Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
As far as I know, this assault against Fox News by the administration is unprecedented and it flies into the face of the much touted transparency that candidate Obama promised as part of his "change" and "hope" platform.
This is very dangerous ground for the administration to take because of Fox's growing reputation for "fair and balanced" news reporting across a broad cross-section of the public, including liberals.
Yes, I know that there are some very conservative commentators on Fox News, but when I speak of their news coverage, I speak of the hard news programs and not the various commentary shows that dominate the news day.
Still, Fox employs a host of liberal contributors, including Bob Beckel, Juan Williams, Ellis Henican, Morton Kondracke, and a host of others.
Although I don't watch other new sources anymore because of being sickened by years of overtly biased new reporting, I have to give them a tip of the hat for standing up for Fox News.
Of course they can see the handwriting on the wall and realize that unless the "fourth estate" makes a united stand in favor of the First Amendment, then any one of them could be the next to be excluded.
Even if you voted for Obama, I would suggest that you watch closely these tactics that the Obama administration uses and pay attention to the rhetoric of those with whom the president surrounds himself.
The Left for more than eight years falsely accused the Bush administration of treating the constitution as "just a piece of paper" and now we have a president that actually does that.
In fact, it has been my observation that every thing that the Left has accused Bush of being, Obama is in spades.
Stay tuned.
www.foxnews.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
[edit on 2009/10/23 by GradyPhilpott]
Originally posted by Jezus
Terrorist Fist Jab
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Fox "News" on Obama
Originally posted by Jezus
During the June 6 edition of Fox News' America's Pulse, host E.D. Hill teased an upcoming discussion by saying, "A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab? The gesture everyone seems to interpret differently."
It's often asked, "Where does stupid stuff on the Internet come from?" In this instance, I think probably it came from me [Christopher Beam]. Although I didn't originate the conceit, I'm pretty sure that I'm the one who put it in circulation. Er, sorry. Like The New Yorker, I never intended anyone to take it as anything other than a laughable example of ignorance.
The morning after Obama locked up the nomination, I was writing a "Trailhead" item that mocked the media's difficulty in figuring out what to call the now famous gesture. "Fist-pound," "knuckle-bump," and "fist-to-fist thumbs up" were among the funnier examples, but one of them—"Hezbollah-style fist jab"—was particularly risible. It came from the Web site for Human Events, a hard-right weekly. Unfortunately, I failed to note that its provenance was not the magazine itself but a reader comment posted below an unrelated column by Cal Thomas. I linked the phrase to the column but didn't explain that the words weren't Thomas'.
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When I realized the confusion I'd helped cause, I posted a correction. But it was too late. Liberal bloggers from all over had already seized on the phrase. Time and Politico misreported that the words were Thomas'. Then, fatefully, Fox News anchor E.D. Hill jauntily paraphrased "Hezbollah-style fist jab" on air as "terrorist fist jab." Hill wasn't endorsing the phrase, but she failed to make clear that she was citing someone else's characterization. She apologized the next day but lost her show anyway.
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Originally posted by WarIsASport
reply to post by HunkaHunka
Well I am sure most Progressives hold your view, because as long as the rest of Liberal media can do as they please and kiss Obama's rearend then that is just wonderful for you.
As for the rest of us, we don't think the President should be able to cut out a news org just because they hurt his little feelings.
If he is going to be fair then he should cut out Fox, MSNBC, NBC, and ABC and then maybe he might find a non biased news source.
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
As far as I know, this assault against Fox News by the administration is unprecedented and it flies into the face of the much touted transparency that candidate Obama promised as part of his "change" and "hope" platform.
This is very dangerous ground for the administration to take because of Fox's growing reputation for "fair and balanced" news reporting across a broad cross-section of the public, including liberals.
Yes, I know that there are some very conservative commentators on Fox News, but when I speak of their news coverage, I speak of the hard news programs and not the various commentary shows that dominate the news day.
Still, Fox employs a host of liberal contributors, including Bob Beckel, Juan Williams, Ellis Henican, Morton Kondracke, and a host of others.
Although I don't watch other new sources anymore because of being sickened by years of overtly biased new reporting, I have to give them a tip of the hat for standing up for Fox News.
Of course they can see the handwriting on the wall and realize that unless the "fourth estate" makes a united stand in favor of the First Amendment, then any one of them could be the next to be excluded.
Even if you voted for Obama, I would suggest that you watch closely these tactics that the Obama administration uses and pay attention to the rhetoric of those with whom the president surrounds himself.
The Left for more than eight years falsely accused the Bush administration of treating the constitution as "just a piece of paper" and now we have a president that actually does that.
In fact, it has been my observation that every thing that the Left has accused Bush of being, Obama is in spades.
Stay tuned.
www.foxnews.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
[edit on 2009/10/23 by GradyPhilpott]
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
Originally posted by Jezus
Terrorist Fist Jab
www.youtube.com...
Fox "News" on Obama
It should be noted that E. D. Hill lost her show on Fox for that statement, even though in the segment the body language expert concluded that the Obamas' fist bump and GW Bush's chest bump at a service academy graduation were either totally benign or indecipherable on the surface.
I never heard the term terrorist fist jab before, but it is clear to anyone who watches the segment that Hill was characterizing a gesture in several ways to indicate that it could be interpreted many ways depending on one's knowledge of the culture.
It seemed harmless to me, but Hill lost her job over three words that were not meant to characterize candidate Obama or his wife and didn't even characterize the assessment of the expert consultant.
Originally posted by WarIsASport
reply to post by HunkaHunka
Well from what I recollect the Liberals screamed unconstitutional andwar crime every time Bush breathed, farted, or woke up alive. So I guess they are just going by example.
