Fox News is going ballistic at the prospect of Wal-Mart workers threatening to strike, so they've been concocting all sorts of phony conspiracy theories. You knew it was just a matter of time until they brought George Soros, the conservative bogey man, into their insanity, even if he has nothing to do with it. Watch this sophomoric rant by Greg-Ann Gutfeld.

Gutfeld: George Soros wouldn't know a Wal-Mart if he bought one. Let's face it. Is he our self appointed labor secretary? Why doesn't Obama just appoint him as the destroy America czar? He hates this place. Activists hate Walmart because it's the proxy for America that represents success. I would love to protest activists, but it's impossible to find where and what they do in order to protest them.

Wal-Mart is the symbol of the golden age of corporations exploiting their workforce. It's a success for a very select few on the backs of the many. The entire segment was one continuous rant against liberals, unions, MoveOn and anyone they thought of.

Fox News repeatedly promoted a false story claiming philanthropist George Soros directed people to protest at Wal-Mart on Black Friday, but it has not corrected its coverage.

Fox figures claimed that Soros was acting through MoveOn.org to orchestrate protests over labor conditions at Wal-Mart. While MoveOn did send an email urging recipients to support the Black Friday protests, it asked them to sign a petition, not attend the events, and MoveOn says that Soros made only one donation to the organization in 2004. Fox covered the false story Tuesday on America Live, Your World with Neil Cavuto, and The Five, and Fox Nation is still running the headline "Soros Behind Black Friday Strike.

They just lie about anything they want. MoveOn sent out an email asking people to sign a petition.

According to MoveOn, Soros has not contributed to the organization in more than eight years, since he made a donation in 2004 to an election-related initiative that no longer exists.

MoveOn's email encouraging people to sign the petition supporting the protesters contains no mention of Soros. Varney's statement echoes a claim in a Daily Caller article that quotes portions of the MoveOn email. Like Varney, the Daily Caller failed to support its assertion that Soros is involved.

The right-wing media have mounted an endless effort to demonize Soros, a financier who has donated to liberal causes.

UPDATE: The Daily Caller has updated its article by removing all references to Soros. At the bottom of the story, it has added a correction:

I was watching network news (ABC) last night, and they were talking about how the Black Friday sales were going to start Thursday night, and the reporter was gushing about all the great deals. Not one single word about the Walmart strike. After all, that's another world to those people!

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- As Wal-Mart workers prepare to stage a walkout on Black Friday, the world's largest store is fighting back.

Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500) has filed a complaint with a federal agency accusing one of the largest labor unions in the country of unlawfully organizing picket lines, in-store "flash mobs" and other demonstrations in the past six months.

In its complaint Thursday, Wal-Mart said the United Food and Commercial Workers Union and its subsidiary known as OURWalmart is trying to force the store into collective bargaining even though it is not the official union for Wal-Mart's employees. The UFCW represents over a million meat packers and food industry workers.

The complaint comes just days before Wal-Mart workers' plan to stage nationwide walkouts on Black Friday, arguably the biggest holiday shopping day for any U.S. store. Union-backed groups OUR Walmart and Making Change at Wal-Mart, along with a watchdog group Corporate Action Network are calling on the country's largest employer to end what they call retaliation against employees who speak out for better pay, fair schedules and affordable health care.

The planned walkouts build on an October strike that started at a Wal-Mart in Los Angeles and spread to stores in 12 other cities. More than 100 workers joined in the October actions.

Wal-Mart spokesman David Tovar pointed out in a statement that the number of workers participating in the walkout is a "very small minority" of its 1.3 million workforce. Tovar said that Black Friday is like the "Superbowl" for retailers and that Wal-Mart is ready.

"If [the store employees] are scheduled to work, we expect them to show up and do their job. If they don't, depending on the circumstances, there could be consequences," said Tovar.

In a letter to UFCW's general council sent on Friday, Wal-Mart said the workers' ongoing actions violate the National Labor Relations Act, which prohibits picketing for any period over 30 days without filing a representation petition. The retailer said the actions have disrupted business.

Since candidates like Mitt Romney have explicitly stated that 'corporations are people', Making Change at Walmart has launched a spoof campaign that asks the question, 'if corporations are people, can't they run for office'? This week they campaign launched its first ad, taking on the economy and jobs. The website goes well beyond the ad and includes comments like:

Labor Laws

Newt Gingrich called for an end to child labor laws, suggesting schools fire union workers and hire poor students as janitorial staff. This is an excellent idea that doesn’t go far enough. For too long, Corporate America has been shackled by ALL labor laws; I would not be the Fortune 500 Company I am today if not for my bad labor practices. Abolishing the National Labor Relations Board will go a long way towards creating the kind of environment conducive to predatory capitalism

Replace the Secretary of Labor with the Secretary of Capital who will oversee the rights of Corporate Americans, encouraging new and innovative ways to increase the wealth gap in America

Make every state in the union a Right to Work state – so long as that right to work is at a low paying, benefit-less job at Walmart

Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay

In recent years, the push to raise the minimum wage in this country has grown louder. Americans complain it’s impossible to raise a family on $7.75 an hour. Well, it’s also impossible to pay that amount to workers and make a ridiculous profit! Minimum wage is nothing but a safety net – In addition to hurting corporations like me, it does nothing to encourage employees to work hard, or get second or third jobs. I vow to lobby Congress to abolish the national minimum wage, as well as mandatory overtime pay

Workplace Discrimination

In 2011, The Supreme Court of the United States heard the largest class action suit in the history of the United States. Dukes v. Walmart claimed that my stores systematically and purposely promoted men over women, as well as paid women less for doing the same job as men. In 2010, Women earned 77 cents to men’s dollar. This is America. We can do than better that. As President, I vow to bring that down to 50 cents!

While the positions in the ad and on the website are obviously satire, they aren't that far off from actual positions held by conservatives and if voters don't rebuke these types of positions in 2012, how much further to the right will Republicans drift?