No Tears for Roger Friedman
by Debbie Schlussel
Sorry that I can’t cry over Roger Friedman’s firing as a columnist from FOXNews.com.
It’s not just that he ignored the age-old advice–don’t blank where you live/eat/work. And it’s not just that as an entertainment industry writer, he was an uber-liberal who rarely wrote anything of interest and mostly gushed over the vapid celebs he covered.
It’s that left-wing politics dominated his absurd praise of left-wing propaganda on the silver screen and his apologism for extremist Muslims in showbiz.
It’s that he sometimes fancied himself a movie critic and lent the FOX News name to extreme fawning over movies like Michael Moore’s pro-socialized medicine flick, “Sicko,” and Angelina Jolie’s “A Mighty Heart,” which was “Mighty” only in its pandering to Islam and pretending some other force cut up Daniel Pearl like so many chicken parts at the market. Then, other liberal celebs and gals on “The View” would say, “Well, even FOX News like it.”
And it’s that Friedman took it upon himself to question the U.S. government’s decision to turn away Yusuf Islam a/k/a Cat Stevens because of his open hatred of Jews (including, presumably, Roger Friedman), support of HAMAS, his recent past as a HAMAS money-mule, and his defense of the Salman Rushdie death fatwah. Friedman cheered on the absurd reversal of that wise decision to deny Stevens entry into the U.S.
Does that sound like “Fair & Balanced” to you . . . or liberal and what you’d expect on ABC and MSNBC?
It was extremely stupid to brag on your own company’s website that you are stealing from your company and enjoying the crime. But Roger Friedman’s dismissal from FOXNEWS.com was loooooong overdue.
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Stupid can be grounds for dismissal. I just don't understand liberal Jews that deny the threat Islam is to Israel's very exsistance. NBC could really use this guy.
His "columns" were so ultra-left and so syrupy I used to want to barf every time I came across oneof them. Not sorry he's gone.
I love that the right wing is bothered by the fact that a majority of Jews in America are liberal and vote for Democrats. The fact is, most American Jews do understand the threat of Islam to Israel but they are smart enough not to completely chuck out their entire political beliefs because of one cause. In other words, you can full well understand the threats and actions of the terrorists and want to do something about it but you don't have to become a right wing conservative in the process. Don't forget a majority of Democrats voted for the current wars we are fighting.
I agree, I'm not sorry to see him gone. Got tired of reading his crap long ago. He used his column to kiss the asses of celebs he liked, and incessantly fry those he didn't. Farewell to inane rubbish.
Good riddance.
lol "one cause"? Nice to know that survival and existence is merely a cause for the typical foolish liberal.
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Okay THE cause if you will. You get my point. There are other political causes that define ones political preferences. It bothers some [you too?] that American Jews are liberal Democrats. The even larger point is that a majority of Democrats support very similar policies with regards to war as Republicans. So, ultimately, why do 'Liberal Jews' get the pejorative treatment by people like Jamesb?
He will NOT be missed! I am sure some lefty org will snap him right up. Barf.
Excuse me, but what part of "we want to push Israel into the sea" do these leftist Jews not understand? What part of the Torah commands that they accede to that? Hmmm?? God only helps those who help themselves and right now, Islam is helping itself to quite a bit of the Jewish identity/state/inheritance. I think the Leftist Jews who talk of appeasing Islam are not real Jews. They have become dhimmis, not people I could possibly admire.
No thanks. Ill defend the Israelis who choose to stand up to the Muslims and defend their own faith.
Buh bah Roger. Don't let the door hit you in your vast derrier when you leave.
Buh bah Roger. Don't let the door hit you in your vast derrier when you leave.
I've been hoping that Roger Friedman would get fired for years. I surprised it is over something so stupid, but what can you do? This is the same guy who put Valkyrie on his worst movies of 2008 list before he ever saw it. He was a hack, and I personally hope he never works in the media again.
bingo, bango, bongo, go back to the congo!!!!! go watch the homos on idol!
