Dan Abrams and even The Scar were offended by John Gibson’s mocking of Heath Ledger’s death by right wingers. Will O’Reilly read off a few comments made on message boards about Ledger to his audience? You knew some wingnuts would try to play the homophobia card on Ledger because of his role in Brokeback Mountain. Simply amazing. Well, not really…
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John Gibson responds via Think Progress to the outcry from his stupidity by “saying that it was just “a little Brokeback Mountain joke” and there is “no point in passing up a good joke.”
UPDATE: GLAAD has started a petition asking Fox News “why they continue to provide a platform for John Gibson’s cruel and tasteless comments.”
UPDATE II: Perez Hilton identifies a list of Fox News’ current advertisers.
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Who cares about this closeted, middle-aged white man.
i’d love to hear some comments about this from larry craig,ted hagert or mark foley :)
Mr Gibson that is a funneh joke!
Hear the one about that dead homosexual?
Heeeeeelarious!
How about the one about Jews in a concentration camp?
Haw haw haw.
Or that old negro joke, bout how he was shackled and drowned and still got arrested?
Haw haw haw.
Ahm can’t pass up a good joke!
Mercy me, ahm getting de vapours!
What a jerk.
Somebody should sic a gay hit squad on Gibson’s ass. Call Craig!
“no point in passing up a good joke.”
Gibby, Your political party of choice is so crowded with closet case
jokes, who knows WHERE to start….
O , Kay , , , if I were 2 use Gibshat’s advice to not pass up a good joke :
What’s the Best part about former President Ronald Reagan’s death ?
At least he ain’t pissing & shitting his diapers anymore !
Ha Ha Ha HAA!
Gibson: ‘To anyone offended by my comments, I’m sorry.’
If Heath Ledger knew what blowhard idiots like John Gibson and Fred Phelps would say about his untimely death, I’m sure he wouldn’t give a donkey’s ass about it. And neither should anyone else… Ignore it and stop feeding into negative emotions. It’s unhealthy.
BoiseNick @ 7:
Cool. Are you 6 years old?
“… fighting depression… fighting substance abuse.” No evidence of any of that. Joe Scarborough is as full of crap as John Gibson.
I watched Abrams last night…well, this AM, and he and his talking heads were genuinely offended. As was I. And many others I see!
Dr. Matt @ 8:
My god he actually has a soul! Amen John
“saying that it was just “a little Brokeback Mountain joke” and there is “no point in passing up a good joke.”
Gibson is as cold blooded as any snake. I really think that he actually enjoys reading about or watching people die. Hell, he probably hangs out at morgues or cruises the obituaries just for kicks. Gibson is one sick man.
Like FacistNews Channel would do anything about him, it just gives him more press and them, FNC, more ammo that the left is after them.
He should just quit and take what little is left of his morality with him.
RonPaul08izzy @ 10:
Why , are you trolling for kiddies , U Sicko ?
Are John Gibson and Chris Matthews related? Is Ann Coulter a member of the family? Are they all maybe androids with the same programming? Just wondering.
BoiseNick @ 16:
ummmm… no.
I’m asking because you sound like a fucking idiot.
If we didn’t have a society sucking constantly on the tit of entertainment, we wouldn’t have John Gibson.
Rather than petition, how about we write the sponsors of Gibson’s show.
Since I deleted Fox from my channel programming, I don’t know who they are.
Bless those of you who suffer through that for all of us.
RonPaul08izzy @ 9:
You’re right in that nobody should give a donkey’s ass about what idiots like that say. The problem is that those idiots are given a prominent platform to say these things. The outcome of this is that when someone has a national platform like Gibson does, they are relevant to lots of people who accept what they say as legitimate. It’s not right, but that’s what happens.
And I look forward to the day when I can make an insensitive joke about John Gibson’s death. There’s no point in passing on a good joke, right Gibby?
more at my blog…
gibson, and his buddies at fox are scum.
On a brighter note, I’ve seen peter a few times now on different shows, and he seems like a pretty reasonable person. Hopefully he can bring about some change in that swamp that
the repubs like to hang out in.
Wait…that is funny!
The Angry Albino is even more insane than O’Reilly or Hannity. This is the guy that started that whole “War On Christmas” bullshit.
I wish I could quit far rightwing noise propaganda.
RonPaul08izzy @ 18:
What is it with “Special and Unique” Cowardly Assholes like U , Mr Annon , who MUST give their negative, childish opinion of Every FUCKING thing under the sun ?
If U have SO much time , as to spend it PISSING others off , would you first Please ;
Take your Fat Head outta Your Crazy Fuck ASS . “Cause it MUST hurt , brother .
You Pissy & Sad excuse for a Libertarian !
MMmmmm , K ?
RonPaul08izzy @ 13:
What ? You accept that as an apology ? It is the definition of ” well, it’s the least I could do “. You may be correct, he has a soul, but it is a rotten one.
