The comments a really a great read. I would love to see how people would have reacted if Fox News would have run an obituary about Ronald Reagan, focusing on this late Alzheimers and how the stem-cell research problem contradicts his political position in the world. That, of course, would have been sacrilege.

And it's also extremely funny that everybody outside of Germany seems to be totally infatuated with Hitler and that one general rule of any right or left wing extremist is to mention Hitler to prove his point. It's getting outright ridiculous. Everytime you want to tell somebody s/he's wrong you mention Hitler and say "So even if you take Hitler, then...". It's become so "blah". 99% of a time you do something a certain way and 1% of the time you won't because the person involving it was a dictator (like Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini etc. etc.). 99% of the time, in an obituary, you would reflect upon the great deeds of a person in his/her life.

So let's put it like this. In 99% of the cases, Fox shits on liberals.

Feel free to find the one out of a hundred cases where fox treats liberals right to prove me wrong, I guess you have those articles bookmarked. I will then use Google to search on Fox' homepage for "liberal" and "biased" to get you the needed 99 other cases.

*grunt*

"The Blogosphere awaits your long overdue posting on how unfairly republicans are demagogue by harsh labeling over at the NYT Times, LA Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, TIME, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC and CNN."

Unfairly? Your conservative administration has destroyed the credibility of our nation and it has put us all through unnecessary strife. It is completely inconceivable to think that a tabloid news network like Fox has more credibility than all of the aforementioned news outlets put together, as you are obviously asserting. What they are reporting is reality, that you are unwilling to recognize, at the expense of the well-being of our nation. You neo-conservatives are delusional, anti-american, and apparently semi-retarded. Thank you for ruining our country.

This is ridiculous. I am a huge fan of Kurt Vonnegut's writings. I was sad to see he'd passed. I watched the obit. I'm really doubting if any of the people here who thought it was insulting have actually read his works. I think it was sonderfully done. The humor was fitted to him. I'm sure he's floating in space watching you all nit pick over some of the best jokes made about him, and he's laughing. Some day he'll get to talk to an astronaut and have him relay back that you should all just calm down.
Most of the "quotes" (I'm using that term very loosely here as they were more snippets without real meaning torn from the body of the obit...) were respectful jokes that Mr. Vonnegut had made of himself. One that stands out to me the most is when he spoke of male writer's in America burning out by 55. I think it was very complimentary that they noted he did persist after that. Mostly because they also noted that he'd published other things after that. For those of you that don't get what that means, they were saying that he DID NOT burn out.
I'm sure this will fall upon blind eyes. Most here have already set their views, most without having seen the clip, and will refuse to believe that someone who disagrees with them in politics could be right else where.
Here's some news for you knuckleheads, there is more honor in mourning the loss of a great man and influence in our country than sitting behind your keyboard looking for arguements over his casket.
I hope he get to cuss you guys when your spirits get to space too. (Read his short stories.)

Oh, and whoever brought erectile disfunction into this, really, how small are you?

So, I have to admit, I didn't know a thing about this until I looked it up myself. To cut through some bullshit, I'll save other people some trouble, Bob was not inaccurate in his quotes from the original rendition of the Fox report of Vonnegut's demise. Stop bantering about it, if you actually search you can find it, and it is insulting.
It's Fox.
If you expecting intelligence you obviously were off by a long mark. It's not even worth squabbling about, those of us who appreciated this author for what he was are the better for it, and we can happily look down at the rest of the world that didn't get it if it'll make us feel better.
Though admittedly, "failing at suicide" is not something, as person who works with a suicide recovery unit, that any one would find to be more than insulting.

Why were there more news stories about Anna Nicole Smith than Kurt Vonnegut? He revolutionized the literary world.. and she? Proved the need for paternity tests... I mean seriously.

karesse,

did you watch the video? it wasn't disrespectful at all. Bob's portrayal of it was disrespectful to Fox News. and let it be known that i have respect for all human life, born and unborn, as well as those who have died. I, nor have fox, disrespected Vonnegut in any way. but I respect your point of view. Good day.

Disregarding the validity of FOX's statements... aren't obits supposed to ignore all the bad points of someone's character? Every single obituary I've read/heard says something good about the person/ignores the bad things out of respect for the dead. Soo... they must really hate Kurt Vonnegut... lol (Sad since I've been at school w/ no TV I didn't know he passed :( )

And also isn't there that stereotype of Conservatives being "rich bastards"? So lol I find the "rich liberal elitist" thing funny.

He was a HUMAN BEING THAT DIED! I find that most of these blogs defending fox news seem to lack empathy for the fact all life is sacred. It shouldn't matter if a person is a celebrity, average blue colar guy, or an immigrant. As long as you don't commit visious crimes and are trying your best to be a contribution to society you deseve RESPECT. It is beyound low to disrespect a person who is dead and can't even defend themselves.

During high school I read many of Kurt Vonnegut's works. I believe his writings were made irrelevant in this news cast as they focused on his personal life. Why honor a writer after he has died if your only going to bash him?