson wouldn't be paying any attention.
I can't decide which is uglier-his mind or his face.
Gibson needs to retire. The man is a fat sack of crap.
Thank gawd he was fired....next year Faux Noise will be broadcast in HD digital and seeing THAT mug in HD digital would be frightening.
So Gibson has labeled Olbermann Bathtub Boy because KO challenged his corporate bosses to dump saturation coverage of Diana for news about Darfur? Not to put too fine a point on your journalistic credentials, John, but are you saying he was wrong?
david blimmo @ 3:
his supporters are the ones who shoot people they disagree with not the other way around.
And don't support violence here you idiot.
my gaydar goes off loudly when I look at Gibson....
What a despicable repugnant ignoramus. Just listening to him a few minutes makes me sick
That conversation between John Gibson and 'Angry Rich' was simply disgusting. Gibson is one vile human being.
Well, he couldn't stand up to her on substance, so name-calling is his only option. I love watching Maddow take apart the right-wingers, sometimes three or four at a time.
Words fail me. It has become evident why he was taken off TV. Between him and his "producer" "Angry Dick", they don't have the brains of a stick. “That Maddow’s become bathtub boy’s pit bull, hasn’t she?” Can anybody tell me WTF that is supposed to mean? Speaking of another WTF moment, what does the following mean? " Gibson replied, “Ooohhh. … Well, I don’t know, you know? She may have one of those — I shouldn’t say anything more, should I?” “Angry Rich” said, “No,” It has been proven that those who make so much noise about being anti-gay tend to be gay and still in the closet. Maybe its time for Gibson and Angry Dick to come out of the closet.
Gibson is a turd.
I want to punch this stuffed shirt. So much. So f***ing much.
Jon Stewart's comments on the Statue of Liberty after 9/11 strike home so much for me. 9/11 was the capstone of an incredibly apocalyptic year in high school/life in general, and the only thing that got me through it was my desire to make it to New York City (which I finally have last August), which was symbolized by the Lady herself. Her defiant, enlightenment-inspired expression has made her my most cherished icon. Seeing her intact and still holding her torch aloft against the smoke and fire helped it sink in that it was going to be okay.
And, now comes along this f*** who says all that agony and why she means so much to me is "phony" because I didn't throw myself at Bush's feet and stay there. You know, I try not to gloat when people lose their job or something like that, but I make an exception for "Mr." Gibson.
Opinions and ideas don't count. Logic does not matter and fairness is a quaint notion not worthy of remembering. What is important when it comes to political analysis is the sexual orientation of the commentator.
John "make more white babies" Gibson is a joke. It's likely both of his listeners are too far gone to help - so why give him the attention he craves? By the looks of it, his face is about to slide off his skull entirely at which point he will sneak into a well deserved hiding.
Not only is Gibson ugly he is stupid. If you ever have the misfortune to listen to him you would find that he has no intellect. He has grabbed onto this Wright thing and won’t let go. His whole show seems to be dedicated to it every day. He seems to be a racist too. I hope he has some money saved because when they are done with him at Fox Talk he is DONE. I true moron. A simply vile human being.
Sorry Gibson...you aren't even equal to a pimple on Rachel Maddow's ass! I would love to hear these two debate except that Gibson could never hold his own (so to speak) against such a brilliant mind as Dr. Maddow...as a matter of fact this asshole should have to refer to her as Doctor whenever he addresses her!
Gibson's got that televangelist plastic look. It's a look that some white men wear without knowing how repulsive they appear. The white female equivalent would be the orange skin ladies wearing pink lipstick.
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was it me or did this thread have 130 plus comments and 'thread closed' now its 'open' and down to 20 odd.
Dahgrostabphri @ 21:
I can't believe Rachel has a pimple on her ass. But if she did it would be a lot better looking than Gibby.
ferrofluid @ 23:
It was you.
Captain Bitter Elitist Hussein Kangaroo @ 25:
I use FF and went 'back' several times, and have both the original page up and the new one in tabs side by side.
People who are obsessed with denigrating homosexuality are probably themselves in the closet. In other words, Gib is definitely gay.
I know the point has been raised many of time, but it bares repeating...It's time for me and all progressives to start ignoring sh%t for brains like Gibson and his ilk. They exist because we give their warped opinions airplay. Nothing would cause them more grief than if we didn't acknowledge their petulent behavior.
MADDOW RULES !!
Pissy little minds on FAUX NEWS...but the important story to me is the DERBY...I was hoping for the filly, Eight Belles, to beat BIG BROWN and for both of them to beat COLONEL JOHN (which they did)...but the sad ending of Belles collapsing and being euthanized there on the track is much like what I sense our rightwingnuts and some in MSM are wishing would happen to the distaff candidate for the DEM nomination!
