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| *On the ] ] edition of ''The Big Story'', after the release of a tape by militant ], Gibson stated, "(Bin Laden) is talking to America's far left and saying, 'You know what. We're on the same side. So why don't you work on that hardhead George W. Bush? Bin Laden told us Thursday that our far left has been working for him. It's their poll results he quotes.'" <ref>'''' Editorial by John Gibson, published on FOXNews.com on January 19, 2006</ref> | *On the ] ] edition of ''The Big Story'', after the release of a tape by militant ], Gibson stated, "(Bin Laden) is talking to America's far left and saying, 'You know what. We're on the same side. So why don't you work on that hardhead George W. Bush? Bin Laden told us Thursday that our far left has been working for him. It's their poll results he quotes.'" <ref>'''' Editorial by John Gibson, published on FOXNews.com on January 19, 2006</ref> | ||
| *Following the positive ] of ] ] on ] ], a new HIV scare led to a search for all potentially infected partners of the actor, as well as a two-month shut down of ] production in Los Angeles. Commenting on this on ] ], Gibson said that the actors "should not be surprised, considering what they do" and noted that "this was bound to happen to them sooner or later". <ref></ref> | *Following the positive ] of ] ] on ] ], a new HIV scare led to a search for all potentially infected partners of the actor, as well as a two-month shut down of ] production in Los Angeles. Commenting on this on ] ], Gibson said that the actors "should not be surprised, considering what they do" and noted that "this was bound to happen to them sooner or later". <ref></ref> This is neither shocking nor controversial. A bunch of people have unprotected sex with a bunch of other people (who have also had unprotected sex with a bunch of other people). It doesn't take a genius to see Gibson's point before he made it. DUH! | ||
| *In his defense of ] ] and repudiation of the ] and the ], referring to the Third World, "That latter group includes a huge number of so-called nations, little more than spots on the map that would get invaded, taken over, subsumed, eliminated, except no-one wants to get stuck with their problems of poverty, disease and corruption."<ref> </ref> | *In his defense of ] ] and repudiation of the ] and the ], referring to the Third World, "That latter group includes a huge number of so-called nations, little more than spots on the map that would get invaded, taken over, subsumed, eliminated, except no-one wants to get stuck with their problems of poverty, disease and corruption."<ref> </ref> THIS is controversial? Then so would the very term "Third World Country". They are called "Third World" for the very reasons Gibson listed! Controversy indeed. Can't you keep your uber-liberal hate confined to the pages of Media Matters?!? | ||
| *On the ] ], edition of ''The Big Story'', after the release of a letter from Iranian President ] to U.S. President ], Gibson compared the letter from the Iranian President to talking points and positions by ]. Gibson said, "Terry McAuliffe and the other Democrats should pay close attention to their talking points these days. That nut job running Iran, President — let's see if I can pronounce it — Ahmadinejad, sent President Bush a letter, and if it weren't postmarked Tehran, it might have been mistaken for a crank letter from an angry leftist in L.A. or Boulder or Cambridge, Massachusetts. Christians are not acting like Christians, says the Iranian president. Democrat talking point. WMD lies, says the Iranian president. Democrat talking point. Human-rights abuses in Gitmo. Another Democrat talking point. The gap between haves and have-nots. The Iranian president and the Dems in lockstep on that one, too." <ref></ref> | *On the ] ], edition of ''The Big Story'', after the release of a letter from Iranian President ] to U.S. President ], Gibson compared the letter from the Iranian President to talking points and positions by ]. Gibson said, "Terry McAuliffe and the other Democrats should pay close attention to their talking points these days. That nut job running Iran, President — let's see if I can pronounce it — Ahmadinejad, sent President Bush a letter, and if it weren't postmarked Tehran, it might have been mistaken for a crank letter from an angry leftist in L.A. or Boulder or Cambridge, Massachusetts. Christians are not acting like Christians, says the Iranian president. Democrat talking point. WMD lies, says the Iranian president. Democrat talking point. Human-rights abuses in Gitmo. Another Democrat talking point. The gap between haves and have-nots. The Iranian president and the Dems in lockstep on that one, too." <ref></ref> | ||
| *On the ] ] broadcast of ''The Big Story'', Gibson called attention to the birthrates in the United States, asserting that persons of Hispanic descent would become a "majority" within twenty-five years. He urged Americans of other racial groups and specifically those of European ancestry, to have more children, so that the US population would grow. Gibson said that this was a necessity of civilization, and called arguments for ] misleading.<ref>''''</ref><ref> | *On the ] ] broadcast of ''The Big Story'', Gibson called attention to the birthrates in the United States, asserting that persons of Hispanic descent would become a "majority" within twenty-five years. He urged Americans of other racial groups and specifically those of European ancestry, to have more children, so that the US population would grow. Gibson said that this was a necessity of civilization, and called arguments for ] misleading.<ref>''''</ref><ref> | ||
