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Thompson charges Fox News is biased against his campaign
The Hill ^

Posted on 11/25/2007 8:59:20 AM PST by Sub-Driver

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1 posted on 11/25/2007 8:59:21 AM PST by Sub-Driver
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2 posted on 11/25/2007 9:00:55 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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Well, he’s right. And they’d better not expect FRed to take their crap without standing up to them.


3 posted on 11/25/2007 9:02:13 AM PST by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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Fox News is mean to me....

--insert baby crying.jpg--

4 posted on 11/25/2007 9:02:39 AM PST by Afronaut (Press 2 for English - Thanks Mr. President !)
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Next time watch the show. No baby-crying, bud.


5 posted on 11/25/2007 9:04:19 AM PST by Zechariah11
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To: Sub-Driver

He’s right, but it’s a mistake to complain about it.

On the other hand, the ‘I’m picked on’ seems to work for Shillery.


6 posted on 11/25/2007 9:07:04 AM PST by moehoward
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Fight them, Fred, without excuses. Keep making your case and don’t play a victim.


7 posted on 11/25/2007 9:08:03 AM PST by doug from upland (StoppingCl Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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So he’s supposed to sit there, watch clips of unfounded bashing, and say nothing?


8 posted on 11/25/2007 9:09:23 AM PST by Politicalmom (Of the potential GOP front runners, FT has one of the better records on immigration.- NumbersUSA)
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To: Afronaut

So, as a pussy willow, you would just sit quietly while Chris Wallace, Fred Barnes, and Brit Hume shill for Rudy. Bwahahahaha, what a tree, what a blowin’/bendin’ over in the wind tree.


9 posted on 11/25/2007 9:09:58 AM PST by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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Fred’s no pushover. Which is why I think he’ll do great in debates with Hillary. If she thought Tim Russert gave her a tough time, wait til she meets the likes of Fred.


10 posted on 11/25/2007 9:10:23 AM PST by murron
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LOL Guess you didn’t watch the show.

Chris Wallace played a clip of Fred Barnes and Charles Krauthammer ridiculing Fred`s campaign effort. A standard routine for FNC. Wallace then asked Fred to comment.

Thompson responded with: This has been a constant mantra of Fox, to tell you the truth.

Fox is biased. They back Rooty and clearly don't want to see Fred make any headway.

11 posted on 11/25/2007 9:13:36 AM PST by Reagan Man (FUHGETTABOUTIT Rudy....... Conservatives don't vote for liberals!)
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I will have to do some research on this before I totally buy it, but I won’t say it isn’t true just yet. If it is, I am sure he will stand and fight. He certainly will not pull a Dem move and refuse to appear on FOX. If this charge/story gets legs, look for a reversal. Considering their overall ratings you can bet they do not want to be considered the same way CNN or MSNBC are.


12 posted on 11/25/2007 9:13:54 AM PST by Bogtrotter52 (Reading DU daily so you won't hafta)
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To: Afronaut

Love your tagline.


13 posted on 11/25/2007 9:14:42 AM PST by MotleyGirl70 (We don’t have borders, we have swiss cheese lines.~~~Go Packers!~~~)
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To: Afronaut

Chris Wallace, not much better than the other paid shill Mike Wallace...


14 posted on 11/25/2007 9:17:36 AM PST by Blue Highway
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Impossible, they’re fair and balanced...


15 posted on 11/25/2007 9:18:34 AM PST by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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Fair and balanced, what a load of crock! Fox News has been cramming Roody down our throat from day one. Here's an interesting find on the Stop the ACLU Blog

Scroll donw and you'll find this message from a poster:

"I’m the Grassroots Coordinator for Texas for the Duncan Hunter campaign and we have all kinds of opinions on why no one is pushing Duncan Hunter. However, I’ll give you one reason to start (if you want more, I’ll continue later in the discussion). I’m pasting this from an email discussion thread I had with a bunch of veterans: Here’s a connection between the media and the presidential campaign you guys might find interesting. I’ve often wondered why Fox News – accused of being Right Wing – has been cramming Giuliani (nowhere near being a conservative) down our throats. Even during the debates, the bias toward Giuliani is clear. In fact, watch the Fox News debate specifically and you will see that the lesser-known candidates (such as Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo) get only two questions and then are promptly cut-off when their time is up. Giuliani, on the other hand, dominates the Q and A and is given plenty of time to complete his points AFTER his time is up. It’s a clear bias to me and I couldn’t figure out WHY. Until… I found out that Bracewell and Giuliani, Rudy’s law firm head-quartered here in Houston, TX – is legal counsel for Fox News. Yes, you read that right, Fox News is Giuliani’s client. Conflict of interest, ya think? Hell yeah. Where do you think Giuliani will put his tens of millions in advertising? It’s a dirty business, and most people don’t even know that they’re being led around by their noses by the media. But I’ll be damned if I let Fox News pick my candidate for me. I encourage you guys to consider former Army Ranger Duncan Hunter. He’s our Reagan – and I’m not exaggerating. I know the man personally, and he’s the real deal. He swept the straw poll here in Texas, and in Arizona, and N. Carolina – yet the media refuses to cover him! Why is that? BECAUSE HE HAS NO MONEY! That’s right, he’s grassroots, all the way. The media is not gonna get a big chunk of change out of this candidate and they damn well know it. So they’ve blackballed him. And by doing so, they are deliberately and consciously limiting Americans’ right to know. In order to get info on Duncan Hunter, you have to go directly to the source (www.gohunter08.com), because the media will not cover him in any way, shape, or form. Dirty, greedy bastards is all they are.

Think about it…Of course Fox News is biased against the only true Republican candidates amongst the bunch, Thompson and Hunter."

16 posted on 11/25/2007 9:23:45 AM PST by dit_xi (Duncan Hunter: No nose holding necessary come election day. Right on every issue, right every time)
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I thought Chris Wallace did what he was supposed to and he usually treats all the candidates the same. Fred handled it right and frankly shook Chris up a bit. After the interview Wallace stumbled over his words and had to read of his notes just to tell us what was up next.

Fred didn't act like Clinton who blew up over nothing but was forceful without whining. He told Chris "You have your right to come on and paint the story one way and I will respond and tell the other side, and thanks for letting me do that."

17 posted on 11/25/2007 9:24:50 AM PST by normy (Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.)
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Does it really matter anymore?
Being from Tennessee, I would push for Fred, BUT
America is going down the tubes, and I am with the group that says there is an 80% chance that Hildabeast will be the next POTUS.
Where is our next Ronald Reagan?
18 posted on 11/25/2007 9:26:14 AM PST by AlexW (Reporting from Bratislava, Slovakia. Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
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“So he’s supposed to sit there, watch clips of unfounded bashing, and say nothing?”

I agree, mom, it’s high time these media primadonnas are called on their biases.


19 posted on 11/25/2007 9:28:17 AM PST by AuntB (" It takes more than walking across the border to be an American." Duncan Hunter)
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To: advance_copy

If there existed a TRULY Conservative network Fox News would have ratings on par with MSNBC.


20 posted on 11/25/2007 9:35:22 AM PST by Hornet19 (It's Time to Put Up or Shut Up...Where Do You Stand?)
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