Obama White House Tells Fox to Take a Hike »
Posted By Progressive 1 month, 1 week ago in Political News
Fox News Channel has pulled record numbers of viewers this year as it's ratcheted up its fury at the Obama administration, and the president's team has had enough.
The White House communications director, Anita Dunn, tells the New York Times that Fox is "undertaking a war against Barack Obama," and that the administration no longer treats Fox the same as "legitimate news organizations."
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chip561 month, 1 week ago
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Goppy1 month, 1 week ago
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I'm sure it will.
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Just as I'm sure there will always be lemmings that follow every rage filled disparaging word Sean Hannity has for America.
Such is life in Modern ... Polarized America.
Thank you Rupert Murdoch ... foreigner ... and exploiter.
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Endoscopy1 month, 1 week ago
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Goppy1 month, 1 week ago
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I'm surprised that the Right Wing on Propeller is acting so petulantly about this story.
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After all ... they heap praise on their favorite 'Talking Head's' ... when they ignore Political Correctness.
It's being 'politically correct' ... to claim that FOX is somehow 'Objective' ... when every one of their news shows spews rage and hatred towards a freely elected president.
I mean, come on ... FOX ... a NEWS organization actually ORGANIZED protests against Obama!
It's politically correct to claim FOX is a news gatherer/reporter organization.
I ... for one ... appreciate calling it like it is.
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Endoscopy1 month, 1 week ago
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The morally vacant one is ranting again without morals. This comment by him is very strange considering what he has said in the past.
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"After all ... they heap praise on their favorite 'Talking Head's' ... when they ignore Political Correctness."
He is all worried about political correctness of the opposition. But just look at his diatribe a while back.
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Your Hate Filled Right Wing Mindless Ideology is your Religion.
You practice here on Propeller .... and spewing hate is your sacrament.
Do you know why they're called 'Red States'?
Because they are rage filled, hate spewing malcontents.
Who have no interest in what's good for The United States of America."
And he wonders why I refer to him as the morally vacant one. That is a good example of his hate filled ranting. Morals left out and a vacant mind that is refilled with moveon.org sentiments.
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Albmore1 month, 1 week ago
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jimdoze1 month, 1 week ago
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Awwwwwwwwwww. Poor Barack!
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He's running into some headwinds on his Leveraged Buyout of the American Economy and his "Mea Culpa Pander Tour". The left has tried to silence dissent by widely labeling that dissent as racist. That tack, fomented from within Rahm's A-List Conference Calls, totally failed the sniff test. So now the White House, along with its A-Listers, is ratcheting up their direct frontal assault on Fox, the only major news organization that openly questions the direction the current administration is taking the country.-
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dunkirk1 month, 1 week ago
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ROFLMAO, and the poor right whining away as usual. Kinda oidd how criticizing a sitting president was aiding the enemy diuring Dumyas term but now its being patriotic. ROFLMAO, more of party over country from the right. ASnd they wonder why they are viewed as wacks and loons.
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djn3nunez31 month, 1 week ago
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The left has tried to silence dissent by widely labeling that dissent as racist.
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Nope they were pretty specific about what couold be considered racist.
For example President Carter recently said:
""When a radical fringe element of demonstrators and others begin to attack the president of the United States as an animal or as a reincarnation of Adolf Hitler or when they wave signs in the air that said we should have buried Obama with Kennedy, those kinds of things are beyond the bounds,"
"I think people who are guilty of that kind of personal attack against Obama have been influenced to a major degree by a belief that he should not be president because he happens to be African American.
"It's a racist attitude, and my hope is and my expectation is that in the future both Democratic leaders and Republican leaders will take the initiative in condemning that kind of unprecedented attack on the president of the United States," Carter said. -
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MRCOFFEECAKE1 month, 1 week ago
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More importantly the ONLY network that supported Bush's denial of a vulnerable economy, failing schools, poor response in New Orleans, lack of a plan in Iraq, Atty. general Gonzales's
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idiotic testimony and Valerie Plame's outing..
So, their opposition to Obama is VERY consistent with their being on the WRONG side.
History shows that. We know that. What;s your excuse?