| </ref> The progressive media research group ] claimed these comments were a specific directive to white Americans to reproduce.<ref></ref><ref></ref> <!--(The ] projects that persons of Hispanic descent will only make up approximately one-quarter of the U.S. population by the year 2050, with non-Hispanic whites still a majority at 50.1 percent of the total.<ref></ref>)--> | </ref> The progressive media research group ] claimed these comments were a specific directive to white Americans to reproduce.<ref></ref><ref></ref> <!--(The ] projects that persons of Hispanic descent will only make up approximately one-quarter of the U.S. population by the year 2050, with non-Hispanic whites still a majority at 50.1 percent of the total.<ref></ref>)--> WHO CARES what Media Matters thinks about this topic? This is an ENCYCLOPEDIA, not an editorial board! If John's "controversial statements" weren't discussed in REAL NEWS OUTLETS...guess what...they AREN'T controversial. It takes more than a bunch of Hillary funded uber-libs with a .org web address whining about something to make it "controversial". Clean this page up! Scrub the OPINIONS and stick to FACTS. | ||
| *On the ] ] broadcast of his FOX News Radio show, Gibson and his producer "Angry Rich" mocked ]'s emotional response to the ] on ], calling him a "phony" and pointing out what he saw as hypocrisy for Stewart having this reaction and nevertheless "bashing Bush for the next six years". This took place in a segment discussing whether or not America needed to be attacked again like it was on ].{{Fact|date=October 2007}} Reaction to this included MSNBC's Keith Olbermann declaring "Gibby" that day's "Worst Person in the World", and Stewart himself referring to Gibson as "some idiot on FOX". Gibson later accused Stewart of purposefully misunderstanding him, saying that his intent was merely to juxtapose Stewart's grief at the time with his later stance on issues Gibson called reasonable, such as wiretapping and ]. | *On the ] ] broadcast of his FOX News Radio show, Gibson and his producer "Angry Rich" mocked ]'s emotional response to the ] on ], calling him a "phony" and pointing out what he saw as hypocrisy for Stewart having this reaction and nevertheless "bashing Bush for the next six years". This took place in a segment discussing whether or not America needed to be attacked again like it was on ].{{Fact|date=October 2007}} Reaction to this included MSNBC's Keith Olbermann declaring "Gibby" that day's "Worst Person in the World", and Stewart himself referring to Gibson as "some idiot on FOX". Gibson later accused Stewart of purposefully misunderstanding him, saying that his intent was merely to juxtapose Stewart's grief at the time with his later stance on issues Gibson called reasonable, such as wiretapping and ]. WHO CARES about what Olbermann thinks about this Media Matters manufactured "controversy"?!? We have an opinion journalist sharing his opinion on the pages of an encyclopedia? Does that mean I can create my own politician-funded .org and then post my whinings and rantings on the David Brock page? | ||
| *On the ] ] broadcast he blamed Hip Hop culture for a school shooting at Success Tech Academy High School in Cleveland, OH. Gibson remarked that this was "another example of Hip Hop culture bringing murder and mayhem into the rest of our society." <ref></ref> The school is a predominately black high school, and the shooter was white. Referring to the shooter's suicide, and that he was a fan of Marilyn Manson and the Gothic subculture, Gibson remarked "I know the shooter was white, I knew it as soon as he shot himself,". "Hip-hoppers don't do that. They shoot and move on to shoot again."<ref></ref> He later reminded callers that African-Americans are dying in America due to apathy: "I know there's a few of you who want to call me racist. But when you do, remind -- let me remind you, African-Americans are dying in major cities because people won't face this problem."<ref></ref> | *On the ] ] broadcast he blamed Hip Hop culture for a school shooting at Success Tech Academy High School in Cleveland, OH. Gibson remarked that this was "another example of Hip Hop culture bringing murder and mayhem into the rest of our society." <ref></ref> The school is a predominately black high school, and the shooter was white. Referring to the shooter's suicide, and that he was a fan of Marilyn Manson and the Gothic subculture, Gibson remarked "I know the shooter was white, I knew it as soon as he shot himself,". "Hip-hoppers don't do that. They shoot and move on to shoot again."<ref></ref> He later reminded callers that African-Americans are dying in America due to apathy: "I know there's a few of you who want to call me racist. But when you do, remind -- let me remind you, African-Americans are dying in major cities because people won't face this problem."<ref></ref> | ||
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| John Gibson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Commentator, Author, Journalist, television and talk radio personality |
| Website | |
John Gibson is a television talk show host, hosting the weekday edition of The Big Story and The John Gibson Show on Fox News Radio.
