The New York Times has an interesting update on the never-ending spat between the White House and The Fox News Channel (FNC).
The White House communications director, Anita Dunn, said this weekend, ”We’re going to treat them the way we would treat an opponent. As they are undertaking a war against Barack Obama and the White House, we don’t need to pretend that this is the way that legitimate news organizations behave.”
Wow. Is there any wonder why Chris Wallace said, after being rebuffed during Obama’s news show extravaganzathon a few weeks ago, that Obama’s administration was ”the biggest bunch of crybabies I have dealt with in my 30 years in Washington”? I mean, COME ON. You cannot, with any credibility, say that, for example, MSNBC is “a legitimate news organization” and then claim otherwise about FNC. You just can’t.
Here’s the thing. Whenever the White House gets its panties in a twist over FNC, the FNC ratings skyrocket. So it’s not like FNC is freaking out over this or anything. In fact, I would submit to you that they’re kind of reveling in it a little, which, honestly, they SHOULD. Obama’s giving them all sorts of clout and power by claiming that they have none, and he looks foolish to avoid them, and by extension the millions of Americans who watch them.
It’s kind of cutting off your nose to spite your face, really. If you want to change the minds or convince or sway people to believe in you and your policies, isn’t it kind of a good idea to use a platform which REACHES the people you’re trying to sway?
Very well said……. I agree wholeheartedly.
I don’t think the left knows what legitimate news is any longer.
FOX “News”? Why should a NOBEL laureat sink to the level of FOX news? Is it really even news or is it really a bunch of exclusively white guys peddling extremist racism against our peace loving, benevalent leader?
This is why capitalism has failed, you never see such racial hatred in socialist or communist countries!
If you dont agree with THE PRESIDENT, then you are an unamerican racists… PURE and SIMPLE… Is that black and white enough for you?
(sarcasm alert)
Charles Fettinger: you need to put the “sarcasm alert” closer to the top – some people will read just the beginning and assume you are serious!
Another thought: are the White House, oh so easily twisted, panties biodegradable? Perhaps they are made of hemp and can be (and have been) smoked?
Empty Suit Moment #22
This adminstration is being exposed for their true idealogy. Their way or no way. The heat is starting to cook their goose.
They are anxious to get rid of Fox. Read the link below and see if you don’t think this is Fox and their top guys!
http://homelandsecurityus.com/?p=2966
Then watch this earlier coverage of Foxs and Obama…then all went cold! Hurry and repost…it will probally disappear soon!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YChg8giBgqw
If this was a real war between Fox News and the Obama Administration, you would be hearing reports about the September 8th and October 5th “Obama KBC and Eligibility Hearings’ in Santa Ana, California.
Unfortunately, the only one covering this story happens to be a ‘birther’ as well as a ‘truther’. (Both derogatory terms meant to ridicule facts and conspiracy theories alike.) An unfortunate coincidence, since one of these beliefs is clearly on the lunatic fringe.
Fox News has been touting their respect for the U.S. Constitution and that is what is really making Obama, his ‘true believers’ and ‘fellow travelers’ nervous. Imagine this:
What if Fox News reported that a Citizen Grand Jury has found Obama guilty of TREASON!? (First time for a sitting President of the United States)
What if they reported that Major Cook had his case against Obama’s eligibility to issue orders as Commander in Chief dismissed by order of this administration?
What if they reported that Obama’s Kenyan Birth Certificate has been entered into evidence, complete with an affidavit from the man that obtained it in Mombassa?
What if they reported that Judge David O. Carter has officially ordered a date certain for a jury trial on Obama’s eligibility as a Natural Born Citizen?
What if they reported that Nancy Pelosi illegally submitted forty-nine (49) signed and notarized versions of Obama’s Certification of Nomination and only one (1) proper one to the State of Hawaii?
What if they reported that Obama’s very first ‘Presidential Executive Order’ was to seal up all of his records? (Including birth certificate, college and health records.)
What if they reported on his various secret agreements with Islamic radical regimes around the world? (Starting with his cousin Odinga and the Muslims of Kenya and Somalia; as well as Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, to name a few.)
Yes, I think a war with Fox News would look quite different.
Instead, Fox News ha gone way out of their way to be respectful to the Office of the President, to play it ‘fair and balanced’ by presenting both sides of every issue – and they have chosen, right or wrong – to ignore the Constitutional and Birth Certificate stories.
The Obama administration, by contrast has chosen to embrace deception, manipulation and outright lies. (With CNN, MSNBC, and the rest of the main-stream media acting as cheer leaders and looking the other way.)
Maybe if Fox News had more respect for their viewers than they have for the unworthy and questionable ‘occupier’ of the White House, they would report everything. Maybe they need to remember that respect is not an automatic right and must be earned, even by the President of the United States. What ever happened to “we report, you decide”?
Sunnstarr – I would love to see some links to some of those stories! I can’t imagine someone as fearless as Beck would ignore them?
Great post!
Actually I have seen the links to some of those stories and they do make you wonder. They also make me wonder due to a couple of things. My experience with radical leftists, and the continual far left appointments that Obama has made. It is difficult to explain this on a blog, but a preponderance of the evidence doesn’t look good for Obama and his administration. These guys want to remake this country, at all costs, because in their mind’s eye they know what is best for you.
Beck is not fearless.
Well, the fun in online sarcasm is in putting the link at the bottom. Normally, such rediculous and ignorant statements would be recognizable as sarcasm, but today people actually say these things “seriously.”
That is the true problem.
KEEP THESE SITES…ALWAYS REPORT ON ORLY AND OTHER IMPORTANT CASES..
One of my favorite… http://giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com/
http://www.therightsideoflife.com/
http://thepostnemail.wordpress.com/ (scroll down on right and click Orly)
great interview with Capt. Pamela Barnett speaks with The Post & Email
http://www.repubx.com/
Of course World Net Daily http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=112015