New York mosque pits John Cusack vs. Fox News

[Turborama]

Source: Reuters

Politically minded actor John Cusack has picked a fight with Fox News, and both of them have dealt the "death" card from the bottom of the deck. Cusack started the war of words when he tweeted to his 209,000 followers -- in all capital letters no less: "I am for a satanic death cult center at Fox News HQ and outside the offices of Dick Armey and Newt Gingrich -- and all the GOP welfare freaks."

Cusack's tweet was a response to a follower who asked whether he supported the construction of the so-called Ground Zero Mosque. Cusack does. Vehemently.

Fox News' response came by way of an article at Foxnews.com by Jo Piazza, who apparently didn't see much humor in Cusack's sarcasm. Piazza writes a hard-news article about Cusack's caustic tweet that even includes experts who warn that his words are dangerous. Says one expert: "His provocative tweets could easily incite a rabid fan to commit violent acts against Fox News Headquarters and others he names." And another says: "Fans could not only be influenced because of their devotion to Cusack, the man, but also because of their love for one of the characters he plays." Still another says: "John Cusack is taking his fame too seriously. He is having delusions and his anger toward Fox News may get him arrested!"

The Fox News reporter even goes so far as to suggest that Cusack's behavior is kind of like that of a ... serial killer?" Coincidentally, Cusack has just been signed to play Edgar Allen Poe in 'The Raven,' a movie about a serial killer who uses Poe's stories as inspiration for his killing spree," writes Piazza.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68007Q20100901

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Comment on the title: It's not a "mosque", but both Reuters and AP seem to be instant that it is.

This is how English language paper in Indonesia 'The Jakarta Globe' is reporting it...

Cusack and Fox in a War of Words

September 01, 2010

Actor John Cusack has picked a fight with Fox News.

Cusack started the war of words when he tweeted to his 209,000 followers: “I am for a satanic death cult center at Fox News HQ and outside the offices of Dick Armey and Newt Gingrich — and all the GOP welfare freaks.”

Cusack’s tweet was a response to a follower who asked whether he supported the construction of the so-called Ground Zero Mosque.

A retaliatory article written by a Fox contributor and posted on Foxnews.com blasted Cusack and warned that the tweet could incite the actor’s rabid fans into committing acts of violence against the news channel. 

Reuters

From: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/lifeandtimes/cusack-and-fox-in-a-war-of-words/393974

[annabanana]

1. The irony of Fox's complaining about "incitement"

is searng

[peacebird]

4. Exactly so! I almost fell off my chair when I read that.

[xxqqqzme]

30. No kidding. Let's see how it stacks up

John Cusack - one tweet
Fox noise - 24/7

OK, now I see how that all adds up.

[tulsakatz]

5. exactly!!

they do the same thing every day....on pretty much every show they broadcast!

[BonnieJW]

19. Remember Dr. Tiller the Baby Killer?

I suppose Bill O'Reilly wasn't inciting his "followers" to do any harm, right?

[tulsakatz]

49. actually he was......

...along with the many other comments made by Faux commentators which enrage people and suggest that they carry a gun to a political rally or some other aggressive behavior.....

[valerief]

20. +666 trillion

[NewJeffCT]

29. Republicans are masters of projection

They have it down to a science. Glen Beck complains about Nazis? O'Reilly complains about "morality" issues?

[liberation]

55. Technically, projection is a deep character/psychological flaw...

Although I wouldn't put it past the common reactionary to work on master they already innate projection flaws they tend to be born with.

[JerseygirlCT]

31. Yes!

Amazing.

[ustilago]

40. OMG...

This multiplied by a few hundred billion. Do those idiots even HEAR THEMSELVES???

[Lars77]

62. They're liars and they know it

And they don't give a damn. It's all about hijacking the political discourse and turning the tables on the opposition by using arguments that gives the listener a feeling of disorientation.

I sincerely believe that it's not about winning an argument any more, not in US politics. It's much more effective to just blurt out arguments that are so far off any standard that the audience don't know which way is up anymore.

That's why people should'nt confront Fox in this manner. It just gives them a reason to play the victim card.


The fact that people are still discussing this so-called ground zero mosque, is proof at how good the right wing are at hijacking the agenda. They know damn well that any time someone tries to argue back with a rational answer rooted in any sort of reality, their fear-based, emotionally charged arguments will be useless.

