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White House attacks worry moderate Democrats

But they do represent the Republican party so I for one find it kinda funny to watch them help sink the ship.
 
goldendog said:
But they do represent the Republican party so I for one find it kinda funny to watch them help sink the ship.
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No, they do not represent the Republican party. Please point me to factual evidence with documentation that their journalists "represent" the Republican party.
 
vauge said:
I agree, the other outlets are just as bad.
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then obama's the fool for singling out the one

his war on fox has lost him the sympathy of the press pool

that's rather significant

and really quite astonishing
 
The Prof said:
then obama's the fool for singling out the one

his war on fox has lost him the sympathy of the press pool

that's rather significant

and really quite astonishing
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I do think it signals a huge turn of events when the press pool says they won't cover an event at all if one of their number is shut out.
 
jallman said:
No, they do not represent the Republican party. Please point me to factual evidence with documentation that their journalists "represent" the Republican party.
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I can't locate it right now, but several months ago, one of FNC's news shows aired some RNC issued propaganda - with no alteration whatsoever, they didn't even notice the spelling error. They presented it as part of a 'news package', did not identify it as propaganda provided by the RNC.

They were called on it, and apologized the next day, but that's pretty blatant.
 
jackalope said:
I can't locate it right now, but several months ago, one of FNC's news shows aired some RNC issued propaganda - with no alteration whatsoever, they didn't even notice the spelling error. They presented it as part of a 'news package', did not identify it as propaganda provided by the RNC.

They were called on it, and apologized the next day, but that's pretty blatant.
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OK, so once in how many years did they have to retract on those grounds? That's not very damning evidence.

And Beck and Co., on listening to them, do NOT represent the mainstream republican party. They represent entertainment dressed up in partisanship.
 
jallman said:
I do think it signals a huge turn of events when the press pool says they won't cover an event at all if one of their number is shut out.
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i don't know...

i can't recall a white house before ever being so stupid as even to try to exclude one member of the pool
 
jallman said:
OK, so once in how many years did they have to retract on those grounds? That's not very damning evidence.

And Beck and Co., on listening to them, do NOT represent the mainstream republican party. They represent entertainment dressed up in partisanship.
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If they don't represent the republican party, that's a shame for the republican party then. Republican party leaders should speak out against Beck and Co.
 
if they did, they'd look like obama

no one wants to do that
 
jackalope said:
If they don't represent the republican party, that's a shame for the republican party then. Republican party leaders should speak out against Beck and Co.
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They certainly should...along with speaking out against limbaugh..but instead Cheney comes out and praises Limbaugh, who just declared last week that he created Beck. Then Fox puts Cheney on the whimpy soft-ball interviews and he gets to take unfettered whacks at the President.

But Fox certainly wouldn't do some thing like that because they are not shills for the Republican party...RIGHT?
 
All the crying in the world isn't going to change the fact that you are loosing the media war.
 
American said:
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Obama had better stop screwing around with Fox, and move on.
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If you read the entire article it criticizes Obama for condemning the Chamber of Commerce but most of the testimony seems to support the administration's allegations against Fox.
 
Yeah keep you head in the ground. I hope Obama continues on this path. He will loose against Fox.
 
taking gratuitous shots...

LOL!

at a sitting president!

my, my

just imagine

what has become of the world?
 
MyOwnDrum said:
Obama is definitely doing himself no favors by crossing swords with a popular network such as Fox.
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When Obama speaks, the entire country and indeed the world listens. Fox only captures a very small portion of the tiny radical-right of the Republican party. At best their viewership is about 2 million people. More people live in Brooklyn, NY than watch Fox News. So, trust me when I tell you "the news of Obama's demise at the hands of Fox has been greatly exaggerated".
 
10thJustice said:
When Obama speaks, the entire country and indeed the world listens. Fox only captures a very small portion of the tiny radical-right of the Republican party. At best their viewership is about 2 million people. More people live in Brooklyn, NY than watch Fox News. So, trust me when I tell you "the news of Obama's demise at the hands of Fox has been greatly exaggerated".
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If that were true, it makes him look like even more of a crybaby toddler for throwing such a tantrum about them, doesn't it?

:rofl
 
The Prof said:
taking gratuitous shots...

LOL!

at a sitting president!

my, my

just imagine

what has become of the world?
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Yes there was a time when somebody did something like that they were, by order from Karl Rove, to be black balled from what ever industry they worked for. Then labled then as "Appeasers". Bush did that.

Thanks goodness are current leaders are sane people that actually care for their country and it's citizens and not just the serveing needs of their political party.
 
goldendog said:
Yes there was a time when somebody did something like that they were, by order from Karl Rove, to be black balled from what ever industry they worked for. Then labled then as "Appeasers". Bush did that.

Thanks goodness are current leaders are sane people that actually care for their country and it's citizens and not just the serveing needs of their political party.
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i'm sorry, you're incoherent
 
10thJustice said:
When Obama speaks, the entire country and indeed the world listens. Fox only captures a very small portion of the tiny radical-right of the Republican party. At best their viewership is about 2 million people. More people live in Brooklyn, NY than watch Fox News. So, trust me when I tell you "the news of Obama's demise at the hands of Fox has been greatly exaggerated".
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If FOX is such a fringe network, why is the administration even bothering to take notice of it?
 
Just Plain Jim said:
I think what the WH did was a blunder. What they should be doing is hitting back with facts without naming names.

One of the things I like about Howard Dean is he figured out the best way to hit the right back with their smear attacks was with facts and not head on with left wing smear. It paid off in the 06 and 08 elections.

The other thing that the WH has done is inadvertantly increased the viewership of FOX.

While I will defend FOX to make an assss out of themselves, I would hope the administraition would be above all of that.

Just my 2 cents

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Explain the "blunder". I hear pundits saying it but no one has shown the harm suffered by Obama. I doubt if any of the 65 million people who voted for Obama thought that Fox was a legitimate news organization in the first place. So Obama didn't tell us anything we didn't already know.

Fox viewership is an inexact science at best but if more people are indeed watching Fox they will reach the same conclusion as the Whitehouse reached. Fox may have more viewers now but far less credibility.
 
goldendog said:
Fact is Jall...Fox News is nothing but "Rightwing Radio" on TV and they damn well should be called out for every single lie they tell...especially if it's only goal is to divide this county for self-serving politcal reasons...AGAIN.
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The country is divided but's that's not the result of fox news. In point of fact fox news is a result of the cultural division we now see in this country.
 
Dav said:
If FOX is such a fringe network, why is the administration even bothering to take notice of it?
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Because other lazy, morons in the media will simply pick up on a Fox fallacy and turn it into real news story through repetition. Then the WH has to spend precious time debunking silliness such as "death panels" and "euthanasia" instead of debating true health care reform.
 
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