Posted on 10/24/2009 9:14:46 AM PDT by AuntB
After months of taking incoming fire from the prime-time stars of Fox News, the Obama White House is firing back,
"FOX News often operates almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican party," said Anita Dunn, White House communications director.
"If media is operating basically as a talk radio format, then that's one thing, and if it's operating as a news outlet, then that's another," Mr. Obama said.
Last Sept. 20, the president went on every Sunday news show - except Chris Wallace's show on FOX. And on Thursday, the Treasury Department tried to exclude FOX News from pool coverage of interviews with a key official.
"All the networks said, that's it, you've crossed the line," said CBS News White House correspondent Chip Reid.
What gives this dust-up special irony is that FOX News success comes in no small part from its ability to convince its viewers that the "mainstream" media are slanted to the left. Now, the White House is arguing that the network is not a real news organization at all, and that has brought some mainstream media voices to its defense.
But MSNBC in prime-time has its own lineup of commentators - all of whom are on the left side of the spectrum, some of whom met with the president the White House this week.
So why is the White House out to "de-legitimize" FOX? Not because it has opinions, but because its opinion voices are so hostile to Mr. Obama - and because FOX News is by far the most watched of the cable news networks. In fact, its ratings have increased 13 percent this summer. So if FOX is feeling any pain from the White House's stance, it's crying all the way to the bank.
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Maybe, just maybe, Obama doesn't run the media!
There is hope yet. And maybe, just maybe, those many Americans protesting the media all over the country last weekend got their attention!
"CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?"
But he said he wasn’t “loosing sleep” over them. If this was true, why is he so worried? Is he finaly realizing that the people don’t like or trust him?
:) This is from the Couric Broadcast Slobber (CBS). Wow.
Has obozo named a FOX Commieczar yet?
Pray for AMerica
"Are you now or have you ever been a Marxist, voted for a Marxist, condoned Marxist leanings, not SLAPPED in the face any Marxist you know, -OR- have confused Socialism with not being Marxist inspired?...
Every day, let’s identify another commercial organization that enables democlowns and END all commercial interaction with it. You know, start a 100-year boycott.
Where to start?
This statement requires translation.
Fox scares the hell out of the White House. Obama, who is masquerading as a president, is, in reality, a small child who is throwing a temper tantrum.
Tell us that story again, how you don’t lose sleep over it.........
Make a comparison between how Bush handled criticism, and the current thin skinned, weak backed, drama queen currently residing in the White House.
The scary thing to me is, what is the White House so afraid of?
The only one that has the problems is Obama and the commie networks..Obama because FOX is finding and telling the truth about the commie Kenyan and the news media that is kissing his butt and covering up all the commie is trying to do to our country.. Keep kissing is butt and you will all be like the dinosaurs extinct..
“:) This is from the Couric Broadcast Slobber (CBS). Wow.”
Yes! Can you believe it??? And Katie didn’t even choke reporting it! I had to read the story this morning to be sure I heard it right last night!
The Demoncratic Party is the propaganda arm of socialism.
“Has obozo named a FOX Commieczar yet?”
Oh, yes!
The above mentioned, Anita Dunn, White House communications director.
She’s supposed to be gathering information on FOX to sink them. Glenn Beck set up a special phone line just for her so she could call in during the show and ‘correct’ his ‘mistatements’ (according to them). :<)
“The scary thing to me is, what is the White House so afraid of?”
I don’t know either, but what they should be VERY AFRAID of is this:
— That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,
How much longer can we afford to wait?
Protesting the Media: Operation ‘CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365732/posts
Fairly evenhanded. It’s not as critical of the Obama assault as we would be, but it as good as admits that MSNBC is as biased to the left as Fox is the the right. Again, we might put that more strongly (Fox in the center, MSNBC far left), but it’s still quite an admission.
They also admit that Fox has more viewers than MSNBC.
Hmm. One instict must be to jump on a rival while its down. Another must be to notice that the rival isn’t actually down, but is profiting from being jumped on. Yet another may be to come together with rival media colleagues in the face of a totalitarian attack from Big Government.
Whatever the motive, they’re not doing what Obama wants them to do.
“Whatever the motive, they’re not doing what Obama wants them to do.”
And that IS a good thing.
The truth.
Oh I know about her, but this is bigger than the economy or Trashcanistan so he should name an actual FOX CommieCzar.
PRay for America
“got their attention”
We had close to 800 in Atlanta and I didn’t see it mentioned anywhere.
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