FOXNews' E.D. Hill On Obama's Fist Bump: "A Terrorist Fist Jab?"
By Logan Murphy Friday Jun 06, 2008 12:20pm
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During the June 6 edition of Fox News' America's Pulse, host E.D. Hill teased an upcoming discussion by saying, "A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab? The gesture everyone seems to interpret differently." In the ensuing discussion with Janine Driver -- whom Hill introduced as "a body language expert" -- Hill referred to the "Michelle and Barack Obama fist bump or fist pound," adding that "people call it all sorts of things." Hill went on to ask Driver: "Let's start with the Barack and Michelle Obama, because that's what most people are writing about -- the fist thump. Is that sort of a signal that young people get?" At no point during the discussion did Hill explain her earlier reference to "a terrorist fist jab." Read on...
The personalities and wholly partisan programming at FOXNews has been well documented. They've become a parody of themselves and this little nugget from Edith Ann Tarbox was just one in a series of belly-laughers Fox is known for. This campaign season is going to make 2004 look like Romper Room and you can be sure this won't be the last we'll see of this kind of garbage. Vote Obama in November.

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Wtf?
I was wondering how long it would take fox to interpret this as something negative.......code for racist
Just as a suggestion could we perhaps have an open thread to discuss Hillary's speech? Thanks for your consideration.
I saw part of that silliness on fox this morning and changed the channel. If that's all they can find to talk about, I'm not interested. They are like a bunch of old gossipers with way too much time on their hands.
Nail her on it: where the f@#k did she get terrorist fist-jab?? Not only that, but she didn't bring it up afterwards. I'm sorry, but she has some explaining to do.
FOX is a Terrorist Fist-Jab.
When will the morons at FAUXNOIZ realize that leaders who invade countries unilaterally without due cause could be classified as terrorists? Obama is against such actions. FAUXNOIZ is a terrorist organization for supporting the criminals in the Bush fascist regime and their war crimes.
Glad to see that visit of his to Fox News Sunday finally paying off (sarcasm).
Hill and faux, here you go: F*ck off you piece of sh*t lowlifes
What can we "gleam" from body language? Oh, you poor thing . . .
George Bush: Supporter of the Texas Longhorns or secret satan worshipper? > http://pressmart.net/blog/uploaded_images/bushhand-726061.jpg
Until he tells me otherwise I'm gonna have to assume he worships the devil.
kasinca @ 6:
well put.......it just sickens me that there are people out there with that mentality..i guess they want a deep division
During the June 6 edition of Fox News’ America’s Pulse, host E.D. Hill teased an upcoming discussion by saying, “A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab?
Unfortunately, we can expect a lot of this from Fox and other conservative shills from now until November. And they know exactly what they are doing. Just plant a little seed in passing; something they can later claim to be misinterpreted or taken out of context. That's ok, though, it's a sign of desperation. After November, we can give them a big collective, "suck on it, losers!", when their guy goes down in flames.
a "terrorist fist jab" ? lol wtf is that ?
whats this ? terrorist devil sign ?
George and Laura Bush...Satanists? > http://www.prisonplanet.com/images/january2005/220105sign2.jpg
The Fox Republican propagandists are trying so hard to claim that even the slightest hand gestures, looks, color of tie, means that 'Obama siding with the terrorists'. They fear is making them look desperate. Good. Let's laugh as they sweat.
The look on that idiot pundit's face when when the 'body language analysts' didn't say what she wanted her to say was priceless. It's true. Gestures have many meanings, among many groups, among many cultures. It didn't mean anything but establishing a connection with another person.
The Fox folk are scum and liars. I'm glad they're so stupid. They speak a language that only truly appeals to a certain 20 or 30 percent of the American population. The kind of dumbed-down language only hateful, frightened, anti-intellectuals appreciate.
They appeal to the worst in humanity. More and more people are starting to notice that.
It's a black thing. Maybe if most of those Faux reporters actually lived near black people, they'd get it, too.
"A terrorist fist jab"?
ROTFLMFAO!
You've got to be fucking kidding me!
They really said that?
geez
the idiocy
I'm sure E.D. Hill knows all about fisting.
Hey, the extreme right wing can go right ahead and completely alienate the under 30 and urban crowds.
I happen to believe that Fox isn't nearly as dangerous as CNN, and this is simply further evidence of it. This is so patently absurd, and so obvious as to where they're coming from, that nobody will be persuaded by it. This is partisan junk food, plain and simple, and the country has caught on. Their gig has no legs left.
But when Candy Crowley and the rest of the CNN team feed the public the notion that Obama is obligated to appoint Hillary as the veep, it makes an impact on public sentiment. And they do it all the time. Like Fox, they make a concerted effort to tell their viewers what they should think, but they do it in a way that isn't pandering to a specific and consistent ideology, so their efforts seem more sneaky and unfortunately, more sustainable.
Nothing surprises me anymore in this country. Nothing anybody says or does.
I'm sick of FOX News' terrorist fist jabs. Whether it's lying or fear-mongering, I am sick of them. Likewise am I sick with the fact that it works with a significant portion of the electorate/viewing audience.
