*FRed Derangement Syndrome
Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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Posted on 11/25/2007 8:10:09 AM PST by Josh Painter
ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports During an interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, former Sen. Fred Thompson, R- Tenn., grew testy when shown clips of conservatives Fred Barnes and Charles Krauthammer saying that the former Law and Order actor could not win.
Thompson said such doom and gloom had been a "constant mantra" of Fox News since he got into the race.
He complained about the show's decision to show his poor performance in New Hampshire primary polls and pointed to how he is doing nationally (where some polls have him in second), in South Carolina (where some polls have him "leading or tied for the lead") and in Iowa (where third still puts him numerically ahead of Rudy Giuliani).
"For you to highlight nothing but the negative in terms of these polls and then to put on your own guys who have been predicting for four months, really, that I couldn't do it kind of skews things a little bit," said Thompson. "There is a lot of other opinion out there."
When asked by Wallace if anyone thinks he has run a great campaign, Thompson said, "It's not for me to come here and try to convince you that I've run a great campaign."
He then pointed to praise his policy ideas have received from the conservative National Review magazine.
"I understand the game of build-up and I understand the game of take-down and we all go through it. And I am perfectly willing for you to do that with regard to me as you do the other candidates. You have the right to put in your one side - to put in the Fox side - and I have right to respond to it and thankfully you've given me the opportunity to do that," added Thompson.
Wallace replied to Thompson's answer by saying, "Senator, I'm glad I asked the question because I got a heck of an answer."
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Excellent.
That I think is telling.
Thompson has a valid point.
Fox’s bias is indirect - it has talking heads (”analysts”) who tend to be only from one side of a given issue. For Thompson, almost all Fox wizards belong to the “Thompson is dull and boring” school.
Similarly, Fox’s on-air voices are pretty much one-sided in the support for open borders and amnesty on the illegal immigration issue.
Fair and balanced? - Not always!
*FRed Derangement Syndrome
Fredipedia: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference
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Wow....Sure does sound like a Democrat...Blaming others for his own shortcomings.
FoxNews is in the tank for Rudy? Say it ain’t so ...
Go Fred! Go Duncan!
Sam Cheney’64!
Is Fox News part of the vast right-wing conspiracy?
Where have I heard these accusations before..
FRed was on his game this morning.
You sure sound like a Dem trying to bring down Republican candidates. There’s a rumor floating that a bunch of Dems are trying to disrupt FR, you hear that one?? Welcome aboard.
Pray for W and Our Victorious Troops
No he is blaming others for their shortcomings i.e. focusing on the NH poll and ignoring Fred's national standings. That is hardley fair and balanced, as Fox likes to claim for itself, and Fred was justified in pointing that out.
Haven’t seen the show yet, but could it be that the panel was taped previously and therefore was not there to respond to Fred’s interview? But then, seems they all would have been there since the whole show is taped. I usually agree with Charles K, but he is dead wrong about Fred! :)
S’true, just tune in for the Rootie Tootie baby killer booster show 3 hours a day, that’s all he asks.
My Fox viewing time is probably ten percent of what it was before amnesty, as I saw which side they were on, minus Hannity.
Is Fox pro-Rudy? It is in what I see.
Take off your makeup and come on out of the closet, boys.
Fox News: All the political nutritional value of cotton candy.
Fox news has become a travesty of a sham.
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