Of course, don't think. Just jump right back on board with the mis-guided and follow every ,arching order carefully.. -
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ADAGUY1 month, 1 week ago
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"He's running into some headwinds on his Leveraged Buyout of the American Economy"
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Say what you will DOZE, but the fact is that 4 out of 5 people surveyed feel the recession is over. Why so soon if the policies were such a bad idea?
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Commodore11 month, 1 week ago
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If the Obama bin Laden administration "no longer treats Fox the same as "legitimate news organization" then they have made a grave error. FOX isn't like the rest of the nazi liberal media. They tell it like it is. The left media is way too arrogant and too dense to understand this. The administration should be careful. FOX has been taking out Obama bin Laden's czars one by one. Watch out.
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Progressive1 month, 1 week ago
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MRCOFFEECAKE1 month, 1 week ago
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Commodore: You have a brain disorder.>Seriously.
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You constantly say Nazi liberal.
That term is insulting to all WWII vets who know that the Nazis were fascist and the only Americans to initially support them (monetarily and politically) were CONSERVATIVES,
like Henry Ford, Joe McCarthy, Prescott BUSH who believed that Hitler was good because he opposed Communism..
They all agreed, of course that Communism was a threat to their wealth. They chose protecting their business interests ahead of their country. What;'s your excuse? -
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avoth1 month, 1 week ago
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"the administration no longer treats Fox the same as "legitimate news organizations.""
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Republicans can learn a great deal from this. When we return to power, let's make sure we make the same type of decisions regarding those "news networks" we feel are biased. -
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Endoscopy1 month, 1 week ago
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So now including being racist if you disagree with Obama a News organization is now in "fury" when they point out problems with anything about Obama or his plans.
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The radical liberals spewed very hateful things along with the MSM and that was just the TRUTH that liberals believe. Because anything other than their TRUTH is hateful and evil. It is just fine when liberals do it but when their Obamasiah is attacked nicer than they attacked Bush it is outrageous.
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Progressive1 month, 1 week ago
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MRCOFFEECAKE1 month, 1 week ago
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Can you step beyond your A-D-D and stick to the subject.
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First: who's calling anyone racist?
Second: Could you stop back door defending Bush? He got less challenge than he deserved.
Third: Stop using Messiah in a blasphemous manner.
Fourth: Stop caliling everyone a lib, when, if you were a "true to the cause" conservative, you
would have publicly fought for border patrol (you didn't), publicly fought Bush for smaller government (you didn't) and publicly fought for immigration control. (you didn't).
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BB641 month, 1 week ago
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So when Obama loses in 2012, I'm talking hypothetically, and a Republican wins the White House, does that mean they can dump ABC, NBC, CBS and that old witch Helen Thomas? Again, if all things are equal, the mainstream media was never friendly to Bush.
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avoth1 month, 1 week ago
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I find it hard to believe that any new organization who did not worship Obama the way most of the media does would have any credibility with certain people anyway. So, no loss.
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As far as your happiness, I'm surprised you aren't just thrilled to pieces that the overwhelming majority of the media does fawn over your messiah. Just one that doesn't and it spoils everything else for you? OK, well....that's your choice.-
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djn3nunez31 month, 1 week ago
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the mainstream media was never friendly to Bush.
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Complete revisionist garbage.
After 9-11 the entire country and nearly the entire world was behind Bush(and not just to push him off a cliff) including(especially) the corporate press. They parroted every talking point on Iraq with nary a question about the truth of the threat Iraq posed, or the link to the 9-11 attacks. It wasn't untill years of failure, death, an lost treasure in the US caused Iraq Civil war tghat the press began asking question. Too little too late.
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avoth1 month, 1 week ago
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Progressive1 month, 1 week ago
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I'd be happy if Fox would just stop spreading lies about Obama without bothering to fact check...but then, they went to court for to protect their right to continue to spread those lies, so it's no real surprise they've totally blown any credibility they might ever have had.
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Goppy1 month, 1 week ago
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On Thursday, June 12, 2008, CNN's Chris Matthews says ...
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"Obama's running mate should be "[s]omeone who's palpably patriotic,"
... See ... he doesn't think Obama is acceptably patriotic.
I think this was during the time Obama was seen not wearing his little flag pin.
I can't believe how RIGHT WING Chris Matthews is ... and just think ... THIS IS CNN!
