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Obama White House Tells Fox to Take a Hike

White House says it's finished pretending network is 'legitimate news'

By Jason Farago| Posted Oct 12, 09 7:58 AM CDT|

(Newser) – Fox News Channel has pulled record numbers of viewers this year as it's ratcheted up its fury at the Obama administration, and the president's team has had enough. The White House communications director, Anita Dunn, tells the New York Times that Fox is "undertaking a war against Barack Obama," and that the administration no longer treats Fox the same as "legitimate news organizations." That may be music to Fox's ears; one network exec said that when the White House complains, "our ratings go up."

Fox insists that it distinguishes between newscasts and opinion programs hosted by Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly, but the administration insists there's no difference—the newscasts have heavily promoted "tea parties" and lashed Obama's "czar" appointments. While Fox News chairman Roger Ailes met with Obama adviser David Axelrod recently, the White House's more vocal stance reflects the fact that it gave up, during the campaign, on trying to persuade the network's viewers. "It was beyond diminishing returns," Dunn says. "It was no returns."

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I’ve got one television station that is entirely devoted to attacking my administration. You’d be hard pressed if you watched the entire day to find a positive story about me on that front. - Barack Obama, this June

Fox News often operates almost as the communi-cations arm of the Republican Party. And it is not ideological. The way we view it, is that it is more of a wing of the Republican Party. - Anita Dunn, White House communications director

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 8:08 AM CDT

It's about time. Reply

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stormkite
Oct 12, 09 8:11 AM CDT

Maybe now they can start getting stuff accomplished.

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 8:13 AM CDT

I agree...stop free speech, stop asking questions of the great one

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 8:16 AM CDT

maybe we should just have a media like Venezuela or N Korea...would that make you liberals happy?

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bewilderbeast
Oct 12, 09 8:27 AM CDT

citrixgay, Fox doesn't ask questions of the US President. They don't need to - they just make statements aimed at getting really stupid, hateful people to cheer over their beer n grits (or whatever). Ask yourself (seriously): Why have you fallen for this dishonest approach? Is it hatred?

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 8:32 AM CDT

@Bewilder - Is it hatred? Oh no no no...Could it be cause i don't trust BHO and is admin? Oh yea yea yea! - Is it hatred??? Oh no no no...Could it be that I dislike every liberal policy that they are trying to put in place??? Oh yea yea yea!

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DJM420
Oct 12, 09 8:39 AM CDT

pretty sure this doesn't say obama is trying to censor FOX NOOSE...its says the obvious, fox noose is biased, and the president is not wasting his time trying to win over bible thumping, racist morons and their 5 other viewers...

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 8:48 AM CDT

@djm420 - a little ticked that Fox News get 5 TIMES the viewership of your beloved msnbc...who just regurgitate what ever talking points they get from the BHO Ministry of truth

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Unaffiliated
Oct 12, 09 8:59 AM CDT

Once again, Citrix, ratings don't indicate who is correct. They just indicate who has the most viewers. And since Fox doesn't focus on news but instead focuses on telling Republicans what they want to hear, Republicans tune in in droves. I think we'd be better off if the White House ignored ALL cable news channels.

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DontLikeYou
Oct 12, 09 9:38 AM CDT

Obama sounds just like the lunatic fringe which supports him.

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NewserScooter
Oct 12, 09 9:56 AM CDT

Unafil: Funny the same could be said about the electorate. Just because he won, doesn't mean he is right. He is foolish to diss Fox. What are they going to do to all the other outlets when they start to ask harder questions, which they will in time. And futhermore to get reelected, they are going need a considerable part of the half of the country that watches Fox at one time or another. Nixon tried this with CBS. Didn't turn out too good for him either.

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zik
Oct 12, 09 10:12 AM CDT

@citrixguy whatever problems you may have with the MSM, here is a link to proof that those who watch FNC are less informed http://bit.ly/Q3JF2

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doingtherightthing
Oct 12, 09 12:06 PM CDT

we are at critical mass here with Fox news....Obama is scared to let the public know what he really is all about.......a socialists muslim who thinks Americans are stupid. The leftwing trolls are stupid but Americans are not stupid. America switches to Fox to get the facts not the Obama lies......I'm good with the white house running scared!

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LiberalJesus
Oct 12, 09 12:07 PM CDT

Newscooter..CBS and Fox are about as like as a dog and a cat. Even South Parks' Cartman News hour is more legit than fox noise. Post all the events advertised by any other channel supporting rallys against President Bush in his 8 years. There are none. Only Fox news ran ads in support of postions they have taken, ie, teabaggin parties and other right wing protests. Fox News is to journalism what Queen Latifah is to British Royalty. There is no down side to dissing bumpkins that will never be won over no matter what he does or says. You know that too. And no one is trying to shut down fox news citrix guy...just another straw man argument. Ratings???? Please....fox has deals with several restaraunt chains (Springcreek BBQ off hand) across the south and wiith cable providers that artifically inflate the numbers. And if you really think about it, if fox news ratiings represented true America, then why is the house, senate and white house solidly in the hands of the democrats and not the republicans? Ratings means nothing in the voting booth. And surveys in the past 3 months have shown that fox viewers BY FAR only use fox for their information. Whereas anyone watching any other channels had no preferences and preferrred watching more than one. Fox ratings only mean something to you, not us.

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 12:34 PM CDT

@Zik - proof from msnbc????? BWHHHAAAAAA-- - - Oh Shit...your not joking???? BWWAAHHHAAAAAA

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schmidtkoff
Oct 12, 09 12:40 PM CDT

@storm - who, fox? lol. sarcasm.

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DJM420
Oct 12, 09 12:48 PM CDT

@citrus... i dont watch any cable news, its all retarded. and did i sound angry above? um, im not. i was laughing when i typed it...why wouldn't i have been? just like when i read any of your 'comments', i just laugh...we all do...

