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First they came for Fox News...

hypocritexposer

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You don’t have to love Fox News to see how dangerous it is when the President of the United States gives his staff and advisers a green light to single out and denigrate by name a specific news organization. As we surely all know by now, this is what the White House has been doing to Fox.

The Sunday morning talk shows just brought us White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod opining to George Stephanopoulos, on ABC’s “This Week,” that Fox is “Really – not news — it’s pushing a point of view.” Axelrod advised that ABC and other non-Fox outlets take his cue and expunge Fox from the brethren of news services: “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.” Meanwhile, on CNN’s “State of the Union,” White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel was hammering home the same message, that Fox “is not a news organization so much as it has a perspective,” and urging “More importantly is not have [sic] the CNNs and the others in the world basically be led in following Fox, as if what they’re trying to do is a legitimate news organization… .”

This would be a very good moment for all those other news organizations — CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, the newspapers and the news web sites – to offer President Obama the perspective that it is utterly inappropriate for White House personnel to be opining publicly on the overall fitness of specific news outlets. The president has sworn to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” That includes protecting free speech, not dispatching White House staff and advisers to hold forth publicly as media critics denouncing news outlets they don’t like.

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hypocritexposer

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katrina said:
How close is this to a lawsuit?? Who would Obama throw under the bus?

Fox would be hard pressed to show damages.

It seems to be only driving more viewers to them. It's estimated that 40% of their viewers are Dems, which is growing.

That's what is worrying obama. If it was just Repubs that were watching Fox, they wouldn't be so worried about it, IMO.

But when their base starts listening to the information that Fox provides, that's worrisome, for them.
 

Broke Cowboy

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All advertising is a pain and very expensive.

Advertising from the US government FOR Fox News has been a wonderful thing for them (Fox News)

In fact I am sure they would be happy to tell you that they would encourage the Prez and his gang to continue - it has helped their ratings and therefore their bottom line.

Strange how a slow burning dislike of Fox by the Prez and his gang has actually helped Fox - I am sure Fox personnel are dancing in the offices and boardrooms - they are getting exactly what they want - market share - and they are also now seeing that they are indeed a thorn in Obamas side.

Win and win for Fox and lose and lose for the Prez and his gang.

If the Prez and his gang had been smart they would have shut up or tried to get an interview or two on the Fox News Network - as dangerous as that might have been.

The media is very self protective - you may see more outfits asking similar questions to the Prez and his gang - interesting times

Regards

BC
 

commonsense

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Funny thing about obama, everything he trys to denegrate turns to gold. Just ask the guns and ammo manufactures along with Fox. At least obama is good for something.
 
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