Prior to joining Fox News, Gibson hosted news talk programs on MSNBC and covered the Lewinsky scandal at length. He began his career in the late 1960's as a staff reporter for the entertainment industry magazine, the Hollywood Reporter, and was a reporter and weekend anchorman at KCRA, the NBC affiliate in Sacramento, during the 1980's. He later joined NBC News as a correspondent before moving to MSNBC.
Gibson has also worked in the music industry.
Criticism
Gibson has drawn criticism in response to many controversial statements he has made on his TV and radio shows. Of course, most (all) of this criticism comes from rabid leftist special interest groups who use Gibson's wiki page as some kind of attack platform...after all, this is the only way they can reach normal people. Normal people don't visit Media Matters, for instance...which is why they have one of their flunkies update this page with their latest venom.
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- When London was chosen to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, Gibson said that he regretted that Paris had not been chosen because it would have forced France to confront the threat of terrorism. He also has stated that no one would care if France was a victim of a terrorist attack.
- On the January 19 2006 edition of The Big Story, after the release of a tape by militant Osama Bin Laden, Gibson stated, "(Bin Laden) is talking to America's far left and saying, 'You know what. We're on the same side. So why don't you work on that hardhead George W. Bush? Bin Laden told us Thursday that our far left has been working for him. It's their poll results he quotes.'"
- Following the positive HIV test of porn star Darren James on April 13 2004, a new HIV scare led to a search for all potentially infected partners of the actor, as well as a two-month shut down of adult movie production in Los Angeles. Commenting on this on April 29 2004, Gibson said that the actors "should not be surprised, considering what they do" and noted that "this was bound to happen to them sooner or later". This is neither shocking nor controversial. A bunch of people have unprotected sex with a bunch of other people (who have also had unprotected sex with a bunch of other people). It doesn't take a genius to see Gibson's point before he made it. DUH!
- In his defense of Ambassador John Bolton and repudiation of the United Nations and the Third World, referring to the Third World, "That latter group includes a huge number of so-called nations, little more than spots on the map that would get invaded, taken over, subsumed, eliminated, except no-one wants to get stuck with their problems of poverty, disease and corruption." THIS is controversial? Then so would the very term "Third World Country". They are called "Third World" for the very reasons Gibson listed! Controversy indeed. Can't you keep your uber-liberal hate confined to the pages of Media Matters?!?
- On the May 10 2006, edition of The Big Story, after the release of a letter from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to U.S. President George W. Bush, Gibson compared the letter from the Iranian President to talking points and positions by Democrats. Gibson said, "Terry McAuliffe and the other Democrats should pay close attention to their talking points these days. That nut job running Iran, President — let's see if I can pronounce it — Ahmadinejad, sent President Bush a letter, and if it weren't postmarked Tehran, it might have been mistaken for a crank letter from an angry leftist in L.A. or Boulder or Cambridge, Massachusetts. Christians are not acting like Christians, says the Iranian president. Democrat talking point. WMD lies, says the Iranian president. Democrat talking point. Human-rights abuses in Gitmo. Another Democrat talking point. The gap between haves and have-nots. The Iranian president and the Dems in lockstep on that one, too."