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 8:14 AM CDT

What a bunch of f**king cry babies BHO and his admin are. Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 8:20 AM CDT

Oooooh! Look! Citrixguy called attention to the president's middle name, just as if he were stupid enough to think it somehow means something to sane people!

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 8:30 AM CDT

@Rocky - just what in the blue hell are you going on about? Off your meds today?

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Wills
Oct 12, 09 8:58 AM CDT

Yea, its not like much of what they pass off as news is opinion with an extreme political slant, and something like 1/3 of those opinions (at minimum) are bat shit crazy. Put down your own rabid political bias for a second and look at the facts. Did you see any of the so called "liberal media" like CNN saying their ratings went up whenever Bush complained? Is that the behavior of a news network or a gigantic 24-hour talk show?

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easterner
Oct 12, 09 10:42 AM CDT

Hey citrixguy you are the cry baby!!I suspected that YOU are an INTERN for fox news whose sole purpose is to defend fox news.Keep up the good work soon you will be able to lick becks weenie like what hannity is probably doing right now.

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 12:33 PM CDT

@eastener - You are way out of your league...go look at your playhousedisney before momy and daddy take away your internet connection

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DJM420
Oct 12, 09 12:49 PM CDT

@ citrus...well, you are in the correct league...the BUSH league...

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sache
Oct 13, 09 1:00 PM CDT

Citrixguy you should know all about f**king cry babies. The far right have been nothing else since the election of President Obama. A bunch of lying , whining f**king babies.

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Cat-Lover
Oct 12, 09 8:18 AM CDT

What scares me most about FOX News is that it is owned by a foreign, vicious, corporate-bandit, who has since the 50's professed his contempt for the United States. He envisioned a country with unbridled conservativism permitting him to completely influence our thought process (in his image) through control of the media. None of his financial holdings present truth; none of his holdings present a vision of goodness; none of his holdings represent the United States. Let's send him back home to Adelaide, Australia where the locals appreciate him. Reply

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 8:24 AM CDT

@Cat -Lover - You might find this helpful -http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1154898/how_to_make_a_tinfoil_hat/

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Wills
Oct 12, 09 9:03 AM CDT

Despite what I said to your last comment, thumbs up here citrixguy. I mean "none of his holdings represent the United States." WTF does that even mean? They're far-ish right conservatives, not Nazis. And control of the media? Fox is one network and half the country thinks they're insane.

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 9:40 AM CDT

Guys, let's not flag people just because they disagree with us, OK? Let's save the flagging for real cases of offensive language...or else it doesn't mean anything.

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 9:42 AM CDT

It's really funny, Citrixguy, when a right-winger accuses liberals of being tinfoil hat wearers, considering that any objective study shows that the left's positions tend to be based in fact while the right's tend to be based on hysterical fantasies.

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 10:05 AM CDT

@Rocky - "considering that any objective study shows that the left's positions tend to be based in fact while the right's tend to be based on hysterical fantasies" and links to these studies would be???

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 10:31 AM CDT

Citrixguy, read Politifact.com and factcheck.org.

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Wills
Oct 12, 09 11:13 AM CDT

Rocky, go read the democraticunderground.com forums (or any other bastion of the far far left). The right has no monopoly on crazy, not by a long shot. Your comment illustrates the problem with statements like "truth has a liberal bias" and other witty phrases; it makes people think the people who agree with them are sensible, no matter how or why they agree, and that the other side's reasoning is based on nonsense and is not worth considering. Surely both deserve equal scrutiny (which citrixguy is obviously not too great at either), which is why factcheck.org and sites like it are so useful. Sure, they've got some bias, but who doesn't? A quick look at their front page shows debunkings of liberal and conservative arguments. Clearly the left has their hysterical fantasies too.

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Wills
Oct 12, 09 11:18 AM CDT

Although to be fair, I do think truth has a liberal bias in the moral (as opposed to political) sense of liberal. It's just this difference between positive and negative liberty that seems to trip so many people up. Libertarians such as myself tend to go with negative liberty, while the "liberals" of today's political climate tend to prefer the concept of positive liberty. Still, that lib thing means a lot to both of us.

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 12:53 PM CDT

@Rocky - no links to those studies?? Still waiting

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Spudsy
Oct 12, 09 5:56 PM CDT

Correct Cat-Lover. Murdoch needs a diminished US to make more money with his European and Australian companies. The FCC does a great disservice to us by allowing fox news to pass itself off as an American company.

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susanai
Oct 12, 09 6:04 PM CDT

Cat-lover: I'm an Australian and we loathe the man. Keep him, please. He is trying to take over the rest of the australian media that he doesn't already own or have a stake in. He is vile and a religious nut to boot. Please keep him.

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FactsNotPropaganda
Oct 12, 09 8:20 AM CDT

Accountability is hard for the White House to swallow. They expect to have the news reported as they want the public to see it. Fox doesn't buy into that. Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 8:25 AM CDT

No, they, and we, expect "news" programs to broadcast, y'know, news, not right-wing propaganda.

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 8:59 AM CDT

@Rocky - "WE" except the MSM to do it's job, and question and dig into BHO's admin just like they have done to other admins. Are you going to tell me that you think msnbc or abc or nbc or cbs have done a good job in questioning and holding this admin accountable?

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 9:21 AM CDT

Yes, Citrixguy, we do, but there's a difference between "questioning and digging" and mounting a witch hunt. Fox doesn't question and dig; it advocates and promotes -- and that is not something a real news organization does.

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 9:40 AM CDT

@Rocky you mean they are being as fair to BHO's admin as MSM was to GWB's ?

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DJM420
Oct 12, 09 12:51 PM CDT

@citrus..."WE" except the MSM to do it's job"... do you mean accept? except? or expect? hmm....who's getting angry? slow down, take a breath, citrus.

