Cenk Uygur of the leftist "Young Turks" radio show wrote up a funny list of "three categories of media" for the Daily Kos, putting Fox News in the category "partisan press" with Mother Jones and National Review magazines, but putting ABC, CNN, the New York Times, and the MSNBC "News Programs" on a list called "Straight News."
He also suggested they're about as much a news organization as...Air America radio.
In a Monday blog post insisting the White House is "100% Right" to suggest Fox isn't a real news network, Uygur insisted "The Obama White House has taken on Fox News channel in an effort to point out they are not a legitimate news network. This is very important because out of all the outlets mentioned above, they are the only ones being dishonest about what category they are in." Here's the list:
Opinion Outlets
-- Keith Olbermann
-- Bill O'Reilly
-- The Young Turks
-- Wall Street Journal Editorial Side
Partisan Press (Ideologically Driven Press)
-- The Nation
-- Fox News Channel
-- National Review
-- Mother Jones
-- Drudge Report
Straight News
-- CNN
-- ABC News
-- MSNBC News Programs
-- New York Times
-- Wall Street Journal (Non-Editorial)
Uygur went so far as to insist Fox News was more akin to Air America than CNN, and that they were responsible for the "unpardonable error" of not calling the election for Al Gore in 2000:
The problem is when partisan press gets confused for straight, unbiased news. The perfect example of this is when Fox News called the 2000 election for George W. Bush first - and every other news network followed like sheep. The person in charge of calling the 2000 election at Fox News was the cousin of George W. Bush. That is not some hyperbole. It was literally Bush's cousin.
Would the other networks have panicked and called the election for Gore because Air America said he won? Would they have followed the lead of The Young Turks in calling the election for Gore if we had hired Gore's uncle to tabulate the votes for us? It's ridiculous and unthinkable, right (especially so, since Air America and The Young Turks weren't around yet at the time of that election; but you get my point -- there's no way they would consider that legitimate, but yet they considered Fox's call perfectly legitimate)?
So, why did they commit this unpardonable error in the 2000 election when Fox News was involved? Because Fox has purposely sold itself as straight news when they know that they are nothing of the sort - specifically to be able to influence the rest of the press in this way. And the rest of the media bought it.
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.
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The sad(and funny) thing is
October 23, 2009 - 06:52 ET by kefkaThe sad(and funny) thing is they actually believe this list is accurate. Also, MSNBC has news programming? I'm shocked.
there should be a page 2 of
October 23, 2009 - 09:02 ET by notonmywatchthere should be a page 2 of NB for "what kooky bloggers said on kos/huffintonpodst/etc"
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What else
October 23, 2009 - 07:10 ET by John53You can never expect the left to be fair or unbiased, if you believe that Fox news in opinionated you would have to believe that CNN and MSNBC are also, by not to liberals.
Liberals believe that if you disagree with them then you are bias, if you agree then you are honest. The Left believes when they protest, no matter how organized by the political groups, it is patriotic and grassroots, but if you protest their policies than you are politically bias and sponsored by big business. There is no reasoning with them; to them it is there way or nothing. The fact that their hero (Ear Leader) has succeeded in running up unemployment, massive deficit, destroying the economy and a failed foreign policy should not be mentioned or discussed or protested because that would be un-American. The lefts cry is the same as this administration: “Sit in and corner and shut up we will do as we please”
This From.....
October 23, 2009 - 07:11 ET by GeneralAlThis comes from a "real" journalist! Perhaps if he had studied history instead of listening to Marxist professors, he might have had a close encounter with the truth. Instead, just like all the others who subscribe to these scatter brain beliefs, he preaches the gospel of the Obamessiah!
Sheesh
October 23, 2009 - 07:16 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsHmmm, so when Fox News pushes the 'balloon boy' (for example) story it's not news but when the stale alphabet soup State Run Media pushes the EXACT SAME STORY it is news? I is very muchly confused. Does Obamacare cover brain damage?
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He looks like a "Uygur."
October 23, 2009 - 07:18 ET by ForbusYoung Turd.
I think you're right
October 23, 2009 - 08:08 ET by FranksamIsn't a Uygar one of those Gitmo guys working on the golf course in the Caribbean somewhere?
Here's a new argument:
October 23, 2009 - 07:27 ET by BKeyserlet's talk about the 2000 election.
"John 53"
October 23, 2009 - 07:49 ET by mad53PAWell Stated.
My son's favorite movies are the "Star War Saga's".
There is a scene in the last one where a young Anakin Skywalker tells Obi Wan "If your not with me, then you are against me".
Obi Wan replies "Only a Sith deals in such absolutes, I will do what I must".
Well it looks like we have a modern day version of the Siths (called the Left) and we all need to do what we must.