I guess I will have to call DHS and have them investigate a variety of professional and amateur athletes now that I have become cognizant of the terrorist narure of the fist jab. They can come in virtually any guise.
Everything changed after 911.
You mean its NOT a terrorist fist jab?
NOTHING, I repeat, NOTHING is ever Vetted on FOX. They just come out like this ditsy gal and vomit up some hairball of a comment on the mike and it's supposed to be accepted by john Public. But hidden in there is the fact that she referred to Senator and Mrs. Obama as Terrorist.
Tequila @ 16:
there kids probably do it
As the indies and few remaining reasonable republicans RACE to Obama I would like to be among the first to thank Fox News.
E.D. Hill: A blonde bimbo? A twice (or is it three times) divorced gold digger? A barely dressed know nothing Foxbot? Hmmm. You decide.
So E.D. Hill has joined the ranks of the unhinged at Faux News. "Terrorist bump"? Oookkaaaayy....
OMG! Does this mean my teenage boys are terrorists?
Apparently a comment on Human Event.com in a blog entry by Cal Thomas is responsible for putting this reich-wing bullshit out on the internet(s).
This is the same blog that freely and willing allows Mann Coulter to publish "her" rants. Here is the cached entry that contains the vile smear. It's pretty f*cking sad that faux broadcasts a vile reich-wing comment as a some sort of "valid" criticism. F*ck you, faux.
I forgot to add earlier that E.D. Hill is the former Edie Tarbox who got her start as a video jockey (VJ) on either MTV or VH-1. Highly qualified to sling mud on Fox News.
it's a good thing that Obama isn't relate to the homeless florida terrrrrrists who wanted to put the sears tower to a match, literally.
Dr. (Bitter Hussein) Matt @ 32:
You spelled Fuck wrong
What's next, a jihad high five?
E.D. Hill :A lump?A clump?A steaming pile of rotting vegetation?
wijg @ 31:
do they wear scarves and eat at duncan donuts?
Its a good thing Fox has a "Body Language Expert" on hand to dispel the immediate reaction of "terrorists!!" after watching Obama terrorist fist-jab his wife. LIke, that was my first impression. Thank you Fox for letting me know that Obama is not a terrorist!
BerkeleyMom @ 29:
the question mark: a prophylactic protecting Fox News from anything it might contract during its extensive GOP c**ksucking?
♠Bangkok-Bob♠ @ 35:
lol. I thought it wouldn't go through if I didn't censor it.
This woman was hired for what went into her mouth, not for what would come out of it.
Doug @ 36:
that's the hamas high-five. for jihads, it's the jihad-jump boody-bump. ;<[)
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 38:
No, but they laugh funny and have expensive haircuts.
What's with Faux's fascination with body language analysis? Are they under the illusion that they're some kind of FBI profilers or something? That dolt, what's his name, loofah boy does it too with his so-called "experts".
♠Bangkok-Bob♠ @ 35:
*belly laugh*
What your pastor said once upon a time, lapel pins, Bill's past and now a fist. The MSM will do anything to distract the American public from the issues. Hopefully Barak, Michelle, Hillary and Bill will keep bringing our nation back to the issues. Enough of the lapel and fist distractions. Get to the issues.
Important piece on torture
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/06/07/cant-gitmo-dirty-the-penult...
wijg @ 44:
OMG, you're john edwards' dad! he's twins, too?
Just like them to have no understanding of the rapidly changing American culture. And Fox calls itself a major American news network?
Everyone knows the fist-bump started out as a black thing, a simple, friendly greeting. Certainly healthier than the typical hand-shake and all those germs.
But just like rock & roll, jazz, and so much more, what started as a black thing is now widely seen in society everywhere....black and white.
If this is the best they can do, they're sunk.
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 46:
*belly laugh*
*can't stop*
cg @ 21:
yes.
Paula @ 42:
HAHA! So true...as was 'all' the women of FakeNews!
Rico @ 49:
it was just an opportunity to make barack black for white america. like some people are that stoopid.
OH WAIT! fux viewers believe that Obama is a muslim!
nevermind.
Thatsa Gooood Newz Barbie!!!!
Dr. (Bitter Hussein) Matt @ 32:
Thanks, Dr. MAtt. I was trying to track it down, but it has clearly been scrubbed.
I don't think we have to hold Human Events accountable for the lizard-brain comments that are made on their blog. However, we certainly can hold Fox accountable for repeating them.
Seriously, this is the "right-wing echo chamber" we've been talking about. When "Larry from Abilene" gets semi-quoted on national teevee, you can thank Rupert Murdoch.
eyepennies @ 51:
I saw that! and Arianna shot them down.
Uhhh where were these body language freaks when Bush and the rest of the whitey's do the horns of the devil sign...
Which no one really seems to know what it means...
Old Billy Hussein @ 55:
Yeah, they scrubbed it, but many other posters caught the comment and referenced it in later posts and called out the arsehole.
Dana @ 52:
Classy.
Right. Osama's always dapping his terrorist bro's.
These people aren't stupid. They know exactly what that gesture means. The idea is to get viewers to perceive all this stuff as one big, scary ball of negro-terrorist-illegal-alien 'otherness.'