[slay]

70. Exactly - it's the rantings of Glen Beck, everyday ON FOX that will get someone killed

one day, not one "tweet" from John Cusack. See how hard the repubs fight back against us - while Obama plays nice. We need to fight them like the enemy they are!

[mzmolly]

76. Absofreakin

lutely.

[Hissyspit]

2. Typical of Fox. Attribute their own behavior to the behavior of others.

It's quite deliberate.

[savalez]

45. In Psychological terms it's call "Projecting". Pubs do it all the time.

Projecting: Psychology . to ascribe one's own feelings, thoughts, or attitudes to others.

[otohara]

75. Projecting

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection

[NWHarkness]

3. So, let me get this straight...

According to Fox, none of the invective screamed out by Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Beck et al,has, or ever could, influence anyone to violence, but this one tweet by John Cusack will?

[oldhippydude]

6. the righties all do that!!!

to witt.. the Chunkie Junkies use of the term "drive by media" .. methinks the fat man doth complain to much.. while we see blatant hypocrisy, the right wing base sees this as leading the argument.. sort of we, being hoisted on our own petard, by those with Superior (sic) wit..

[Amaril]

36. I never realized John Cusack was sooooo powerful.

Will have to pay closer attention in future.

[NBachers]

48. Yes the John Cusack Healter Skelter Death Cult has been mobilized & sent out to do John's dirty work

The Zombie Marching Orders have been received loud and clear, Sir!

[Amaril]

66. Well, that explains......

....why I've been craving brains.

I just thought it was an adverse reaction to the terminal "stoopid" of Fox News.

[NBachers]

77. That would make anyone feel like they had a brain deficit

[d_r]

7. It is scary

that fox news printed such a retaliation article attacking him. It is like they are taking warning shots at him. "Experts" saying he is inciting violence, comparing him to a serial killer, etc.

Yeah, I agree the accusations themselves are laughable. But the vilification as a process is scary.

[xxqqqzme]

34. Yep, they pulled that gang of 'experts'

out of the ether pretty fast. Lying in wait, over the top vicious response. They are really going for the jugular. Way out of proportion reaction.

[Blue State Bandit]

8. The FOX Projection Reflex!

It's a classic defense.

If you replace all references to "Cusack" or his "Rabid Fans" with "FOX" and their "Blind Followers", and Piazza's article fits almost perfectly, except for the "get him arrested" part...

... but a kid can dream, right?

[rosesaylavee]

9. So funny...

Who knew that Corporations would have feelings?

[Roland99]

10. Whatsamatter, Faux? Can dish it out but can't take it?

Fucking crybabies.

[SpeechlessDem]

11. HA!

I like what NWHarkness said
I am also a fan of Cusack
muhahha

O'reilly is a NAZI!

[Dappleganger]

12. "GOP WELFARE FREAKS"...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Javaman]

13. Meh...

a non-trovercy ginned up by faux news to distract from the actual story.

if faux news can't take the heat, perhaps they should get off the planet.

[Mendocino]

14. "one of the characters he plays"

Well I'm going right down to Championship Vinyl to see if they have "Satanic Death Cult Center at Fox News HQ" by Broken Little Fingers.

[FirstLight]

37. hehheee

thanks, i needed that!

[Caliman73]

38. Stiff Little Fingers

And...are you wearing a COSBY sweater?!?

I'm partial to Lane Meyers myself. "I want my 2 Dollars!!!"

[Mendocino]

42. Customer: Do you have soul?

Rob: That all depends.



Yes stiff not broken, it has been a while since I saw it.

[LiberalArkie]

15. The scary thing is that it shows that Fox knows what it is doing

by inciting people to violence. The comment tells me that the Fox personalities are really trying to get violence stirred up again.

[dddem]

41. Exactly what I was thinking!

Stupid like a fox. John Cusack's fan's are intelligent people who actually know how to form thoughts all on their own. Fox news followers, on the other hand...
I can see it now... Cusack... serial killer...must be stopped...what to do, what to do...
Fox knows how to make a non-story importance every time. I have to give them credit for that at least. I am a fan of John Cusack, and wouldn't have known a thing about this story if it weren't for ...can you guess... FAUX NEWS
Makes one wonder.

