"I think what is fair to say about FOX and certainly the way we view it is that it really is more a wing of the Republican Party...[When President Obama] goes on FOX, he understands that he is not going on -- it really is not a news network at this point. He's going to debate the opposition."
So said White House communications director Anita Dunn on Sunday's "Reliable Sources" in what appeared to be an extension of her shameful attack on Fox reported by NewsBusters' Lachlan Markay Thursday.
Three days later, Dunn was almost seething with contempt as she discussed America's leading cable news network with host Howard Kurtz (video embedded below the fold with partial transcript mixed with commentary):
HOWARD KURTZ, CNN ANCHOR: We talked about conservative commentators. Let's talk about FOX News. You were quoted in "Time" magazine as saying of FOX News, that it's "opinion journalism masquerading as news." What do you mean "masquerading?"
ANITA DUNN, WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR: Howie, I think if we went back a year go to the fall of 2008, to the campaign, that it was a time when this country was in two wars, that we had a financial collapse probably more significant than any financial collapse since the Great Depression.
If you were a FOX News viewer in the fall election, what you would have seen would have been that the biggest stories and biggest threats facing America were a guy named Bill Ayers and something called ACORN.
This is a tremendously unqualified statement, and easily refuted. Let's do it this way: as Dunn would later claim Fox was not a real news network like CNN, why don't we compare how often both networks referred to Ayers and ACORN last fall?
According to LexisNexis, from September 14 just before the financial crisis started to Election Day, CNN mentioned Ayers name in 171 segments; Fox mentioned him in 155.
As for ACORN, CNN mentioned the currently embattled liberal organization during that same time period in 157 segments; Fox mentioned ACORN in 149.
Nice try, Anita. But that wasn't her only glaring miscue:
DUNN: The reality of it is that FOX News often operates almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party.
And it's not ideological. Obviously, there are many commentators who have conservative, liberal, centrist, and everybody understands that. But I think what is fair to say about FOX and certainly the way we view it is that it really is more a wing of the Republican Party.
KURTZ: Is that the reason the president did not go on FOX News Sunday when he did all the other Sunday shows, and will President Obama appear again on FOX this year?
DUNN: Well, you know, Howie, President Obama, he did "The Factor." He did "O'Reilly."
KURTZ: Yes. That was during the campaign.
DUNN: That was last year. As president earlier this year when he met with news anchors, met with Chris Wallace...
KURTZ: My question is will he appear on FOX in the next couple of months?
DUNN: You had a two-part question. The first was, is this why he did not appear? And the answer is yes, obviously he'll go on Fox because he engages with ideological opponents. And he has done that before. He will do it again. I can't give you a date because, frankly, I can't give you dates for anybody else right now.
But what I will say is that when he goes on FOX, he understands that he is not going on -- it really is not a news network at this point. He's going to debate the opposition. And that's fine. He never minds doing that. But...
KURTZ: On that point, (inaudible), I want to read a statement from FOX senior V.P. Michael Clemente, who said the following, we'll put it up on the screen. "An increasing number of viewers are relying on FOX News for both news and opinion, and the average news consumer can certainly distinguish between the A-section of the newspaper and the editorial page, which is what our programming represents.
So with all due respect to anyone who might still be confused between news reporting and vibrant opinion, my suggestion would be to talk about the stories and the facts rather than attack the messenger, which over time has never worked." Your response?
DUNN: Yes. I think there have been numerous independent analyses that have looked at the difference between CNN, ABC, NBC -- ABC and FOX, and have seen there is a very different story selection. There's a very even down to the chyron they run below stories that, you know, this isn't us making it up, Howie. You study the media. You know that it's not just their opinion shows.
Fascinating. Of course, Dunn and the White House she represents aren't at all concerned with how those same independent analyses regularly find ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, and NBC as being tremendously biased to the left as do most Americans when asked by pollsters.
Alas, such facts are unimportant to Dunn. But there's more:
KURTZ: Take Major Garrett, he's the White House correspondent for FOX News. Do you think he's fair? Do you think he's masquerading as a newsman?
DUNN: I will say -- and I've done this in my interviews. I've differentiated. No, I've not said -- I've differentiated between Major Garrett, who we view as a very good correspondent, and his network, and Major knows this. Major came to me when we didn't include Chris.
KURTZ: Chris Wallace.
DUNN: In the round of Sunday shows, Chris Wallace from the Sunday shows. And I told Major quite honestly that we had told Chris Wallace that having fact-checked an administration guest on his show, something I've never seen a Sunday show do, and Howie, you can show me examples of where Sunday shows have fact-checked previous weeks' guests.
We asked Chris for example where he had done that to anybody besides somebody from the administration in the year 2009, and we're still waiting to hear from him. When they want to treat us like they treat everyone else -- but let's be realistic here, Howie. They are -- they're widely viewed as, you know, part of the Republican Party. Take their talking points and put them on the air. Take their opposition research and put them on the air, and that's fine. But let's not pretend they're a news network the way CNN is.
Wow! Isn't that terrible. Imagine the nerve of a journalist actually fact-checking a member of the White House.
Horrors.
Of course, on a related humorous note, the network she was praising, CNN, last week actually spent time fact-checking a "Saturday Night Live" routine.