- On the May 11 2006 broadcast of The Big Story, Gibson called attention to the birthrates in the United States, asserting that persons of Hispanic descent would become a "majority" within twenty-five years. He urged Americans of other racial groups and specifically those of European ancestry, to have more children, so that the US population would grow. Gibson said that this was a necessity of civilization, and called arguments for zero population growth misleading. The progressive media research group Media Matters for America claimed these comments were a specific directive to white Americans to reproduce. WHO CARES what Media Matters thinks about this topic? This is an ENCYCLOPEDIA, not an editorial board! If John's "controversial statements" weren't discussed in REAL NEWS OUTLETS...guess what...they AREN'T controversial. It takes more than a bunch of Hillary funded uber-libs with a .org web address whining about something to make it "controversial". Clean this page up! Scrub the OPINIONS and stick to FACTS.
- On the August 10 2007 broadcast of his FOX News Radio show, Gibson and his producer "Angry Rich" mocked Jon Stewart's emotional response to the 9/11 attacks on the Daily Show, calling him a "phony" and pointing out what he saw as hypocrisy for Stewart having this reaction and nevertheless "bashing Bush for the next six years". This took place in a segment discussing whether or not America needed to be attacked again like it was on 9/11. Reaction to this included MSNBC's Keith Olbermann declaring "Gibby" that day's "Worst Person in the World", and Stewart himself referring to Gibson as "some idiot on FOX". Gibson later accused Stewart of purposefully misunderstanding him, saying that his intent was merely to juxtapose Stewart's grief at the time with his later stance on issues Gibson called reasonable, such as wiretapping and Guantanamo Bay. WHO CARES about what Olbermann thinks about this Media Matters manufactured "controversy"?!? We have an opinion journalist sharing his opinion on the pages of an encyclopedia? Does that mean I can create my own politician-funded .org and then post my whinings and rantings on the David Brock page?
- On the October 10 2007 broadcast he blamed Hip Hop culture for a school shooting at Success Tech Academy High School in Cleveland, OH. Gibson remarked that this was "another example of Hip Hop culture bringing murder and mayhem into the rest of our society." The school is a predominately black high school, and the shooter was white. Referring to the shooter's suicide, and that he was a fan of Marilyn Manson and the Gothic subculture, Gibson remarked "I know the shooter was white, I knew it as soon as he shot himself,". "Hip-hoppers don't do that. They shoot and move on to shoot again." He later reminded callers that African-Americans are dying in America due to apathy: "I know there's a few of you who want to call me racist. But when you do, remind -- let me remind you, African-Americans are dying in major cities because people won't face this problem."
Gibson vs. the BBC
An outspoken critic of the BBC, Gibson claims that the British Broadcasting Corporation is anti-American, accusing the BBC of having "a frothing-at-the-mouth anti-Americanism that was obsessive, irrational and dishonest". He also claimed that reporter Andrew Gilligan, who was covering the 2003 Iraq War for BBC Radio 4 in Baghdad, had, "insisted on air that the Iraqi Army was heroically repulsing an incompetent American military".
Gibson's criticisms were rejected by Ofcom when it investigated viewer complaints of Gibson's item. It was found that the words he attributed to Gilligan were false, and "the manner in which John Gibson delivered these lines and the fact that he indicated that Gilligan said it "on-air" gave the distinct impression that he was quoting Gilligan directly. It did not appear that he was summarising Gilligan’s reporting.
Books
- Gibson, John. The War on Christmas: How the Liberal Plot to Ban the Sacred Christian Holiday Is Worse Than You Thought. (Sentinel, 2005). ISBN 1-59523-016-5.
- Gibson, John (2004). Hating America: The New World Sport. (ReganBooks, 2004) ISBN 0-06-058010-0.
Footnotes
- Missed Opportunity Editorial by John Gibson, published on FOXNews.com on July 06 2005.
- Fox's Gibson on "golden opportunity" missed: If France had been selected for 2012 Olympics, terrorists would "blow up Paris, and who cares?"
- Bin Laden's Talking Points From Far Left? Editorial by John Gibson, published on FOXNews.com on January 19, 2006
- Fox's Gibson, Barnes equated Iranian president's letter with positions of Democrats, progressives
- YouTube clip of John Gibson's comments
- Liar, liar. Editorial by John Gibson., published on FOXNews.com on January 29 2004.
- Standards Cases - Upheld Cases - The Big Story: My Word - Published in Ofcom Broadcast Bulletin Number 11 on June 14 2004.