Debbie– yes, yes and yes….good riddance and I too have been waiting a looooong time to see him go. Cannot stand his using any mention of Mel Gibson or Tom Cruise to launch into another rant about them. Cannot forgive his ridiculous "review" of Valkyrie which included not only putting it on his "worst" list without ever seeing it but also criticizing the content for not focusing on the Holocaust?! Does he think that is the only thing that Hitler did during WW2?
You can be sure he's in final negotiations with MSNBC “The Three Stooges" network (Maddow, Matthews, and Olbermann, with David Schuster starring as Shemp).
Of course, condition of his employment is that he must adopt Keith Olbermann's homosexual obsession with Bill O'Reilly, get a tingle up his leg whenever Obama reads from the teleprompter, and bash Fox News in ever column.
"Praise Obama, Hail to Obama!
This guy is stupid beyond belief. No wonder he's a liberal.
I'm Jewish and I don't support the murder of Palestinians. Israel is controlled by right-wing extremist Jews and they don't reflect our views.
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No, you're not, you are an ABOMINATION: a despicable, self-loathing, guilt-ridden dhimmi fool.
Why don't you move to Gaza, and join ranks with your Palestinian "brothers in arms" as they
plot the "final solution" for every last man, woman and child in the "Criminal Z**nist Entity" (before continuing their onward march to destroying "AmeriKKKa")?
How sad, and how unfair, that vile, traitorous, terrorist-loving creatures like you and your ilk are not the victims of lunatic Jihadist homicide bombers.
Right wing extremists like Olmert, Barak and Livni? Because if you're worried about Israelis "murdering" Palestinians they're the ones that have ordered every combat action for the past few years and last I checked Labor and Kadima didn't exactly fall on the "right" side of anything.
And if they are, in fact, what you consider right wing extremists, then what would be an acceptably moderate group for you in Israel? Peace Now? Or are they too right wing for you too?
No matter how hard I tried – I could never reconcile how a supposedly conservative site like FOX could hire a reviewer so violently leftist and bigoted as Friedman. I mean, it wasn't as if he tried to hide it. Au contraire – he shoved it in your face every chance he could. So how did he get hired in the first place? It obviously wasn't for his brains – come ON! Any guy stupid enough to brag about seeing a pirated movie is not sitting heavy in the brains department. So why did FOX ever hire this jerk in the first place?
Is the author of this piece the same gal who thinks McVey had worked in cahoots with muslims on the OK City bombing?
Puddin'…. when does survival become one little cause among many? What is more important?
Seriously.
I'm dying to see where your priorities are. Apparently survival isn't one of them if one in your view wants to be considered "smart."
But then, I guess to be a liberal, it's better to be considered "smart" by fellow liberals than to buck their trend and be considered a dreaded "right wing conservative."
Can you actually read what you post without throwing up? I'd love to know where that sickness comes from.
It's about time! He made my skin crawl and I'll be happy to be free of him.
I'm sure ABCCBSNBC will be crawling up his butt to offer him a job. Doesn't matter, I don't watch those nets anyway, so he'll be happily out of my range of vision
Maybe this was someone trying to be fair and balanced? Probably thought the net was too conservative and needed balance? I don't know, I'm scratching my head about this one myself.
Lovely to see your pride in being Jewish and you profile pic with the stars-and-bars also proudly displayed. Plenty of present-day folks who also proudly display that specific flag have very specific ideas about Jews. You surely know these people. They call themselves things like "KKK", "White Aryan Resistance", not quite Rotarians, or Elks. Another self identifier they like to use, and you'd probably consider is a cross, bent at the ends, angles to suggest forward motion. Know the one I'm describing?
ModDem, I understand you point. I know many American Jews and I must admit to being puzzled about their allegiance to the Democratic Party. For me, however, its the unbelievably vile anti-Semitic commentary on display at far-left rallies and web sites that arouses my curiosity. I always ask them the same question: "Are you sure you want to be in the same party as these people?"
In the last few years, a number of them have come to realize that they do not.
What a complete pinhead. Rather like those fool kids who tape themselves committing crimes and then upload the video to YouTube. They of course, have youth as an excuse, Roger doesnt.
"The fact is, most American Jews do understand the threat of Islam to Israel but they are smart enough not to completely chuck out their entire political beliefs because of one cause"…
That's a fact is it? Is that one of those 'LIBTARD facts' that are only evident to the delusional?