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Goppy1 month, 1 week ago
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LOL ... avoth says ... "I find it hard to believe that any new(s) organization who did not worship Obama the way most of the media does would have any credibility.... "
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The problem is ... your ODS disease makes it impossible for you to accept ANY discussion about Obama as anything other than blatant bias.
It's simpley ODS ... Obama Derangement Syndrome ... combined with KAS ... Kick America Syndrome.
For instance ... many often cite Chris Matthews for commenting about that ... 'tingle down the leg" ... but they ignore Chris Matthews open endorsement of John McCain.
For instance, On Tuesday, January 23, 2007, Chris said ...
""McCain "deserve[s] the presidency""
I realize ... to sufferers of ODS ... this is interpreted as ... " I'm a drone ... and my Zombie Soul says Chris Matthews claims Obama is our Messiah and we should all vote for him ... zoomafoo."
... but RATIONAL people do not see it that way.
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Goppy1 month, 1 week ago
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In addition to saying that McCain DESERVED the Presidency ...
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On Monday, December 3, 2007, Chris Matthews described Obama as ....
" ... almost Third World in his sort of presentation"
Is THAT Liberal Bias towards a Messiah?
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djn3nunez31 month, 1 week ago
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Keith Olbermann's scathing criticism of Obama's secrecy/immunity claims
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Progressive1 month, 1 week ago
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What an honor to be dropped by 1-hour sock puppet luvfreedom1!
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Can you guess which banned member it is from its profile?:
"Wow, I can't believe the congregation of braindead liberal idiots on this site. It must be a magnet huh? Well, I'm here to have some fun with ya'll. It'll be like shootin fish in a barrel. Now let's set some ground rules.............all is fair in love and war, and short of profanity, don't expect me to be cordial with ya if yer stupid." -
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NoWayMan1 month, 1 week ago
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the funny thing is that when fox pulls in "record numbers" there viewership is still far below what any of the Big 3 nightly newscasts get.
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during his best week ever beck only had an average of 480,000 viewers per night.
yes. thats it.
spongebob squarepants kicks the crap out of beck.
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ISITJUSTME1 month, 1 week ago
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There is nothing fair and balanced about Fox Noise. No news, just far rightwing talking points. Can anybody state any pro Obama reporting from any of the of Fox's anchors or commentators. When they do then they will be fair and balanced. Until then they will be the rightwing hate messengers they are.
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nsim1 month, 1 week ago
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As a British person,who has just returned from a holiday in Spain,it was quite interesting to hear the comments of ordinary people in that country and of comments from the international news-channels available to the residents of that country,regarding the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Your president.
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It appears that the vast majority of people were:although suprised that it was awarded so soon;pleased that it was given to a man who has decided to re-engage with the rest of the world,instead of inciting hatred by adopting the'you're either with us,or against us mentality proferred by the Bush/Cheney regime of the previous eight or so years.One commentator,noted that 'America is back on the international stage from which it withdrew under President Bush.'It is amazing reading the comments from the mainly right of centre American media that America's rising international respect across various political spectra is something bad?-
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Sabretooth1 month, 1 week ago
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You are watching the rabid, right wing hate machine at work. Their attitude for media is, if it is not spouting hate against Obama, then it is left wing. The more the world likes and respects what Obama is trying to do, the more vocal the hate machine becomes, it is quite fascinating to see these people work against their own country.
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nsim1 month, 1 week ago
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Your previous president was widely regarded as an intellectual derelict,who only acted in the interests of the powerful corporations and rich.powerful individuals ,at the expense of the majority of Americans and the rest of the world.It is good that there are intelligent thoughtful Americans who realise that the world does not belong to them and that the very many problems of the world are better solved by engaging in debate rather than going down the attack-route in the first instance.