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Derni
Oct 12, 09 8:21 AM CDT

No not cry babies-don't you remember when Busch said to one news agnecy -don't bother coming to the White House-Its about time -FOX is entertainment-it is divisive-it has nothing psoitive to contribute nor do the mentally challenged people that watch it=pronbably from the 8 states (red I might add) that were just given the title after a study-read it you can-of being the lowest in education-brain health -etc-Fox news fits that group Reply

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Reader65069154
Oct 12, 09 8:21 AM CDT

So now the administration is treating the nations most watched news source at illegitimate? That's a very scary tactic. Will they coerce the FCC to shut them down next? Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 8:28 AM CDT

No, Fox is, at best, the nation's most watched network that CLAIMS it's a news source. They have an advantage, of course; the sane audience is split amongst the broadcast networks, CNN, MSNBC, and NPR.

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 8:45 AM CDT

...And the comment about the FCC -- which, of course, has no basis in fact and is designed only to provoke fear in those whose daily routine is independent of the thought process -- is a great example of the hysteria that so endears the extreme right wing to the rest of us.

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susanai
Oct 12, 09 6:09 PM CDT

Hope so. If you don't watch Fox it is probably because you're bored. Click on sometime and you will get probably 2 news items being bashed to death, that's it, nothing more! The rest of the world does not exist. Fox is not a 'NEWS' channel it's a propaganda channel - nothing more nor less.

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Silverbow7
Oct 13, 09 3:51 PM CDT

We can only hope.

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 8:22 AM CDT

Citrixguy, it's not about free speech. No one is preventing them for broadcasting. It's about honesty. It's long past time we stopped pretending that Fox's "news" broadcasts are anything but political polemics. Now here's where RWWs usually embarrass themselves by revealing that they define "unbiased" as "airs only the right-wing point-of-view". Reply

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skeptik
Oct 12, 09 8:57 AM CDT

Exactly!

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QuackQuack
Oct 12, 09 8:25 AM CDT

The reason the US is coming apart is because operators like Fox breed acrimony. When will we all endorse the programs that report news in a 'Cronkite' manner. That was when we were a happier nation. Don't argue with Fox, just don't watch. Reply

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MrsK
Oct 12, 09 9:36 AM CDT

Right, Cronkite the commie. Those were NOT the good old days.

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 9:41 AM CDT

righttt...we should just live under the rule of BHO and accept his love for us

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Toon
Oct 12, 09 11:36 AM CDT

Yes, Mrs. K, we know you think those were the bad old days because employees' wages wee rising along with the average American's standard of living.

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longislandgirl
Oct 12, 09 8:29 AM CDT

Fox is NOT a true news reporting station. It promotes divisiveness at a time when people should be trying to work together for the common good. It does not present solutions to problems and/or issues, it only creates false news and inaccuracies. What I wonder about is just how many people are damaged by their efforts? In unity there is strength. A reminder here: This president was elected by the people of the United States of America. Please let him get his work done to clean up the messes created by those before him. Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 8:54 AM CDT

longislandgirl, it's not their business to present solutions or promote consensus any more than it's their business to promote dissension. Their duty -- at which they fail miserably -- is to present the news impartially.

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Toon
Oct 12, 09 11:46 AM CDT

RockyPneumonia, if the media received no sopecial rights or privileges from the government I would agree with you. In a way the White House is making that point, if a news organization is not going to put the good of the country ahead of profits then the government should not be granting them the same access as news outlets who do.

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nagisaman
Oct 12, 09 8:32 AM CDT

Well, at least the Obama administration has not seen fit to label anyone as "Un-American" for daring to disagree with or criticise them no matter how ridiculous or extreme in action or thought . Nor have they directed that anyone be exposed as a government operative in retribution for same. Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 9:22 AM CDT

No, what you're implying is that their coverage -- like Fox's -- is biased. It's not.

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 12:52 PM CDT

@Rocky - you are just soooo wrong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC#Liberal_bias

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Kip
Oct 13, 09 7:06 AM CDT

Hey Fruity, your link quoted this: "MSNBC's prime-time lineup is tilting more to the left." Are you comparing a 'tilt' with the blatant Reich wing propaganda and disingenuous scaremongering on Fox??

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riffran
Oct 12, 09 8:34 AM CDT

A little something from mediabasics.org...too much to re paste though More than half of the journalists surveyed (52%) said they voted for Democrat John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election, while fewer than one-fifth (19%) said they voted for Republican George W. Bush. The public chose Bush, 51 to 48 percent. When asked “generally speaking, do you consider yourself a Democrat, Republican, an Independent, or something else?” more than three times as many journalists (33%) said they were Democrats than said they were Republicans (10%). While about half of the journalists said they were “moderate,” 28 percent said they thought of themselves as liberals, compared to just 10 percent who said they were conservative. One out of eight journalists (13%) said they considered themselves “strongly liberal,” compared to just three percent who reported being “strongly conservative,” a four-to-one disparity. When asked about the Bill of Rights, nearly all journalists deemed “essential” the right of a fair trial (97%), a free press (96%), freedom of religion (95%) and free speech (92%), and 80 percent called “essential” the judicially-derived “right to privacy.” But only 25 percent of the journalists termed the “right to own firearms” essential, while 42 percent called that right “important but not essential,” and 31 percent of journalists rejected the Second Amendment as “not important.” Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 8:52 AM CDT

...And your unstated hypothesis is that journalists do not work very hard to keep their personal beliefs from coloring their coverage. I've known several journalists -- from both sides of the aisle -- and in case would you be able to discern their ideology by watching their reporting. The important question -- which you did not ask -- is: Why is it that those with the greatest access to information have so overwhelmingly decided that the liberal ideology is the correct path?