Could just be he was there for so long, he was hired before FOX became known as "conservative" (closer to neutral, no slant). Or that they just don't really care about Hollywood and grabbed someone off the street to fill the spot.
It's more like we Americans are stupid enough to defend a people determined to destroy our own nation. I wonder what all those really "smart" liberal Jews would do if the U.S. said, "You're on your own."
Good riddance to this butt-kissing hack. Now can we get rid of all the other entertainment "journalists", too? All Hollywood gossip is equal parts he-said/she-said, back-biting, opinions masquerading as fact, and out-and-out libel.
What goes around, comes around.
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Not only will I not shed tears for him, I am applauding this move by Fox! I quit reading his trash a couple of years ago because I go tired of his incessant and whiny writings. I wrote emails to him several times about his ridiculous rantings, and his obvious left-wing slant. He never replied. I finally wrote him and told him I was done reading him.
If I saw his name on a byline I went no further. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Roger Fried his own ass. Thank you, Rupert!
The man was not fired for his politics. He was fired for writing a review of one of his own company's film that was bootlegged on the inter-webs right?
I don't guess i understand all the hubbub. may be soeone can enlighten me.
Friedman is a scumbag….good riddance and good bye prick
My thoughts exactly. I stopped listening to him or reading him when one of the FOX anchors was talking to him about Michael Moore's "Farenheit 911" and Friedman was just fine with it. Actually, in my opinion,FOX generally has very bad entertainment reporters. Just a bunch of suck-ups.
Hey, if you can' do the time ………….
No one will miss this dweeb.
Tell it, Saul! I agree! And anyone with the sn of Antifascist who doesn't get that? Especially one with the flag above? I am a born and raised Southerner, and seeing that flag taken over by the nuts and neo-Nazi types, the KKK types, makes me sick.
Antifascist may be a complete ass, but his profile picture actually shows the stars-and-bars *on fire*. Click on his name for a larger image.
He is much worse than just a "nut" or a pathetic useful idiot, his type are traitorous vermin,
and makes ME sick as well. If there is any justice in this world, then one day he'll be
dealt with properly by his terrorist "Palestinian" pals (the same ones, incidentally, who danced joyfully in the streets of Gaza and the West Bank and handed out sweets to celebrate the murder of 3,000 American civilians on 9/11).
And THOSE are the vermin that our new president is now giving $900 MILLION of OUR tax money to, as well as bringing over tens of THOUSANDS of them to re-settle in this country!
Wow, I guess you folks really do mean it when you write about those oppressive Middle Eastern regimes that kill homosexuals. And I thought us liberals were the ones who were always so angry and full of hate.
I live in the United States, not Israel. So the criticism of this guy is that he is a bigot, but just not the "right" kind of bigot? One collectivist socialist criticizing another. Who cares. Neither of you support anything close to limited government or conservatism.
I am not a liberal, but his was only one of 2 columns I read on Foxnews.com. Both are gone now. Foxnews.com was a lot better when they ran all the editorial columns from actual conservatives and principled supporters of limited government. Liberals can be entertaining when they stick to entertainment. Maybe it's because unlike some so-called conservative entertainment writers and columnists, they don't pretend they are something they are not. They aren't claiming to be conservatives while supporting big government socialism and neocon foreign policy. Since when are anti-American Zionist socialists considered "conservative" anyway?
Saul, I think you are a bit unhinged. Settle down and realize there are more views than yours out there. Even in Israel there are Jews who don't always like what their government does – this does not mean they support Jihadists.
What exactly is a 'real Jew'? How odd. I'm sorry to tell you this but Jewish identity goes much further and wider than you seem possible of understanding.
He should've made Boston Phoenix's 100 Unseiest Men list, but since he's a sniveling liberal douche, of course he didn't (just like Michael Moore NEVER had, incredibly!); speaking of which, I'm surprised (and a little bit disappointed) your site hasn't flamed that rag…
WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??????
Whichever company is stupid enough to hire him (assuming any of them do) should be shunned on principle!
What he did ILLEGAL as much as stupid!