Why is it that the scummiest radio/TV fucks are right wing hate filled things that could never fit into society. Gibson, Beck, Limpdick, Michael Wiener, O’Shithead, Hannity, Tucker, Kristol, Hewitt, Dobbs, and the list goes on and on.
Albino Nazi?
ferrofluid @ 27:
Call the fire department.
Captain Bitter Elitist Hussein Kangaroo @ 34:
Plumbers are more effective
wxgeek @ 29:
I have to say; C+L has done a hell of a job ignoring this asshole Gibson. I listen to him sometimes for a couple minutes at a time and I swear to god not a time goes by that he doesn’t say something that could not be posted here on C+L. Pretty much every time he opens his mouth the human waist comes out. John Amato and Co. do a good job of holding back.
Dancer @ 31:
There are some from that filly's own stable that might be looking forward to the same thing.
BTW: Great Race by Big Brown. He should be a lock for the Preakness. Who knows about the Belmont, though? The nice thing about Big Brown, though, is there isn't a ton of the sprinter in his bloodline. He might have the juice for the distance at the Belmont. Or some distance-bred Irish horse will come in for that one race and steal it.
darn zombie story links to march C&L grrrrr
On an unrealted topic "Big Brown" just won the Kentucky Derby. The filly "Eight Belles" who Hillary Clinton likened herself too came in second, pulled up lame and had to be euthenized. This tragedy aside maybe there is a message in the for the Superdelegates?
Captain Bitter Elitist Hussein Kangaroo @ 26:
yes need coffee
ferrofluid @ 38:
Fire bad!
I agree Captain! Gibson and the other Steppford Family at FauxNews are a bit like a 5 car pile-up. Morbid curiosity sometimes gets the best of me and i have to look...Only to feel repulsed afterwards.Captain Bitter Elitist Hussein Kangaroo @ 36:
This guy is 1946 Era. BA from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
BA: Bullshit artist.
See you need to understand these guys say this stuff to get to you. To ruffle you. To bring you down to their level.
Thats the only reason they thrive.
Wasn't this guy in one of the Revenge of the Nerds movies?
john gibson, there you go again.
evolve, little chim-chim, evolve!!
gibson is an asshat
lets see....
he demeans lesbians and maddow (btw, the unidentified woman is rosie odonnel)
he demeans british reporters (ya, thats right, how does a brit cover american politics)
but it is the left that is hateful....hahaha...thats a good one
what a sad man
Why is it the queeniest looking wingnuts are the ones who are the biggest homophobes? Gibson looks like my aunt Fannie.
I know that liberals go out of their way to play nicey nicey with the asswipes on the Right but sooner or later we ought to recognize that type of behavior just goads them to worse travesties. So if in case I was Maddow's brother or dad, Mr Gibson would be laying in a pool of his own blood with his teeth kicked right down his throat.
Rosa Luxemburg was all for freedom of speech and just where did that get her? Shot and dumped into a canal by the very people she wanted to be heard.
You folks on the Left ought to wake up and realize we have had a cultural war declared on us by some truly despecable human beings and our opposition holds to no morality at all except winning the fight.
Likely this post will be deleted, by the very people who are under attack by Mr Gibson, et. al, all because they think that the mere mention of violence is a sin.
If you are unwilling to protect yourself you aren't worth a pitcher of warm spit.
What a bunch of yayhoos!
Why is this even news? We all know that Gibson, much like John McCain's pastor the purported "reverend"John "the homophope" Hagee are a bunch of gay haters based on their sick and twisted comments. But I wonder if they secretly have a thing for it..ya know. Of course they'd never admit it. But it is true that people who tend to be adverse to something are more likley to actually want it deep down inside. The real question should be, who is top, or bottom.
Damn, the Republican party is dropping the pretense of not sounding like Nazis even more quickly than I thought. The last time a nationalist ethnocentrist anti-gay "traditional values" party was in power in a major Western nation, 17 million people died as a direct result of it. Now, it's our nation and at least 650,000 are dead from our forces, much less the dead of our forces. And for what?
Why are so many right-wing tools wearing green ties these days?
Gibson had the shit kicked out of him as a kid every day
by both girls & boys. He is a worthless prick & a filthy
coward. Case closed.
Speaking of lesbians, John Gibson looks like an old one.
Who is this guy and why should I care what he says?
kuvasz @ 49:
A wee bit disengenous on Frau Luxembourg. She was involved in the Spartacist Revolt before the Freikorps hit back. Against it, for sure, but she compromised her MLK-like nonviolence to participate in the Revolt.
