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White House Escalates War of Words With Fox News

Obama is making a big mistake.
 
So, let me get this straight: the number of appointed Czars determines whether a president is a "fascist"???

No what these Czars believes determines whether someone is a fascist.

Are you advocating a Czar Quota be imposed in the WH??? I thought conservatives were against quotas :shock:!!!

I'm advocating that the POTUS should not be appointing extremists radicals who can not be vetted by the Senate.

Given the crisis Obama inherited

That he inherited from the Democrat controlled Congress. The Democrats own this crisis and have made it far worse.

and the "gotcha" politics of today's Washington D.C.; Obama has used the Czar system more than other presidents. So what!!! How does that make him a fascist???

Obama has used the Czar system in order to bypass the Senate because the Senate would have rejected these radicals.

Nobody is covering this story because there is "no there...there". Fox is obsessed with this story because the word "czar" conjures up communist images from the minds of the very old, conservative hardliners who primarily grew up during the Cold-War. But for younger voters this story seems childish.

lol, no the 4th state is a branch of Obama's ministry of propaganda that is why they are not covering these stories. In fact in many cases they are covering up for the administration, like when the NYTimes ignored Stephanie Strom who told the truth about ACORN all the way back in 2008 because they knew it would harm Obama's campaign “The real story to all this is how these myriad entities allow them to shuffle money around so much that no one really knows what’s getting spent on what,” or like when the LATimes refused to release the video of Obama toasting Rashid Khalidi a virulent anti-semetic Muslim extremist.

Sorry there sport but if appointing self described communists, self described pedophile enablers, self described Mao lovers, etc, in order to bypass the Senate vetting process, isn't news then I don't know what is.

Like I said Fox News is the only news network which is not a direct branch of the white house press office, we now have a state controlled media and the Obama administration fully admits it. The same lady Anita Dunn who called Fox News a branch of the Republican party has publicly stated that the Obama administration controls the media and now the Obama administration has publicly threatened the entire MSM not to oppose them.

All opposition to the Fascist in Chief must be crushed and all dissenters punished; such as, the insurance companies who the corporatist bastards now running the show just rescinded the anti-trust exemption which has existed for 2 decades because they had the audacity to produce a study contradicting dear leaders assertions about premium costs going down when in fact they will double. Or perhaps Obama's truth squad of prosecutors and sheriffs who threatened to arrest and prosecute anyone criticizing dear leader?
 
You think Obama has FNC's phone lines tapped? :mrgreen:
 
The bill to defund ACORN has not been signed into law because of claims that it is an unconstitutional Bill of Attainder.

Yeah. Nobody takes that seriously. (Do you even know what a Bill of Attainder is, or are you just parroting it from what you read on a blog?) And the point is, if it were just a ball of Fox News lies, it never would have happened at all.

But it wasn't.


The WH gains nothing from debating Fox because Obama voters do not watch Fox for news.

But they do "debate Fox," frequently, from the safety of other news networks and the White House press room.


We only watch it for entertainment like we watch Saturday Night Live and the Coulbert Report. The people who watch Fox for news are conservatives who the WH is not trying to reach.

So . . .

The White House sees the press as its private microphone, for its own agenda, and doesn't see itself as the leaders of all of America, just the Americans who support them?


Obama has not tried to "destroy" Fox. He is merely verbalizing a notion that most of us have already realized but did not want to say. So far, no one has come up with evidence to rebut the WH's allegation.

They are trying to isolate and de-legitmize it. If they manage to convince "everyone" that it's indeed "not a news organization," I think they WILL try to bring the FCC and other agencies to bear on it, and what's more, at least several people here will cheer the whole time.
 
You're confusing Law with Politics. In politics a well-stated allegation, from a credible source, that is not successfully rebutted within 72 hrs.; becomes the truth. Fox propagated absurdities like "death panels", "euthanasia" and "Obama's secret domestic armies". So when Obama made his criticism of the network; there was already enough evidence in the public domain to support his conclusion. Now its up to Fox or the other media to refute the WH. By calling Fox out publicly, the WH is daring someone to prove them wrong.

or Fox can just continue to enjoy their #1 ratings and wait until the Messiah is a Lame duck in his first term
 
Czars??? That dog don't hunt. Many presidents, both Democtratic and Republican, have had Czars. That's why NO ONE except Fox is covering this nonsense.