I find it hard to believe ANYONE likes this bloated, dried-up sack of crud, which actually restores my faith in humanity…
Israel is controlled by people who want to defend themselves against being wiped out. Does the word "holocaust" mean anything to you? Theres plent of places for "Palestinians" to go if they dont like living with Jews. Jerusalem belonged to the Jews FIRST. I support THEM.
That is my point. Modern American Judaism better start paying attention. The people that live under the missles in Israel understand the Muslim threat, why don't American liberal Jews "get it" yet? This is a continuation of a 3500 year struggle. This time, and since about 600 C.E. Islam wants your people eliminated. Period. Wake up.
Oh,didja forget those are AGNOSTIC Jews,the most dangerous type.They're still mad about JC stealing the limeight for the last two thousand years.So,they embrace leftism and caused the direct deaths of at least 80 million people(soviets,WWII).Then they came after us in the guise of eugenics(smart people),academia(nuff said),and lastly creative media(Hollywood?)My suggestion,steer clear of all the non-jewish boys back from Iraq and Afghanistan.They don't react like the gay biker-gang leader in Mad Max.Liberal jews do.
Please note that the flag is burning. I'm with you, down with the south!
Well, if by "unhinged" you mean that I loathe and despise those dhimmis who are so ignorant or venal (or both!) that they either fail to see that we are now in a true clash of Civilizations (mostly Good vs. Pure Evil), or actually SIDE with the Islamofacist terrorist scum (Hamas, Hezbollah, Al Quaeda, the Mad Mullahs of Iran, etc. etc.), then YES, I am PROUD to admit that I am indeed "unhinged"!
This is not, I repeat NOT just a matter of divergent views regarding the merits of, say, paper or plastic bags at the supermarket. What we're talking about here is the survival of Western Civilization as we know it! What part of "kill all the "infidels" don't you GET?! Do you think they are JOKING about overthrowing Western democracies and instilling a world-wide Islamic Caliphate? Are you really THAT naive as to believe that Islam is the "religion of PEACE"?!
Yes, there are indeed liberal tools in Israel who feel that way, and I can only hope that they'll be rudely awakened from their dreamworld before they get a chance to destroy their country- just as I hope that the liberal tools and "useful idiots" here in America will see the sheer folly of their ways before it's too late.
For "Eurabia"- it's too late already. I lived there for 31 years, I saw what happened to them when the Muslim hordes started arriving in the mid-80's.
Why don't you take your next vacation there, and visit the Muslim-run "projects" outside Paris, or Rotterdam, or Londonstan, etc. etc.
If you bring your wife or girlfriend, better make sure to pack a burqa (perhaps Annette Benning will lend you hers…).
This is the best news of the day! Friedman was always the worst thing about FoxNews.com. His tirades against Mel Gibson were the most tiresome tripe on the net; he couldn't say Mel Gibson without going off on Mel's religion, Mel's father, Mel's DUI, Mel's money going to Mel's church, blahblahblah. I've been complaining about this jerk for two years! In addition to all my complaints about him, now that I've seen his picture, I can add that he's ugly too! Bye Roger, you Hollywood suckass!!
You really are a pathetic imbecile, aren't you?
Since all you can do is resort to name calling what does that say about you?
Anyway, I clearly won this debate. Yes!
Thanks for being the only person who actually makes good debatable points rather than name call. Anyway, I know alot of American Jews and, believe me, they do get it. But my main point is that you can be Conservative on this issue but still be Liberal in all other areas. As are most of my Jewish friends. And, again, the Democratic party fully supports Israel and also has supported the most recent wars.
You sound like you're 16 years old- tops (and not exactly the brightest bulb in the chandelier).
Sorry for responding as if I were addressing an idiotic adult, because you're clearly just another clueless PC-brainwshed teenager.
As for your contention that "all you can do is resort to name calling"- well, why don't you try reading my previous response (about vacationing in Eurabia) before you embarrass yourself any further?
(I know, I know- I shouldn't feed the troll. But maybe this one can be saved if we all do an intervention…)
The South as a regional identity isn't a problem, that flag is only an issue when it is insisted it represents KKK-type thought. I don't recall mass protests against The Dukes of Hazzard with a mob descending to torch the General Lee.