I guess in Dunn's view, assuring the accuracy of a comedy sketch is far more worthy of a cable news network than auditing what a White House official said. But let's continue, because there's more:
KURTZ: You are making a distinction, just before I move on, between the opinion guys, O'Reilly, Hannity, Glenn Beck, and people like Major Garrett.
DUNN: I'm not talking about people like Major Garrett. I'm talking about the overall programming.
KURTZ: OK.
DUNN: For instance, Howie, "The New York Times" had a front page story about Nevada Senator John Ensign and the fact that he had gotten his former chief of staff a job as a lobbyist and his former chief of staff's wife was someone Ensign had had an affair with.
KURTZ: We reported the story.
DUNN: Did you see coverage of that on FOX News? I'm not talking Glenn Beck, and I'm not talking Sean or "The Factor." I'm talking about FOX News.
KURTZ: I will have to check on that. I assume you know the answer.
You don't have to, Howie. I'll check for you.
Hmmm. It appears the Times' revelations about Ensign were covered on the October 2 "Special Report with Bret Baier":
CHRIS CILLIZZA, WASHINGTON POST: I'll pick a different affair. John Ensign on the front page of "The New York Times" today. "A lesson in Politics," which is if there are things that might come out, they will come out and try and get out in front of them. John Ensign admitted an affair.
BRET BAIER, ANCHOR: The senator from Nevada.
CILLIZZA: He later was forced to say his parents had paid $96,000. It wasn't called hush money but to this family. Now a report comes out that he had sought to arrange a job for his former chief of staff, the man whose wife he was having an affair with without telling the people he was arranging that the affair was ongoing.
I guess Dunn conveniently missed that.
Of course, as she seems to believe the tawdry details of a Senator's marital affair are more important than what's going on at the White House, you can color me unsurprised.
*****Update: As NBer Free Stinker accurately pointed out in the comments section, FNC's Chris Wallace was right. For those that have forgotten:
"These guys [the Obama administration], everything is personal...They are the biggest bunch of crybabies I have dealt with in my 30 years in Washington."
*****Update II: Why did Kurtz completely ignore a fascinating and totally relevant conservation which took place on CNN's "Situation Room" Thursday concerning the White House's Fox strategy?
*****Update III: Even one of FNC's Democrat contributors thinks the Administration is a bunch of crybabies (h/t Story Balloon)!
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.
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I hope Murdoch mans up and
October 11, 2009 - 17:53 ET by dmntd1I hope Murdoch mans up and files a slander suit against her, and her employer.
WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare,
I would want them to keep
October 11, 2009 - 22:04 ET by Gat New YorkI would want them to keep doing this. The more they do it the higher the ratings for FoxNews and the smaller and immature Obama looks.
I'll second that.
October 12, 2009 - 10:04 ET by mattmI'll second that.
If
October 11, 2009 - 17:56 ET by kch50428FNC is a Republican PR Agency, then that makes CNN, MSNBC, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, and NPR all Democratic PR agents.
Way cool, man! - the
October 11, 2009 - 18:16 ET by NewsbusterbrownWay cool, man!
- the Dems.
“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
<sound of duct tape ripping off roll>
October 11, 2009 - 19:20 ET by motherbeltAnd what in the name of all that's holy do they call the one-hour propaganda program in favor of Obamacare, that MSNBC's resident chief "journalist" Keith Olbermann provided?
You need to imagine this post in ALL CAPS and BOLD!
All I heard
October 11, 2009 - 17:59 ET by Joe CamelAll I heard is this woman screeching like someone dragging their fingernails across a chalk board. Does Ms. Dunn actually believe the dribble coming from her mouth? Fact checking? Truth? Those words are not part of the Obama adminstration's vernacular. Bottom line, people want to know what is going on, not what the administration wants to tell you. Fox's numbers are blowing everyone away, but, they still don't get it. Maybe 2010 will be an indicator to them, but, I have my doubts.
Well, well, talk about bias
October 11, 2009 - 18:00 ET by legacyrepublicanI love it. Because Fox did not report about Sen. Ensign getting a job for someone who had an affair with his wife Fox is biased and not to be trusted.
Let's see, is Ensign in power? No.
Was Van Jones in power? Yes.
Is Sen. Ensign writting laws? No.
Is Sen. Reid writting laws? Yes.
Does the MSM fail to post the party of misbehaving politicians if they are Dems? Yes.
Fox isn't perfect. It is fair and balanced.
I could have sworn Fox
October 11, 2009 - 18:19 ET by NewsbusterbrownI could have sworn Fox reported it anyway.
“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
By definition news is NEW
October 11, 2009 - 18:23 ET by jkwtradingBy definition news is NEW not old, so by the time Fox could report on Ensign the other networks had worked the story for hours. Why the hell bother...
any "news" program coming in day late dollar short will not be watched by anyone.
What color is the sky in your world, Ms Dunn?
October 11, 2009 - 18:04 ET by pvujo"FOX News often operates almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party". The Republican party can only WISH Fox News did either of these things for them. They wouldn't be in the sorry *ss state they are today. LOL!
