FOX News Anchor Mocks Heath Ledger's Death  
Thursday, January 24th, 2008

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FOX News anchor John Gibson made derogatory remarks about Heath Ledger that have an entire internet audience up in arms.  Saying there is "no point in passing up a good joke," Gibson made fun of a line from Brokeback Mountain, and then defended it by laughing, and saying, "Ha ha ha, well I'm still breathing.  There's the difference right there."

No joke.  As if it isn't enough that FOX News blatantly excludes news and people that they don't agree with (fair and balanced, right?), they allow cruel and controversial remarks to be made by their anchors without consequence.



ThinkProgress.org, GLAAD, and Perez Hilton have all published online petitions, asking FOX News why they continue to provide a platform for cruel and tasteless comments.

To read the transcript and hear the audio of the callous remarks, click here.

To view FOX's advertisers and tell them to pull out now, click here.  Their advertisers include AT&T, Cingular, Jeep, and Wal-Mart, among others.

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