The Fox News Blackout Of President Obama

[babylonsister]

This could be another reason why President Obama felt the need to go on Leno. There's more than one way to reach the masses.

http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=1224


The Fox News Blackout Of President Obama

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It appears that Fox News has decided to refrain from any coverage of the President other than that which has been prepackaged by their in-house cadre of anti-Obama ranters. They are preserving their airtime for scripted hit pieces where they can selectively misrepresent Obama’s remarks and follow that up with vitriolic responses to outrages that they have invented.

For anyone who still thinks that Fox should be treated as a bona fide news enterprise, this should put the final coffin nail in that point of view. And if Fox News isn’t going to cede any airtime to the President, than Democrats should respond in kind by not appearing on Fox News. If Democrats submit to this blatant unfairness, they are, in effect, rewarding Fox for discriminating against them.

It has been obvious for years that Fox is a partisan cheerleader for Republicans and an active basher of Democrats. But this behavior is beyond the pale. Fox has implemented a de facto blackout of the President in unedited public forums. This is a deliberate tactic to control their message by preventing the administration from communicating freely with citizens.

If Fox wants to manipulate the news, and the public’s access to their leaders, they must not be permitted to do it with the help of other Democrats. We must let Fox know that they aren’t getting away with anything. We know what they’re up to, and we won’t be accomplices to it. This overt censorship must not be tolerated.

It’s as simple as this: STAY THE HELL OFF OF FOX NEWS!

[Ohio Joe]

1. They are a right wing talking head

What else is to be expected? They are not a news source, they parrot right wing nuttery.

[Tab]

2. More than that

their FCC license should be revoked as a "news provider". Cable is okay, but public airwaves not.

[glinda]

3. Fox should be taxed or whatever financial laws apply to "Campaigning and political ads"

[treestar]

4. Are they still claiming to be fair and balanced?

There must be a way to sue for fraud! :banghead:

[doc03]

9. They sure are I had to shut off my program titles

caption on my TV, every time I tuned to Faux "fair and balanced" came on the screen. Their radio news reports still say 'we report you decide".

[crim son]

5. Kicked.

I never watch it, never.

[monmouth]

6. Let's check the ratings in the next few days and see how they fared

on 3/19/09 from 11:30 to 12:30. Of course their audience would have been asleep for hours by then anyway...LOL.

[marshall]

7. Do you mean that Leno's viewers are also Fox viewers?

And since Fox is freezing him out Obama has no choice but to go on Leno to reach that demographic?

[babylonsister]

10. I don't know what faux viewers watch, but if they watch Leno,

they couldn't help but see President Obama. I imagine some do tune into Leno, as he was supposedly less partisan during the run-up to the election.

[madrchsod]

8. i think obama`s media guys are purposely ignoring fox

they know that fox used to be the bush whitehouse news outlet but now they decided to deep six fox. the american people want answers and reassurance which is something fox has no intention of broadcasting. so with obama ignoring fox ,fox is reduced to a few people talking to a few people and saying nothing.

barack went on big ed`s radio show because his media advisors know big ed is the voice of the heartland.

[L0oniX]

11. If ever there were a good reason for the return of the fairness doctrine ...this is it.

[SoCalDem]

12. I've been in favor of a dem boycott, since 2001

The Liebermans, Zell Millers, Evan Bayhs of the party eagerly accept their offers, and then Fox claims they are fair8r and balanced::puke:

[NoodleyAppendage]

13. True. And, yet the Democrats and Obama were dumbasses not to push the Fairness Doctrine. n/t

J