Todd Starnes Out at Fox News///////// Fox News Cuts Ties With Controversial Host Todd Starnes
Fox News parted ways with Todd Starnes , Mediaite has confirmed.
The Wrap first reported that the controversial Fox Nation host — who has been accused of anti-immigrant, anti-LGBT and sometimes racist commentary — “will no longer be working at the network, its website, or its premium subscription service, Fox Nation.” His Fox News and Commentary show will be replaced by Fox Across America on “a rotation of various Fox News personalities until a permanent host is named,” the Wrap reported.
Starnes had been with Fox News Radio since 2005, and a “featured columnist” on the Fox News website since 2011.
Starnes has made sparse appearances on Fox News in recent months, mainly on Fox & Friends. His controversial comments have mostly been confined to his radio show. In July, Starnes told Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) to take a “one-way plane ticket back to whatever third world hellhole you came from.”
The radio host has also compared abortion to the Holocaust, called for anti-Kavanaugh protesters to be “tasered, handcuffed and dragged out of the building,” and — just this week — questioned with pro-Trump pastor Robert Jeffress whether Democrats worship the demon Moloch.
During his time on the network, Starnes feuded with other Fox News personalities, including Megyn Kelly in 2015, and Greta Van Susteren in 2014, who wrote , “I don’t like his tweets. They are very bad taste.”
We have a member here who has seeded Todd Starnes garbage many times.
A new opportunity to turn the page awaits them.
Starnes is a faux Christian nutcase who found a way to make some money off ranting about "political correctness" and so called persecution of Christianity on his shows over the past 10 years or so. He was one of the main Fox News personalities pushing the "war on Christmas" nonsense in past years.
Now he is judged to be too "out there" for even Fox News. Alex Jones will probably pick him up.
He's a faux christian hypocrite.
Such a good Christian.
/s
He looks like he might be gay but also rants against LGBTQ folks
He's still in the closet
Nothing, unless you are a goddamn self loathing closet case sellout who advocates against LGTB rights on fucking Fox News for big $$$. So, in this case Starnes is definitively no good low down detestable deplorable degenerate POS. No wonder even Fox fired his fake ass...
I dont know of any evidence that Starnes is gay. He's married to a woman named Nancy, which is in itself not proof , but still seems to counter-indicate gay.
My assumption is that he is not gay.
He is rabidly anti gay so I go for self loathing homosexual.
Being married doesn't mean squat
Not a damn thing
I would never shame anyone that is gay or transgender as I have both in my family.
I have nothing against gay folks either. I do have a problem with self loathing closet cases like Starnes though.
There is nothing worse than a goddamn self loathing closet case. If you do not believe me just look at olde Lindsey Graham and Jerry Falwell Jr. Why don't those two just get gay married and move to another country. They can take Todd Starnes with them. He can be The Pillbury Houseboy...Poopin Fresh!
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What is the gay look? Can it be scrubbed away with a power washer?
"Scrubbed away?" Of course not. There are ( christian conversion ) programs available for those who can afford them.
Am not sure but a Slovenian website claims that one of the 'programs' consists of trysts with Kellyanne Conway and Sarah Huckabee Sanders. I personally do not believe any of this but-----hell it is a Slovenian website. You never know, right?
Meet Todd Starnes, Fox's Mouthpiece For Anti-Gay Hate Groups
Special PROGRAMS LGBTQ
WRITTEN BY CARLOS MAZA
PUBLISHED 04/06/12 1:13 PM EDT
Fox News' Todd Starnes has never shied away from aligning himself with some of the more extreme and fringe elements of right-wing politics. He's flirted with " birtherism ," made inflammatory comments about Muslims and African-Americans , and accused the Obama administration of launching a war against Christianity .
Over the past few months, it appears that Starnes has taken up a new cause – using his position as a Fox News Radio reporter to give a voice to some of the country's worst anti-gay hate groups
Ties To The Family Research Council
Last December, Starnes appeared on the American Family Association's (AFA) “Today's Issues” radio show to promote his Fox News website, ToddStarnes.com . He was joined by Tony Perkins, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center-designated anti-gay “hate group ” Family Research Council (FRC). During the segment, Starnes claimed that his website would act as a hub of " culture war stories " that would depict hate groups like FRC and AFA in a positive light:
Perkins was thrilled, to say the least. He said he was “encouraged” by Starnes' reporting, praising him for " giving voice " to social conservatives who believe that Christianity is under attack:
Starnes was serious about his pledge to mainstream and promote FRC. Since his AFA radio appearance, Starnes has frequently included comments from FRC spokespersons – including Perkins , Peter Sprigg , and Ken Klukowski – in his reporting.
Earlier this week, he published an article about a rainbow flag being raised in a U.S. military base – a story, Perkins spotlighted in his Washington Update just a few days earlier. Unsurprisingly, Starnes' article was littered with quotes pulled directly from Perkins' FRC update.
Starnes has also repeatedly tweeted about his professional relationship with Perkins, even calling the hate group leader a " patriot ":
Peddling Anti-Gay Horror Stories
Starnes has also made good on his promise to highlight stories that “resonate” with social conservatives. When he's not manufacturing silly anti- Obama commentary , Starnes centers his reporting on stories that depict LGBT equality as a threat to religious and personal freedom. Here's a quick survey of some of Starnes' recent headlines:
[Fox News Radio, 11/15/11 ]
[Fox News Radio, 1/13/12 ]
[Fox News Radio, 1/24/12 ]
[Fox News Radio, 3/26/12 ]
[Fox News Radio, 3/27/12 ]
[Fox News Radio, 4/2/12 ]
[Fox News Radio, 4/3/12 ]
Starnes' coverage of LGBT issues ranges from misleading to wildly inaccurate , but they have one thing in common: they're all framed to gin up right-wing fears about the LGBT community and its alleged agenda.
History Of Anti-LGBT Commentary
Given his close relationship with one of the country's most prominent anti-gay hate groups, it isn't surprising that Starnes harbors some personal animosity towards the LGBT community.
In a November 9 post on his Facebook page, for example, Starnes mocked the television show Glee for an episode featuring “underage gay sex,” writing:
In November 2010, Starnes took to Twitter to mock openly gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA):
Starnes has also warned that proponents of marriage equality might eventually try to make “traditional marriage” a hate crime:
The most obvious examples of Starnes' anti-LGBT animus can be found in his recently published book, titled Dispatches from Bitter America: A Gun Toting, Chicken Eating Son Of A Baptist's Culture War Stories . Describing his book, Starnes said :
Dispatches describes a number of events that Starnes sees as representative of America's alleged “culture war.” Though much of the book is intended to be comical, several passages reveal Starnes' less-than-funny attitude toward the LGBT community.
From Chapter 19, “The War on the Boy Scouts” :
From Chapter 21, “Why Is Daddy Wearing a Dress?” :
From Chapter 26, “Homecoming Queens, Kings, and Jokers” :
From Chapter 29, “Pro-Gay or Anti-Straight?” :
Considering the anti-LGBT overtones of Dispatches , it's fitting that the book boasts a glowing review from – you guessed it – FRC's Tony Perkins:
Starnes' background of open resentment toward the LGBT community should be enough to raise questions about his ability to remain neutral when reporting on “culture war” stories. His explicit pledge to promote and mainstream a notorious anti-gay hate group seriously undermines his journalistic integrity, as well as the integrity of the network that employees him. Writing anti-gay fluff pieces might make Starnes a trusted ally of groups like FRC, but it doesn't make him a reporter worthy of being taken seriously.