[Deke40]

White House Escalates War of Words With Fox News

"As for Dunn's complaint about Fox News' coverage of the Obama campaign, a study by the Pew Research Center showed that 40 percent of Fox News stories on Obama in the last six weeks of the campaign were negative. Similarly, 40 percent of Fox News' stories on Obama's Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain, were negative.

On CNN, by contrast, there was a 22-point disparity in the percentage of negative stories on Obama (39 percent) and McCain (61 percent). The disparity was even greater at MSNBC, according to Pew, where just 14 percent of Obama stories were negative, compared to a whopping 73 percent of McCain stories -- a spread of 59 points."

[Wino]

Morning, Deke,

Are you implying that Fox is a real news channel and isn't an arm of the republican party? - With a straight face?

[Drabdr]

Originally Posted by Wino

Morning, Deke,

Are you implying that Fox is a real news channel and isn't an arm of the republican party? - With a straight face?

Geez, can't we have one news source that tells us what we want to hear? The libs control all the rest of them!!

[Drabdr]

If you take the numbers posted in Deke's OP, Fox news seemed to be more balanced in negative reporting than the others. Thus, can't you say that the lop-sided sources are more biased than the even-sided sources?

[Deke40]

Originally Posted by Wino

Morning, Deke,

Are you implying that Fox is a real news channel and isn't an arm of the republican party? - With a straight face?

Who else is going to keep you Obamanites on the straight and narrow.

[LANMaster]

Originally Posted by Wino

Morning, Deke,

Are you implying that Fox is a real news channel and isn't an arm of the republican party? - With a straight face?

Fair and balanced, Wino, fair and balanced.


Unlike ALL of the other so-called news channels who are collectively in bed with the Democrats.

[TooBad]

Originally Posted by LANMaster

Fair and balanced, Wino, fair and balanced.


Unlike ALL of the other so-called news channels who are collectively in bed with the Democrats.

Hey, what's all this nonsense about "freedom of speech". For crimminy's sake, you'd think it was a law or something!

Haven't you heard the One's FCC Czar, he thinks that Chavez did it just right by closing any media that was critical of him and we should do the same thing. Constitution, what Constitution. Obama don't need no stinkin' Constitution!

[LANMaster]

[thingamajig]

Originally Posted by LANMaster

Fair and balanced, Wino, fair and balanced.


Unlike ALL of the other so-called news channels who are collectively in bed with the Democrats.

I don't see a correlation between criticism and balance. Some politicians need more criticism. Objective reporting would not magically create equal amounts of criticism.

There are shows I can't tolerate on all the news channels. They are all collectively in bed with their ratings. I don't watch to have my opinions confirmed. That would just be a waste of time. I have RSS feeds from many sources and a few countries.

[LuckyStrike]

Who coined the phrase "if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen"? Was it Harry Truman? I don't know, but it seems we have a spoiled crybaby in the white house.

[thingamajig]

Originally Posted by LuckyStrike

Who coined the phrase "if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen"? Was it Harry Truman? I don't know, but it seems we have a spoiled crybaby in the white house.

We have a president in the white house that is trying to move legislation forward. Fighting back against misinformation is strategic politics like any other campaign. I've never seen Obama to be much of a whiner as you imply but lies from the corporate media should get a response from the White House for effective governing.

[Fyzbo]

Originally Posted by thingamajig

I don't see a correlation between criticism and balance. Some politicians need more criticism. Objective reporting would not magically create equal amounts of criticism.

That may be true in clear cases, when for instance one politician broke the law. In this case there were two upstanding men running for office each garnering a lot of support. To say one needs more criticism is to pick a favorite which honest reporting should never do. The only way to be fair and balanced in this case was to report both the good and bad on both sides.

Originally Posted by thingamajig

We have a president in the white house that is trying to move legislation forward. Fighting back against misinformation is strategic politics like any other campaign. I've never seen Obama to be much of a whiner as you imply but lies from the corporate media should get a response from the White House for effective governing.

Ah, I see now. You've picked a side so an imbalance of negative reporting favoring your side seems more then fair.

No one is going to complain about things being unfair when it's in their favor, that's why some see Fox as fair and others NBC.

[LANMaster]

Originally Posted by Wino

Morning, Deke,

Are you implying that Fox is a real news channel and isn't an arm of the republican party? - With a straight face?

Are you implying that MSNBC, CBS, CNN, ABC, NBC, PBS, NPR, NY Times, Washington Post, among HUNDREDS of other "mainstream" news outlets are not UTTER SHILLS for the Democrat Party??? With a straight face?

And you endorse the Whitehouse whining about O N E that happens to present BOTH SIDES ? ? ?

[LANMaster]

Originally Posted by thingamajig

We have a president in the white house that is trying to move legislation forward. Fighting back against misinformation is strategic politics like any other campaign. I've never seen Obama to be much of a whiner as you imply but lies from the corporate media should get a response from the White House for effective governing.

choke, cough, cough. You're joking, right?

Lies from the corporate media?

Like when have I ever seen you EVER condemning the gross misinformation and the utter fawning over Obama that we see daily from MSNBC.
<crickets>

I think I feel a tingle going up my leg.

[Wino]

Originally Posted by LANMaster

Are you implying that MSNBC, CBS, CNN, ABC, NBC, PBS, NPR, NY Times, Washington Post, among HUNDREDS of other "mainstream" news outlets are not UTTER SHILLS for the Democrat Party??? With a straight face?

And you endorse the Whitehouse whining about O N E that happens to present BOTH SIDES ? ? ?

I have implied nothing about Fox competition. I do know Fox makes it up as they go along and it's always to the good of the right. They are no legit news organization when it comes to politics, but then none of the others are in this catagory - their bias eventually shows through.

I know one thing for sure, if you listen only to Fox you are greatly misinformed about the world and politics in general. You prove that on a daily basis.