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[Douglas Carpenter]

16. kick and recommend!!

[demi moore]

17. i signed up

a twitter account just to follow him.

"His provocative tweets could easily incite a rabid fan to commit violent acts against Fox News Headquarters and others he names."

that's code for "remember tiller the baby killer, john"

in other words, we will send our rabid fans after you.

[SpeechlessDem]

24. ?

Who do you create a twitter acct and how much does it cost?
thx

[boppers]

79. Twitter's free. Signup here:

https://twitter.com/signup

[rurallib]

18. one tweet by John Cusack more powerful than a million hours of hate

on the FUX and the echo chamber.
Is Cusack as powerful as their Christ?

Funny how bullies always cry and whimper when someone dare challenge them.

[Tom_Foolery]

21. Cusack's new movie sounds like a good one...

Oh, yeah. Fuck Fox!!

[WolverineDG]

22. Someone should tell Fox they shouldn't pick fights they can't win

John Cusack, winner, hands down. :)

dg

[trumad]

23. Matt Taibbi laughs his ass off at this non-story.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/matt-taibbi/blogs/TaibbiData_May2010/197151/83512

[Peace Patriot]

28. LOL!

"...these days, when you add new technology like Twitter to Tea Party paranoia, you can hang a black t-shirt over a web-cam and within ten minutes half of middle America thinks it’s a total eclipse of the sun." --RS

[trumad]

53. Great line and sooo sooooo true.

[Turborama]

74. LOL his "hot asphalt underpants" comment was hilarious.

That was a good read, thanks for sharing it. :fistbump:

[JHB]

25. Gee, my first thought (re: Cusak's comment) was...

"You mean as opposed to the satanic death cults that currently inhabit, own, and operate them?"


One of these days I'm really going to have to sit down and finish that song "Projection!" (to the tune of "Tradition!" from Fiddler on the Roof).

[PinkFloyd]

26. Could incite danger...You don't say???

"Piazza writes a hard-news article about Cusack's caustic tweet that even includes experts who warn that his words are dangerous."

Where the fuck was this when health care was going on and they were spreading the bullshit about death panels, etc? This reminds me of a robber who gets robbed himself and cries about it.

[wookie72]

27. Everybody's missing the point.

Cusack's CLEARLY a huge Slayer fan.

[florida08]

32. LoL

how easy it is to rile the scream machine..Good work John. Am looking at the tweets now and seriously it's not that much. They like to inflate numbers..remember a million showed up for the Beck and Palin pony show.

http://twitter.com/#search?q=john%20cusack

[Iwillnevergiveup]

33. If anyone should be arrested

it's O'Really for his unconscionable whose super-charged rants got a doctor gunned down. Beck needs to be escorted off to a facility for the criminally insane.

[florida08]

35. John's twitter page

Bio Apocalyptic shit disturber and elephant trainer.

http://twitter.com/johncusack

He follows Keith Olbermann and Jeremy Scahill..Dylan Ratigan..Thom Hartmann..Glenn Greenwald

[Bette Noir]

50. Sounds like my kinda guy.

[Jefferson23]

54. Thanks, come on DU, let us join together on this and pile on. n/t

[guitar man]

39. "mosque pits"

Imagine that! :D

[pansypoo53219]

43. IOKIYAR only.

how dare the left do what the rite does all the time. and cusack was inciting what?

[Uncle Joe]

44. If any person or Institution needs rabies shots, it's FOX "News."

Their continuous hate/fear propaganda streamed 24/7/365 in to tens of millions of American owned televisions has lead and will lead to far more violence than any sarcastic tweet; by someone in opposition to FOX's televised, sugar coated, poison.

Thanks for the thread, Turborama.

[texastoast]

46. Cusack incitement vs. Fox incitement

Fox is gonna win that round.

What a bunch of hypocritical assholes.

[RufusTFirefly]

59. Beware of a Reichstag fire

I wouldn't put it past Faux and/or its fanatical followers to fabricate some sort of "incident" to reinforce its dire warnings about Cusack.

[texastoast]

69. I hear you completely

In the event something does happen and it can be traced back to the RW nutters, Fox will make a big deal about the "incident" and very little Fox Noise about who the person really turned out to be.