Knowledge is Good
- Emil Faber
dittos the media is now
October 11, 2009 - 18:55 ET by 10ksnookerdittos
the media is now playinmg the part of the DNCs dying parrot.
we had told Chris Wallace
October 11, 2009 - 18:04 ET by Radical1979we had told Chris Wallace that having fact-checked an administration
guest on his show, something I've never seen a Sunday show do, and
Howie, you can show me examples of where Sunday shows have fact-checked
previous weeks' guests.
I've never heard of a news organization fact checking a comedy sketch before last week, how about you Howie?
Chris Wallace was right!
October 11, 2009 - 18:09 ET by Free StinkerChris Wallace was right!
This White House is a bunch of whiners!
"President Obama is learning on the job and it shows." --Boris Epshteyn
Agreed
October 11, 2009 - 19:04 ET by KC MulvilleCrybabies. Nah, they're intellectual cowards.
Yeah, Obama has a great track record of debating his opponents. Who's kidding who? These people are idiots.
The more they
October 11, 2009 - 19:17 ET by doug1950talk the more people get to see just how ignorant these "staffers" are. To make that statement is utterly jaw-dropping stoooopid! Face it. We got amateurs running the WH and the country, that includes Congress. If you ever watch (I know, it is hard) the Congress while in session, we got some real dunces and dullards up there.
There's a Solution
October 11, 2009 - 19:57 ET by HoosierEmWhy doesn't BHO come on Fox and debate Sean Hannity or Glenn Beck? The WH shouldn't be afraid of that if BHO has all of his facts right. But we all know he doesn't do well unless the questions are reviewed beforehand and TOTUS comes with him, and he doesn't know the difference between fact and newspeak so he would be shown to the liar-in-chief.
Yeah,
October 12, 2009 - 10:59 ET by doug1950If Obama is afraid FOX NEWS how is he going to deal with real terrorists; appoint a terrorist Czar and hope it will all just go away?Speaking of Liar in Chief. I heard one yesterday......Like they used to say "Let's do it for the Gipper" for Reagan. Now I have seen "Do it for the Fibber" for Obama.
ouch radical -- I just
October 11, 2009 - 18:11 ET by Jack Bauerouch radical -- I just posted the same thought, then scrolled down to see you beat me to it. That makes it doubly true!
Stupid maneuver for the
October 11, 2009 - 18:05 ET by samhermanmdStupid maneuver for the White House to dump all over a single news channel. This just guaranteed more viewers for Fox and more advertising revenue for Rupert Murdoch.
You have to wonder at Anita's sheer stupidity. She officially confirmed that the rest of the media are organs of the Democratic National Committee.
She is also making someone
October 11, 2009 - 18:33 ET by jkwtradingShe is also making someone angry whom does not watch Fox or any news station..
She is trying to isolate her opponet but now produces opponents she cannot see nor isolate..those opponeets stay quiet, but still oppose.
Voters Watch Fox News
October 11, 2009 - 20:00 ET by HoosierEmApparently a lot of voters are now watching Fox News. Why WOULDN'T they want to come on Fox News to reach more people?
something I've never seen
October 11, 2009 - 18:17 ET by Jack BauerHey Dunn, I've never seen a news show do, and Howie, you can show me examples of where news shows have fact checked a COMEDY SKIT.
And may I say Dunn, why don't you learn to speak gramatically instead of the usual sub-literate splurge so perfected in this White uh, ummm, err House.
This gang is like Nixon times a trillion.
The Obama plumbers will be B & Eing into the Fox building before long, to check Roger Ailes emails -- and sniff Glenn Beck's lederhosen.
Anita Dunn is in the wrong
October 11, 2009 - 18:17 ET by d1carterAnita Dunn is in the wrong business. Communication is not her strong suit. Wow! This White House is chocked full of incompetence.
True,
October 11, 2009 - 18:32 ET by Dan Diegobut whining liberal doesn't look good on a resume unless your running for a public office.
Howie, I think if we went
October 11, 2009 - 18:19 ET by jkwtradingHowie, I think if we went back a year go to the fall of 2008, to the
campaign, that it was a time when this country was in two wars, that we
had a financial collapse probably more significant than any financial
collapse since the Great Depression.
If you were a FOX News
viewer in the fall election, what you would have seen would have been
that the biggest stories and biggest threats facing America were a guy
named Bill Ayers and something called ACORN.
Miss Fancy pants misses this entirely...the greatest threat to the USA is Obama, is Alinsky, is socialism and Fox was reporting the news as it should have been..we were and did elect the the greatest enemy the USA has seen.
I Needa Dunnce
October 11, 2009 - 18:19 ET by Mitch NJHey you're in luck!
white coats at the White house
October 11, 2009 - 18:21 ET by LEWIS IN COLORADODoes anyone know the name of the asylum that these people escaped from?
That would be Chicago Hope
October 11, 2009 - 18:26 ET by Jack BauerThat would be Chicago Hope Asylum, I believe.
Ha Ha, Jack
October 11, 2009 - 18:42 ET by BlondeWhere's Adam Arkin when you need him?
I hope he fails, too.
Yeah, he's good is Adam,
October 11, 2009 - 18:52 ET by Jack BauerYeah, he's good is Adam, like his dad. He's on the rather excellent LIFE. Which may now be cancelled.
Roger Ailes and David
October 11, 2009 - 18:22 ET by FirmwormRoger Ailes and David Axelrod met privately in Manhattan during the president’s visit to the United Nations in September. I don't think the meeting went so well.
