much like another gobbler.
Posted on 10/01/2006 7:03:31 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
October 1, 2006 - 09:39
Being a regular Fox News Watch viewer, there was nothing surprising, tuning into this evening's discussion of the Clinton-Chris Wallace dust-up, in hearing lefty panelist Neal Gabler take his employer and colleagues to task.
Among his moves, Gabler:
- Claimed "this network's reputation [presumably as right-leaning] precedes it."
- Asserted that Chris Wallace "did not frame the question properly. He asked why didn't you do more? Which is like asking 'will you stop beating your wife?'"
- Defended Wallace only at the expense of other Fox colleagues: "He is not a Hannity, he's not an O'Reilly he's not a Brit Hume, Cavuto, Gibson." Hume of course is not merely an on-air personality but also the powerful FNC managing editor.
- Spurned host Eric Burns' entreaty to add someone from another network to his list of partisan TV personalities.
- Later, amiable liberal Jane Hall chimed in - after smilingly mentioning that she was glad she had recently re-signed with FNC [and thus presumably was not vulerable to recriminations] - claiming that "this network's commentary beat up on him, beat up on Clinton, and did not beat up on Bush."
I wasn't surprised by any of this because it is far from unprecedented for the liberal panelists on the show to bite the hand that feeds them. Gabler took that to extremes back in December, when he said: "let's talk about the elephant in the room: Fox News. O'Reilly, Hannity and Gibson are demagogues."
But then, something occured to me. FNC is regularly accused, from all corners of the MSM, of conservative bias. Yet, to my knowledge, it is the only network that regularly offers its paid employees a forum to criticize it. Now, I have to acknowledge that I rarely watch 'Reliable Sources,' CNN's counterpart to Fox News Watch, hosted by Howard Kurtz. It's possible that its in-house people regularly take shots at CNN, but if so I can't recall such criticism making its way into the news. Certainly when it comes to the broadcast networks, no such criticism occurs with any regularity. Only broadcast news refugees - such as former CBSer Bernard Goldberg - seem free to speak truth to MSM power.
So let the liberal media accuse FNC of having a conservative slant. But let's give Fox News credit for having the self-confidence - and 'fair & balanced' journalistic standards - to regularly invite its own employees to bash it, with the only 'reprisal' being a contract renewal.
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N. Gabler is a little, anxious, overly-irritated, twit.
But I like him anyhow.
;-)
At least he has some energy.
Interesting. I've also come around on Gabler. He's always liberal, at times unfair. But he certainly does bring energy to the panel. And I have it on good authority that he is respected by at least one of the panel's conservatives.
EXACTLY!
Gablers unmanly and unkempt beard (a la Robert Reicssssh et al) is standard attire for his type.....one notable exception is Colmes' 2 1/2 oz of putty applied before the paint. Gabler is the pseudo-male/pseudo-friendly version of Eleanor Clift.
If these people ever get control of both houses of congress and the WH, they will begin wearing brown wool attire with small red decorations. God how I hate them!
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I like the guy, I think he would be fun to be with. But he's way out on the looney left. I really often wonder how quite intelligent people like him can turn out to be so wrong on things.
I guess it's like the guy who has his first wonderful sexual experience with a beautiful and compliant redhead, then for the rest of his life he has a soft spot in his heart for redheads.
Gabler may have grown up with a loving and good lib. Who knows?
;-) ;-)
Neil is a pompous, liberal twit. But the guy they had on Fox News Watch before him was a true Kool-Aid drinker and way worse than Gabler could even try to be. I can't remember his name, but he worked for FAIR.
I tend to view Gabler in this role as a useful idiot, much like Alan Colmes does on H & C.
A tweed jacket and a 50's era Brittish sports car is in order for him....
The new Castratti.
That was an excellent book. Some fascinating stories therein.
much like another gobbler.
The MSM is uncapable of making a judgement on what is non-biased, just as they are incapable of making a judgement on a number of other things, including what should be news or not.
The simple and obvious response to Gabler's "O'Reilly, Hannity and Gibson" comment is "Colmes, Gabler, Smith."
nealing gobbler???
It goes well beyond that. A NewsBusters reader just emailed me this list of what he considers liberals at Fox News. I wouldn't agree as to every member of the list, but overall he makes a good case. Surely many more liberals at FNC than conservatives at the other MSM networks combined.
Rupert Murdoch ( Chairman of News Corp.)
Peter Chernin ( President of News Corp.)
Bob Beckel
Wesley Clark
Eleanor Clift
Alan Colmes
Ceci Connelly
David Corn
Nina Easton
Susan Estrich
Geraldine Ferraro
Neal Gabler
Kimberly Guilfoyle ( Mayor Gavin Newson's ex-wife )
Ellis Henican
Marvin Kalb
Mara Liasson
Andrew Napolitano
Bill O'Reilly ??
Kirsten Powers
Ellen Ratner
Geraldo Rivera
Shepard Smith
Greta Van Susteren
Chris Wallace
Juan Williams
I used to be a regular viewer, but stopped watching Fox News Watch several months ago. I simply couldn't stand watching that "nut case midget" (Neal Gabler) any more.
Is it too much to ask people to read before they begin bashing their fellow FReepers? Please go back to my post. You'll note I say the list is not mine, that it comes from a reader of my NewsBusters column, and what's more that "I wouldn't agree as to every member of the list."
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