MLK brought down Apartheid here in the South with non-violence. The result of non-violence can be impressive. Any uprising here would be far too much like the Bar Kokhba Revolt, IMHO to be successful.
Well, at least he had enough time to call Jon Stewart a pussy for weeping over 9/11. Either that or because he wept because he was a Jew...or left-leaning.... I mean...something like that would NEVER have anything to do with Stewart's close ties with New York.
BTW, is David Letterman Jewish too? Cause he cried as well...filthy liberal....
Course, if Jon had cried for joy over Bush's reelection, then he wouldve been 'perfected' and allowed to join the Christian race...better luck next time, eh? I mean, Bush's team will probably find a loophole that allows him to get a well-deserved third term, additionally allowing him a well-deserved vacation.
Hey Gibson: Just because you look and act like an effete pasty pansy doesn't mean you are attractive to Lesbians. Rachel Maddow would have nothing to do with you gay or straight. So get over it.
I remember the good old days when Gibson was a gofer for Geraldo on MSNBC during the OJ trial. 1994/1995 was the birth of talking head/pundit lawyers on cable tv & the public has been suffering the effects ever since. Pretty soon MSM will be able to interview every voter on cable tv before the general election. ;)
The sight of this guy could turn anything into a lesbian.
He still has a job?
Fox News - News from the emotionally disturbed for the emotionally underdeveloped.
Maybe Rachel will understand now why so many older women support Hillary. Women with brains who take strong stands get called nasty names.
Now, Rachel is not my favorite, as she is not impartial, but I don't want to see her minimized either.
Maybe she thinks in the new Obama post racial world, it is also a post gender world. She would be wrong. There was a reason for feminism, and there still is.
Dickie Cheney's gonna kick your ass, Gibby.
Love you, Rachel.
Robin @ 56:
Maybe he represents Politics in America.
The Red states are the red states and the blue collar workers in the blue states
are in some ways the same.
Eventually History will sort things out. Fasten your seat belt.
And in the end , the Rachel Maddow's and Barrick Obama's do not have a chance,
But in the end societies needs these types of people .
tyler82 @ 61:
Like you ?
I hate stupid comments but this takes the cake.
Barrick?
Seriously. After all we've been through you still can't spell his name?
Were you educated in a red state?
tyler82 @ 61:
I was thinking that a pillar of salt was more likely.
Lesbian or not Rachel Maddow is freaking hot, screw Gibson.
SCHRODINGER'S CAT @ 66:
[emphasis added]
Why put it on the blue collar workers in blue states? Does a white collar automatically instill immunity from asshole-conservatism? I live in the red area of a blue state, and the blue collars are at least as progressive as the white collars...AT LEAST!
SCHRODINGER'S CAT @ 66:
Andy K Jong Il @ 71:
Down here in the Deep South, it's the other way around. Both are equally conservative, in many ways the white collars far more so than the average blue collar and pink collar worker who can't afford to buy gas, much less worry about whether Generic Politician X will or will not win.
didn't gibson leave fox right aroud the same time that 'fox staffer' got canned 'cus of the worst beg bug infestation ever ??
Gibson pretty much represents the intolerant neocon main stream media as it stands today. Listening to any of those azz wipes makes me vomit in my mouth and I'm a conservative. A true conservative, not like that shyt for brains sitting in the White House.
Is it just me or does John Gibson sound totally drunk? He hesitates, in a kind of disoriented way, and then reacts with pure knee jerk emotion and lame homophobia. I don't get any of their coded talk either. Bat boy, bath boy, bath tub boy, which is it ? And if this is supposed to be about Olbermann, what's the "bath" part about. Gibson is also the guy who said that the U.S. should cut off all trade to Canada because they didn't go into Iraq with Bush. Forgetting the fact that Canada was among the first armies to invade Afghanistan to take on the Taliban (they're STILL there too) and that on 9/11 every city and town in Canada allowed all the U.S. planes to land anywhere they could and locals in places like Nova Scotia and Newfoundland took in stranded U.S. strangers and fed and housed them until the air ban was lifted. I watched Billo try and take on Hillary the other night and it was the same "pure knee jerk emotion" stuff, it's exactly what Colbert is parodying with his "I don't have time for facts, I just go with my gut" thing (Truthiness). These people (Gibson, Hannity and O Reilly) are like Buggy whip salesman at the dawn of the automotive age, there's still some buyers out there - but not for long. Bring on the horseless carriage age!
SCHRODINGER'S CAT @ 66:
Somebody's gonna be in the World's Worst on Monday...