I bet they were trying to
October 11, 2009 - 18:24 ET by Free StinkerI bet they were trying to bring Foxnews "in to line" with everyone else.
Just a guess.
Word from the Twilight Zone....
October 11, 2009 - 18:26 ET by wnaegeleSigh!
A deep, searing moronic
October 11, 2009 - 18:28 ET by Andrew H.A deep, searing moronic strip in one's DNA is a resume enhancement for the Obama administration.
Liberalism is a convenient lie.
More left-wing Alinsky-esque propaganda, folks.
October 11, 2009 - 18:31 ET by lotrEvidentally there are a lot more Republicans out there, as we all know FNC blows 'em all out of the water when it comes to ratings.
They can keep repeating that mantra to themselves, the White House and their complicit media allies, but unfortunately for them, repeating something to oneself in isolation doesn't change reality and make it so.
"Steady." -- Keith Olbermann to Chris Matthews
Meet the Depressed
October 11, 2009 - 18:32 ET by shades2Wasn't Tim Russert the champion of "fact checking" and gotcha moments on the Bush Administration ? How did we ever get here ?
You Nailed it in one
October 11, 2009 - 19:13 ET by richb313I was going to mention the late Tim Russert but you bear me to it. Tim would never let some one get away with planting false information. He may have had a few softball interviews with Democrats but if they lied or misled him or more importantly the public he would embarress them on his show by letting the public see how two faced they really were.
Brace Yourselves....
October 11, 2009 - 18:36 ET by jdripperThis crew is not above doing anything. They are moving to shut down FOX.
Jack
"If at age 20 you are a conservative then you have no heart. If at age 30 you are a liberal then you have no brains." Sir Winston Churchill
Yeah, but how can they
October 11, 2009 - 18:38 ET by Free StinkerYeah, but how can they shutdown a cable channel?
They're not broadcast over the "publicly owned airwaves", so the FCC cannot revoke their license.
"President Obama is learning on the job and it shows." --Boris Epshteyn
I am sure they are working on it
October 11, 2009 - 20:00 ET by general companyMost of their buddy's figured it out
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Yeah but can the government
October 11, 2009 - 20:00 ET by Dan The Man 2Yeah but can the government tell us who to fire and hire? Can they shut down 2 car companies shutting out the first lien holders? A year ago I would have been right with ya, but now I dont put anything past these clowns in charge.
Know how to keep a Troll in suspense? Ill tell ya in the morning.
Dial
October 11, 2009 - 18:37 ET by HockeyKidDial 1-800-WAAAAAAAAAAH.
This administration is shockingly immature, incompetent, and naive.
HEY! Let's give 'em a PRIZE!
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Miss Fancy pants should
October 11, 2009 - 18:40 ET by jkwtradingMiss Fancy pants should read the next Newsbuster article
I guess Stephanopolous is on Fox
Stephanopoulos Laughs When Brazile Says Obama's Nobel Prize Was 'Well-Deserved'
Word to the wise
October 11, 2009 - 18:41 ET by FeynmanFanThis reminds me of that old adage that you should be nice to the people you meet on the way up because you'll see them again on the way down.
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
yes, Amen to that.. on
October 11, 2009 - 19:01 ET by jkwtradingyes, Amen to that..
on the way down a sly bit of footwork might make them trip and stumble all the way down the steps. add a shove for good measure..
Poor little Bammy is just
October 11, 2009 - 18:47 ET by chessplayerPoor little Bammy is just wee wee`d up because FoxNews does`nt have it`s head shoved up his ass like everyone else.
This President is more-and-more un-Presidential daily.
October 11, 2009 - 18:57 ET by Free StinkerThis President is more-and-more un-Presidential daily.
"I've never heard of a news
October 11, 2009 - 18:58 ET by chessplayer"I've never heard of a news organization fact checking a comedy sketch before last week, how about you Howie?"
Yup. I would like Howie`s take on that, too.
Sad.
October 11, 2009 - 19:02 ET by KJ_sezAnother brain-shrunk libtard-child attempting to play with and dictate to the adults. With persons like this in positions of responsibility, I don't see how the country's problems will be solved without violence somewhere, sometime.
You cannot reason with an animal, and the libtard "mind" is about as adroit and thoughtful as that of a parrot. It knows how to utter the sounds, but has no idea what they mean.
Dude, where's my country?
The jealousy is so obvious to those of us who have half a brain!
October 11, 2009 - 19:09 ET by Cape ConservativeDana Perino she's NOT!
One reason why we enjoy watching FoxNews is the abundance of INTELLIGENT, WELL-SPOKEN male and female commentators! They understand it is not necessary to scream to get your point across - they understand you should have your thoughts together and NOT constantly use um er um er - what is it about Dems that ummms and errrrs are in abundance? Whether it is 'the one' or Caroline Kennedy or this sorry excuse for a 'communications director' it appears they cannot express themselves unless reading from a teleprompter - even then, 'the one's' sing-song cadence drives me bonkers! I have to mute the tv when he is on!
