Posted on 10/25/2009 10:36:44 AM PDT by John Semmens
Obama Administration advisor David Axelrod said his analysis of Fox News broadcasts confirms that “it is not really a news station and should not be treated as such. The President has requested that the Federal Communications Commission “review Fox’s broadcasts and determine whether its license should be revoked.”
Two key charges against Fox are pending. One is that “its on-air personnel are insufficiently diversified.” “We feel fairly certain that the racial and ethnic composition of the on-air staff does not reflect a proportionate balance with the composition of the nation’s population,” Axelrod said. “This is a violation of the Equal Employment Opportunity statutes.”
The second charge is that “Fox’s program content is excessively critical of the Administration.” “Objectivity is essential for news broadcasts,” Axelrod insisted. “When we have Fox deviating from what every other news outlet is saying, real questions about the accuracy of its reporting are raised. Is it really believable that everyone else but Fox is blind or dishonest?”
Axelrod maintained that “broadcasters are granted a license on the contingency that they will serve the public interest. They do not have the right to use the people’s airwaves to spew venomous lies about the president and his policies. If they cannot fall in line, their broadcast license should be taken away.”
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John...you channeled your inner Gibbster...
“agressive equivocation...”
Priceless.
:)PM
This is what they are thinking, you can be sure.
What ever happened to the separation of Press and State?
I think Fox should charge that the Administation is not really a constitutional organization.
ya very good
The real kernel of truth in this satirical offering.
Nice work, John.
John you dirty something something...
Perfect
What a Feckless Lickspittle Axelrama is...
since FOX is a cable company and doesn’t broadcast over the air how can they have a broadcast license and why should they?
I hear Axelrod’s next target is satirical journalists. ;O)
The satire just writes itself. The WH wee wees are officially losers.
And I suppose having Sanchez the drunk driving murdering piece of garbage is a fit for the diversity demand?
And dimwit Blitzed, good for the jewish quota.
Eugene Robinson fills the black racist quota.
Satire but not really.
Where in the world did you get that idea?
Where in the US does Fox have a broadcast facility?
As far as I know they are only on cable and there would be no reason to have a broadcast license.
The only thing over the air is private satalite transmission and that isn’t broadcasting!
FOX has local affiliates all over the country, dale.
“FOX has local affiliates all over the country”
Do they broadcast over the air?
Yes. That's what local affiliates do.
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