Tell Fox & Friends: Extremists Do Not Count as Media Experts

Tell Fox & Friends: Extremists Do Not Count as Media Experts

The Issue

Fox News has a reputation for giving controversial voices the opportunity to weigh in on current events. But the network's morning show, Fox & Friends, has recently become a hotbed of seemingly extremist voices, giving national platforms to activists who advocate rather dangerous and violent positions.

The latest is a man named Bob Enyart, an activist from Colorado. Appearing in an August 30 segment on the show to discuss teenage pregnancy, Enyart's past is dotted with outlandish behavior and incidents. In 1999, Enyart was arrested for child abuse, after beating his stepson with a belt. Enyart has also excused the murdering of doctors who provide abortion services, and previously read the obituaries of people who died from AIDS, to the tune of "Another One Bites the Dust."

Is Enyart what passes for an expert on Fox & Friends?

Other controversial guests have appeared on the show recently as well, including religious singer Bradlee Dean -- who suggested that countries that kill gay people are morally superior to the United States -- and Victoria Jackson, who suggested that Obama "bears traits that resemble the anti-Christ."

These aren't thought leaders, media experts, or even controversial voices. Rather, these folks all hold positions that foster a dangerous current of extremism that shouldn't be rewarded with a national platform.

Tell Fox & Friends that good journalism demands better.

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The Issue

Fox News has a reputation for giving controversial voices the opportunity to weigh in on current events. But the network's morning show, Fox & Friends, has recently become a hotbed of seemingly extremist voices, giving national platforms to activists who advocate rather dangerous and violent positions.

The latest is a man named Bob Enyart, an activist from Colorado. Appearing in an August 30 segment on the show to discuss teenage pregnancy, Enyart's past is dotted with outlandish behavior and incidents. In 1999, Enyart was arrested for child abuse, after beating his stepson with a belt. Enyart has also excused the murdering of doctors who provide abortion services, and previously read the obituaries of people who died from AIDS, to the tune of "Another One Bites the Dust."

Is Enyart what passes for an expert on Fox & Friends?

Other controversial guests have appeared on the show recently as well, including religious singer Bradlee Dean -- who suggested that countries that kill gay people are morally superior to the United States -- and Victoria Jackson, who suggested that Obama "bears traits that resemble the anti-Christ."

These aren't thought leaders, media experts, or even controversial voices. Rather, these folks all hold positions that foster a dangerous current of extremism that shouldn't be rewarded with a national platform.

Tell Fox & Friends that good journalism demands better.

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Petition created on August 30, 2010