This comment comes from a proud Tea Party attendee, otherwise designated by Homeland Security as a Domestic Right Wing Terrorist! And now by our president as a 'swiftboater' - both titles I'll wear proudly! It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue ~ Sam Adams
202.224.3121 LET CONGRESS HEAR THE ROAR OF THE SILENT MAJORITY!
202.456.1111 WHITE HOUSE COMMENT LINE
All could I get out of this
October 11, 2009 - 19:23 ET by BKeyserAll could I get out of this video after about the two minute mark was Dunn's incessant cud chewing... What the hell was that?
ADDED: I think Fox should not tolerate this kind of bashing from the White House. They have the highest viewing audience- more than the other cable networks combined, and coupled with FoxNews.com, Oreilly.com, Hannity.com, GretWire.com, and FoxNation- you know their audience is larger than even the broadcast networks. This administration deserves to get what they dish out. They're not above the fray. They're not even adult in their complaints. Fox should FACT CHECK all of the White House propaganda and challenge the White House to provide the evidence of truth. And they shouldn't hold back. The fact is that Fox has been kind to the Obama team, because they've actually looked at the evidence and tried to at least offer the other side's weak-kneed lies in opposition; the CNN's of the world refuse to even address the real issues, preferring to just spout the WH talking points.
I understand that the office deserves respect; so maybe Fox should lower themselves to the same level of respect the other networks gave to GW.
Am I just paranoid
October 11, 2009 - 19:16 ET by richb313Am I just paranoid or is the White House trying to re-define Fox News into not being a news organization so that they can justify any attempt to silence them. I do not think that any politician would be that stupid but with this bunch you never know. They have proven time and time again that they have no lower limit on stupidity.
The WH wants to marginalize FNC
October 11, 2009 - 19:25 ET by kch50428So they can not have administration people on it.
FNC should simply quit covering the WH. Pull everyone and everything out. Quit "swimming" in the press pool. Treat the WH like the non-entity the WH thinks they are.
Its a self fulling prophecy
October 11, 2009 - 20:09 ET by Dan The Man 2Its a self fulling prophecy for them if we pull out, in addition FNC cant for teh same reason the USA cant pull out of the UN. We need the contacts and information.
Know how to keep a Troll in suspense? Ill tell ya in the morning.
I must be paranoid too...
October 11, 2009 - 19:29 ET by lotr...as I believe this mantra is a Saul-Alinsky calculated move on their part. In spite of this however, they are indeed stupid, as they fail to comprehend that they are preaching to the choir -- FNC is the most watched cable news network by far -- and their self-denial ain't gonna change that.
"Steady." -- Keith Olbermann to Chris Matthews
I must be paranoid three!
October 11, 2009 - 19:48 ET by ProudAmerican58I must be paranoid three!
I hope Fox
October 11, 2009 - 19:55 ET by general companyTalks about this like it is the threat they mean it to be!! As far as I am concerned they now have every right to treat the Obama Admin with open hostility, and assume all they do is slight of hand.
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Very probable..
October 11, 2009 - 19:41 ET by wolfemanicTheir about one molecule away from Chavez, and they don't even care if you know it.
I could not agree more!
October 11, 2009 - 19:54 ET by PoljunkOf course if FOX is not News,then why did Obama go on Fox the 2008 opening night of the Republican Convention? just wondering...
Just when I thought
October 11, 2009 - 19:24 ET by fitzfongJust when I thought Alinsky, Jr. couldn't possibly employ more intellectually dishonest mouthpieces and more cowardly tactics than he already does, another of his pathetic minions comes out of the woodwork to prove me wrong.
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." -George Best
I love FoxNews - it's fair
October 11, 2009 - 19:26 ET by bse5150I love FoxNews - it's fair and balanced. Only news I'll watch. I have every computer I use set to FoxNews for the browser homepage too.
And, I'm buying copies of Palin's new book for myself and for my friends and family.
Todays media is operating
October 11, 2009 - 19:47 ET by KevroyTodays media is operating in the same mode as the media during the Kennedy era. They knew he was a philanderer before he was elected in '60. They knew his family was a bunch of rum runners. They knew his health was in question and that he had Addisons. They knew of his fathers connections to the mob and how the unions gave him Illinois and W.Virginia.
But they so loved him they couldn't bear to tell the American people the truth and jeopardize him not being in the WH. And then after electing him they continued their messianic worship of all things Kennedy and still do to this day.
Thank God FOX is around today to offer some balance or we'd be completely in the dark in this country.
Oh, is it over now?
October 11, 2009 - 19:50 ET by general companyI think if we went back a year go to the fall of 2008, to the campaign,
that it was a time when this country was in two wars, that we had a
financial collapse probably more significant than any financial
collapse since the Great Depression.
Sorry we must have missed the memo?
He's going to debate the opposition. And that's fine.
The others are cheerleading, "opposition" is a curse word to you thugs.
He never minds doing that.
Since when, you big babies are on the tv whining about big bad Fox News, but then out of the other side of your lying face you say, he doesnt mind that. What a bunch of brats.
They are -- they're widely viewed as, you know, part of the Republican Party.
Oh the horror, we cant have that ,,,now can we?
Take their opposition research and put them on the air, and that's
fine.
You little brat, then what are you whining about,,,brat?
But let's not pretend they're a news network the way CNN is.
Thank Goodness!!!
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Does Howard not see the future?
