Gabler: Don't Legitimize Fox News

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Would you take a paycheck from an organization you consider illegitimate? Neal Gabler apparently would.

"I don't want to bite the hand that feeds me my Kool-Aid," claimed Gabler on this evening's "Fox News Watch." He then proceeded to do just that, claiming that Democrats pulled out of the Fox-sponsored presidential candidate debate in Nevada "for the same reason that Republicans would not go on Air America -- it doesn't make any political sense. Why in the world would you want to legitimize a network that spends hour after hour after hour after hour to, to."

View video here

Interjected host Eric Burns: "why would you agree to do it in the first place?"GABLER: "They made a mistake. I think they made a mistake."

Gabler went so far as to accuse Burns of being part of a Fox right-wing conspiracy: "Even in the intro to this, you called the left-wing bloggers not just left-wing bloggers, you said 'extreme, extreme left-wing bloggers'."

BURNS: "I said one 'extreme.'"

GABLER: "No, you said two. That's the kind of thing that Democrats don't want to legitimize. They're going to get bashed [by Fox News] from here to eternity."

For the record, Eric was right, Neal was wrong. It was one "extreme." Video here.

For Gabler to suggest that the manifestly moderate Burns is some kind of conservative hit man is patently absurd. For example, not long ago, as I documented here, Eric put himself to the left of even liberal panelist Jane Hall, criticizing US Airways for "intolerance" for removing from a flight those six Muslim imams who had made passengers uncomfortable with their actions.

In describing Fox News as a right-wing bash machine that feeds "Kool-Aid," and accusing his host of exemplifying the bias, Gabler wasn't merely describing the Dem view of Fox as illegitimate -- he was embracing it. How could a self-respecting person continue to work for such an outfit?

Contact Mark at mark@gunhill.net

[ozzymandus]

There's no such thing as a hard leftie who's intellectually honest.

[capt. norm]

Without Fox News, Gabler would have to go back to being a full-time unknown liberal whiner.

[capt. norm]

May Neal Gobbler's next pay envelope contain a "PINK SLIP!"

But what if it clashes with his mauve shoes?

What's a liberal to do?

[Jet Jaguar]

Fox News is not Conservative.

[jazusamo]

Gabler is a fraud.

Yes he is and I won't call him my f word, I'd have to go to rehab.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

LOL, fair enough.

[fruitintheroom]

A faggot.

[Gritty]

Gabler is described as a "media writer" when introduced,... whatever that is!

Maybe FOX should just let him go someplace else so he can make his living writing about the media instead of cluttering up their show with his insane bullshiite?

[Gene Eric]

>> "I don't want to bite the hand that feeds me my Kool-Aid," claimed Gabler on this evening's "Fox News Watch."

Good thing for Gabler Congress raised the minimum wage.

[elcid1970]

"Money"

You mean as in "filthy capitalist dollars"!!?

I thought Marxists like Neal never touch the stuff!

[T Lady]

Actually Geraldo is doing a lot better than people think: While listening to the Laura Inghram Show a couple of weeks ago, she played a clip from FNC, which featured Geraldo interviewing a group of U.S. military members over in Iraq, who were very enthusiastic about staying the course and asking the American people for their support.

Of course Geraldo may have his Loony Liberal moments from time to time, but that certainly wasn't one of those.

[lawdude]

To compare FNS to Air America is total nonsense. And why would anyone on the right set him/her self up to be maligned on the 'late' AA?

[governsleastgovernsbest]

On his show tonight he was preaching a very liberal immigration policy.

[maggief]

Conservatives need begin boycotting CNN/MSNBC/NBC/CBS/ABC/PBS/C-SPAN.

[OkeyDokeyOkie]

Let FoxNews know how you feel by writing them at comments@foxnews.com. Obviously, Neal Gabler would be far more at home with his pals at MoveOn.org. He is already quoting his apparent hero, George Soros.

[operation clinton cleanup]

Maybe he'd feel more at home over at CNN.

I think CNN probably turned him down. To quote Jack Nicholson "Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here".

[MovementConservative]

Do the Republicans have the cajones to reciprocate against CNN and MSNBC?

Why should they? Bill O'Reilly would call that justifying bad behavior by pointing to other bad behavior.
Not partnering with MSNBC would be smart for the GOP not because of the hard-left slant they have, but because there is no audience there. CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC all have audiences and would be wiser choices to sponsor a GOP debate.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Republicans didn't want to debate on Air America Radio because they could reach more people using a rolled up newspaper as a megaphone than AAR has listeners.

[T Lady]

Sounds like one of those Loony Liberal moments :-(

[Tribune7]

I was thinking of a different f word.