Ed Schultz Criticizes Fox News For 'Exploiting Christmas' (VIDEO)

MSNBC's Ed Schultz tore into Fox News' morning show for, according to Schultz, "exploiting Christmas."

Schultz was referring to a Talking Points Memo article about the "Fox and Friends" Friday morning show. Hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade warned that it might cost more money to plug in Christmas lights next year. Doocy and Kilmeade were referring to the Environmental Protection Agency's enforcement of tighter regulations on coal-fired power plants, which could potentially increase electrical costs.

Doocy also hosted a segment called "How Not To Get Sued Over Christmas," where Fox News' resident lawyer Peter Johnson, Jr. urged individuals to purchase insurance since, according to Johnson, Jr., one dozen deaths are caused by Christmas trees each year.

"According to Fox and Friends, you'll be lucky make it through the holiday season without dying, killing someone, or getting sued," Schultz said. He added that the "Fox and Friends" hosts typically defend the holiday "to the point of insanity." After Friday's show, Schultz criticized the hosts for their unseasonable "nonstop negativity."

Watch Schultz's video below, and the Fox News' "How Not to Get Sued Over Christmas" segment below.

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Comments

[surferlaments]

10:13 PM on 12/29/2011

dang, how do you people stay happy?

[HitnMyths]

01:36 PM on 12/28/2011

And again we present: "Ratings Equal Relevance." The never ending belief by cons that more watchers turns chicken s*** into chicken salad.

[Consequence]

11:04 AM on 12/28/2011

So far TODAY on HuffPo

- Article about Rachel Maddow criticizing FOX News
- Article about Ed Schultz criticizing FOX News
- Article about Keith Olbermann criticizing FOX News

Honestly, that's the best they can come up with?

[Intelligenti Pauca]

11:20 AM on 12/28/2011

And exactly what did you expect to find in the MEDIA section? Stories about Britney Spears?

[Dosadi]

06:47 PM on 12/28/2011

If you follow this link you will find the most idiotic post of the day.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/24/ed-schultz-fox-news-christmas-segment_n_1168766.html?ref=media

[Mr Tik]

09:41 AM on 12/28/2011

Steve Doocy is such a putz.

[EcoSage]

08:47 AM on 12/28/2011

Ed Schultz, not Brian Williams as Regis so purposefully suggested, is the ONLY potential Edward R Murrow of NBC. Schultz's background in the northwest has given him the ability to buy American boots that keep his intellectual feats on American ground. Now that we lost Keith, Schultz is the only TV and radio anchor that understands and truly CARES about the relationship of labor unions, middle class and democracy.

[MadeandBakedintheUSA]

07:03 AM on 12/28/2011

EPA....needs to pass out I.Q TESTING for all viewers --- like this one ----> In NH - a man said to GINGRICH: Air is MUCH CLEANER in NH, he had to move back from Marietta GA!

USA ranking in education is pathetic

[MadeandBakedintheUSA]

07:00 AM on 12/28/2011

any wonder USA ranks -25 in education?

[Rita Wood Devins]

05:37 AM on 12/28/2011

Poor poor Ed ~ He'll always be 14...Ha!

[Rita Wood Devins]

05:19 AM on 12/28/2011

Jealousy of Fox News is such an Unbecoming Trait! Sad little Libs...

[Intelligenti Pauca]

11:08 AM on 12/28/2011

Actually, what's far more unbecoming than jealousy is ignorance......

[heapOtrouble]

01:59 PM on 12/29/2011

Excellent response!

[CynAnne]

12:40 AM on 12/28/2011

As I've previously noted: The fact (STILL irrefutabl­­­­­­­­­e, except by our wacky-pack wingnutter­­­­­­­­­s) remains that whether (or not) you 'like' the anchors at MSNBC, they and their staff DO research their stories BEFORE airing them, most unlike that oft-repeat­­­­­­­­­ed bleat of "...fair and balanced news reporting.­.." that you hear from the pompous and seemingly ever-angry prevaricat­­­­­­­­­or­s at Cluster-Fo­­­­­­­­­x, who don't 'do' research (but, who do employ a wealth of, shall we say...'tal­­­­­­­­­en­t­' in their 'body language analysts'.­­­­­­­­­..­a­n­d Dennis Miller, former comedian and current O'Really sock-puppe­­­­­­­­­t. Round out that smorgasbor­­­­­­­­­d of 'experienc­­­­­­­­­e' with the likes of Hammity, Bolling and A. Coulter, and, well...the­­­­­­­­­re you are - 'research'­­­­­­­­­, quantified­­­­­­­­­. *eyeroll*)­­­­­­­­­.
Ed, Rachel, Lawrence and the other anchors at MSNBC will continue to point out the blatant hypocrisy found at Cluster-Fo­­­­x, as well as the duplicity of those that align themselves with corrupt businesses and astroturf 'grassroot­­­­­­­­­s groups', and the Cluster-Fo­­­­­­­­­xe­r­s (and their ilk) will continue to garner the ridicule they oh-so richly deserve...

[philips0811]

10:53 PM on 12/27/2011

This is an incredible news scoop! Schultz bashes Fox News! Wow!

[darrtown]

09:39 PM on 12/27/2011

Less news and more talk over at Fox?
Like they ever actually *were* journalists?

[CynAnne]

12:55 AM on 12/28/2011

Ah, but O'Really's a 'historian', darrtown...and he's even studied with 'body language analysts': http://www.mediaite.com/tv/oreilly-thinks-boehners-tears-are-sincere-but-hopes-he-doesnt-govern-that-way/ *snickers*

[WalterRetlaw]

04:34 PM on 12/27/2011

I think the big difference between Keith Olbermann and Ed Schultz (i.e. why one has become an icon of the left, and the other hasn't) is due to indignation vs. anger. Though it may seem a small difference, indignation plays well amongst democrats, whereas anger plays much better with republicans. Schultz just comes off as too angry, IMO, which would work if he were a right-wing radio show host, but not when his target audience is bi-coastal intellectuals.

And for those of you who will say I'm just knocking republicans, read the definitions first:

Anger - A strong feeling of displeasure aroused by a wrong.

Indignation - Strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.

See? I'm knocking you both.

[Bigleague]

10:14 PM on 12/27/2011

I'll go ahead and just knock republican/teabaggers/conservative righty tighty jerks. Thank you. LOL. However, they do evoke very strong anger in me as well as indignation. They just make me sick to my stomach 99.9999999% of the time.

[Rita Wood Devins]

05:39 AM on 12/28/2011

Looks like tit for tat here! Still 14 years old?

[citizenlegisators]

04:03 PM on 12/27/2011

seems the NUMBER ONE CABLE NEWS NETWORK is still the obsession with SpecialEd and Ari

[keith1963]

05:15 PM on 12/27/2011

He's callling the BS for what it is.

[pythontrucker]

10:23 PM on 12/27/2011

fox is number one because it's the only life their viewers have. nothing more

[kaykaythere]

10:26 PM on 12/28/2011

My personal feeling is that Fox viewers lost the remote and can't figure out how to change the channel

[mynamesyow]

04:01 PM on 12/27/2011

I was actually shocked they didnt run a Christmas Special Called " Terrorist Muslim President: Why God hates Obama"

I mean REALLY shocked..........they would've had 'em drooling and eatin out o their hand!

[Rita Wood Devins]

05:41 AM on 12/28/2011

Would've been too much like BSNBC's version of Let's Blame Bush! Not on any Merit's of Accomplishments for Obama!

[heapOtrouble]

02:07 PM on 12/29/2011

still ig no rant I see.