Preach it, brother.
"And, again, the Democratic party fully supports Israel…"
So, what, you were part of a Biosphere experiment or something and cut off from the outside world for the past five months? You really need to catch up on the news, the Dems are about three steps away from handing the Muslims a match to start the ovens.
Troll 2, meet Troll 1. Do you know each other?
Might take an exorcism.
Hmmm, I think you're you're right about that.
Unfortunately, as a J*w, I am totally unsuited for the job LOL…
Show me some evidence of this nonsense you are spouting. Be specific. I want to see quotes in context and actual plans that I suppose you have access to.
How about this "specific" quote "in context":
You are a "useful idiot', a clueless tool, and a hopelessly brainwashed liberal twit.
Perhaps one day when you're old enough to drive (and shave?) you'll wise up a bit.
But I, for one, certainly wouldn't bet any money on that…
This makes at least twice now I've seen him ask for specific evidence with context. Next he'll ask what the definition of "is" is.
JEEZ, d'ya think Slick Willie is actually posting on here disguised as a tweener troll…?!
In other words, you got nothing. "Three steps from handing the matches to Muslims" is a pretty serious charge. And all you can say is I'm a tool. Ha ha. Love it.
What does that make you? A fantasy writer living in a basement listening to Rush all day and getting excited about it?
That's because you have nothing but hot air on this subject. Some day you'll understand the world is more complex than you think it is. And you'll [maybe] learn to provide actual back up sources to your facts. If you hold Liberals to that standard you better be willing to apply it to yourself. I'm often challenged by Conservatives to provide links. And I do. You can't rely on brainwashed right wing [or left wing] gut feeling propoganda and expect it to stand up to scrutiny. Not in the real world. At least the world beyong middle school.
"At least the world beyong middle school. "
Beyong? Sounds like Pyong, as in Pyongyang?
Ha ha, now it makes sense! You're Kim Jong Il! "Surrender you conservative scum, you are nothing before my vast intellectual might! I know far more than you how the real world works, you know nothing! It is all smoke and mirrors, and I have seen behind the curtain! Listen to the wisdom of your Supreme Leader Obama, he will bring you to such greatness as only my own people know! Bwah-ha-hah!"
Sure beats listening to Obama.
Time for some extra classes in Reading Comprehension 101 my poor deluded mini-troll, because I was the one who called you a "tool" (that was actually the least unkind epithet I could think of at the time, because I DO take pity on you, and especially any children you might father one day when you grow up), while Kadaka made that pithy and appropriate "Three steps from handing the matches to Muslims" crack.
Although I'm not a "fantasy" writer, I DID author an important tome titled "A CRITICAL History of Hypnotism" (2008); and while I don't live in mommy's basement like you, I DO happen to find "Rush" exciting- so at least you're HALF right about SOMETHING!
LOL
Time for some extra classes in Reading Comprehension 101 my poor deluded mini-troll, because I was the one who called you a "tool" (that was actually the least unkind epithet I could think of at the time, because I DO take pity on you, and especially any children you might father one day when you grow up), while Kadaka made that pithy and appropriate "Three steps from handing the matches to Muslims" crack.
Although I'm not a "fantasy" writer, I DID author an important tome titled "A CRITICAL History of Hypnotism" (2008); and while I don't live in mommy's basement like you, I DO happen to find "Rush" exciting- so at least you're HALF right about SOMETHING!
LOL
Saul, Consider internet thread comprehension. I was writing to you because you AGREED with kadaka's inanity. [I full well knew whom I was addressing]. Yes, it is a crack – but beneath it is a serious charge.
Congrats on the book. Looks interesting. But I'm gussing that in your research you found sources and researched your subject. Right? And that is my point. You didn't just write based on your gut feelings about the subject.
If someone says the Democrats essentially do not care for Israel and are somehow in cahoots with the Muslims I want to see a source that backs up that claim. That's all I ask. Why is that asking too much? Provide something where some Democrat is saying something that leads one to believe the charge.
Long overdue for him to get canned. Thank you for your reviews, Debbie.
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