The headline doesn’t match the story:
Appearing on ABC’s This Week, senior Obama adviser David Axelrod said Fox News shouldn’t be treated as a news organization. “And the bigger thing is that other news organizations, like yours, ought not to treat them that way, and we’re not going to treat them that way,” he said.
Still, Axelrod said administration officials would appear on the channel. He shrugged off News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch’s remark to shareholders on Friday that since the White House began criticizing Fox News commentators their ratings have risen.
“You know, I’m not concerned. Mr. Murdoch has a talent for making money, and I understand that their programming is geared toward making money,” Axelrod said. “The only argument Anita was making is that they’re not really a news station. ... It’s not just their commentators, but a lot of their news programming. It’s really not news. It’s pushing a point of view.”
Emanuel appeared on CNN’s State of the Union.
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This sure doesn’t look like they are making nice with Fox but are ‘willing’ to have some people appear after they took more swipes at Fox News.
Well you KNOW that the AP is going to do everything they can to get the HEAT off of the WH.
Thus the headline.
I posted due to the fact that it came out what 6 hours AFTER all the smarmy remarks on the Sunday Shows.
It’s called CYA! Say one thing , do another. that is their M.O.
You’re right, of course, but you’re dealing with AP here.They view their job as minimizing damage to their love object in the WH , now realizing that a war on a major news network is a loser and makes him and his acolytes look childish.
Fine...the Zerobama administration shouldn't be treated as a legitimate organization as well...