10th.. you are obviously ignoring the facts ABOUT the czars which IS this problem.. The ones that are being discussed are not being called out for "Being" czars.. they are being called out for being radical social-justice activists...

you probably think Van Jones was sent away (a very short way away) for calling Republicans A__HOLES....

If you actually DID watch FOX you'd know the facts instead of speaking of what you have NO understanding and making yourself look ..well.. :2rofll:
 
the admin today offered up one-on-one interviews with pay czar feinberg to the white house pool, excluding fox

the 5 news organizations turned him down

wow!
 
the admin today offered up one-on-one interviews with pay czar feinberg to the white house pool, excluding fox

the 5 news organizations turned him down

wow!

This was a HUGE development in the feud. It shows that the other news organizations know that they will be treated the same as Fox if they don't toe the party line.

It was good to seem them unite in defense of Fox.
 
If you actually DID watch FOX you'd know the facts instead of speaking of what you have NO understanding and making yourself look ..well.. :2rofll:

Congrats!!

(I didn't think it possible to include Fox & the word "Facts" in the same sentence!) :applaud
 
Congrats!!

(I didn't think it possible to include Fox & the word "Facts" in the same sentence!) :applaud

making yourself look ..well.. :2rofll:

so.. what... you workin' for the socialist-progressives or ... :2rofll:

Gorge Soros?... :2rofll:

You may buy a vowel!
 
fact: fox reports green jobs czar van jones signs truther petition, claims only whites do columbines, and worries white polluters target people-of-color communities

fact: fox reports science czar john holdren co-authors a book which contemplates forced sterilization

fact: fox reports safe schools czar jennings advises teenage student just to use condom next time he rendevous with his pedophile boyfriend whom he met in some foot tapping incident in a bus stop restroom

fact: fox reports regulatory czar cass sunstein favors a ban on hunting and feels animals should be allowed to sue their owners

fact: fox reports acorn in 4 different locations around the country works its corrupt little seed casing off trying to arrange home loans for folks it feels are interested in establishing child prostitution brothels

fact: fox reports communications director anita dunn admires mao and brags her team controls news so as not to have to talk to reporters

fact: the admin's admonition to the white press pool not to follow fox's footsteps incites rebellion amongst reporters in solidarity

fact: fox reports that top economic adviser christina romer testifies before congress the stimulus has already lost steam

The Associated Press: Romer: Impact of stimulus will level off

a steamless stimulus!

obama's ms romer swears under oath!

why, that's big NEWS!
 
Isn't this "feud" merely an attempt to distract from the expected wave of year-end layoffs and subsequent unemployment data, followed by looming inflation and a commercial real estate collapse that will dwarf the housing mortgage issues?

Plus, January starts a new election season. I sense desperation.
 
Isn't this "feud" merely an attempt to distract from the expected wave of year-end layoffs and subsequent unemployment data, followed by looming inflation and a commercial real estate collapse that will dwarf the housing mortgage issues?

Plus, January starts a new election season. I sense desperation.

Your 100% correct. Couple what you said with the drop in home and auto sales that will surely happen following the end of the tax incentive programs on both, and the upcoming economic news will not be pleasant for Obama.
 
Now Democrats are telling Obama that he is wrong. Many are realizing that they will feel the public's wrath in next year's elections.

A White House effort to undermine conservative critics is generating a backlash on Capitol Hill — and not just from Republicans.

“It’s a mistake,” said Rep. Jason Altmire, a moderate Democrat from western Pennsylvania. “I think it’s beneath the White House to get into a tit for tat with news organizations.”

Altmire was talking about the Obama administration’s efforts to undercut Fox News. But he said his remarks applied just the same to White House efforts to marginalize the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a powerful business lobby targeted for its opposition to climate change legislation.

“There’s no reason to gratuitously piss off all those companies,” added another Democrat, Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia. “The Chamber isn’t an opponent.”
White House attacks worry moderate Democrats - Jonathan Allen - POLITICO.com

I sense a bloodletting at the White House if his advisers keep sending him down these dead end lanes... or maybe it's just Obama himself being foolish.
 
I sense a bloodletting at the White House if his advisers keep sending him down these dead end lanes... or maybe it's just Obama himself being foolish.