The subliminal message is "don't be fooled. This guy's pretending to be like us but underneath that Ivy League education and Brooks Brothers suit, he's a bone-in-the-nose Mau Mau."
I remember when the raised fist got some black American athletes in trouble at the Olympics .. (30-40 years ago?) .. now that raised fist is as common as a high five ..
I guess these pundits maintain their lily white skin color by living under rocks ..
They should get out a bit more often I think !
Oops, I realized I mess up the links in my previous comment. Here is the link to the cached entry.
Here is the link to the updated/scrubbed page.
A critical mass for disarmament
Change, failure and fear are propelling us toward a world without nuclear weapons.
By Joseph Cirincione
June 4, 2008
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/itsonlyfair/latimes0322.html
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 53:
Yeah, a Muslim with a Christian pastor. I wonder how they square that in their little minds.
So Ms. Hill is into fisting? I had no idea.
Fox will bury itself.
Are there really *that* many stupid people out there who still listen to these idiots?
Talk about propoganda ... Goebbels would be smiling.
Cheers.
amazing they still have their fcc license when they pull crap like that.
the interview didn't even bring that up AT all.
jesus I hope this can change soon
I said it once I'll say it a thousand times:
If you think Faux "News" is fair and balanced you're either an idiot or an asshole. You decide.
Osama BO! Laden.
John McCains gaping maw, filled with orange-yellow teeth. Is he a homicidal maniac, or a secret cannibal? You be the judge.
how does one apply for a job at faux news? do they do a IQ test to see how dumb you are? or do you get your brains sucked out of your head during orientation?
Now i know where all those "special kids" went to after they got out of school
E.D. Stands for Erectile Dysfunction, because that's what she causes. That's why she's been divorced so many times.
A terrorist fist jab? LMAO! Ummmm, ooooooooookay?
If E.D. Hill is so stupid or out of touch that she implied that the gentle fist bump between the Obamas was some sort of terrorist plot or signal, then it's time to arrest Mrs. Butterworth as she does the same thing with a 9 year old white boy in a recent comercial...
Clearly the 'fist bump' must be code for 'Phase 1 completed of "Operation Take Power And Then Kill All The Honkeys"'.
No other explanation is credible.
A blond Conservative propaganda anchor wearing a skirt that doesn't even reach mid-thigh when seated.
Interpretation: Another Roger Ailes cheap whore.
TheNextDylan @ 73:
To: Office of Homeland Security
Re: Intelligence Gathering
I found this comment on one of those disgusting librul blogs...
Notice how he talks about "terrorist" using the "jab".... then tries to hide what he is saying behind the anagram "LMAO"
Something about that is bone chilling!
Operative 507
In the Caribbean (I'm from Trinidad and Tobago) we simply call it "a bounce". Now if that makes me a terrorist, then we've been bringing fear to people for most of my lifetime, as you would see tapes of West Indian cricketers doing this as far back as the early 1980's. John McCain needs all the help he can get. He will only win when his supporters paint Barack Obama into a radical corner, through playing on the fears of the ignorant.
E.rectile D.ysfunction Hill is a bush league newscaster at best.
Fox News: A Celebration of Retardation.
gawd are they really signalling that they have NOTHING on him and can do NOTHING really agasint him but trot out this garbage?
She doesn't have to she just put out the dog whistle buzz word
so can we safetly go to every Pop Warner football game and EVERY high school sports event and call all of them on their "terrorist fist jab?"
who knew our country was so full of terrorists .. I mean our children's sports programs, football, soccer, little league, etc. ARE producing them.
there are times FOx News makes me ashamed to be a woman, much less and American .. this is one of those times
How bored do you have to be waste time on a retard story like that.
A truly disgusting little nugget of hate and misinformation. This "news" network is a real serious joke. Even a republican should be ashamed to be getting their news from this un-American low class trash channel.
Tequila @ 16:
they do that stuff on nickelodeon! WTF?
Faux News - We Distort. You abide.
She asks, "What ever happened to just a hug or a pat on the back?"
Did the dumbass watch her own clip? They hug, give a pound, then he pats her on the back.
She needs to be fired, now! That was at least as offensive as Imus "nappy headed ho's" comment.
I guess no one at Fox News (I can't help but laugh every time I type those two words back-to-back) has ever seen this anywhere else. No one there watches "The Office" where Michael and Andy bump fists in a few episodes. Or "Deal or No Deal" where Howie Mandel does it with every contestant.
I guess all those people are terrorists AND secret Muslims.
Her approach to journalism consists of long legs and phrases with no content that send subliminal messages of fear to her audience, who are in the IQ range that is receptive to such signals.
"A terrorist fist jab"???
WTF is wrong with these people?
Fox News anti-Obama campaign is more than just tasteless smearing. Its dangerous putting all these stupid ideas in sick peoples minds.
Yep, Obama the Secret Muslim Terr'st would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for that old Al'Qaeda greeting he picked up in Afghanistan during basic training. Nice detective work, fox.
Seriously, what are these people smoking?
And what if Obama gives Hillary a pound for her speech today !