Talk:Fred Barnes (journalist)

message: The paragraph that begins saying, "Barnes claimed 'Republican-hating media ... trashed," seems out of place.  Perhaps it would belong better in a description of the subject's political views or controversies? Coleca 23:21, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Out of Place? 

message: Fred Barnes is a neoconservative, not a conservative - --HowardJ87 13:21, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The external links have been modified to correspond to this fact. Ericster08 (talk) 16:37, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  NeoCon 

message: Would anyone deny "that Muslims all over Europe and all over the world are certainly enemies of Western civilization"?  There are Muslims all over Europe and all over the world that have stated as such explicitly.  The only controversy I can see in this part of this statement is that "Muslims" could be taken as a block of people rather than a description of a few people, which is a matter of interpretation.  Even Media Matters picked up on a different part of the discussion for criticism, so I don't think it really belongs there unless the criticism matches that of Media Matters.  Calbaer 22:16, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversial? 

message: The photograph of Barnes has been photoshopped.  It, needless to say, needs to be removed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.130.136.192 (talk) 02:07, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalized Photograph 

message: This article was automatically  assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 11:38, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: I changed this section to "Political positions" and removed some fluff... "(Neo)conservative" is not synonymous with "controversial". Nualran 03:22, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Controversial statements" section 

message: I removed the line saying that he ended the interview by saying we don't know whether or not global warming is caused by humans and that he prefers warmer weather.  The first part was redundant.  That fact was already established.  And when he said that he prefers warmer weather, he was obviously just making a joke.  Everybody recognizes the theoretical damage that global warming could cause.  Little side jokes don't belong in wikipedia.Kgj08 (talk) 23:48, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's probably true, considering that when one's head is as far up one's ass as yours is, the climate must seem relatively consistent from day to day. In the meantime, save your Koch Brothers talking points for Conservapedia.Hommedepommes (talk) 13:37, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed line from Climate Change section 

message: How is this guy a journalist? Putting "(editor)" would also be generous, but far more accurate. I challenge anyone to cite something from Fred Barnes in the recent past (lets say 5-10 years) that would meet any standards of journalism. --Intentionally unsigned  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.175.18.130 (talk) 22:20, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Journalist? 

message: Just curious. What is this guy's religion? Anyone know? 203.131.210.84 (talk) 00:56, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I was wondering that myself.  I think it would be good to include a mention of that in the article, since he serves on the board of the Institute on Religion and Democracy.--Bhuck (talk) 11:05, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Found an answer and will include that in the article.--Bhuck (talk) 11:09, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religion