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One of the biggest problems in America,is that certain sections of your society only watch highly propagandised channels such as Fox and actually believe that it is news,as opposed to the mouth piece of the mega -rich media-mogul Rupert Murdoch who is only acting in his own own interests and certainly not in America's interests.Fortunately,most of the world see Fox news as a joke channel,not worthy of serious consideration,the worry is,that there appear to be a number of people who think it is a 'news' channel,to their own detriment.They really need to travel/or look at international news as well,to get a wider perspective on the world in which we all have to get by. -
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aliceI9481 month, 1 week ago
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FOX NEWS DOSE NOT TEAR OBAMA APART JUST THE MISTAKES
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HE MAKES THEY STATE FACTS AND THE REASON OBAMA WON'T DO FOX
AS THEY WOULD ASK QUESTIONS HE WOULDN'T LIKE THEY ASK QUESTIONS
THAT ALL AMERICANS HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW LIKE
HOW INVOLVED OBAMA IS INVOLVED WITH ACORN
WHY HE HAS KNOWN CRIMINALS WORKING IN THE WHITE HOUSE
HOW CAN PEOPLE THAT DON'T PAY TAXES MAKE LAWS THAT INVOLVE
AMERICA LETS BE REAL THEY PUT DOWN THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATES THEY TELL IT LIKE IT IS. IF HE WAS NOTHING TO FEAR THAN LET HIM DO THE SHOW AND SEE WHERE IT GOES IF HE IS TELLING
THE AMERICANS THE TRUTH AND HE HAS NOTHING TO HIDE THAN
HE SHOULD BE THE PRESIDENT IN ALL PLACES NOT JUST WHERE HE HAS TO ANSWER THE GOOD QUESTIONS AND THE BAD
I WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH FOX AND THE INTERNET AND MAKE UP MY OWN MIND ON WHO IS BEING HONEST AND WHO HAS AMERICANS
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SpareChange1 month, 1 week ago
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Why should Obama go on a channel where they openly call for his death and the death of other political figures?
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Fox is rooting against America at every turn. Their racism and hatred is growing like a cancer. All this treasonous talk like secession and assassination against a President who WON a just election (unlike Bush).
This hatred is so ugly. Such a bunch of sore losers, a really sad group of people.-
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jjddixie11 month, 1 week ago
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What are we smoking, today, dear?
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FOX must be doing something right..
Isn't it enough that your messiah has All of the state-controlled, alphabet media outlets, including tax-funded NPR, in his pocket.. But still he whines like a TYPICAL LIB CRYBABY when One station refuses to bow to his dictatorial-socialist Agenda..
Whaaaaaaaa, according to dimwits with No credibility.. telling the truth about zerO, means they are "racists who want America to fail."..... Boo Hoo , "Whaaaaaaaa" some more;~) -
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glassnwire1 month, 1 week ago
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If this was a real war between Fox News and the Obama Administration, you would be hearing reports about the September 8th and October 5th “Obama KBC and Eligibility Hearings’ in Santa Ana, California.
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Unfortunately, the only one covering this story happens to be a ‘birther’ as well as a ‘truther’. (Both derogatory terms meant to ridicule facts and conspiracy theories alike.) An unfortunate coincidence, since one of these beliefs is clearly on the lunatic fringe.
Fox News has been touting their respect for the U.S. Constitution and that is what is really making Obama, his ‘true believers’ and ‘fellow travelers’ nervous. Imagine this:
What if Fox News reported that a Citizen Grand Jury has found Obama guilty of TREASON!? (First time for a sitting President of the United States)
What if they reported that Major Cook had his case against Obama’s eligibility to issue orders as Commander in Chief dismissed by order of this administration?
What if they reported that Obama’s Kenyan Birth Certificate has been entered into evidence, complete with an affidavit from the man that obtained it in Mombassa?
What if they reported that Judge David O. Carter has officially ordered a date certain for a jury trial on Obama’s eligibility as a Natural Born Citizen?
What if they reported that Nancy Pelosi illegally submitted forty-nine (49) signed and notarized versions of Obama’s Certification of Nomination and only one (1) proper one to the State of Hawaii?
What if they reported that Obama’s very first ‘Presidential Executive Order’ was to seal up all of his records? (Including birth certificate, college and health records.)
What if they reported on his various secret agreements with Islamic radical regimes around the world? (Starting with his cousin Odinga and the Muslims of Kenya and Somalia; as well as Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, to name a few.)
Yes, I think a war with Fox News would look quite different.
Instead, Fox News ha gone way out of their way to be respectful to the Office of the President, to play it ‘fair and balanced’ by presenting both sides of every issue - and they have chosen, right or wrong – to ignore the Constitutional and Birth Certificate stories.
The Obama administration, by contrast has chosen to embrace deception, manipulation and outright lies. (With CNN, MSNBC, and the rest of the main-stream media acting as cheer leaders and looking the other way.)
