msallied (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-22-09 11:52 PM
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Obama going after Fox = First Amendment Rights Violation
Edited on Thu Oct-22-09 11:54 PM by msallied
Seriously?
This is what I'm hearing from a Libertarian friend tonight. He also says that "not even W. tried to go after MSNBC." Are you effing kidding me? Two lefty shows on a network with Chris Matthews, Chuck Todd, David Gregory, and Andrea Mitchell constitutes a "left wing" network? And WHY would he have gone after MSNBC when they and the rest of the media helped pave his way to Iraq, gave him passes on torture, signing statements, the Patriot Act, etc?
Second, why is calling Fox News what it IS a First Amendment Rights violation? There is nothing at all in what the administration has said that precludes Fox's right to say what they say. Just that they come out and ADMIT that they have a bias!
Between this and accusations of Obama making a Nixonian "enemy list," the right has turned into an idiot machine.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8711842Yes DUmmie, those that you mentioned are all lefties.
NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-22-09 11:53 PM
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1. they are just consistent. Repeat lies until they become truth in their target audience
That is how 0Bama is operating, isn't it?
hileeopnyn8d (714 posts) Fri Oct-23-09 12:03 AM
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3. There's an article from the Weekly Standard
going around the right-wing blogs about Fox being shut out of a press briefing with Kenneth Feinberg, the pay czar.
It came up on another messageboard I go to, and I CANNOT find any other source saying it's true that isn't a right-wing blog. It seems they're tying all of the WH comments into this one event, that doesn't seem to have happened. Like Gibbs comment about it being up to the White House Correspondents Assoc. to decide who is a legitimate news org. - They're acting like he said that in *response* to Fox being shut-out, the thing is that comment came before the briefing. In other words, the right-wing is lying again.
Anyway, maybe that's the story he's referring to.
It happened DUmmie, and when the government interferes with news coverage it is censorship and a violation of the 1st Amendment .
blue sky at night (1000+ posts) Fri Oct-23-09 12:08 AM
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4. to any right wing ****...
the truth is always a violation of something deep within them, they just can't stomach it. First Amendment violation, since when do they give a shit about the constitution, bu$h said it was "just a piece a paper...."?
Care to provide any documentation of President Bush saying that? OTOH, 0Bama did say that the Constitution was a flawed document, and has shown no hesitation in ignoring it.
gravity (1000+ posts) Fri Oct-23-09 12:35 AM
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7. Republicans love to feel victimized
Arkana (1000+ posts) Fri Oct-23-09 12:46 AM
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10. They have the right to spout lies and misinformation, we have the right
to call them out on it. Fair's fair.
That's what started this whole mess. 0Bama does not like having his lies exposed for all to see.
depakid (1000+ posts) Fri Oct-23-09 04:41 AM
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13. Stupid is as stupid does
Ask your "friend" whether he thinks a culture of lies is going to help to advance his country- or lead it into decline.
Well, dopeykid, I'd have to say that the culture of lies and corruption that is the DimRat party is leading this country to ruin.