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riffran
Oct 12, 09 9:03 AM CDT

no hypothesis..just pointing out that the very people pointing out fox bias are equally biased...whether or not it's liked depends on the side of the fence you happen to be on..or kind of like a kid getting mad because the toy he took got taken...thats all

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Doctor_Supercilious
Oct 12, 09 9:22 AM CDT

I surveyed 100 booger-eating morons and found that 100% of them voted for George Bush...Twice. Draw your own conclusions.

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DJM420
Oct 12, 09 12:53 PM CDT

assuming these 'reporters' went to college, i'm not surprised they would lean left. it's called EDUCATION

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 8:58 AM CDT

It doesn't matter -- in the context of this conversation -- whether or not Obama is "everyone's cup of tea" (and your racist aside is duly noted -- here's where someone parrots, "Play the race card! Play the race card!" just as if he HADN'T made a racist comment); what matters is that it's a news outlet's responsibility to present the news impartially, and that's something at which Fox would fail miserably...if they were even trying to do it at all.

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LiberalJesus
Oct 12, 09 12:13 PM CDT

bet all your klan buddies and mrs k found that lil remark "cute"

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polstroad
Oct 12, 09 8:51 AM CDT

somneone spits on you night after night you owe them nothing. Only dopes use a rguement that they are fair ad balanced. And their anti-Obama, anti-liberal stuff goes well beyond Beck and the few others...even the biz news has big bias. They get their audience ratings so they don;'t care. Liberals get rid of them so we don;'t care. Reply

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Fondue
Oct 12, 09 9:09 AM CDT

What do conservatives believe has happened with Anita Dunn's statement? Reply

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cochiserocks
Oct 12, 09 9:12 AM CDT

I think they're right - If Fox wants to move to the more popular ratings of 'entertainment' then they shouldn't be held up with other organisations who sacrifice upsetting their ratings with facts. Nothing against Fox news myself - just rate it the same as E! News or any other fun magazine program. Reply

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Doctor_Supercilious
Oct 12, 09 9:25 AM CDT

Fox is pumped into 100 million homes. When they get 3 million people to watch they feel vindicated, however 97% of the homes who could watch Faux Noise didn't. Doesn't that tell you something? Reply

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Blackbird
Oct 12, 09 9:29 AM CDT

The last time I watched FOX news was on election night. That was only to see the look on their faces when Obama won. Reply

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QuackQuack
Oct 12, 09 9:30 AM CDT

This strikes a nerve of anyone who hungers for objectivity Reply

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 9:46 AM CDT

Which is something we don't get from the MSM

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Toon
Oct 12, 09 12:03 PM CDT

Citrixguy, if Fox is the most watched news it is part of the mainstream media. They are the most watched CABLE news which puts them well behind the networks and slightly ahead of the other cable news so you can't complain about the MSM when you mean MSNBC and CNN because by the numbers Fox is just as much part of the MSM.

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 12:50 PM CDT

@Toon - Almost, but not quite. MSM = ABC, CBS, and National Barack Channel

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metalworldorder
Oct 12, 09 9:33 AM CDT

That, and the Nielson ratings system is worthless anyway. They give "TV diaries" to people and expect that to be a legitimate way to track the amount of views? I think they only hand out 25K books anyway, and that's no way in hell to accurately reflect over 300 million Americans. It's about time the White House took a stand on Fox. But every time you bash Fox, one of their defenders gets a voice, so... Reply

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MrsK
Oct 12, 09 9:34 AM CDT

Can you imagine if a conservative president bad mouthed MSNBC? The hypocrites on the left would be all "wee weed" up. Who cares anyway. Fox does not need the Obama thugs' approval to be successful. Middle Americans make Fox successful. Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 9:44 AM CDT

If a conservative president had bad-mouthed MSNBC -- AND IF THE THINGS HE SAID WERE TRUE -- we'd have had no problem with it.

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Fondue
Oct 12, 09 9:51 AM CDT

Am I correct that when you say Middle Americans, that you actually mean conservative Americans, and not the Middle class, or a specific region?

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AnnieOkie58
Oct 12, 09 9:58 AM CDT

MrsK....I would like to suggest you start watching some educated news channels. News that are worthy of watching. Other wise, you are going to be stuck with a one track mind...and let me tell ya...MrsK that mind has jumped the track !

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NewserScooter
Oct 12, 09 9:58 AM CDT

Actually Fondue, I think be middle America it is mostly the middle of the country, and middle class as well.

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ronimaca
Oct 12, 09 10:04 AM CDT

Fox had the Bush Admin. in their pockets and they gave them free range with Bush. Fox was a branch of the White House for 8 years and now they do not have the same role spreading or starting lies for the Bush gang That is what Fox wants from Obama and that is not going to happen. Obama has no need to lie about anything. Fox need to get over it and move on. Hypocrites that is all the GOP is made up of. Bad losers all of you. Fox can go right on with the lies we as Americans don't have to listen or believe them. That is freedom of choice.

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 10:32 AM CDT

Fondue, she means Americans who are attitudinally mired in the Middle Ages.

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vwright1
Oct 12, 09 9:37 AM CDT

Which part of Fox is the news? I can't tell. Reply

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 9:55 AM CDT

If your that synapticly challenged that you can't tell what is what, then might i suggest a big old glass of diet hemlock

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AnnieOkie58
Oct 12, 09 9:41 AM CDT

I think you should quit wearing you sisters make-up out in public...Citrixguy. Reply

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 9:50 AM CDT

i think you should lighten up a bit annie, it's not our fault you haven't been with a man since Sputnik

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ronimaca
Oct 12, 09 9:53 AM CDT

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 10:01 AM CDT

@Ronimaca - that's not true... i looovvvevee u...

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AnnieOkie58
Oct 12, 09 1:13 PM CDT

Whats the matter...CitrixOaf...cant handle the truth!...You look as moronic as your posts !...By the way...you can flag the truth over and over...the facts are the facts...