October 11, 2009 - 20:00 ET by han_soloDoes Kurtz realise that by not forceibly standing up for his colleges at Fox News and putting this childish white house in their place for attitudes like that he just endorced this:
NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC and all the others will be standing OUTSIDE on the SIDEWALK with their cameras looking through the fence the next time a right wing president does not agree with them or think they are not whitewashing the news properly.
Do they not realise what they are allowing one administration to do that it will happen to them later down the road?
Obama administration is not a 'real' government....
October 11, 2009 - 20:01 ET by SlyrrBy the same token, the Obama administration is not the 'real' government of the United States.
And the people know that when they plead to the Obama administration and it's cabal of 'czars', they are not pleading to the US government - they are pleading to the enemy.
Wont be long now
October 11, 2009 - 20:25 ET by general companySoon we will start seeing phony polls concerning topics they disagree with. If they cant shame you onto the reservation, they will claim hate speech and steal your license. This is quite disturbing, anyone EVER recall another Admin threatening Personalities or Networks, or Institutions and anyone else they disagree with? They threaten free speech practically every time someone from this Admin has a mike in their face.
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Can you imagine the uproar
October 11, 2009 - 20:42 ET by Dan The Man 2Can you imagine the uproar over something like this if President Bush had been like this?
Know how to keep a Troll in suspense? Ill tell ya in the morning.
This statement is
October 11, 2009 - 20:50 ET by general companyif President Bush had been like this?
Used daily with these folks, wonder where all of the liberals are?
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
When a left wing radical
October 11, 2009 - 20:03 ET by celatorWhen a left wing radical rumpswab criticizes Fox, I figure Fox is doing what it's supposed to be doing: reporting the news.
Seems to be lotsa unresolved anger issues in Mzzz Anita. I wonder what that's all about.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
Keep it up, Obama.
October 11, 2009 - 20:28 ET by TailgunnerGo ahead and spit on another fifty million or whatever it is Americans who choose Fox as their source for news.
Then you can ask yourself why the Democrats got their clocks cleaned in the 2010 midterm elections...making you an instant lame duck.
If George W Bush has the courage to appear before the NAACP, I think Obama could summon the spine to take on Greta Van Susteren.
Nationalized Healthcare is a DEATH SENTENCE.
Democratic Senator Robert K Byrd is a recruiter and leader in the KU KLUX KLAN-a white supremacist group. Where in the HELL do Dems get off lecturing ANYONE on racism?
We expect Obama to oppose and defeat the world's DICTATORS...
October 11, 2009 - 22:00 ET by Tailgunner...when he can't even deal with an American media outlet that doesn't kiss his ass 24/7?
What a morally bankrupt disaster this child is.
Nationalized Healthcare is a DEATH SENTENCE.
Democratic Senator Robert K Byrd is a recruiter and leader in the KU KLUX KLAN-a white supremacist group. Where in the HELL do Dems get off lecturing ANYONE on racism?
I'm starting to wonder how
October 11, 2009 - 22:08 ET by Free StinkerI'm starting to wonder how the country will survive until 01-20-2013
"President Obama is learning on the job and it shows." --Boris Epshteyn
Free, The chance exists
October 11, 2009 - 22:38 ET by Scuba DudeFree,
The chance exists as long as Fox keeps doing its job and blogs such as NB and others continue to inform on what is really going on in this country.
The thing I am most worried about is can we reverse the damage the government is doing with passing poor legislation such as the "Stimulus", Cap & Trade, and Healthcare "Reform"? I truly hope if we can regain control of Congress in 2010 that all this can be undone.
The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER
I hope you're right Scoob
October 11, 2009 - 23:10 ET by Free StinkerI hope you're right Scoob !
Meanwhile we need to keep calling our Senators . . .
Laws are hard to repeal
October 12, 2009 - 00:01 ET by richb313Once legislation becomes reality with passage and a signed bill it is almost impossible to get rid of it. Imagine if you will that the House is turned over in 2010 and even every Senator that is running is not re-elected they still could not overturn the bill. It would require the President to sign this and he won't. Even if the election of 2012 is a lanside and Obama is voted out it would still be difficult to almost impossible to undo the damage. Too many kingdoms would have already been built.
This is why I believe every Federal law and regulation must be fromally renewed every 10 years. This would have many benifits.
1. It would keep congress so busy that the time left to do damage would be incredibly short.
2. The Federal Register would start to reduce in size and scope.
3. Failing laws and programs would have to keep proving they are worthy of continuing.
I know this is impossible, but I can dream.
CNN: Hey, maybe Obama should stop raising FOX’s ratings
October 11, 2009 - 20:28 ET by StewartIIIHot Air -- CNN: Hey, maybe Obama should stop raising FOX’s ratings
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/11/cnn-hey-maybe-obama-should-stop-raising-foxs-ratings/
Does the Obama White House know the difference?
October 11, 2009 - 20:32 ET by StewartIIIFOX News Commentators:
Bill O’Reilly
Sean Hannity
Glenn Beck
And of course, there are others. But there are far more of these.
FOX News Reporters:
Major Garrett
Wendell Goler
Jennifer Griffin
Carl Cameron
Shannon Bream
Brian Wilson
Catherine Herridge
Jim Angle
Steve Centanni
Does the Obama White House know the difference? Doesn’t seem like it to me.
