Fox News Watch questions whether NY Times columnist David Brooks is really a conservative Written by Media Matters Staff Published 06/05/10 3:55 PM EDT From the June 5 edition of Fox News' Fox News Watch: Video file Previously: Brooks thinks Obama wouldn't seem to “fit[] in naturally” at an Applebee's salad bar -- maybe because Applebee's doesn't have them Media promote false calculation of job-creation costs in stimulus Offering no evidence, NY Times' Brooks claimed Palin “pretty progressive on gay and lesbian issues,” “talks about global warming quite a lot” Ignoring evidence to the contrary, NY Times' Brooks claims Palin made “mortal enem[y]” of Stevens Brooks' response to Palin's “death panel” Facebook post: “That's crazy” NY Times' Brooks on Limbaugh's comparison of Dems to Hitler: “What he's saying is insane” Brooks: “Every single elected leader of the Republican Party is afraid to take on Rush and Glenn Beck”