Maybe if Fox News had more respect for their viewers than they have for the unworthy and questionable ‘occupier’ of the White House, they would report everything. Maybe they need to remember that respect is not an automatic right and must be earned, even by the President of the United States. What ever happened to “we report, you decide”? -
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glassnwire1 month, 1 week ago
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If this was a real war between Fox News and the Obama Administration, you would be hearing reports about the September 8th and October 5th “Obama KBC and Eligibility Hearings’ in Santa Ana, California.
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Unfortunately, the only one covering this story happens to be a ‘birther’ as well as a ‘truther’. (Both derogatory terms meant to ridicule facts and conspiracy theories alike.) An unfortunate coincidence, since one of these beliefs is clearly on the lunatic fringe.
Fox News has been touting their respect for the U.S. Constitution and that is what is really making Obama, his ‘true believers’ and ‘fellow travelers’ nervous. Imagine this:
What if Fox News reported that a Citizen Grand Jury has found Obama guilty of TREASON!? (First time for a sitting President of the United States)
What if they reported that Major Cook had his case against Obama’s eligibility to issue orders as Commander in Chief dismissed by order of this administration?
What if they reported that Obama’s Kenyan Birth Certificate has been entered into evidence, complete with an affidavit from the man that obtained it in Mombassa?
What if they reported that Judge David O. Carter has officially ordered a date certain for a jury trial on Obama’s eligibility as a Natural Born Citizen?
What if they reported that Nancy Pelosi illegally submitted forty-nine (49) signed and notarized versions of Obama’s Certification of Nomination and only one (1) proper one to the State of Hawaii?
What if they reported that Obama’s very first ‘Presidential Executive Order’ was to seal up all of his records? (Including birth certificate, college and health records.)
What if they reported on his various secret agreements with Islamic radical regimes around the world? (Starting with his cousin Odinga and the Muslims of Kenya and Somalia; as well as Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, to name a few.)
Yes, I think a war with Fox News would look quite different.
Instead, Fox News ha gone way out of their way to be respectful to the Office of the President, to play it ‘fair and balanced’ by presenting both sides of every issue - and they have chosen, right or wrong – to ignore the Constitutional and Birth Certificate stories.
The Obama administration, by contrast has chosen to embrace deception, manipulation and outright lies. (With CNN, MSNBC, and the rest of the main-stream media acting as cheer leaders and looking the other way.)
Maybe if Fox News had more respect for their viewers than they have for the unworthy and questionable ‘occupier’ of the White House, they would report everything. Maybe they need to remember that respect is not an automatic right and must be earned, even by the President of the United States. What ever happened to “we report, you decide”?
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oldslowjim1 month, 1 week ago
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You all can try to convince folks that fox news is bad, bad, bad, but as long as their viewership continues to rise and the other "liberal" networks/newspapers continue to fall, the public will have spoken! You may not like it, but it is the "truth".
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One thing ignored here is the skepticism, or lack thereof, of the current crop of news people. Too many reporters fail to grill politicians with whom they are ideologically aligned about the negatives of legislation/policies. They ask puffball questions instead that are designed to elicit responses that fall in line with their ideology.
This is what is turning off viewers/readers from the liberal media. The vast majority of americans understand that human contrivances are doomed to be flawed. Instead of looking for these flaws, too many reporters just go along with the party line. Most americans understand that good intentions just doesn't warrant ignoring the problems that WILL occur in any government bureaucracy.
When was the last time oberman or maddow really grilled liberal politicians night after night about flaws in any of the recent bailouts, stimulus, health care legislation, or other government policies? I watch periodically, but never see skepticism applied to any liberal contrivance sufficient to warrant a change. It's like if the intention is good, then don't deal with the negatives. This turns people off because they KNOW the negatives of any law, policy, or initiative will impact them in some way and want to know how.
The news job should be to uncover these negatives and expose them so they don't come as a surprise. Simply being a lap dog just isn't going to support the enterprises in the long term. If you look closely at the networks, that is what you're going to see. -
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VocalOp1 month, 1 week ago
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Thank God Obama is smart enought to see what FOX truly is. You nut-cases really should listen to him. He's working on your behalf; unless, of course, you believe you deserve to be humiliated, financially raped, and a servant to the elite because, they've convinced you that you don't have a brain and must depend on them to tell you when to jump and how high. Sad, indeed!
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