I made it 2 minutes into the clip.
October 11, 2009 - 21:18 ET by averageschmoeThis woman is just run on sentence after run on sentence.
Take a breath lady. This was worse than nails on a chalkboard!
The Obama Whitehouse
October 11, 2009 - 21:15 ET by Anneke9The Obama Whitehouse is full of whiny, churlish children. These people are a disgrace to the nation. Who cares what they have to say.
BTW: I'm watching the Yankees game on TBS. They just played a commercial for George Lopez's new program and guess who was helping Lopez hawk his show... Obambi. Obambi can't talk to his generals but he can shill for a comedian. WTF?
Camouflage conservative in Baghdad-by-the-Bay
Anneke9
October 11, 2009 - 21:19 ET by FeynmanFanThere's nothing that man won't do to promote himself. What a joke.
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
CobraMan says White House not a News Critic.
October 11, 2009 - 21:38 ET by CobraManSince when is it the responsibility of the President to decide what is, or is not, a news network?
Hay, Obama, you're not a dictator, so stop acting like one. YOU don't get to decide for us which news networks are legitimate and which are not. As a matter of fact, the Constitution say you are the LAST one who gets to make these types of determinations. So do yourself a favor and stop sending your cronies out to try to dictate to America as to which network is biased and which is not. That's ABOVE your pay grade, tovarishch!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
Since when do houses talk?
October 11, 2009 - 21:40 ET by CrashSince when do houses talk?
Honesty Only Works When You're On The Right Side Of Things
October 11, 2009 - 22:26 ET by rammingspeedThe Obama administration is shameless with their accusations against Fox News, but at least they're honest. And blunt. One problem with being honest: If you're wrong, you instantly get beaten to death. The fact that Fox is benefiting from the White House's petulance and attacks against them, and that the White House is losing that publicity war shows who's right and who's wrong. The American people are not stupid, they figure things out for themselves when given the chance, and Obama is just taking a faster trip down through the trap door.
Anyone else notice that
October 11, 2009 - 22:26 ET by RR GOPAnyone else notice that they are in no way backing down nor even trying to be merely civil and expect far worse from this bunch?
By targeting Fox News they are obviously attacking those of us who watch it. But, we still have to be nice and PC.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Oh, really?
October 11, 2009 - 22:55 ET by LindamaeAnd the White House is no longer the home of the leader of the United States who has promised to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States. So, what else is new?
When @ 55 members of Congress also swear allegiance to the Socialist Party of America, then they can no longer support and defend the Constitution.
Se, we Americans who are upset about this had better get their acts together and get out and vote. And write letters to the editor. And call networks to complain about bias. And call their members of Congress to complain. And carry signs. And force the main stream press that we will not stand for their lies and innuendos in "reporting" the news. And Dunn needs to hear that she is being made a laughing stock and needs to remember how Obama supports and defends his friends - Rev. Wright, for example. She's expendable. When the admnistration is done with her, she will have lost credibility and find finding a new job more difficult. She can always join Oberman and Matthews as their side kick, I imagine.
Anita "Goebbels" Dunn: Propaganda Minister for the Obamination
October 11, 2009 - 23:50 ET by dock383Check http://www.psywarrio... for the principles of her operation.
I am extremely uncomfortable with an elected branch of government targeting any member of the so-called fourth estate.
That says it all
October 12, 2009 - 09:45 ET by generalbroccoliGood one Dock - I think #7 in the treatis says all you need to know about what they're trying to do to Fox:
7. Credibility alone must determine whether propaganda output should be true or false.
Seems that Rules for Radicals is their playbook and Goebbels' rules are their methods.
What does a woman have to do to get into the democrat party?
October 12, 2009 - 03:57 ET by Irene FlickThis is one butt ugly lady. She is the face Obama wants us to see? Even her voice is homely. I am sorry to be so shallow, but why are democrat women so darn beastly?
TERM LIMITS FOR ALL ELECTED OFFICALS!
And, yes, I am shouting.
Murdoch has more viewers on FOX than all the other Cable nets
October 12, 2009 - 04:48 ET by daveinbocacombined because FOX is speaking "truth to power" and the lizards in the WH hate that. This creature claims she's "retiring".....ha ha ha. And BTW, FOX is the channel for Conservatives, not that this creature even knows what that is.
Attn: NKorea, Iran, Nobel Peace Committee
October 12, 2009 - 05:34 ET by ThisnThatNKorea, Iran -- Don't be Fox News. Fox News is being treated as a terrorist organization, completely isolated from this Administration as one of the most evil regimes in the world. You (NKorea, Iran) aren't as fearful and mean-spirited as Fox News, and therefore have a seat at the table. Welcome to Mr. Obama's neighborhood, which looks a lot like Alice in Wonderland's neighborhood.
As for the Nobel Peace Committee -- This is the hallmark of a peace-loving man? Obama has declared war on a news organization -- a NEWS ORGANIZATION! Time and resources that could be used for other purposes are always being diverted to fight this war. Strategies are being developed; plans of attack are being prepared; and unprovoked assaults are being conducted daily by the WH staff. Did your committee consider all this when you decided to give the peace prize away?