But Gibson wears a flag lapel pin, guys... that makes him right and American and honest and stuff.
John Gibson is as ugly inside as he is on the outside.
Slamming Gibson is easy because he is not really a "news" anything. His show is constructed to be controversial and so (by extension) watchable. The only question I have is with the sponsors that pay money to have their commercials placed next to the nonsense put out by Gibson.
The more important question is the fact that Gibson is presented under the Fox News moniker. Is this news? Is he doing commentary or just spewing stuff so he can get ratings?
The danger is not FOX (because they are clearly targeted to the 20% that still support Bush), but other media outlets that assume that by emulating FOX they too will get high ratings and lots of advertising money. An so we see CNN and MSNBC head down the "Foxification" road to excretable journalism.
Gibson is not to be blamed because in Hell (i.e. FOX news) you do what you can to survive.
VegasRage @ 62:
Exactly what I thought. I forgot he just got bumped down to radio. Where's he going to end up when he hates his way out of this gig? Maybe he'll end up on a mountain top in the Idaho panhandle, telling hilarious 'faggot' jokes by semaphore to white separatists. The telegraph is too good for him.
When they get so desperate and hurtful, it just proves how badly they're losing.
She is on TV with lots of fans because she is smart. Gibtard lost his TV spot on Faux News because he is a moron
The point Gibson misses is that Maddow is gettiing the face time and he is stuck with ham radio.
No one misses you, Johnboy. You are disposable crap.
Please excuse my brevity, but sometimes a situation requires a response of less than four words to adequately sum up the situation:
"What a DICKHEAD!"
Wait...let me modify that to a total of four words:
"What a F#&KING DICKHEAD!"
Thank you.
Who would listen to these maggot's anyway?
If you watch ANY Fox.. Simpsons, Sports, you name it, you help pay for the 24 hour propaganda channel.
Gibson is a repulsive, homophobic bastard. Moving up to the sewer would be a major advance for him. I hope he enjoys his time in the black, fetid swamp of obscurity, which he richly deserves.
tyler82 @ 61:
I'm quite certain that most "normal" ladies would take the bright, interesting, sexy Rachel Maddow over the dull, old, delusional, unsightly, John Gibson any time...or maybe I'm just fantasizing on a Saturday night.
FYI: That unidentified clip played by Gibson after Maddow's comments is Walther Matthau from Grumpier Old Men.
Gibson is scared of a smart woman
he's knows he's not as smart as she is
Oh and "pray on hate?" who was the one told white women to have more babies???
I have been watching some of the neocon mouth tools lately, and they are getting so desperate that they are starting to say what is really on their minds. I believe that this is a good thing. People who aren't completely in their court can see what is really going on .
On the other hand, my mother, who usually votes Democrat, but listens to Fox News, is afraid of both Hillary and Obama, and may vote for Mc Cain. Her basic problem, although she won't admit it, is that she is racist. She lives and works in an urban neighborhood, but is from the Deep South. In her job, she deals with the public and with co-workers who are black, and it reinforces her attitudes toward black people. (conversely, I work with the public as well, in a VERY white neighborhood, and I can't stand a lot of white people. I am white,btw.)
I think that this race is good for a lot of reasons. I think it is good that people put their prejudices out there, because nothing hidden can be healed. I also think that we are about to enter a very "interesting" time in our national history. There is the potential with this election, that the sixties will look like a party in the park, much like Nixon looks like a good president compared to what we've had recently. With so much animosity on the surface, there is sure to be a match to light the powder keg. Gibby, Limbaugh, Hannity and their associates, are only going to keep stuffing powder in the keg. (Limbaugh is, at least, open in his admission that that is what he wants.)
Thomas Jefferson said that a little revolution is good for democracy. I have the feeling we are about to have a little revolution. It won't be pretty.
Such a repugnant individual . . . wasting other people's air supply. Can you imagine this guy back in high school? I get the willies just thinking about an adolescent Gibson. Chances are, if I knew his story, I'd probably end filling sorry for the poor, pathetic SOB.
I don't understand why he thinks Maddow is a lesbian. Is she and, if she is (which I personally don't care either way), why is that pertinent to the present discussion? What the hell does it matter? Does that automatically disqualify her from a rational discussion outside of her sexuality? I didn't realize sexual preference was correlated in any way to intelligence and/or analytical ability. I was a teenager/young college student in the early to mid-'80s when women's issues really became in-your-face and personal. That sort-of made sense to me (except for the revisionist history part),but I have to admit some women I knew took it to a new limit. But, if it ain't happenin' in my bedroom, what is it to me? Why should I care? I'm straight - do you care? Why should you - it's none of your business?! Just born that way, I guess. This is something I will never understand about people...
what a total and complete scumbag. rachel maddow is so out of his league on all levels - he and the likes of him (like joe scarborough) simply can't stand it.