RonPaul08izzy @ 13:
It wasn’t much of an “apology”. He was sorry that people were offended by his comments, he wasn’t sorry for the comments.
DaveTheAngryRhodeIslander @ 21:
And what good would that do to crack jokes about Gibson’s death? I don’t wanna further the sufferering of his family. I don’t need to redo his stupid actions to justify his stupid actions. That and a lot more qualities are what make me different than someone like him. Besides… the signifcance his life is to our world is too small for me to put the time and energy into it.
His lame-ass “I’m sorry” doesn’t cut it with me.
He took great joy in joking about it on his radio program, and “I’m sorry” fixes nothing.
I want to hear his employer say, “I’m sorry, but you’re fired.”
RonPaul08izzy @ 18:
I think Nick was meaning to convey a little quid pro quo or an eye for an eye with his comment.
Joe O. @ 31:
THANK YOU , , ,
That group to which Dan Abrams referred - that’s gotta be Fred Phelps merry band of inbred psychopaths. How can Abrams be even remotely shocked by this? These cretins protest at the funerals of dead soldiers for fucks sake! As for Gibson, I hope this is his Imus moment but you know what? His “show” is syndicated by Westwood One - aren’t they the same company that carry Wiener Savage’s program?? Yeah, wait until he gets into it. All these people are fucking insane; they’re sick, twisted individuals; In other words they represent perfectly a large, diseased segment of American society
RonPaul08izzy @ 13:
My god he actually has a soul!
No, he doesn’t. He merely has a rudimentary sense of where the wind is blowing from.
;)
So John says he is sorry. Well, that is true. He is one of the sorriest, least competent people on the idiot box.
Dr. Matt @ 28:
Well it’s just that “I’m sorry” is something I just never expected out of the mouth of a Fox News pundit. Imagine if that pompus lying asshole O’Reilly had the guts to do it. I can’t.
Faux News is going to be remembered as the biggest disgrace to American Journalism in history. This incident is just one perfect example.
downright sickening
highly offensive
will fox news do anything about this?
I remember sitting in a little cafe years ago, reading a newspaper article that featured a gallery of young actors and actresses that had potential. I looked at Heath Ledger’s photo, turned to my friend, pointed to the pic and said, “That guy is going to be a star.”
Ledger, to me, had something just incredibly special about him. His death, especially at such a tender age, is extremely saddening.
I hope that karma follows John Gibson for the rest of his days and metes to him a worthy punishment for his callousness.
ABlack @ 34:
I stand corrected I guess.
budda @ 38:
NOT A CHANCE.
Craziness runs in the wingnut family.
There use to be an unwritten law that put the recently deceased off limits to criticism. Gibson crossed the line again but won’t have to worry about losing his job. That’s one of the benefits of working for the snakes at Fox.
RonPaul08izzy @ 36:
I agree. I can’t imagine anyone at Fox News apologizing for anything. Least of all Gibson or O’Reilly. In fact, I bet it was so hard for Gibson to do his “I’m sorry” segment that Fox News had to force him at gunpoint. That is probably why he seems so hesitant in the video clip. :lol:
O.T warning!
Joe O. @ 31:
It’s composite comments like this that make me nostalgic for Hell-O- Scum!
*SIGH*
Carry on!
O’Rielly is a pompous ass, and a real egotistical pig.
But, Gibby, he is…scary. Something is deeply twisted in
that sick head…
I can see the neighbors being interviewed as they are brining up
the bodies from the basement of Gibby’s house…
“He seemed so normal….”
Damn, the day it happened I predicted one of the Republican presidential candidates would do this…
John Gibson is coming under fire for his quotes that the FCC and even the lunatic fringe media “watchdog” group MRC, (Media Research Center), is calling for the cancellation of his radio show. The Radio Factor was cancelled on 300 radio stations that had his show after his racist remarks about the NYC restaurant, 1500 advertisers including Saturn of RT 23 and RT 23 Honda, and Geico all pulled their ads from his radio show. The same is gonna happen to Gibson trust me.
I’ll give him some credit for apologizing. It’s WAY more than O’Reilly would do. But the man is filled with hate. Remember this (from Mediamatters):
On the August 10, 2007, broadcast of his radio show, Gibson and Angry Rich mocked Stewart for emotional remarks he made shortly after the 9-11 attacks. While airing a clip of Stewart’s remarks from the September 20, 2001, edition of The Daily Show, Gibson mimicked Stewart and sarcastically interjected, “Oh, God, Jon. Just tell me it’s not true,” and, “Oh! That’s great. I’m — God, I’m touched.” Before playing the clip, Angry Rich asked, “Do you remember what the media was like shortly after 9-11?” Gibson answered, “Oh, Jon Stewart sobbing.” After the clip concluded, Angry Rich called Stewart a “phony.”