It is inconceivable how these people have a license to broadcast news.

[AlbertCat]

47. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Cusack's "rabid fans"???? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Acts of violence against the Fox News Channel??? Talk about irony.

And I love how the parts the ACTOR PLAYS or signed up to PLAY are somehow relevant in the real world. Ronnie Raygun was NOT a real cowboy/war hero. Charlton Heston was not really Moses. Fred Thomson was indeed a lawyer and even a Senator... but he is not a real human being. :eyes:

Why can't Repugs distinguish between reality and theatre/movies/ dog & pony shows?????


BTW, Cusack owes me $3.99 for my rental of that piece of crap "2012".... I want those minutes of my life back! But I'll take the money instead.

[Jefferson23]

51. Cusack has a following amounting to more than 200,000? THAT is fantastic! He is

fighting the good fight here, excellent. How predictable that FOX tries to slime him. Mr. Cusack, I hope you
don't back down, the garbage they spew would be laughable if not so sad.

200,000 is not a shabby number, my guess is this has potential to be a great public fight.

Jon Stewart and Colbert will be involved with this soon, as soon as this evening I bet.

FIGHT BACK for the good, I love this very public chance to right a wrong!

on edit for clarity.

[No Elephants]

52. Let's all sign up on Twitter to "follow" Cusack.

[liberation]

56. The scary difference is that Cusack is using tongue in cheek and FOX are deadly serious.

These right wingers are now in full "coco in the head" mode, they really are off the deep end... hopefully they will not do something monumentally stupid on their way where their hubris is taking them inevitably: the trash heap of history.

[rocktivity]

57. O'Reilly and Cusak in a mosh pit? I'd pay-per-view to see that!

Oh, it says MOSQUE! Never mind...

:blush:
rocktivity

[mstinamotorcity]

58. Well they should have

been proud to be in like company. Mad I don't think so. And if they think that one of his followers are going to do something to someone at Faux HQ or Dick Armey or old ass Newt, Then they are looking at the wrong crowd of folks. And John doesn't have to wish anything on any of those guys because they already got it coming. See they are going to have problems with one of their own. All it is going to take is a matter of time before the tea baggers come out of their tea bag induced coma and find out they have been really getting played. If you think they are mad now wait until the truth slaps them in the face and is undeniable. That will strike the very core of their being and belief, and then they will have the problems they so deserve. Because no one can make a person catch hell like one of their own.

[oswaldactedalone]

60. Give 'em hell Cusack!!!

I love this guy, proud of him for fighting back. With my limited resources and in my limited way, I'm not going to sit back and tolerate a GOP tidal wave in this election. Will you join Cusack and me in the fight?

[demigoddess]

61. Last night I watched Cradle Will Rock with John Cusack and it

was fabulous. About the great depression etc. It was fantastic, and the parallels to right now are astounding. The rich people being afraid of the unions and trying to bust them, it was eerie. Especially the mural being taken down, and people seeing commies under every bed. You've got to see it to really appreciate it.

[Quantess]

64. Wow, what a lot of whining and playing the victim, on Fox's part.

"Ooh, we're so persecuted!" Scawy! Crybabies.

[Raschel]

65. Inciting violence =" Retreat and reload" from the Lantern-Jawed Liar

[DesertDiamond]

67. Poor Fox. So sad that they got their karma right back in their face! LOL! And thanks to Mr. Cusack

for being the one who smacked them with it!

[tclambert]

68. Glenn Beck will call him a nazi in 3 ... 2 ... 1

[BrklynLiberal]

71. I have always admired John Cusack..and now I feel even more: I am in awe of him

[lunatica]

72. John Cusack is cool

And gorgeous

[fascisthunter]

73. Tough Shit for the Fascist Propaganda Syndicate(FOX)

[proteus_lives]

78. Grosse Point Blank is one of my favorite movies of all time.

[guernica932]

80. Remember Fox News Won the Right to Lie in Court!

Fox was sued because they lied to the public. Fox won the right to lie. So why is anyone surprised?
http://ceasespin.org/ceasespin_blog/ceasespin_blogger_files/fox_news_gets_okay_to_misinform_public.html