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ronimaca
Oct 12, 09 9:51 AM CDT

Citrixguy Obama's Admin. is not silencing Fox. They are just not walking in their goose step with Fox. And why should they. Roger the Dodger thinks the President should kiss his ass like Bush did. That is not going to happen and Roger needs to get over it. He is not the president Obama is. If they do not report the truth why should the White House talk to them at all. Reply

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 10:00 AM CDT

perhaps...but perhaps the issue is that there are reporting the truth, asking hard questions, and holding their feet to the fire, unless MSM, and that explains why they are so disliked

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 10:33 AM CDT

"Reporting the truth"? I didn't realize you were into standup comedy.

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 10:37 AM CDT

@Rocky - really? Since you like BHO i thought your would be an expert on farces

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Toon
Oct 12, 09 12:18 PM CDT

Citrixguy, 'where's the Nigerian birth certificate' does not qualify as a hard hitting question nor does ' Obama wants to form death panels' count as reporting the truth.

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 1:22 PM CDT

@Toon - Please provide one single link to a fox news show that they(not some interviewed guest) reported the BHO was not born in the USA, and while your not at it, about one where they report that death panels are being setup, and again, no some interviewed guess

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AnnieOkie58
Oct 12, 09 10:16 AM CDT

Citrixguy....I will lighten up...when you take that silly looking make-up off....or at least have you mom show you the right way to apply it....so you dont look as stupid as you talk. Reply

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Reader65069154
Oct 12, 09 10:19 AM CDT

If they started broadcasting the Obama News Channel I believe 90% of the posters to this article would blindly tune in and never change the channel. Reply

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riffran
Oct 12, 09 10:23 AM CDT

I sure as hell wouldn't

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 10:38 AM CDT

Reader65069154, the point you just made -- by accident, I'm sure -- is that there ISN'T an "Obama News Channel". The hysterical blatherings of Right-Wing Wackos aside, there isn't a network whose news programs actively promote liberal ideology the way Fox serves the conservatives.

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Rob
Oct 12, 09 10:42 AM CDT

Sorry, Rocky, but MSNBC is the Obama channel.

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Carpediem4U
Oct 12, 09 12:23 PM CDT

And thats our point and thank you for making it...IF..but there isnt, there is however a republican right wing media propaganda network and its fox. But thanks for playing. Now run along and get your parting gift for playing our game called reality.

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alkaseltzersammich
Oct 12, 09 10:37 AM CDT

Obama isn't infringing on Fox News' rights. This isn't a free speech issue at all. The problem is that Fox is purely and OPINION network and not a news network. They claim to report the news when all they do is push a 99% ultra conservative agenda that is only supported by the Republican party and the opinion of clowns like Glen Beck and Sean Hannity. To claim that they are a news organization is beyond ridiculous. Reply

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Rob
Oct 12, 09 10:40 AM CDT

Even if this were true, and it's clearly not, I would argue that restricting access is yet another in a string of grave errors displayed by the Obama team’s mishandling of public perceptions.

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alkaseltzersammich
Oct 12, 09 10:41 AM CDT

Also keep in mind that BHO only has to allow news agencies to the White House. Granting Fox News access would be like giving E! Hollywood News access.

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alkaseltzersammich
Oct 12, 09 10:59 AM CDT

I would say that he should only grant Fox News access once they stop calling him a Nazi Socialists. Openly challenging his place of birth was also pretty ridiculous. No other news network made such terrible accusations. Banning Fox News is what they deserve. He doesn't have to grant them access whatsoever.

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Rob
Oct 12, 09 10:38 AM CDT

I think the relationship between Fox News and the Obama White House is the same as existed between the Bush White House and MSNBC. Trying to shut them down is a mistake. It's just like turning off a microphone when someone asks an uncomfortable question. Reply

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Fondue
Oct 12, 09 10:44 AM CDT

So, you think the WH is trying to shut down FN?

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 10:51 AM CDT

Please cite a credible example of bias in MSNBC's news coverage.

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 10:54 AM CDT

@Focky - "Please cite a credible example of bias in MSNBC's news coverage." - - Please check out this link - www.msnbc.com - even you should be able to find something

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LiberalJesus
Oct 12, 09 11:52 AM CDT

Why give fox the time of day when all their "followers" are already dyed in the wool Obama haters? What would be the point? He couldnt win over those single input uneducated bumpkins if he made Carry A Gun To School a national holiday and every 4th sunday Shoot a Nigger or Wetback Day and you know it. There is nothing Obama can do to change your opinion of him short of turning white and republican. There is zero down side to dissing a station that has one track minded viewers. Just another reason to complain about Obama much like his Nobel Prize and his attempt to get and Olympic bid for Chicago. You all just cant find enough reasons to hate him, but house and senate republicans lack any solutions to the problems he faces....just the usual "no". I can't wait to see ads of gop members running in 2010...."Vote for me..I have no ideas but promise to continue my tried and true NO stance on anything Obama."

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Carpediem4U
Oct 12, 09 12:19 PM CDT

no one is trying to shut fox down...another conservative lie!

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 6:10 PM CDT

Citrixguy, you must have missed the word, "credible", which means that I was looking for something that SANE people would consider to be an example of bias.

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Kip
Oct 13, 09 8:13 AM CDT

Cropping quotes -- in many case mid-sentence -- is at best, misleading. At worst it completely distorts the truth. Akin to a lie, especially for a news organisation. All news organisations do it for emphasis or just to save time. Citrus, please advise what Fox's reasoning might have been in cropping 20 or so words from this interview with your prez: http://mediamatters.org/research/200907080007. I would have thought a rare and exclusive interview with a president would deserve a full airing?

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divetrader
Oct 12, 09 10:41 AM CDT

If Fox news wants to find the truth...tell him to watch Family Guy on their own network. Reply

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Reader65069154
Oct 12, 09 2:31 PM CDT

You seem to be confusing the Fox News Station with Fox Network, but don't let facts get in the way of your point.

