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Offline Chris_

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White House Urges Other Networks to Disregard Fox News
« on: October 19, 2009, 05:19:15 PM »
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White House Urges Other Networks to Disregard Fox News

The White House is calling on other news organizations to isolate and alienate Fox News as it sends out top advisers to rail against the cable channel as a Republican Party mouthpiece.

Top political strategists question the decision by the Obama administration to escalate its offensive against Fox News. And as of Monday, the four other major television networks had not given any indication that they intend to sever their ties with Fox News.

But several top White House officials have taken aim at Fox News since communications director Anita Dunn branded Fox "opinion journalism masquerading as news" in an interview last Sunday.

White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel told CNN on Sunday that President Obama does not want "the CNNs and the others in the world [to] basically be led in following Fox."

Obama senior adviser David Axelrod went further by calling on media outlets to join the administration in declaring that Fox is "not a news organization."

"Other news organizations like yours ought not to treat them that way," Axelrod counseled ABC's George Stephanopoulos. "We're not going to treat them that way."

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The White House stopped providing guests to "Fox News Sunday" after host Chris Wallace fact-checked controversial assertions made by Tammy Duckworth, assistant secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, in August.

Dunn said fact-checking an administration official was "something I've never seen a Sunday show do."

"She criticized 'Fox News Sunday' last week for fact-checking -- fact-checking -- an administration official," Wallace said Sunday. "They didn't say that our fact-checking was wrong. They just said that we had dared to fact-check."


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Uncle Eg0's henchmen are just telling the other media folks to "get in line or you'll be next".  Only a DUmmie would not see that.

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Re: White House Urges Other Networks to Disregard Fox News
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2009, 05:23:41 PM »
This will be greeted with cheers by about 20% of the people.

The other 80% will be repulsed by it.
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Re: White House Urges Other Networks to Disregard Fox News
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2009, 05:30:30 PM »
It sounds like Dear Leader doesn't like the fact that Fox News is covering stories, and when they start drawing attention, the other MSM finally acquiesces and covers the "bad news".  Didn't we see that with the ACORN hooker" videos.  Fox covered them for several days before the others finally did a minimal amount of coverage.
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Re: White House Urges Other Networks to Disregard Fox News
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2009, 05:32:32 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on October 19, 2009, 05:30:30 PM
It sounds like Dear Leader doesn't like the fact that Fox News is covering stories, and when they start drawing attention, the other MSM finally acquiesces and covers the "bad news".  Didn't we see that with the ACORN hooker" videos.  Fox covered them for several days before the others finally did a minimal amount of coverage.
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Re: White House Urges Other Networks to Disregard Fox News
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2009, 05:54:14 PM »
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The White House is calling on other news organizations to isolate and alienate Fox News

If that happens, it will completely shut down MS-NBC.
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Re: White House Urges Other Networks to Disregard Fox News
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2009, 07:12:34 PM »
So, he's trying to shake down FOX...isn't this something that thugs do?  oh wait  :thatsright:
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Re: White House Urges Other Networks to Disregard Fox News
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2009, 07:22:47 PM »
Quote from: Hawkgirl on October 19, 2009, 07:12:34 PM
So, he's trying to shake down FOX...isn't this something that thugs do?  oh wait  :thatsright:

Straight from the Saul Alinsky-Community Organiser-Shake Down playbook.

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Re: White House Urges Other Networks to Disregard Fox News
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2009, 07:36:18 PM »
I just have to say, this entire situation makes me ill.

Kennedy was the first president I was really aware of, even though Eisenhower was inaugurated a month after I was born....and I don't think anyone since has made me this concerned regarding what will happen to my country. Not even LBJ, Nixon or Carter (at the end with the hostages)...had me this frightened.
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Re: White House Urges Other Networks to Disregard Fox News
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2009, 07:44:24 PM »
Quote from: debk on October 19, 2009, 07:36:18 PM
I just have to say, this entire situation makes me ill.

Kennedy was the first president I was really aware of, even though Eisenhower was inaugurated a month after I was born....and I don't think anyone since has made me this concerned regarding what will happen to my country. Not even LBJ, Nixon or Carter (at the end with the hostages)...had me this frightened.

Could be worse... you could have to give up alcohol!  :rotf: :bawl:
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Re: White House Urges Other Networks to Disregard Fox News
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2009, 08:06:59 PM »
Quote from: bkg on October 19, 2009, 07:44:24 PM
Could be worse... you could have to give up alcohol!  :rotf: :bawl:
Eh, there's always caffeine....oh wait.   :fuelfire: :tongue:
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Re: White House Urges Other Networks to Disregard Fox News
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2009, 08:10:16 PM »
Quote from: lug-nut on October 19, 2009, 08:06:59 PM
Eh, there's always caffeine....oh wait.   :fuelfire: :tongue:

Yer mean!  :bawl:
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Re: White House Urges Other Networks to Disregard Fox News
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2009, 09:23:45 PM »
Quote from: bkg on October 19, 2009, 08:10:16 PM
Yer mean!  :bawl:
No, I'm pure evil.  Mrs Lug-nut is mean.   :uhsure:
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Re: White House Urges Other Networks to Disregard Fox News
« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2009, 12:43:30 AM »
Quote from: debk on October 19, 2009, 07:36:18 PM
I just have to say, this entire situation makes me ill.

Kennedy was the first president I was really aware of, even though Eisenhower was inaugurated a month after I was born....and I don't think anyone since has made me this concerned regarding what will happen to my country. Not even LBJ, Nixon or Carter (at the end with the hostages)...had me this frightened.

Uh oh, babe, I think ya just "outed" yer age and mine! (grin)

We used to ride around on our bikes and tear off Nixon bumper stickers so we could all spit on them before burning them. Ah, the good 'ol days before DemonRats had lost their collective minds! I think my parents were Dems until Cahtah. I've been a conservative from the day I could vote, I used to be a Repub conservative until they lost their way with the checkbook under Boooosh!
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