http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/03/29/foxs-week-long-war-on-easter/193352
Fox News spent an entire week hyping a supposed "War on Easter," pointing to the decision made by a few school boards to hold "Spring egg hunt[s]" instead of Easter egg hunts. In seven days, Fox devoted 10 segments to what host Bill O'Reilly called the continued "war on Judeo-Christian tradition."
On March 21, O'Reilly lambasted President Obama and the White House for empowering "secular progressives" to pressure school districts around the country to eliminate terms like "Easter bunny" and "Easter egg." O'Reilly complained that "the war on Judeo-Christian tradition continues in some public school districts," citing districts in five states that he said "are having Spring egg events. Moderated by a Spring bunny":
O'REILLY: I know it's stupid. You know it's stupid. But it's happening, and there is a reason why it's happening. Secular progressives are running wild with President Obama in the White House. They feel unchained, liberated and they are trying to diminish any form of religion. The goal is to marginalize religious opposition to secular programs.
March 24: During a "P.C. Police" segment, Fox & Friends Sunday guest co-host Jesse Watters, echoing O'Reilly's March 21 remarks, discussed the deliberate attempt to "diminish religion" with his guest. He also claimed that people who want to remove the word Easter from certain school activities causes pain to more people:
WATTERS: Now, a lot of people say it offends people when you use the word Easter, a very small minority, but then by removing the word Easter ends up offending much more people to begin with. Don't they see that they're actually causing more pain?
March 26: The Five co-host Eric Bolling hyped a supposed new example of Easter coming under attack when the principal of an Alabama middle school directed her school to not call an egg hunt an "Easter egg" hunt in order to respect others' religion.
March 27: Fox's coverage of the "War on Easter" came to a head when it dedicated six segments to the so-called "War." Fox's early show, Fox & Friends First, covered the Alabama middle school's decision twice, asking the audience to weigh in on the supposed controversy.
On Fox & Friends, the co-hosts also commented on the Alabama middle school's decision to remove "Easter" from school activities. In the first segment, co-host Brian Kilmeade reacted to a clip of the principal explaining why she made the decision to drop the word "Easter," asking if she was nine years old because of how she spoke. Co-host Gretchen Carlson wondered why using the word "Easter" was concerning at all:
CARLSON: I just always love to know who complains about this. Because if you're talking about Passover this week, and you're talking about Easter, I think those are the only two religious holidays this week. Correct me if I am wrong. So if you include both of them what's the big deal? I guess if you believe in nothing, then you would be one that might criticize, saying either of those two words. But then, can't you just leave the option out there for people if they believe in nothing to just - okay you believe in nothing. I just don't understand when people get their undies in a bundle.
note this is not something that is taking over the real news cycles i haven't heard anything except here. and they are citing Alabama isn't that one of their states? guess another oop's is in line, they are railing against their own the evangelicals are the only group saying and doing things like this, is this attack part of their internal civil war mioderates against Tea people?