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tran_tor
Oct 12, 09 10:48 AM CDT

I think both MSNBC and FOX News do the country a service by barking up a storm, even if it's the wrong tree on occasion. The media is our government's watchdog. Reply

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LmtdGovt
Oct 12, 09 11:00 AM CDT

i don't see any difference between foxnews and the other info-tainment news channels. the same left wing ideologues who pronounce freedom of speech only say they support the 1st amendment if they agree with what is being said. duplicitous losers. Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 11:14 AM CDT

Even if that were true (which it's not), LmtdGovt, "Moooommmmmy! Billy did it toooooooo!" really doesn't work after the second grade.

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skeptik
Oct 12, 09 11:54 AM CDT

Fox "News" is the 21st century equivalent of The National Enquirer, except now you don't even need to know how to read. *sigh* Still, everyoe loved the "Bat Boy" and I'll admit I couldn't help but buy the issue with the headline "Preacher Spontaneously Combusts While Giving Fiery Sermon" (although sadly, no photos were available.) Reply

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skeptik
Oct 12, 09 11:55 AM CDT

*everyone* Reply

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Galileo
Oct 12, 09 12:00 PM CDT

I thought we settled this little tiff when a Fox news producer was caught pumping up a protesting crowd in Washington. That's indisputable proof of a bias. The rule of news is objectivity and non-interference, Fox broke this. Also, Citrixguy, please try to exercise critical thinking. The White House voicing disapproval of Fox news is not an attack on free speech. An attack on free speech would be for the WH to shut them down. What I just don't get about people like you is that you constantly accuse everyone else of being "brainwashed," but you are so close minded and far right that I could predict your opinion on almost any issue with 100% accuracy. You're a living right-wing caricature. How are you unable to understand that you are just as, if not more, politically "brainwashed" than any far left person on here. The lack of self reflection is sad but also a little embarrassing. Reply

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ronimaca
Oct 12, 09 12:00 PM CDT

dontlikeyou Don't look now you are the lunatic fringe and Obama is our President elected by everyone else besides the lunatic fringe. It is you and yours that are ranting and crying about losing. You are the thin little fringe dangling around the outer circle of true Americans that voted in the last election for Obama. Reply

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cornelison
Oct 12, 09 12:09 PM CDT

The hate in America has reached such a point that I fear that something very violent will happen. If & when it does Fox will be partly to blame. Even if there is a direct tie to the violence I doubt that Fox's ratings will suffer. It will have to take FCC and/or advertisers to take Fox off the air. Reply

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cornelison
Oct 12, 09 12:11 PM CDT

Fox News free speech = inciting Americans to violence. The usual suspects at Fox don't care either. Reply

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Citrixguy
Oct 12, 09 1:09 PM CDT

Oh please - the violence that has occurred so far has come rfrom the far left unions...http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3MOZA_enUS327US327&q=union+thugs&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=6W3TSuDfOdLDlAe_rrGpCg&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBAQqwQwAA# http://media.abovetopsecret.com/media/3692/Union_thugs_attack_a_man_for_handing_out_flags/

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LibertyMan
Oct 12, 09 12:47 PM CDT

"War against the President"? Sounds just like the paranoid Nixon White House media relations. Next the BO team will putting together enemies lists. Wait, they already have: Rush, O'Reilley, Hannity. Ariles. Sounds like the same media relations plan adopted by Presdeint Chavez. I guess they must compare notes when exchanging books written by left wing authors and crazies they both seem to admire and emulate during their world summit get togethers. Reply

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morbie
Oct 12, 09 1:00 PM CDT

As long as every news organization agrees with the SOCIALIST every thing is okay and thats called COMMUNISM.Wake up AMERICA before your locked up in the GULAG.. Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 2:01 PM CDT

Your message is incoherent, both grammatically and ideologically -- a combination that is not at all uncommon.

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logothete
Oct 12, 09 2:36 PM CDT

C'mon Rocky, you don't have to make sense if you type IN CAPS!

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JoeQ
Oct 12, 09 1:47 PM CDT

Just have the IRS audit every single company that advertises on Fox. Its what the republicans would do. Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 2:02 PM CDT

Fortunately for the country, JoeQ, we're better than that.

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Reader65069154
Oct 12, 09 2:37 PM CDT

Anyone else see some parallels in how many comments on this article have been flagged for abuse whenever they represent a counter-Obama point of view? This despite the fact that they contain no swears, name calling, etc? Reply

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PamelaH1227
Oct 12, 09 3:43 PM CDT

About damn time Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 5:52 PM CDT

Every serious historian in the world is going to be shocked to learn that Columbus was working for Portugal and not for Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain.

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Botaax
Oct 12, 09 4:10 PM CDT

By the way. I hear a lot of Italian-Americans are upset that Columbus day isn't being celebrated today. I'm glad they are proud he was born in Italy but he was working for Portugal at the time. The king was the person who funded the trip. The ships names are all Portuguese "Santa Maria, Nina and Pinta", and these ships were sailing ships which means they took him there without by faith alone. He wouldn't have the ships if not funded by the king OF PORTUGAL. He didn't even have a banana boat. He discovered the US in 1492 and there's evidence the maps and trip scheduled to sail were engineered in Lisbon, Portugal in 1490!!!! Columbus got greedy and demanded 10% from the trade profits and he king said no, than he went to Spain and France to sell what didn't belong to him. You don't work for an employer, than claim what the company paid for is yours and reason others couldn't take him seriously. Why didn't he try and sell the land to Italy? Because it never belonged to him. He even went to Azores and tried to make a deal there to only be put in prison because he didn't realize Azores was part of Portugal. He came across as a pirate, desperate to claim something others funded. If you live here in US, but you were born in Italy, example, and the government sends you to the moon and you find water there you don't go to Italy and say, here it's yours, how much will you pay me FOR WHAT US funded. No wonder people are forgetting him. This land was discovered in 1492, the Portuguese maps were designed in 1490 and he was hired help. This country is very new and only became a legal entity in 1776. That's not that long ago. Glad Italians are proud, but lets give credit where credit is due. Indians were here first, Portugal sent Columbus and others to explore, he goes back and tried to bribe, than goes to another king, and queen and so forth. With all his greediness, no wonder the Americans become free. The Portuguese gave up going to wars long ago and gave back land they discovered and financed, and let's take a lesson from that. I'm a proud of USA, but I'm also a proud historian who reads history based on facts and not what others want you to know. Happy Columbus day to all... Reply