I think that the Obama machine only knows the Chicago way, and it's not playing well in DC.
 
and how about that vicious attack on the chamber of commerce?

that's working out real well too

jason altmire, dem from PN, on obama's assault against fox: "it's a mistake, i think it's beneath the white house to get into a tit for tat with news organizations"

jim moran: "there's no reason to gratuitously piss off all these companies, the chamber isn't an opponent"

brad ellsworth, dem from IN, has also spoken out against the stupidity of standing off the C of C

sanford bishop of GA, too

a senior house dem, on condition of anonymity: "i have no problem with going after rush at all, i don't have MUCH of a problem with fox, i think the chamber's another story"

White House attacks worry moderate Democrats - Jonathan Allen - POLITICO.com

for every one dem willing to go on record, how many are thinking the same in safer silence?
 
What is being called out it is the lies and distortions that they are constantly trying to feed people. So they can divide our country for self-serving political needs of the Republican party....AGAIN.

It's about time the Dems stepped up and called out people for these types of disgusting tatics.

GOOD JOB.
 
absolutely, distortions and lies

from the C of C

LOL!
 
What is being called out it is the lies and distortions that they are constantly trying to feed people. So they can divide our country for self-serving political needs of the Republican party....AGAIN.

It's about time the Dems stepped up and called out people for these types of disgusting tatics.

GOOD JOB.

This is the sort of blind partisanship that doesn't get us anywhere. If Fox News was the only douche bag network out there, maybe I could see a point of excluding them. But they aren't. The vast majority of the mainstream media act in similar behavior. But they do so for the other side. Fox is being singled out due to its political leanings and being denied access to the White House (or attempted rather) based on those political leanings. That is not right. The press is a necessary tool of the People to watch and constrain the government. It must be kept free. It would be great if all our media outlets conducted themselves in a fair, and informative manner; but they don't. Most have slants one way or the other. Fine, political commentary, they're free to do that. But they must still have access to the government, the People still need to know what the government is doing.

If it's such blatant and significant hyperbole, spin, and lies; than counter with the truth. Trying to use government force to suppress a media outlet due to its political agenda is not something I believe is within proper power of the government. Yes, when you watch any news outlet you have to be wary of its propaganda. Until we can stomach information over base, unintelligent entertainment; that's not going to change. We can't do much about it, other than use consumer habits to force an dull, intelligent, independent news network. But dissent mustn't be prohibited.
 
This is the sort of blind partisanship that doesn't get us anywhere. If Fox News was the only douche bag network out there, maybe I could see a point of excluding them. But they aren't. The vast majority of the mainstream media act in similar behavior. But they do so for the other side. Fox is being singled out due to its political leanings and being denied access to the White House (or attempted rather) based on those political leanings. That is not right. The press is a necessary tool of the People to watch and constrain the government. It must be kept free. It would be great if all our media outlets conducted themselves in a fair, and informative manner; but they don't. Most have slants one way or the other. Fine, political commentary, they're free to do that. But they must still have access to the government, the People still need to know what the government is doing.

If it's such blatant and significant hyperbole, spin, and lies; than counter with the truth. Trying to use government force to suppress a media outlet due to its political agenda is not something I believe is within proper power of the government. Yes, when you watch any news outlet you have to be wary of its propaganda. Until we can stomach information over base, unintelligent entertainment; that's not going to change. We can't do much about it, other than use consumer habits to force an dull, intelligent, independent news network. But dissent mustn't be prohibited.

What if the government that Fox New constantly wants to project doesn't even exist. They can make up their own stories, as they do now, without attending can't they?
 
What if the government that Fox New constantly wants to project doesn't even exist. They can make up their own stories, as they do now, without attending can't they?

If Fox News engages in libel and slander, the administration can counter with the truth. If grievous enough and provable, maybe even bring lawsuit. Till that point, there's nothing we can rightfully do about it. And the government cannot be permitted to act against the press to silence dissent. That's freedom for you.
 
Now Democrats are telling Obama that he is wrong. Many are realizing that they will feel the public's wrath in next year's elections.


White House attacks worry moderate Democrats - Jonathan Allen - POLITICO.com

I sense a bloodletting at the White House if his advisers keep sending him down these dead end lanes... or maybe it's just Obama himself being foolish.

Well, it's not like obama had a lot of qualifications as president. He's a two term senator who was a community organizer.
 
Well, it's not like obama had a lot of qualifications as president. He's a two term senator who was a community organizer.

Past VP's for instance had major experience as far as politics and governing goes and look what Afghanistan looks like today under the leadership and policies of those qualified people.

What's your point?
 
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