Why the White House Shouldn't Play Chicken With Fox

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/10/21 ^

[LottieDah]

It's war! A rumble in Washington. Two titanic political forces locked in a bloody battle to the very end. A confrontation between good and evil. A clash of civilizations. Of course, I'm talking about the scuffle between the White House and Fox News.

I'm watching this fight as no disinterested observer. For years I was a rare commodity: a liberal commentator on Fox News. I enjoyed working with the bookers and producers at Fox's Washington bureau. But the place often felt like a foreign territory. On air, I was always the visiting team. The routine usually went something like this: A right-wing host (either an out-in-the-open conservative or barely veiled one) would turn to the conservative guest and ask, "You think the war in Iraq is a stunning success. Please tell us why it's going so well." Then s/he would introduce me and say, "Now, I understand you're against fighting for freedom. Can you explain to our audience why that is?"

[goodnesswins]

Razzle Dazzle....need to look in the other corner and watch what they are doing with HEALTH CARE and IMMIGRATION and CAP and TRADE!!!

[MrB]

Nice projection on her part...

This is exactly how the leftist “news” programs deal with the lone conservative that they’re eviscerating.

[bcsco]

Yeah, this is an interesting take. "A right-wing host (either an out-in-the-open conservative or barely veiled one)". Out-in-the-open conservative? Is the lib culture so dismissive of conservatism that they think it's a a sub-culture movement? That's hilarious. Talk about deceiving one's self...

[domenad]

“Corn” is what I find in my crap. If it starts writing articles, oh well.

[sickoflibs]

I wish I bought FNC stock back last Fall.(I assume there is none) What a windfall they have from Democrats victory and occupation!

That’s it, how about Pelosi raise a FNC windfall profits tax? like they wanted with AIG and the oil companies ?? Why should greedy shareholders get rich over dissatisfaction of democrats in power? Pay their Fair share!

[the long march]

“Fox is a FAR right wing news organization....” BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA. Corn is an idiot and not very good at the back handed slap shot

[Cyber Liberty]

Who is this? It’s generally poor form to omit the author’s name, especially when he/she/it goes on and on about him/her/it.

[SuziQ]

Oh, sure the Obama White House can bitch and moan, and TRY to make a Federal Case out of their antipathy toward Fox News, all they want. They will rue the day they did so, though, because the general public, seeing nothing but a$$ kissing going on in the regular press, will realize that Obama is pouting, stamping his feet, and whining that not everybody is doing his bidding, and they won't think well of that.

They will also remember (if Republicans and others will continue to remind them) how George W. Bush endured OVER 8 years of continual negativity from the press and the media, and never got out there complaining about it. In fact, many here got angry with him for not doing so, but some tried to tell them that it would make him look petty and juvenile. Well, we're seeing that happen right now, and I'm loving that it's Obama doing it. All those folks who were so into 'Hope and Change' are seeing 'the Chicago way' instead, and some in the media are starting to use the 'N' word, NIXONIAN, to describe Obama.