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ezrider
Oct 12, 09 4:43 PM CDT

fox news is not worth watching unless you want to hear propaganda Reply

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reality
Oct 12, 09 5:26 PM CDT

Even the left wing networks are starting to ask the hard questions of this administration. Are you going to ban them as well? Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 12, 09 5:58 PM CDT

If there WERE "left-wing networks and if anyone -- including Fox -- were being banned for asking hard questions, your point might be valid, but you've unintentionally -- by pretending that the issue is not that Fox lies and blatantly pursues, in its "news" coverage, a partisan agenda -- proven the White House's point. I'm becoming afraid that lying has become so ingrained in the conservative psyche that they'll never be able to stop.

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JoeQ
Oct 12, 09 10:48 PM CDT

Even when the 'left wing' asks hard questions, it isn't the same as the idiots on the 'right wing'.

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Kip
Oct 13, 09 8:24 AM CDT

No, and this is the point here! Asking tough questions is fine and should be encouraged. But smearing, lying and quoting out of context like Fox do 24/7 is sleazy and misleading nonsense, masquerading as journalism and news.

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maevealleine
Oct 12, 09 7:54 PM CDT

it's about damn time, i agree with rocky! they don't ask questions, they just assume stuff and report it. Reply

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chrisb01
Oct 12, 09 10:13 PM CDT

FOX NEWS is very fair and balanced. The MOST POWERFUL name in NEWS. The administration, democrats, liberals and pinheads just don't to hear the truth. The prove is in the pudding. FOX has better ratings than cnn and poor nbc put TOGETHER. Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 13, 09 3:45 AM CDT

"Truth" is not defined as ""what Right Wing Wackos desperately want to hear". Hope this helps.

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thejoint00
Oct 13, 09 3:06 PM CDT

Left wing news shows don't have to report the news, they just attack FOX and thier leftie sheep followers eat it up like candy. cause it isn't about whether or not Joe Wilson speaks the truth, or whether Obama speaks the truth,or MSNBC, or FOX, it's about how they say it, because right wing hurts thier feelings.

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jangd
Oct 12, 09 10:15 PM CDT

Another notch in Obamas belt. He thinks he has now taken down and shut up another opponent, Fox News. I don't think so. Never has another President used his power to take out the "enemies" so obviously. He is so arrogant that he can not take it when someone questions him. Untruths from Fox news? No true, as has been shown time and time again. Fox news has gone after the truths that our President tries to hide and exposes him and them for what they are. We all know the difference between the News and Opinion shows. Why the heck would I choose to watch any other newscast that is so far up this admin. butt that they are suffocating themselves? No, I prefer to watch real news that tells both sides of the story whether it be the good, the bad, or the ugly. Twinkle toes Obama can keep his fairy tales to himself, we will keep the real news channels (fox) to ourselves. Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 13, 09 3:48 AM CDT

Uh...you know that there have been many, many web sites and even a couple of books, refuting Fox's mistruths item by item? And that the issue is not just the lies; it's the cherrypicking of items that reflect badly on Democrats and the deliberate omission of items that reflect well?

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ducme
Oct 12, 09 10:36 PM CDT

Citrixguy: "maybe we should just have a media like Venezuela or N Korea...would that make you liberals happy?" That's a republican for you. sums it up nicely. Reply

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Danaman
Oct 12, 09 10:46 PM CDT

typical childlike leftist sniveling about lil' ol' FOX News. Just a N**sack hanging fron the crybabies chin Reply

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yummines
Oct 12, 09 11:53 PM CDT

sigh... i dont understand why republicans hate Obama so much. Is it because his middle name is Hussein, or is it because he is mixed? Why can't they just deal with the fact that Obama is the president and work with him, rather than just criticize him. On Fox News everybody is aware that it is biased (except its regular views apparently). Its about damn time that someone publicly recognized this hate speech... Reply

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William123456
Oct 13, 09 2:16 AM CDT

Wow, interesting, they can't stand the freedom of the press, and they're only dealing with one news station. Bush had to deal with a multitude of them. But that's okay, because it just further contrasts the fact that Republicans care about the oath the make and the constitution of our nation. Democrats can't stand it that one news station still just refuses to praise and adore the Democrats. So what do they do, they kick them out of the White House. Bush says, there are those who don't agree with us and they try to make us look bad. But he says that to the cameras of those who support and those who don't. Democrats, and Obama says, if you don't agree with us, you have no place reporting the news so get out of the White House. !@#$ your freedom of the press, get out!!! Until you can agree with me and start painting me in a positive light like everyone else, get out!!!! But that's okay because it illustrates where Democrats really stand in regards to their oath and the Constitution of our nation. It proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that they just are not interested in the constitutional gaurantees of those who "refuse" to agree with them. Republicans don't do this kind of stuff, yet you people will continue to think Republicans evil... Democrats goooood.... But that's okay too because it illustrates another fact. How sheepish people tend to get as a nation the further they fall from God. And it's a pattern you liberals will and have always illustrated. I'm telling you, when the U.S. Hitler comes, you ardent liberals will follow. Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 13, 09 3:52 AM CDT

The difference is that Bush had to deal with a multitude of networks that reported on him fairly, whereas President Obama is dealing with a network that has chosen to serve as the propaganda wing of the RNC. Now, your assignment is to demonstrate evidence that a sane, intelligent reader would accept as proving that President Obama has contravened the Constitution. C'mon, this is your chance to prove that you're NOT insane. We'll wait here.

