John Gibson, the mentally unbalanced guy who hosts a daily show on FOX News, went even more overboard on his radio show (syndicated by Fox Radio Network) yesterday.
Gibson opened his radio show with funeral march music and an audio clip from Brokeback Mountain, then said "Well, he found out how to quit you," referring to the line Ledger says in the movie to Jake Gyllenhaal. He then said that Ledger was a "weirdo" and speculated that he killed himself either because he had money in the stock market or because he watched the Obama/Clinton debate. Joe Scarborough played the audio on his MSNBC show this morning and had some comments of his own for Gibson, saying the comments were "as callous and harsh as anything I've ever heard" and "unspeakably rude."
John, maybe you should just stick to worrying about the non-existent "war on Christmas" you talk about every year?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
1-24-2008 @ 3:07PM
Kyle said...
What a jackass.
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1-25-2008 @ 12:15PM
vlkwidowl said...
I didn't think anyone could make ruder and more ignorant statements than Nancy Grace along comes this guy. He's an idiot but she's a ghoul milking the tragedy of others to make a buck.
1-26-2008 @ 9:56AM
Earlick said...
jack ass? this guy is an asshole.
1-24-2008 @ 3:18PM
No1Dad said...
Is he trying to be the next Howard Stern?
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1-24-2008 @ 3:22PM
Oreo said...
Kyle said it well, what a jackass. And Howard Stern isn't on a channel that calls itself "news".
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1-24-2008 @ 3:36PM
Hans said...
No matter what the tragedy, some media slime ball will crawl out of the gutter and mock it if he thinks it will boost his ratings . Heath Ledger gave us much in his short life. He was a good actor and by all accounts a good person. Gibson's comments regarding Heath's death don't detract from Mr. Ledger's legacy. But they do make plain the empty, morally bankrupt platform that people of Gibson's ilk spew their self righteous blather from. Gibson really has nothing to say. If he dropped off the planet I doubt many would miss him. Heath was loved and admired, and it no doubt really galls losers like Gibson that they will never be half the person that he was.
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1-24-2008 @ 3:35PM
robert said...
douchebag.
and that's about the nicest thing i can say about this guy.
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1-24-2008 @ 3:58PM
Karen said...
I second that.
Simply revolting. And so callous to Ledger's family.
1-24-2008 @ 3:43PM
Z said...
More quality programming from Fox News.
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1-24-2008 @ 3:42PM
Lou said...
You know, when Joe Scarborough calls you "harsh" you've really done something.
Its a bit like Bill-O calling you narrow minded.
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1-24-2008 @ 4:02PM
Howey said...
I've had it with these neocon assholes. Please send one douche (of your choice) to:
Fox News
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
and demand this program be cancelled.
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1-24-2008 @ 4:09PM
Oreo said...
That's exactly what they want. They know few watch them for true news so they have to say bullshit to get the ratings.
1-24-2008 @ 4:11PM
Sam said...
Can I advocate for a "douchebag" tag?
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1-24-2008 @ 4:11PM
RazorD said...
As a brit, this made me laugh - purely because he obviously thought it'd be funny and find a place in the humour of the audience. Its the typical british portrayal of americans.
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1-24-2008 @ 4:31PM
Elf said...
Giving credit where credit is due, it's fair to mention that Keith Olbermann nailed Gibson for this insensitive idiocy the previous evening.
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2-03-2008 @ 12:43PM
fluff said...
He probably got turned on watching Brokeback Mountain & blames Heath for stirring up his repressed feelings.
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1-24-2008 @ 4:53PM
George said...
Cry me a river wont you? I'm tired of the media making this their lead story, for what, some dude O/Ding himself? I couldn't care less for Heath, Anna and rest of Hollywood.. BS seems to be coming from ppl who cant get over the fact that some guy died.. Ledger and Hollywood doesn’t control the world, so get over yourselves!
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1-27-2008 @ 6:53PM
Momma said...
You're no better than that jack-ass Gibson. If you don't get in to Hollywood, movies, etc, don't listen / watch what goes on. I happen to love the movies -- the gossip & B. S. I can definetely live w / o, so I don't watch it -- why don't you do the same & stop bad mouthing a promising actor, that died before his time ??? What did he do to personally, to cause such a scathing e-mail ??????? ??????? :0
1-24-2008 @ 5:10PM
willy the impeached said...
Lets be honest here hosers, a lot of people want to off themselves after listening to Obama/Clinton "debates". Well except many of the tards above I guess. Lets summarize the Demonrat debates:
Hillary: "I'm a bigger commie than any of you."
Obama: "No way, you're an old commie, I'm a a commie for change!"
Edwards: "But I'm a really caring commie!"
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1-24-2008 @ 7:05PM
B said...
You're an idiot. Better than any Republican debate.
Romney: "I'd double Guantanamo"
McCain: "I don't think Americans would mind us being in Iraq for 10,000 years"
Guiliani: "9/11"
Huckabee: "We need to amend the constitution to follow God's law"
Thompson: "I think the economy is great."