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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 11:24 AM
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Does this sound familiar? Is Palin getting her "talking points" from FOX?
Edited on Mon Sep-15-08 11:29 AM by Blue_Roses
This article is in response to Obama going on O'Reilly's show.


Obama Drops Boycott of Fox News Channel

"I just wanted to know if I'm going to get a fair shake from Fox News Channel, " Ailes recalled him saying. "Senator, you're the one who boycotted us," Ailes says he replied. We're not the ones who boycotted you. Nor did we retaliate for your boycott."



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"As Ailes recalls it, he responded to Obama's concerns about fairness by saying that "there are opinion shows and there are news shows." "Asked to assess the sit-down, Ailes said: "I wanted him to understand that we're a real journalism organization and we're going to cover what's there. We're not out to get him...Neither of us was overly aggressive but neither of us blinked."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=5782924&page=1

more...

http://www.zimbio.com/member/rjtmom/articles/2476789/Obama+Drops+Boycott+Fox+News+Channel


PALIN: I -- I answered him yes because I have the confidence in that readiness and knowing that you can't blink, you have to be wired in a way of being so committed to the mission, the mission that we're on, reform of this country and victory in the war, you can't blink..."
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 11:29 AM
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1. All of the right's talking points come fresh every day from the tax-exempt Heritage Foundation's
Edited on Mon Sep-15-08 11:31 AM by blondeatlast
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