Part of the problem getting FOX's lies referred to as such is that the charge came from commentators on the left. The corporate media won't stop treating FOX like a peer until people in public office charge it with lying. It's just like they wouldn't pick up election fraud stories because prominent Democrats in office weren't making the charge, and they ignored the case against invading Iraq because the case wasn't being made by prominent enough people.

It's funny now that the White House just blows off Foxsuckers, it's as if their faux news shows have more in common with cartoons than they do with news programs. Nobody except racist, drooling,inbred, mongoloids take Foxsuckers seriously. They are just one long bad joke, without laughs. Jon Stewart's show has more in common with real network news.

Thank goodness the White House is finally treating NewsCorp the way it deserves to be treated. Bravo, WH! When an entity does nothing but spit in your face, you slap them down good!

I have mixed feelings about this. By calling out Beck, isn't that simply elevating Beck? I'm not in favor of staying above the fray and ignoring the crazy on the right (look how well that tactic worked for Kerry) but I don't see the White House vs Beck as a good idea.

Too bad there aren't any moderate Republicans left.

While I have no love for Fox News (but plenty of loathing) there are many people in Chicago (most according to surveys not conducted by the 2016 bid committee) that oppose bringing the Olympics here. The cost they've put on their bid is ridiculously low compared to costs of other recent/future Olympics... London said $4 billion and is spending approximately $16 billion--so far--for the 2012 Games. And the myth that this will be a big economic engine for Chicago is just that, a myth.

As a citizen of Chicago for more than 20 years, I was very disheartened when I heard Obama was going to Copenhagen to boost the bid. We just can't afford it. We have a mayor who thinks he's king and a City Council that blithely sits on the sidelines and rubber-stamps anything Daley wants. The city is in the midst of a financial crisis only partly brought on by the economic meltdown, while a corrupt tax-increment financing scheme bleeds the city dry to go into a slush fund that Da Mare can use anyway he wants for "development." How corrupt? One of the TIFs is our financial district -- anyone who has been there knows it is not derelict or deteriorating. It's just a way for Richie to give cash for development to his pals and other bigwigs. Only the most recent debacle is the city "selling" its parking meters for a ridiculously low sum for decades only to score some short-term cash. At least the outrage over that, if only after the fact, seemed to wake up the council.

Also the projections by the bid committee on how it will effect the city's economy seem to be wildly overblown. The Chicago 2016 committee predicted the Olympics would pump $14 billion into the city's economy and another $7 million spent by visitors. But an independent report by Anderson Economic Group says the games would only generate about $4.4 billion. Daley dismissed that, saying they were just jealous because the group is based in Michigan. That's the kind of political discourse we get with our mayor.

All that, plus it will tear up our parks--of which we have less per acreage per capita than many major cities--including Washington Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. Can you imagine the outrage if NY proposed putting an Olympic stadium in Central Park, Olmsted's most famous creation?? To be destroyed for the ugly Olympic village is the campus of Michael Reese campus, with the only buildings in the US co-designed by Walter Gropius of the Bauhaus.

Not that I'm one of those who think Daley and Obama are in some cabal -- Daley didn't even support Obama until VERY late in his career. Obama owes Daley nothing. My take is he is just supporting the bid because that's kind of what you sign up for when you're president.

For more on the opposition the bid in Chicago go to http://nogames.wordpress.com/ It's by the group that has mounted the fiercest opposition to the bid. Not exactly a bunch of right-wingers if you look at the other groups supporting them.

Also one of the local alternative weeklies has excellent coverage:
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/2016-chicago-olympics/Content?oid=1195912

Go Rio!

Rule #1 for dealing with idiots like Glenn Beck...DON'T FEED THE TROLLS

Why not put Fox on probation and take away their WH press passes?

Oh, boo hoo. So Beck named the wrong Canadian city that lost a billion on the Olympics. Small potatoes compared to the lies --lies, not mistakes -- we hear everyday from the administration.

Chicago has always been an embarrassment of corruption; but now that so many of the corrupters are part of the administration, the US would be wise to downplay Chicago wherever possible.

Beck is Bill Laimbeer and his fellow FOX hacks are the "Bad Boy" Detroit Pistons of the 80s. Their philosophy was to commit a foul on every play, knowing the refs couldn't possibly call every one. Even if the Bad Boys only got away with 80 percent of their fouls, it represented a huge advantage over opponents who may have had more basketball skill but were hindered by adhering to the rules. Their opponents had the choice of losing or crawling into the gutter with Laimbeer and Co. But then came Michael Jordan . . .

I believe Beck misspoke and was referring to the Montreal Olympics which was a financial disaster. It was an honest mistake. Before anyone starts talking about what an idiot he is for confusing the two cities, I should point out that everyone deserves a little break when it comes to live TV. Our President was quoted saying that the U.S. has 58 states. Does that make him an idiot? Or did his brain simply misfire while on live TV. Of course it was the latter of the two. The President knows there are only 50 states and Beck meant Montreal. So moving on...

Given this context, Beck's argument that Olympics are money losers is CORRECT - i.e. not a lie. A cursory sampling of news articles will show you that - FOR THE MOST PART - hosting the Olympics is a financial loss waiting to happen.

You don't have to agree with EVERYTHING Beck says, but this particular argument against the Olympics holds water.