Their logic is black and white, not to be influenced by fact or truth. They believe that the "ends justify the means" and left unchallenged, they will do anything to bring about their own view of what America should be!!
Actually, that line was a
October 23, 2009 - 08:02 ET by kefkaActually, that line was a dig at George W. Bush and his speech about taking the war to the terrorists. The leftists are the Jedi. Good times eh?
funny how that works
October 23, 2009 - 09:40 ET by jon_torlinYeah, I remember that, they were trying to make the Neiomodian Nute Gunray as a dig to Newt Gingrich, but the funny thing about the episodes 1, 2, and 3 is that despite the digs to Bush, the actions of the left in power in DC are like those of the Emperor and the Sith.
Just remember, the liberals hate being called liberal, that self-denial thing they got going on.
-Jon
and you all watched this
October 23, 2009 - 09:44 ET by notonmywatchand you all watched this obvious leftist propaganda tripe for WHY?
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It was there?
October 23, 2009 - 11:26 ET by jon_torlinand you all watched this obvious leftist propaganda tripe for WHY?
Special effects?
-Jon
Immediately after the interview...
October 23, 2009 - 08:52 ET by Tugboat PhilUygur exclaimed, "Oh, it's my a**", as he stepped into a hole in the ground.
Gun Control - The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her own pantyhose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound.
This stinky vermin is a
October 23, 2009 - 09:09 ET by TomoramaThis stinky vermin is a noted genius based on what exactly, oops, my bad, he stayed at a "Motel Allah" last night.
You and Mr Vidal can go to hell nitwit.
A great man once said, YOU only get out of life what YOU put into it, he obviously wasn't a liberal.
What do you expect from a
October 23, 2009 - 09:13 ET by bretzysdudeWhat do you expect from a radio show who name themselves after an annoying song by Rod Stewart?
And
October 23, 2009 - 09:24 ET by jessieHAnd yet, everybody is watching Fox, instead of the "straight news" networks.
Hey MSNBC: better make a move fast before somebody else gets him
October 23, 2009 - 09:29 ET by SickofLibsWowee. Mr. Weeger thinks his little amateur radio hour is in the same class as a WSJ editorial.
Who names their kid "Cenk
October 23, 2009 - 09:40 ET by celatorWho names their kid "Cenk Uygur", for crying out loud? Of course he's a whack job. Who wouldn't be with a name like that?
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
Who? I'll venture a guess...
October 23, 2009 - 09:46 ET by SickofLibsHis parents Ðzzettin and Iþðk?
LOL. I believe that's
October 23, 2009 - 09:54 ET by celatorLOL. I believe that's correct.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
Daily Who?
October 23, 2009 - 09:48 ET by TheCynicI don't know why we even bother examining what the Daily Kos is saying. They definitely aren't MSM or news of any sort. IMO the liberal blogosphere is not worth "newsbusting" because we could be here all day just busting any one of their websites.
Let's stick to MSM/news shows that actually get something of an audience who isn't already in the nuthouse.
unpardonable error in the 2000 election
October 23, 2009 - 10:34 ET by America47000It's a mistake to call the election for the guy who won it?
Um ... OK.
Wait, is this idiot suggesting that Bush only won because Fox News called the election for him?
LOL-He's probably just lashing out due to his name...
October 23, 2009 - 10:50 ET by R D Helm...as I am sure his jr. high years were pure hell.
I mean, getting beaten up daily by the "cool" kids could not have been any fun.
:-^)
-Dave
Our elected representatives have failed us.
Let's see.Head like
October 23, 2009 - 10:52 ET by Jack BauerLet's see.
Head like a misshapen potato. Face like the back of a dumpster. Unpronouncable name. And he's one of the Young Turds.
No wonder politics is described as showbiz for ugly people.
I like the location shot
October 23, 2009 - 10:57 ET by SickofLibsI like the location shot with the track in the background. Like the lardass was actually running on it or something.
SoL -- the background is
October 23, 2009 - 11:01 ET by Jack BauerSoL -- the background is photoshopped. No doubt. He's actually in his mom's basement.
This and the fake "Chamber
October 23, 2009 - 11:19 ET by buddycThis and the fake "Chamber of Commerce" has all the fingerprints of Chicago politics.
"Young turks"? More like young jerks.
Bias feeds upon itself.
October 23, 2009 - 15:46 ET by mattmWhen you've been brainwashed by the MSM into thinking that they are "news," and then they tell you that FOX is not, then you're pretty likely to buy it, since you bought all their other lies.
Funny how a guy on FOX calls an election for Bush and it turns out to be right - whereas CBS's Dan Rather called that same election (Florida) for Gore - 2 hours before the polls were closed, yet CBS somehow makes the "straight news" list and FOX - the one that got it right, didn't?
The Young Dupes are mind-numbed liberal robots who need to be deprogrammed.