As a lesbian mother & grandmother I am insulted by Mr. Gibson's cheap shot remarks.
Does the right/corporate media really support and market this?
He doesn't get paid for this nonesense does he?
And if he is a smart right winger and Bush is a smart right winger. Then the condition of America with this right wing influence is in dire striats.
Do thugs get any more repugnant than those at Fox News? No.
The Republican Party is the Nazi Party. Pass the word.
My guess is he's another repug with a wide stance in men's rooms.
John Gibson has no talent whatsoever. If he didn't have a terminal case of mean, we'd never hear about him.
sas @ 64:
I don`t know why older women support Hillary, not unless they somehow connect themselves to a woman who has been belittled by a man or partner like Donkey Dong Bill, or is it the "stand by your man no matter what" syndrome that equates to strong character for them. Anyhow I`d vote for Rachel Maddow any day over Hillary ( get out of my way) Clinton. Rachel has integrity, Hillary does not. I believe what Rachel states is true and I honor her opinion and insight. I believe Hillary to be a liar as well as her husband.
I didn't read the above article about Gibbson for the same reason I don't watch FOX. Why are us loyal readers forced to see FOX, FOX, FOX everyday on this site? Who cares what they have to say on ANY topic. They are a cartoon show, with imbecile characters, for imbecile watchers, of wich I am NOT. So, please stop with the FOX, FOX, FOX. It gets boring real fast...
Gibson is a major douche bag. Come to think of it, all those folks at Fox are major douche bags, which means people who watch and enable them are major douche bags. Anyone who buys into the Fox lies and bigotry are equally as guilty.
Frankly had never heard of this person before this flap became internet chatter. Personally I have an antedote to idiot media figues and brain-dead jounalism outlets-they are called "books" and I practice something called "discretionary reading". If ignorance is bliss count me in, because I consider being ignorant of the details of snippy little cat fights, flaming innuendo and out and out lies an asset.
General_Rennenkampf @ 57:
MLK brought down Apartheid here in the South with non-violence.
What do tell happen to Dr Martin Luther King? At least Malcom was killed by his own people. If Gandhi had tried his brand of non-violence on the Nazis he'd be a lapshhade today. You can only use non-violence when you are certain that your opponents truly hold to a moral basis of existence.
btw Luxemburg was murdered by the people who she advocated for their right to freedom of speech.
Do you recall The Scorpion and the Frog fable or Alan Berg?
Clearly John Gibson is the product of r**e.
yes the other two letters are 'ap'. how else to explain his twisted existence. what a thing. he looks like a ghost.
how dare this man wear an american flag pin,he is a traitor to his country.
Mr. Gibson looks like an aging queen! He's simply jealous and threatened by Ms. Maddow who totally ROCKS with her intelligence and hard-hitting facts. Plus, she's not about to brown-nose all those white, male gasbags like Joe Scarborough. Keep it up, Rachel!!!
i'm a little stupider now for having listened to this.
John Gibson gay bashing may be more revealing that he'd like. it seems that those conservative fundamentalist christian gay bashers end up in bathrooms, and/or getting massages and drugs from gay prostitutes. Does John Gibson live in a log cabin somewhere???
that fag has a radio show? wow, I can't believe that.
Such a noble investigative journalist! When I grow up I want to be just like him!
Obie-Wan Olbermann is gonna to have a field day on Gibby-Boy.
what i want to know is, how exactly does saying "we should be looking at issues, not getting distracted by things that have nothing to do with the issues" make someone as left as che guevera. these people are frakin idiots!
not that i mind rachel being a lefty, cuz i am happy to have her on our side. i just think the comparison is completely illogical. do these people even know how to read?
Terrible Larry Dingle @ 10:
Asking why the bad guys never get shot is NOT supporting violence, you intellectual cripple.
Why not just post a picture of a piece of sh!t? How about a steaming pile of dung? That's all these people are. How DARE he bring her sexual orientation into the conversation. Ms. Maddow oughtta be able to take a free swing at Gibson for that one.
Hey! Rachael does not have pimples on her ass! Even if Rachael had one, please do not insult those beautiful pimples on this site.
Dahgrostabphri @ 21:
Dahgrostabphri -
Of course he needs to take swipes at lesbians. No woman wants this ugly tes***le polluting their gene pool. Comments like his only come from the most sexually frustrated males. What else can we expect.
Would someone please KILL all rightwingers??
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