__________
"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Øbama↓." - The liberals coolaid drinking song
I know this isn't
October 12, 2009 - 07:54 ET by oldmanateean earth shaking comment, but, did anyone else notice how chummy the interviewee was with the interviewer?
My given name is Robert, only close friends call me Bob, so, who else calls him 'Howie'?
And has everybody forgotten the secret morning meetings with selected news people that was happening in the early days of the admin?
October 12, 2009 - 08:54 ET by jessieHIf FOX isn't a news network, then there are no news networks. I stopped watching the other network news about a year ago. The way they fawn over obama is sickening. I'll stick with Fox.
One minute thirty-three seconds...
October 12, 2009 - 09:33 ET by JPR1was as far as I got. Blech!!!
CNN should market a talking bobble-head doll of this woman. It’d really help boost their bottom line.
We have here another liberal twit unable or simply reluctant to make clear distinctions regarding the definition of common words.
The news journalist/reporter conducts an interview, asks questions and receives answers.
The pundit/commentator engages in discussion or conversation.
A debate is something different altogether.
This administration just doesn’t have the courage to engage in any of the above unless it’s been scripted beforehand. Cowards, plain and simple.
Fox is NOT a news network?
October 12, 2009 - 10:44 ET by Patriot IIMaybe what she should have said is that Fox is not a propaganda network like nbc, abc, cbs, cnn et al ad nauseum!!!
Well to be fair,
October 12, 2009 - 10:53 ET by general companyShe did say: But let's not pretend they're a news network the way CNN is.
I took that to mean, {they dont lead our cheers} Yea well, with a grain of salt of course.
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Fox is NOT a news network?
October 12, 2009 - 10:45 ET by Patriot IIMaybe what she should have said is that Fox is not a propaganda network like nbc, abc, cbs, cnn et al ad nauseum!!!
Fox is not a news network?
October 12, 2009 - 11:09 ET by grumpyoldbNo, not using the definition that the White House is using. which is :"News organization = Government Propaganda outlet". In that definition they are definitely not. They report the TRUTH..
Well, oral sex is 'not' sex, EVERYONE 'lies'...
October 14, 2009 - 22:35 ET by Tailgunner...and TAXES are really 'contributions'.
Mr Orwell, call your office...
Nationalized Healthcare is a DEATH SENTENCE.
Tyranny is rarely felt save by those who OPPOSE it. (unknown)
Most of Anita Dunn rhetoric can be used against Obama News Nets
October 12, 2009 - 11:38 ET by AtTheWaterCoolerOne spot that jumped out is when she said Fox Fact Checked the president but has not fact checked any other politicians this year.
What is she suggesting? The President is the most powerful public position in the world - If a member of the house makes comments about other countries it rarely is considered important because a member of the house does not have veto power. If a member of the house sayes he does not support China drilling for oil off the coast of Florida - it is news worthy only to the extent of his representation of his constituents and only if there are enough people in congress to form a colition will it go any further. On the other hand - If Obama says he does not support China drilling for oil off the coast of Florida, Obama is in a position to do something about it.
Does Anita Dunn mean to suggest that Obama merely has the title of President, what he says is not news worthy enough to be fact checked?
Linked and quoted your post from Obama News Network
I think Fox should consider it an honor not to be liked by those in power - Freedom of Press was not given to allow the press to use their position to be friends with world leaders, it was given so they may fact check them.
Sean Hannity just raised a great point...
October 12, 2009 - 15:36 ET by Tailgunner...our tax dollars are paying for Obama's Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda to attack Fox' (and ours) First Amendment rights.
Nationalized Healthcare is a DEATH SENTENCE.
Democratic Senator Robert K Byrd is a recruiter and leader in the KU KLUX KLAN-a white supremacist group. Where in the HELL do Dems get off lecturing ANYONE on racism?
LOL
October 12, 2009 - 19:16 ET by Patriot IIThe same way they get off lecturing us on morals....ha ha...thats a good one!! Or how about patriotism.....another joke.....dimocrats !!!
A more truthful statement would be...
October 14, 2009 - 17:19 ET by retrocon"I think what is fair to say about MSNBCBSABCNN and certainly the way we
view it is that it really is more a wing of the Democrat Party...[When President Bush] goes on MSNBCBSABCNN, he understands that they really are not news networks at this point. He is going to debate the opposition."
True 'dat.
October 14, 2009 - 22:14 ET by TailgunnerRemember those WH daily conference calls between Axlerod, Emanuel and his MSM minions?
Obama's coordination with ABSNBCCBSNYTMSNBCDEFG...couldn't be more blatant if they televised it on FOX.
Nationalized Healthcare is a DEATH SENTENCE.
Tyranny is rarely felt save by those who OPPOSE it. (unknown)
Does Obama realize that he sounds like Chavez?
October 14, 2009 - 22:51 ET by TailgunnerHis minions are shallow, dishonest, petty, and classless.
Obama's not creating a 'banana republic'...he's creating a parody of one.
Nationalized Healthcare is a DEATH SENTENCE.
Tyranny is rarely felt save by those who OPPOSE it. (unknown)
Heck Yes he realizes it..at
October 14, 2009 - 22:54 ET by bigtimerHeck Yes he realizes it..at times I think one is trying to out-do the other.
Extraordinary isn't it?
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart