White House: Fox News Is 'A Wing Of The Republican Party'

[kpete]

Source: Talking Points Memo

White House: Fox News Is 'A Wing Of The Republican Party'
Ben Frumin | October 11, 2009, 12:22PM

White House Communications Director Anita Dunn slammed Fox News in an interview on CNN with Howie Kurtz this morning, saying that Fox News "is more a wing of the Republican Party" than an objective news organization.

"The reality of it is that Fox News often operates almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party," Dunn said.

But this morning, Dunn seems to have taken the White House's criticism of Fox News to the next level. For instance, she said that when President Obama talks to Fox News, he approaches it differently than other cable networks.

*** When he goes on Fox, he understands he's not going on it really as a news network at this point, he's going on to debate the opposition.



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[Kahuna]

1. Bravo, Ms. Dunn!

[Farzan]

76. She was right on

Fox's somebody said "an increasing number of people get their news from Fox". I am not sure about "increasing" but I sure know it is not the "news" they are getting. And those who choose Fox, lets consider them lost beyond reproach and move on.

[Wednesdays]

138. I think you mean "beyond help"

They'll never be beyond reproach.

[YOY]

86. "Brava" actually.

If you'll allow me a moment of smartassery.

[Kahuna]

140. I actually did know that. But I find it rude to do something in

cyberspace that you would probably not due in person. I mean really? Do you go around correcting people in real life? I doubt that. That would be douche-baggery of the highest order. Take care.

P.S. For the record, you could do a search of kahuna + brava, and verify that I actually do know the proper usage. Sometimes you just want to see who has nothing better to do.

[YOY]

142. Naw. I believe you.

And I would do it in person with a joking smart ass look on my face.

You took that smart assery a little too hard!

[zanne]

151. As someone who also graduated from The School of Smartassery....

Smartassery doesn't often translate the same way in written form. I'm sure you didn't mean to be rude, and I'm guilty of having done the same thing myself in the past, but us smartasses have to be careful.

[MindandSoul]

104. Finally, someone who tells the truth about Fox News!

Ms. Dunn is absolutely right! And it was time this was said loud and clear.
Between her and Grayson. . .there is some hope for the Democrats yet!

[Kablooie]

120. And someone officially from the WHITE HOUSE! YEAH!

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[Stargleamer]

2. It's sad that we have to praise them for stating the obvious

but such is life in the U.S.

[kestrel91316]

3. Wow, spines and sharply honed tongues are breaking out all over.

And it's about time.

[Mosaic]

57. All they needed was some demonstrated leadership

And Alan Grayson provided it. I see the beginning of a new trend of progressive strength.

[Captain Hilts]

4. Well said. nt

[onehandle]

5. The White House should throw Fox News out of the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room...

...and have nothing to do with them for the next 7+ years.

[monmouth]

7. Absolutely correct on that thought...n/t

[The Hope Mobile]

18. I hope they do. Maybe that will start forcing the "MSM" to start being a little more honest. nt

[no limit]

148. So the way to make the MSM more honest is threaten to cut off their access if you dont like them?

That worked really well during the Bush years, didn't it?

[zanne]

152. That worked VERY well during the Bush years.

It worked for the Republican Party for a long time during that period, if you remember.

[no limit]

163. Right, and instead of fixing the system lets continue to abuse it

Because the dems happen to be in power (dems that do plenty of wrong). That is until the next republican is elected and then people like you will be bitching about how the white house controls the media.

Maybe I'm naive for thinking this broken system can actually be fixed.

[The Wielding Truth]

40. Fox makes no attempt to be accurate with the truth. That should

disqualify them as members of the Press. Propaganda and out and out lies are not the qualities of a professional News network that is trusted with mass communications.

[onehandle]

48. Actually if they would just admit that they are a right-wing network that serves the GOP...

...I would be less concerned with them being in the Press Room.

There are conservative and liberal news outlets that are there and upfront about who they are and who they represent.

Fox News should be shunned until they admit their mission.


...and then shunned for their lies.

[sendero]

61. Where is a "liberal" news outlet?

I don't know of any that get access to the white house.

[Hippo_Tron]

64. I think that The Nation and Huffington Post have White House Press Credentials

[sendero]

89. Right...

.... but no TV.

[demconservative]

99. Several

MSNBC, CNN, and most of the time the major networks (ABC, NBC, CBS) - although they jump right for variety sometimes.

[tishaLA]

109. LOL. Yeah, Scarborough is super liberal. And so is Dobbs.

NONE of those networks is 'liberal'--the major networks are centrist/corporatist. They only look left when you're peering at them from the vantage point of neoconservatives.

[TankLV]

115. Riiiight - a couple hours in the evening M-F on ONE network is the equivalent of 24/7/365...

You can take your repuke BULLSHIT and shove it up your repuke ass...

THERE IS NO "EQUIVALENCY"!!!!

[Hubert Flottz]

129. Whammo...LOL

Was that a Heat round or an Anti-DipShit round!(pizza time)

[Lasher]

147. Too bad, I was hoping to have some fun with that one before they pulled his plug.

Oh well there's plenty more where he came from.

[zanne]

153. Yes, and they're messy.

I'm tired of having to scrape exploded Repuke heads off my doorstep these days.

[Hubert Flottz]

164. Who finishes his or her job, faster than anyone in the history

of work?
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Any mind-reader who reads any republican's minute moran mind. A VERY short read indeed!(.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 Nanosecond or less)

[Lasher]

172. Yes, it's always a short read. n/t

[Enthusiast]

126. With the exception of four

hours on MSNBC the ones you listed are either a little right of center or very right of center. CNN is nearly as blatantly right wing as Fox.

[HughBeaumont]

135. NBC and all of it's networks are owned by GE . . . so . . . no.

ABC is owned by that commie liberal company Disney and broadcast the Clinton hit piece The Path to 9/11. So . . . yeah, no.

CBS is owned by Viacom, which is run by conservatives. Sooooooooooooooooo . . . no.

CNN cheerleads military occupations for ratings and can best be described as right-leaning centrist, AT BEST. So . . . . no again.

There is NO liberal media.

[Tutankhamun]

170. Go back to Freerepublic with your idiotic tripe about "lib'rul media."

The media that rolled over and bent over to get Cheney/Bush installed and propagandize their wars and misdeeds is really liberal.

You need to update your talking points.

[sendero]

174. You're....

... a first-degree moron if you think any of them are liberal. Moron.

[dotymed]

130. TWT,that used to be the "law."

Sadly, since Reagan had the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE rescinded, the
Fla. supreme court has decided that "News organizations
do NOT have the responsibility to be honest." Of course.
that was a case that involved Fox "news", when some
of its employees sued them (FOX) for purposely wanting them
to distort the facts(lie). President Obama appoints the FCC
members. All he has to do is appoint a chair person who
believes that the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE should be reinstated.
Then, MSM propaganda will stop. President Obama, at one time,
said that he would not reinstate the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE. Maybe,
he has changed his mind. I really hope so. I sincerely believe
that it is responsible for the "dumbing down" of
America. The media used to be required, by law,to announce
when they were giving personal opinions instead of raw facts.
They had to give free air time to individuals with opposing
views. This insured that our country had one of the best
informed citizenry on earth. Since the reagan decision, the
truth was effectively sold to the highest bidder.."I
believe that the content of NEWS programs should be
determined by the free market"..that is why we have so
many ill informed people.I believe our education levels will
rise along with the consciousness of our citizens.

[Lasher]

146. And today's political polarization was a direct result.

It wasn't the only factor but the degradation of our political climate can be traced back to this policy change.

[shadowknows69]

168. +1

[hvn_nbr_2]

51. I'd prefer that they keep one Faux shill in the room and...

make him sit between two cardboard cutouts of Jeff Gannon.

[Golden Raisin]

62. Not just the White House.

Democrats (Governors, Senators, Representatives, Mayors, etc.) should not appear on Fox, period. All they do is lend it credence and "respectability" which it has neither earned nor deserves.

[GMA]

85. Or...

they could show that they're grown-ups, put the message out there, regardless.

[MindandSoul]

105. Boycott Faux News!

You got a point! maybe a serious boycott by all the Democrats would make it clear that they only offer Extreme Right Wing Spin!

[Vidar]

175. Couldn't agree more.

[drm604]

6. Yes!

Tell the truth. Call it what it is.

[Mr. Sparkle]

8. Talk about the worst kept secret in American Poultices.

I bet the regular cracker-jack media are all in a state of shock, now that one of their sources for news has been labeled a partisan, propaganda outfit.

[Piewhacket]

13. Shocked! Shocked to discover chickenshit at Fox.

[jaxx]

9. I love it!!!

That ought to explode heads over at Ruperts pet project.
The whine will be deafening.

[Piewhacket]

10. Well duh! I figured that out in 2002.

[Clintonista2]

11. OWNED!

[samsingh]

12. truer words were never spoken

[AlbertCat]

14. No doubt Fox will protest vociferously...

....and it will be a joke like everything else on air there.

We will enjoy their distress.

[Enthusiast]

38. The louder they squeal

the better I like it.

[go west young man]

53. Actually I bet they do just the opposite.

They will ignore this news as they do other news that doesn't fit their agenda. I checked out their website a minute ago and they have no mention of it. They propagandize, they lie, and they obfuscate the truth. They'll prpbably spend the afternoon discussing a waterskiing squirrel instead.

[Hawkeye-X]

108. NOT TWIGGY! ANYTHING BUT TWIGGY!

[donquijoterocket]

63. victims

What they'll do is immediately go into the attacked messenger victimization mode, standard wingnut tactic when called out.
About the only thing more boilerplate is the liberal biased media dodge which is nothing more than a portable escape hatch. There will of course be the usual number of their already brain-damaged true believers rise to their defense mindlessly mouthing the talking points pox noise and the RNC have put there, but all in all I expect that most Americans will be pleased to see the White House standing up for what it believes in. Personally I can only handle pox noise in doses of 5 minutes or less, but their reaction ought to be mildly entertaining.I might even have to check in once in a while.Maybe Glennda the Beckerhead will squeeze out a few real tears over this.

[BABarackus]

15. Fox News: bringing you a small narrow minded part of the story.

Maybe there should be some standards set for calling it a news organization, along with new names for those who don't make the cut.
eg...
News: (full coverage of actual occurrences and occasional well defined editorializing)ABC, NBC, NYT, CNN etc...

Seminews: (some coverage of events with opinion and editorializing masquerading as fact)Fox News, MSNBC, Drudge report, etc...

News Parody: (making fun of the news and making stuff up)Daily Show, The Onion, etc...

[WatchWhatISay]

23. Bullshit. You can't dump MSNBC in with Fox and Drudge

there is certainly more editorializing on MSNBC than CNN and the networks, but that does not mean they are on par with Fox/Drudge

[Catshrink]

25. MSNBC usually says when it's editorializing

Faux news just spews its crap as if it is news with no differentiation. They're so used to lying and spreading the RNC talking points that I doubt anyone over there knows the difference. Maybe Shep. I like Shep.

[liberalmike27]

80. Completely right

While FAUX basically often tells complete lies, MSNBC, though maybe tending to be a little more to the center, today's and the corporate media's left, at least strives to put forward honest reporting.

FAUX, on the other hand, actually has won a lawsuit about its coverage of bovine growth hormone, in a Florida local station, by using the truth that "news is in no way, required by any law, to have factual coverage."

Man, that's as close to tragic as anything, but it's true. Isn't it just the damndest thing that news doesn't have to be honest, or true? They can, and do, just lie, and lie, and lie with no penalties. But show a little nipple, and you're in deep do.

[Stellar]

143. Fox did win the right to misinform their viewers

And that's the shame of it all.

http://www.ceasespin.org/ceasespin_blog/ceasespin_blogg...

[Cid_B]

127. Frankly it is naive to assume any source is unbiased...

Wasn't it NBC who put sparkers in their GM trucks when they crashed them in order to insure an explosion?

Seriously, everyone needs to take it all with a grain of salt and move on.

[depakid]

30. MSNBC hosts use FACTS and have ethics

Something Fox "news" makes no pretense to.

[mzmolly]

31. Faux News has a history of spewing outright lies.

MSNBC does not.

http://www.outfoxed.org/

[Enthusiast]

39. What a joke.

MSNBC actually has facts to back up assertions. Faux and Drudge make things up whole cloth.

[dmr]

65. FOX will change the Republic's party affiliation from an 'R' to a 'D'

when reporting a Republic in trouble with the law or a sex tryst.

Why would they do that on a consistent basis?

I know the answer, do you?

MSNBC, CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, etc doesn't do that, ever.

[zanne]

154. The last time I went to CNN for news...

All I got was snarky reporters who were editorializing every piece of news they presented. I think it's been so long that we've seen real journalism that we don't know what it is anymore.

[valerief]

16. We needa more Anita!!!!!! Ms. Dunn dunn good!

[Fearless]

17. YES!!!

[horseshoecrab]

19. Brava!!!

Well Done! Truer words were never spoken!




horseshoecrab

[Can of Whoop-ass]

20. Tee Hee

I figured that out in 1996 with their obsession with Clinton's Monica-gate.

FOX's stock market analysts would bring up Monica-gate; their high school reporters and fashion editors would bring it up.

"What will Bill be wearing to the Camp David meetings... by the way.....".

Their interns and cameramen would talk about bj's while collecting their bribes from the GOP.

Their caffetia workers, lawn jockies and shoe-shine boys would say, "Good morning Mr. Sean Insannity, how about President 'Stiffy' Clinton"?

Ann Coulter stated that Clinton was a pervert and made up stories about cigars and blue dresses.

And on and on and on..........

[givemebackmycountry]

24. Welcome to DU Whoop-ass!

If I remember (and I do) FOX News was created just to cover the Clinton administration, and they were deplorable back then and they still are today.

Just once I would like to see one of the token liberals they bring on to mock and ridicule, reach across the desk and smack the shit out of Bill-O or that smarmy piece of shit Hannity.
Just knock them on their ass, and sit back and laugh and say "Fair and Balanced Mother-Fucker!"

[WatchWhatISay]

26. "made up stories about cigars and blue dresses"?

no need to mix facts and fantasy as if we cannot distinguish the two

[calimary]

58. Anyone with that name should be shouted and sung to: WELCOME TO DU!!!!!!!

That's one of my favorite phrases!!!

:rolf:

[LittleGirl]

67. Whoop-ass

Love your handle. wish I had thought of it!

[liberal N proud]

21. The President said he was going to call the liars out

I have been wanting this propaganda machine exposed for so long.

[YouTakeTheSkyway]

22. This is a Smart Move, Puts FOX on the Defensive

[tsuki]

27. When is Rupert going to start whining? nt

[depakid]

28. Stating the obvious

Now it's time to deal with them in the regulatory process.

[Thickasabrick]

29. K&R ...Finally!!! nt

[Beartracks]

32. Poor, put-upon Fox.

Now the talking heads will beat their drums and their chests and complain about unfair treatment, about how out of touch the White House is, and that this kind of attitude from liberals only proves that Fox is in fact the last great bastion of objective journalism, blah blah blah. They take this kind of stuff as a badge of honor, and they'll be raising the alarm about the "fairness doctrine."

[graywarrior]

33. How many years has it taken to say this ? At least 8 ?

[Plucketeer]

34. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Fox dishonest???

It's too bad the Three Stooges are dead. They'd be perfect as an hour-long feature on Fox!

[bleever]

35. One more reason to love this White House. It's a superb team

of thinkers and communicators.

They're not constrained by the "realities" made by the previous regime of thugs and liars.

[JohnWxy]

36. advertizers should be considered contributors to a GOP PAC.

Recommmended.

[HughMoran]

37. Can we have a +10 multple for recs on this thread?

It's obvious but it needs to be repeated over and over and over again.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

41. A K&R from me - it's about time this was said out loud by the WH - everyone knows it

It should be called the republican talking points network

[baldguy]

42. +1 for stating the obvious.

Now, what are they going to do about it? Fairness Doctrine anyone? And/Or Stricter Ownership Rules?

I won't hold my breath.

[Historic NY]

43. I was talking about this with my brother & s-i-l this morning how FOX is a propaganda network.

[YewNork]

44. Fair and Balanced

Towards the Republican Party, that is.

[ut oh]

45. At least

they're starting to call Faux News for what it is...

[DainBramaged]

46. Well I guess the meeting with scumfuck Roger Alies didn't go well

[creeksneakers2]

52. !!!

[DainBramaged]

54. I'm not kidding I guess the meeting was for shit.....

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/10/it-has-begun-...


At a time of tension between their organizations, White House senior adviser David Axelrod met with Fox News chairman and chief executive officer Roger Ailes two weeks ago, sources tell POLITICO.

The two met privately in Manhattan during the president’s visit to the United Nations.

The two discussed news coverage and the relationship between the organizations.

An FNC spokesperson tells POLITICO that Ailes and Axelrod had a “cordial conversation” over coffee while the president was in town.

Ailes is the founder of Fox News. A key part of Axelrod’s portfolio is the president’s image and broad message.

White House officials have expressed pique with what they consider heavy coverage of Obama critics by opinion shows on the news channel.

Obama aides showed their displeasure by omitting “Fox News Sunday” when the president granted interviews last month to the other Sunday shows.

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[Submariner]

47. Okay becKKK, it's time to break out that 55 gallon drum of Vicks Vapo-Rub

you got yourself some cryin' to do this week....sissy boy.

[DutchLiberal]

49. CNN isn't much of a 'news' network, either...

None of them are, really. (Including MSNBC.)

[phasma ex machina]

95. +1 mass media corporate brainwashers just hazing plebe faux in bizarre "news" initiation ritual. nt

[harun]

145. None of the Corporate outlets are. They are about entertainment, not news.

[Love Bug]

50. News from the "No shit, Sherlock" office of the White House

eom

[DainBramaged]

55. PS if this thread doesn't get 100 recs, I'll shit a brick

it deserves a thousand and made my day.

[totodeinhere]

56. Actually, I think that all of the news networks are just in it for the best possible ratings and...

profits. It's not just Fox News. Fox is using a right wing agenda to milk their ratings. MSNBC is trying the opposite approach. But I believe that if Fox thought that a move to the left would increase their ratings, they would move left in a heartbeat. And for that matter, some of Fox's personnel such as Beck and Hannity are even to the right of the Republican Party.

[emilyg]

101. Yep.

[AsahinaKimi]

59. That is awesome .. TELL it like it fricken is..

This is just awesome.

[MetaTrope]

60. As Obama gains in popularity, will Fox put an (R) next to his name?

[Quasimodem]

66. Of course, Faux Noose is part of the GOP, but not a wing.

I've always thought of it as being more like the "pope's nose."

[MindandSoul]

106. Not a "wing"

It's more like the tail that wags the dog!!! I'm not sure what what is left of the Republican party would do without Fox News to give them their "spin" on news!
Oh, wait. . .they would still have their supreme leader: Rush Limbaugh!

[Kingofalldems]

68. Kurtz will not let this go--expect his next column to be a defense of Fox

I had an email exchange with him years ago--he claimed Fox to be completely unbiased.

[depakid]

83. There's a reason why he won Media Whore of the Year in the early 00's

[TankLV]

116. He's already having a cow - this morning's show was hilarious to see him whine and squirm...

and beat the "equivalency" drum - over and over and over...

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[Kingofalldems]

74. Oh look another 'Democrat party' spouting fan of pigboy Limbaugh

Obama won the Nobel Prize---dwell on that for a while.

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[thelordofhell]

77. Why don't you tell us what the republic version is?

Since you only seem to only get Democratic right when you post "sarcastically". Enjoy your pizza.

[SoDesuKa]

79. Democratic Forum

You might have guessed from the website name that this is a forum for Democrats. Democrats are contentious people, a fact which you also might have observed over time. That said, there are vaguely defined core beliefs that define us as Democrats, as opposed to CPUSA members. If you're not one of us, then, you're here as a guest. That imposes an obligation on you to be at least well-mannered.

You're not a Democrat, and you acknowledge that. I can't guess from just one post whether you behave yourself rhetorically or not. Because right wingers generally don't have any manners, they quickly make themselves unwelcome in discussions in which politeness is important. This forum is one of those places. There's no unusual standard of behavior imposed on you that isn't imposed on any other guest.

If you want examples of rude behavior, watch the clips of Hannity or O'Reilly using low-level verbal assaults, interrupting their guests, raising their voices, and being generally obnoxious. Right wingers have come to think of that as debating opposing viewpoints - which it certainly is not. If you have been bounced from Democratic Underground in the past, it's likely that you will be bounced again. Learn to behave yourself.

[left of center]

70. FOX News is so over-the-top about it, how could anyone...

... come to any other conclusion!! Other news organizations have their bias, even liberal bias, but FOX News spins everything negatively about everything and everyone they don't like, which is apparently a lot these days!

They are a joke, and someone should take them to court over their "fair and balanced" claim.

[joeglow3]

71. Already being spun

My in-laws were discussing this today and said it is proof that all other media is in the tank because the White House admitted no other outlets challenge them.

[spin]

72. Fox cable news has high ratings...

In all of cable, Fox News finished the quarter as the second-most-watched network in primetime, behind only USA Network. CNN ranked 17th, MSNBC placed 24th and HLN, CNN’s sister news channel, came in 30th. For the total programming day, Fox News was 5th, CNN was 14th and MSNBC was 28th.

Fox News also dominated the list of top news analysis programs, claiming nine of the top 10 spots. “The O’Reilly Factor” finished first, averaging 3.4 million viewers and posting a 27% gain over last year. “O’Reilly” also wrapped up the month of March with its 100th consecutive month in the No. 1 spot. Following “O’Reilly” in the top five were “Hannity” (2.7 million), “Glenn Beck” (2.2 million), “Special Report With Bret Baier” (2 million) and “The Fox Report With Shepard Smith” (1.9 million). MSNBC broke into the top 10 with “Countdown With Keith Olbermann,” which averaged 1.4 million viewers for the quarter.
http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/03/cnn_ratings_down_fox...

I'm not sure that any of the major news networks is all that influential on how voters decide when they go to the polls. Most Americans rarely watch cable news, but instead watch reality shows and other babble.

There is no doubt that Fox is far from "far and balanced". I doubt that anything the Obama administration says will change that. Fox News may even glory in it and proudly proclaim it on their commercials.

The irritating part is that MSNBC is not in HD on Direct TV. That doesn't help their ratings.

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[doc03]

92. MSNBC is not available on Comcast cable

unless you pay extra for digital. Faux is included in the bare minimum service.

[MindandSoul]

107. Discrimination!

If this is true, it is outright discrimination! No wonder Fox is so proud of telling everyone that they have so many more viewers!
I do get MSNBC, but i never noticed that I was actually paying extra for it!
I think it should be paying extra for both or for neither!

[doc03]

113. In this area Comcast moved MSNBC over to digital

over a year ago. Fox comes with standard cable.

[spin]

112. That is really screwed up. (n/t)

[YOY]

81. No shit ma'am.

n.t.

[Livinson]

133. know new information here

click here to know more

[YOY]

141. Uh what?

n/t

[FREEDOM61]

82. Stand Up and Fight

About time! I have been looking for them to stand up to the Republican. They act like they scare to stand up for the people who got them elected.

[alp227]

84. YES...Fox IS a tool of the GOP!

Of course! Why? The obvious: Rupert Murdoch hired Republican political consultant Roger Ailes as FNC's first CEO.

Then in 2001, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) released its study "The Most Biased Name in News" that disproved FNC's deceptive slogan "Fair and Balanced".

Also FAIR found in 1996:

In the 1995-96 election cycle, over $3.2 million was donated to national political organizations by the five TV news networks, their corporate parents, subsidiaries or top officers. The five heavyweights are Disney (ABC), Time Warner (CNN), News Corp/Rupert Murdoch (Fox), General Electric (NBC) and Westinghouse (CBS).

The national soft money was split evenly between Democrats and Republicans, although Rupert Murdoch tipped the balance rightward with an additional $1 million pre-election gift to the California GOP.

(emphasis mine)

So not only a tool but also a reliable donor.

Reiterating my point about donations: here's some sites where you can look up Fox News campaign contributions

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.php?capcode=mf...

http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com / (search terms: Fox News, Fox News Channel, FNC)

[GMA]

87. Ahhh...

another happy day at du...

[gauguin57]

88. Sky is blue. Grass is green. The Pope is Catholic. Film at 11.

This should have been said a long time ago by the White House.

[GreenTea]

90. Anyone who hasn't known this fact for at least 10 years is either in complete denial or

consummate idiots - As most in the media and the democratic party are....

Fox masquerades as a legitimate news organization ONLY to manipulate the news & their bullshit polls solely to benefit the republican party ideology.

The slimy fucking republicans know this & use (Fox news) as a tool, to their advantage by pretending it's a real news organization yet in reality it's ALL bullshit putting out slanted lies and omitted news stories along with their unbelievable bullshit polls that are so obviously full of shit it's amazing the rest of media and the democratic party even pays attention to them...

Yet the media & Dems do even though the only reason Fox news chief neocon republican Roger Alias functions are day to day, are to benefit his own republican party and to trash all democrats, as well as democratic ideology, policy, philosophy and agenda....

Fox news, like the republican party & the pigman Limbaugh solitary reason to exists is to increase the profits & power of the corporations over the people...That's it. Nothing more (or less)!

[Claire Beth]

91. she's right on! n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

93. It is about time that we started yelling about that naked emperor!!!

FAUX NOISE, that is.