McClellan: Fox News Commentators Use The ‘Talking Points’ That The White House Sends Them »
Posted By TechnologyExpert 1 year, 5 months ago in News
On MSNBC’s Hardball last night, host Chris Matthews asked former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan if he saw “FOX television as a tool” to get the White House’s “message out” while he was in the Bush administration. “Certainly there were commentators and other, pundits at FOX News, that were useful to the White House,” replied McClellan, adding that they were given “talking points.”
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Natureboy1 year, 5 months ago
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Nazi minister of propaganda Joseph Goebbels said "the press is a keyboard on which we can endlessly play."
Not much has changed.
The media needs content, and the less labor going into it, the better for their bottom line. So MOST mainstream media becomes a Goebbels-style keyboard, because they are more than willing to uncritically regurgitate to the public whatever crap is fed to them by the White House and by various "think tanks." Please note, "think tank" is Orwellian doublespeak for propaganda mill.
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Blackacereturn1 year, 5 months ago
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I am starting to understand why they are so afraid of this guy, Scott McClellan . He is very smart and i think the only Pro America member of that administration! He is for his country and for true conservatism not this crap they are peddling on FOX.
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samosley1 year, 5 months ago
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That's MSNBC for you. I can't believe people still watch MSNBC. Being in last place in the ratings (CNN and Fox News lead them), MSNBC does what it can to chop down Fox News. MSNBC needs to stop attacking Fox and concentrate on being a reputable news source instead of being an anti Republican front for the Democratic Party.
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Case in point--Keith Olbermann. He was entertaining on ESPN but is utterly unwatchable on MSNBC. He doesn't report the news, he spends his time cutting down the present administration/other news outlets that don't agree with his politics. -
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samosley1 year, 5 months ago
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Look at the source for this story-"Thinkprogress.org". You can't tell me this site isn't a pro-left wing propaganda site. It's very obvious that this news source has an agenda. So, before you jump on the bandwagon and criticize Fox as not being "fair and balanced", take a close look at not only MSNBC, but the source for this story as well.
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Will13131 year, 5 months ago
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On MSNBC’s Hardball last night, host Chris Matthews asked former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan if he saw “FOX television as a tool” to get the White House’s “message out” while he was in the Bush administration. “Certainly there were commentators and other, pundits at FOX News, that were useful to the White House,” replied McClellan, adding that they were given “talking points.”
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no matter the source... TRUTH IS TRUTH..
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RedRiverJ1 year, 5 months ago
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McClellen is promoting a book, anything to keep in the lime light. With his standard of ethics nothing is too low for Scott. If the White House could manage the Fox News Network they would manage all of the networks. He hit Fox because it is the hot topic of the day and because they hold the number one spot in cable news.
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nightcrawlerX1 year, 5 months ago
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If Fox had some transparency and literally said that Cheney or Bush or someone in the Whitehouse had said X, then I doubt people would have as many problems as they do with what the Whitehouse did here. Obviously the GOP found an allie in Rupert Murdoch and they exploited it. Both sides. it is depressing to see that the government needs to stoop to this level yet at the same time when we remember that former CIA officials worked in the Regan press dept. they did the same thing. they manipulated the general public en mass. this has been a standard for Presidents since. Have already forgotten Robert Novak, Douchebag of freedom?
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silvera1 year, 5 months ago
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The White House gives their Fox puppets talking points, Rush Limbaugh watches Fox News to find out what he needs to say, which then filters down to the right wing blogosphere and finally winds up on Propeller where it gets flogged to death by about 3 of the usual suspects.
"It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere".
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