HBO’s Bill Maher Features ThinkProgress Video
By on Oct 25th, 2005 at 4:24 pm
HBO’s Bill Maher Features ThinkProgress Video
Conservative defenders of Karl Rove and Scooter Libby claim that the grand jury investigation into the CIA leak scandal represents the “criminalization of politics.”
On Friday, HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher aired a ThinkProgress video showing how Fox News pundits have pushed this talking point across the country.
Maher calls the montage “the smoking gun that proves that the fax machine at the White House is connected directly to the fax machine at Fox News. It goes right from the White House into the teleprompter.” Check it out over at Crooks & Liars.
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Congrats guys. I really dug that video too…and I’ve heard that “criminalization of politics” BS a lot on TV since then…
October 25th, 2005 at 4:31 pmNot a suprise, bet they have feeding tubes from the wh also………Blessings
October 25th, 2005 at 4:31 pmTP rules…congrats…breaking CNN poll shows bushie would lose election today!
October 25th, 2005 at 4:43 pmBill Maher is the man. He puts their feet to the fire. Love it.
October 25th, 2005 at 4:51 pmGood Job TP, and Maher, once again is the man with the spine.
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October 25th, 2005 at 4:55 pmJudd – Now that you’ve made the big time, please don’t forget about us….
Congradulations. You work hard enough for 2 blogs. You deserve all the credit you get.
October 25th, 2005 at 6:04 pmI saw it on Maher’s show — it was great. Maher may not always be right, but he is a thinking man. He also has guts to say outrageous truths and for that he gets respect.
October 25th, 2005 at 6:48 pmHe proved what many of us, and the CAP along with TP, have been saying, that Fox News is scripted and rehearsed, biased and propagandist. Fortunately, Maher, Stewart, and Air America provide evidence of that every day.
Maher should have acknowledged on his show that the video came from the Progrss Report and Think Progress. It was one of the highlights of the show and he should have given proper credit.
You know how much we think of your work, Judd. I don’t care what Bill O’Reilly says, I think that you and the entire Think Progress and Progress Report staff are doing a terrific job.
October 27th, 2005 at 1:15 pm