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Kip
Oct 13, 09 2:48 PM CDT

Sorry Bill, but you are the brain-washed epitome of why the vial Fox News Channel prospers. This is not about freedom of the press/speech, or differences of opinion, it's about the administration deciding that Fox News is not really a news organisation and therefore will not be treated like one. They may serve a purpose but they certainly don't serve up news. I actively seek out different opinions and commentators/writers gutsy enough to question a seriously popular government. Fox, unfortunately, is simply an embarrassment and an insult to thinking conservatives and the news industry in general. They have as much right to be treated as journalists as the chefs on the cooking channel. Bon appetite . . .

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Silverbow7
Oct 13, 09 4:22 PM CDT

You sound just like Fox but oddly, nothing like any of the other news stations...and you can't see you are a Fox new whore?

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William123456
Oct 13, 09 2:25 AM CDT

Man, they are so funny in this video. They pioneered the way in smearing and demonizing, and lying about Bush, and now they are upset because someone says things that aren't politically correct about them. They are trying to demonize Fox News because Fox News doesn't paint them good. Fox News is just warning people of potential risks and what things are about that other stations just aren't talking about. Death panels, do you honestly think you're grandma who has about 10-15 years left is going to get lifesaving treatments for otherwise terminal illnesses when they are needing those supplies for younger people. Death panels is not far from the truth because there will be panels of people who decide who takes priority. And I guarantee, the elderly are going to be at the bottom of those lists. So what happens if a panel decides you're grandma isn't going to get that treament, she dies. Thus the term "death panel." It's common sense liberals, just think for two minutes and a world of "uh duh" might just open up for you. Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 13, 09 3:54 AM CDT

I'd be very interested in hearing which comments about Bush you feel were lies. This should be amusing.

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 13, 09 3:55 AM CDT

Before you embarrass yourself further, please read Factcheck.org's debunking of the "death panels" lie: http://factcheck.org/2009/08/palin-vs-obama-death-panels/

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thejoint00
Oct 13, 09 3:39 AM CDT

yea. Obama wins the war against FOX. I bet he is feeling pretty high on the totem pole. Big bad president attacks the free media and comes out victorious. he may be having dificulties on his foreign policies but he certainly seems to be top notch when it comes to domestic assault. Reply

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Monjubikahn
Oct 13, 09 5:10 AM CDT

A free press is only free when it presses. When it pushes too far it either hits an immovable object or blindly falls over a cliff into an abyss. They need to clean up their act before we get a female president. Their foolishness will not be tolerated. If they are willing to shoot Abortion Clinic Doctors, inflammatory media personell won't be far behind. He who stands and fans the flames gets burned. It is a natural law. Reply

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PamelaH1227
Oct 13, 09 8:31 AM CDT

The only way Our President could please right is to run around with a fake turkey, kick a lil cow shit & hang around the fish hole & then speak as if to slaughter the english language,Load up the ole pick up with a Prime minister or two & run around the ranch a lilltl while. Threaten every country that he's ready for 13 wars at a time, lie to get a war approval stamp to pour blood for wmds that don't exist. Chase the leader of 911 in wrong country well that for starters, & low & behold that should make the party happy. just a thought or then again maybe he should just try a different approach & just Do the right thing! Either way it will be a day when the hatred is just put away because they simply love it. They thrive on disscord, kinda sorta like lovin wars. We can still wave our Flag & love our country & avoid being at war all the time. God Bless America & stop the hate Reply

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greatgabbo
Oct 13, 09 9:53 AM CDT

Politicians always make this mistake. I've seen it happen time and time again over the last 15 years; it never works out the way the politician hopes. As bitter as you are at any media outlet, targeting them always backfires. People perceive it as petty- as if the statesman had nothing better to do; it lowers the stature of the statesman. Further, the media outlet thrives even more given its perceived independence of the political structure. Partisans whoop it up when this happens but none of them know a thing about electoral politics and the cause and effect in the political world. I expect this to be a failed strategy like so many before it. While the mediums may have changed, the essence of the old statement "you don't go to war with someone who buys ink by the barrel" still applies. Reply

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 13, 09 4:27 PM CDT

This time may be different, greatgabbo; many voters are disgusted with the irresponsibility of the extreme right, and President Obama may not buy ink by the barrel, but he still has virtually unlimited access to press coverage.

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Kip
Oct 14, 09 3:18 AM CDT

greatgabbo - The difference with this situation is that Fox haven't been targeted in the traditional way. They've just lost their right to be classified as a news outlet within the White House, because they are obviously not a news outlet. What's all the fuss about??? Seems logical to me . . .

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maevealleine
Oct 13, 09 2:08 PM CDT

i agree, its about farking time. Reply

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ultramarine13
Oct 13, 09 5:28 PM CDT

The administration was quite nice about that. I'm not sure I would have the same restraint. Reply

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Reader83543169
Oct 14, 09 1:30 AM CDT

bewilderbeast- did you say they same about the media whether it be Fox CNN NBC CBS or whomever, when Bush was president? No and you know what just because the White House don't like hearing the truth...doesn't mean the rest of us True Americans don't. Reply

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Kip
Oct 14, 09 1:56 AM CDT

Reader83543169 - this is not about the truth at all. It's about FNC's designation as a 'News' channel. Which they clearly are not. And that fact is blatantly obvious to any discerning viewer. All this means now is that the Fox Attack Channel will have to get in line with ESPN, The Comedy Channel, The Cooking Channel, NatGeo and other niche lifestyle cable networks, if they want access to the White House. Fair enough, too!

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drlarrymitchell
Oct 19, 09 2:49 AM CDT

It's really simple: they get off on being victims. Reply

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