Fox News - Fair & Balanced

Chris Hayes

MSNBC's Chris Hayes' sorry pre-Memorial Day attack on military is no surprise

Conservatives have long complained the left doesn't like the military. MSNBC's Chris Hayes, host of "Up with Chris Hayes" and an editor at the liberal journal The Nation, served as a vivid reminder of that theme this past weekend when he got into trouble for criticizing U.S. troops during a discussion of Memorial Day. Hayes told his audience on Sunday, May 27 that he was "uncomfortable" with referring to "war dead" as "heroes." As evident by the "ums" and "ahs," Hayes was clearly trying to be politically correct in his comment. Instead, he expressed a typical left-wing sentiment: "I feel comfortable, ah, uncomfortable, about the word because it seems to me that it is so rhetorically proximate to justifications for more war."The term "tone deaf" doesn't even begin to describe how out of touch Hayes appeared on the eve of a holiday designed to honor the military's fallen. Not long after VFW National Commander Richard DeNoyer called Hayes out for "his obvious disregard for the service and...

Read More

  1. Bias Bash: Surrogates gone wild

    Ellen Ratner on how they have impacted the presidential campaigns

  2. Why Obamacare Is Doomed -- The Hollywood Version

    Here’s a paradox of liberalism: Hollywood hurts the Obama health care plan more than it helps. Hurts it a lot more.But how could that be, one might ask, when everyon...

  3. Principles Require Policies That Match

    Principles Require Policies That MatchWednesday, May 12, 2010 By Glenn BeckPrint FNCI want to have a series of conversations with you tonight and I come to you tryin...

  4. Did Journalists Plot to Protect Obama's Candidacy in 2008?

    Did Journalists Plot to Protect Obama's Candidacy in 2008?Wednesday, July 21, 2010Print FNCTucker Carlson, editor of The Daily Caller which broke the storyThis is a ...

  5. Why Obamacare Is Doomed -- The Hollywood Version

    Here’s a paradox of liberalism: Hollywood hurts the Obama health care plan more than it helps. Hurts it a lot more.But how could that be, one might ask, when everyon...

  6. 'Glenn Beck': Violation of Basic Principles

    'Glenn Beck': Violation of Basic Principles Wednesday , May 12 , 2010 Print FNC This is a rush transcript from " Glenn Beck , " May 11 , 2010 . This copy may not be ...

  1. MSNBC host apologizes after saying he's 'uncomfortable' calling fallen soldiers heroes

    The MSNBC host, who on the eve of Memorial Day said it makes him "uncomfortable" to describe fallen soldiers as heroes, apologized Monday after outcry from a top vet...

  2. Outrage over anti-military hero outburst

    Dan Gainor weighs in on MSNBC anchor's comments criticizing US troops

  3. Vindicated

    Andrew Breitbart speaks with Alan about his role in uncovering Rep. Anthony Weiner's photo scandal.

  4. Grapevine: Chris Hayes under fire

    Veterans groups demand apology

  5. Journalists Conspired to Elect Obama?

    Uncovered e-mails reveal strategic planning by liberal reporters to ignore stories that could cast bad light on then-presidential candidate Obama

  6. MSNBC's Olbermann Suspended for Political Donations

    MSNBC host Keith Olbermann was put on indefinite suspension Friday after bosses at the news network learned that he had donated to three Democratic candidates, inclu...

  7. MSNBC Suspends Keith Olbermann Indefinitely for Contributing to Democratic Campaigns

    MSNBC host Keith Olbermann was put on indefinite suspension Friday after bosses at the cable news network learned that he had donated to three Democratic candidates,...