Beck: Prez Cares More About Fighting Fox Than Afghan War

Beck, Bill O'Reilly escalate Fox feud with the White House

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 13, 2009 5:17 AM CDT

(Newser) – Fox anchors Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly went on the attack last night against White House accusations that their network is heavily biased against the president. "They’re more worried about the war on Fox than the actual war in Afghanistan,” snorted Beck at the beginning of his show, pulling out some toy tanks and a map of Manhattan to make his point.

Bill O'Reilly accused the White House of viewing the media through the prism of NBC and CNN, which he said clearly favored Obama over John McCain last year. "There's no question that Fox News is tougher on the Obama administration than the other TV operations because we actually have some conservative commentators on this network," said O'Reilly.

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BlueAyez

Oct 13, 2009 12:21 PM CDT

Ahhhh -- takes me back to when a local man got arrested by the FBI for dissing Bush after 911.

BlueAyez

Oct 13, 2009 12:20 PM CDT

I think it's coupled with America's penchant to hate authority. When the White House belonged to the Right CNN was top news dog. Now that the left has it the righties are going to do well. Beck, Limbaugh and O'Reilly all list their shows as "entertainment" on their FCC license. That's why the Supreme Court gave them the OK to say whatever vapid drivel they can come up with. What we need is a TV version of Huffpo to balance the score a bit.

DontLikeYou___

Oct 13, 2009 12:16 PM CDT

Not surprising. Leftists are, in large, not for free speech and are for censorship.... all the while telling everyone that they are the ones who are protecting our liberties. You leftists disgust me. But, hey, thanks or being honest--- for once.

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Beck: Prez Cares More About Fighting Fox Than Afghan War