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| Far from backing away from its recent slam at 24-hours cable news outlet Fox News, the White House is stepping up its criticism of the cable news network. "The reality of it is that Fox often operates almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party," White House Communications Director Anita Dunn said in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN's "Reliable Sources." Dunn said that
Which is why we see him on Fox all the time. "They're widely viewed as a part of the Republican Party -- take [the GOP's] talking points, put'em on the air, take [the GOP's] opposition research, put'em on the air." Dunn also told Kurtz. "But let's not pretend that they're a news network the way CNN is," the White House communications director added. Nice doggie.
"An increasing number of viewers are relying on Fox News for both news and opinion," Fox News Senior VP Michael Clemente said in the statement, "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 about the difference between news reporting and vibrant opinion, my suggestion would be to talk about the stories and the facts rather than the attack the messenger . . . which over time has never worked." In an interview with Time Magazine released late last week, Dunn said Fox News was "opinion journalism masquerading as news." As opposed to those who filter the news according to what they see fit to print? Hmm. I'll take the former. "They are boosting their audience. But that doesn't mean we are going to sit back," also told the magazine. You'll find sneakier ways to slant the news I'm sure.
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| Posted by:gorb |
| #10 A big If Only to the WH Staff. Fox has had a better few years than the RNC. Think how well they'd do if Fox really was running the opposition. |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2009-10-12 20:24 |
| #9 I don't think he wants control of Fox. I think he likes Fox being out there as a bug-a-boo. I think right now he is trying to shore up the left by attacking one of their favorite targets. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2009-10-12 16:00 |
| #8 Fox is better than that other dreck that is pawned off as news. There's the networks that are in the bag for Obama (the aiders and abettor for ACORN criminal activity) and then there's the new media. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-10-12 15:58 |
| #7 More attempts by the White House to take complete and total control of all major media. Consolidation of power without dissent. If you, the citizen, organization, or any entity does not worship the man Obama, you must be silenced. |
| Posted by: Hupugum Thregum4891 2009-10-12 14:01 |
| #6 As others have noted upthread, Fox is primarily if not exclusively staffed by independents and nominal Democrats like Chris Wallace. I wonder if anyone at Time remembers when the Republican Party was the political arm of the Luce family, and Time was vociferously arguing for "the American Century" and "Americanism"? |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-10-12 13:44 |
| #5 [funky skunk has been pooplisted.] |
| Posted by: funky skunk 2009-10-12 11:23 |
| #4 [funky skunk has been pooplisted.] |
| Posted by: funky skunk 2009-10-12 11:22 |
| #3 While the rest of the MSM is the propaganda department of the White House and the liberal left. Their own Freudian Projection at work. It's probably better that the rest of the MSM is an extension of the Democratic Party because if it treated Obama the way it treated Bush, we'd have a full case of Captain Queeg on our hands. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-10-12 08:55 |
| #2 While the rest of the MSM is the propaganda department of the White House and the liberal left. Seriously, dude... shut the fuck up. Before the rest of us remember how much we hate being taxed and preached to like little children and cut your nutsack off and shove is down your crybaby throat. Little communist totalitarian shit. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-10-12 06:48 |
| #1 Money Media's Campaign Donations Tilt 100-to-1 In Favor of Democrats Maybe more surprising is that those at Fox broadcasting and the Fox News Channel combined to give $41,853 to the Democrats, with no listed donations going to the Republicans. (Only $1,280 was listed as coming from Fox News employees.) The contributions of individuals who reported being employed by major media organizations are listed in the nearby table. [See link above to article.] The contributions add up to $315,533 to Democrats and $22,656 to Republicans — most of that to Ron Paul, who was supported by many liberals as a stalking horse to John McCain, a la Rush Limbaugh's Operation Chaos with Hillary and Obama. What is truly remarkable about the list is that, discounting contributions to Paul and Rudy Giuliani, who was a favorite son for many folks in the media, the totals look like this: $315,533 to Democrats, $3,150 to Republicans (four individuals who donated to McCain). Let me repeat: $315,533 to Democrats, $3,150 to Republicans — a ratio of 100-to-1. No bias there. Big Media Puts Its Money Where Its Mouth Is NBC, NBC Universal: $104,184 to Democrats / $3,150 to Republicans CBS: $45,508 to Dems / $966 to Republicans ABC: $17,320 / $4,717 Turner Broadcasting, TBS: $30,161 / $3,950 Fox: $40,573 / $0 Fox News/Fox News Channel: $1,280 / $0 MSNBC: $210 / $282 CNN: $2,286 / $1,250 Associated Press: $2,550 / $545 Reuters: $10,745 / $3,450 Washington Post, Newsweek: $4,268 / $0 New York Times, NYT Co: $8,143 / $0 Time, Inc: $40,988 / $4,850 ($2,300 to Republicans was from someone identified as a jeweler, so the total may actually be $2,550) Time Magazine: $1,250 / $0 USA Today: $6,067 / $0 |
| Posted by: ed 2009-10-12 05:50 |