[annyokie]

Has everyone else had enough of hearing our President refered to (in a spitting tone) as "BUSH"?

We have. We even referred to x42 as "President Clinton", painful as that was.

Join us in alerting FoxNews.

[bellevuesbest]

I agree.

[Inspectorette]

Engage Brian Before Speaking and Reporting!

Are you referring to Kilmeade or Wilson ;-)

Seriously, I agree with you 100%. It grates on me when it seems that they just can't bring themselves to say "President Bush". As much as I like Wendell Goler, he is notorious for this :-(

[WinOne4TheGipper]

Laurie Dhue. Getb it right or I'll sic Lazamataz on you.;-)

[trussell]

You typed Brian instead of Brain. But all in all that is a damn good letter. Such disrespect shown to the President should be considered treason.

[lilylangtree]

Agree with you. I do choke somewhat when I need to refer to Clintoon as President Clintoon. Frankly, it galls me to even refer to him being prez.

[HighWheeler]

"Engage Brian Before Speaking and Reporting!"

Who's Brian? And who got engaged to him?

[farmfriend]

it does not help my attitude towards your network when YOUR readers say "President Clinton",

That would be Governor Clinton. If we want to get technical.

[Petronski]

Anny, <p.You didn't really tell them to engage Brian, did you?

[GulliverSwift]

I don't think Fox can engage Brian before speaking. They're not based in MA or VT.

[The Mayor]

I Agree, BUMP!

[mylife]

Although I have engaged in the same sort of thing. I must say that I have noticed a tendency in the media to refer to past presidents in a dignified way while spitting the name of the present commander in chief

[qam1]

I agree with your assessment and will fire off an email, Though I am just happy when Fox news mentions someone else besides Laci, Kobe or Micheal Jackson.

[DrDeb]

I absolutely agree -- great e-mail!

[July 4th]

I understand your concern, but the general rule in journalism isn't that strict. Like writing a paper, you must use the "long form" first, but after that it may be shortened. It's not an intentional form of disrespect.

For example: The announcer may start a segment with, "President Bush will be meeting with several world leaders on the White House lawn this afternoon, after giving a speech on tariffs and trade at the Heritage Foundation." The announcer may then continue with, "Some topics from Bush's speech include steel quotas, etc...", or they may use "Some topics from the President's speech include..."

[Gabz]

Although I have never noticed this as a problem on FNC, I understand your angst over this, but there is possibly a very simple explanation.

In broadcast news it is very common to drop the title/honorific, whether it be President, Governor, Mister, or whatever after the first time it has been said in the piece.

When one is trying to put as much information into a 2 and a half minute segment, there is a certain amount of "shorthand" that must be used, this is one of them. Dropping 3 syllable words helps.

Broadcast speech has its limitations that normal speech does not.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET


Praise GOD that...

President BUSH as promised...

FREEDOM's Return to:


Communist North Vietnam
Communist Vietnam
Communist Cuba ..and..


FREEDOM's Arrival to all the Countries of the Middle East...


as our own best Self-Defense against future Terrorist Attacks here at Home.


...Our Enemy Within HILLARY is now trying to force President BUSH into bringing back the same Military Draft in Election Year 2004 that helped bring down President JOHNSON's Presidency in 1968 ...by calling for more American Troops to be sent to Iraq & Afghanistan on National TV Interview Shows today.

...This after HILLARY RODHAM & BILL CLINTON guaranteed the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 on US all, after they had left the White House, with their refusals to accept the Sudan's 3 Offers during the 1990's to send to American Custody our No. 1 Terrorist Enemy OSAMA bin LADEN.


I wonder WHY? =


'HILLARY & TERRORISM's plan to regain the White House'

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1022571/posts?page=28


NEVER FORGE

[Dan from Michigan]

I've always used simply the last name unless it's in a professional setting. In a professional setting, I've used "President Bush" or "Mr. Clinton"(I can not use the title for him...ever).

[muawiyah]

I like Bush.

[WackyKat]

Laurie "what's her name" !!

That's Ms. Dhue to you

[Texas Eagle]

Thanks for reminding me about that. I've been meaning to send Rush an e-mail along the same lines. I've noticed he does the same thing.

Now that I think of it, a lot of talking heads on TV and radio call him "Bush" instead of President Bush.