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White House, Fox News Reach a 'Truce'

Analysts skeptical about how long it'll last

By W. McCahill| Posted Oct 28, 09 7:11 PM CDT|

(Newser) – The White House and Fox News appear to have called a “truce” in their war of words after a meeting today between Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs and Fox exec Michael Clemente. Clemente then returned to the channel’s DC bureau and asked staff to remain “fair and balanced,” Mediabistro notes.

An Obama aide tells US News & World Report that the administration is generally pleased with how the confrontation played out, aside from the ratings boost Fox News received. But “they’re still at it,” the aide says, adding that the White House will silence its guns until the barrage starts anew.

President Barack Obama and Major Garrett of Fox News. (AP Photo)

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foodchain11
Oct 28, 09 7:16 PM CDT

So, all the big press boys hung together to defend "the press box". Did anyone notice that FOX was yelling about the WH but not about specific people or opinions? They were completely taken off their game. NO Beck headlines fighting for space with Rush or O'Reilly! None, nada!! Guess who won? NOT FOX! How about it righties? No taking away freedom, no taking away opinions. Taking away LIES!!! Reply

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lindamae
Oct 28, 09 11:09 PM CDT

Remember there is a difference between news shows and the pundit parade. I'll put Beck against Oberman any day. Or Maddow and Hannity. The difference is that Beck and Hannity try to support their opinions with facts they provide from video clips to the written word. Matthews uses "tingles" up and down his leg. Enough said.

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Spudsy
Oct 28, 09 11:17 PM CDT

Actually since Fox's ratings went up which means they could charge more for advertising time, they won. King Rupert gets his lies out there and collects more dollars to take back to Australia.

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doingtherightthing
Oct 29, 09 2:11 AM CDT

Obama got his balls handed to him. He caved in!

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Face-Of-RNC
Oct 29, 09 8:17 AM CDT

doing - you're the perfect faux noise patron. You don't need any facts with your opinions.

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Reader64481089
Oct 28, 09 7:18 PM CDT

"Michael Clemente. Clemente then returned to the channel’s DC bureau and asked staff to remain “fair and balanced,”".... To "remain fair and balanced?? This implies they have been so from the start and that never was, what else can you expect from Faux News Reply

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DJM420
Oct 29, 09 12:07 AM CDT

yeah, sounds like a 'truce to remain the same' ... weird stuff

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Netstorm2k9
Oct 28, 09 7:18 PM CDT

Ahh, reality, how surreal you are. Reply

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Netstorm2k9
Oct 28, 09 7:19 PM CDT

"Orwell Rolls In His Grave" http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1179175516550155628#

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freethemall
Oct 28, 09 8:49 PM CDT

Great point Netstorm. Everybody should read Orwell's 1984, and understand the implications of it. But, alas, even if it were widely read, it is highly questionable if everyone would understand the implications of it -- whether everyone would "get it",so to speak.

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DJM420
Oct 29, 09 12:11 AM CDT

nice, the first speaker in the film is danny schlecter...it was some time ago on this site i posted that we should all watch danny schlecter's "In Debt We Trust" 2006... amazing foresight and insight on todays economic despair...just a note.... and its nice to see a lot of us are on the same page in a lot of ways

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Snowleopard
Oct 29, 09 8:47 AM CDT

The only time I've felt that america was Orwellian was under the Bush administration, via patriot act and the attack on our civil liberties.

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Netstorm2k9
Oct 29, 09 10:10 AM CDT

Then why is the Patriot Act still in force? You would think that Obama would have worked to repeal it. Hasn't happened.

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proud_prude
Oct 29, 09 5:00 PM CDT

The important thing is not to "repeal" the so-called Patriot Act, but to stop abusing the powers it grants. Reforms have been made to repeal / reform important details of the legislation as it was when it was originally passed. When it was rammed through the Congress soon after 9/11 without giving time for most legislators to read it, a political climate existed in which any attempts to have serious discussion about the Act's implications would have been spun by the Rove Team as an effort to "coddle terrorists" by a liberal Democratic Party filled with traitors (like the hero Max Cleland.) By the way, Cleland's new book is out and should be read by everyone who thinks of her/him self as a patriot. http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Patriot- Courage-Survive-Vietnam/dp/1439126054/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1

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yummines
Oct 28, 09 7:23 PM CDT

wow, so he didn't tell Fox News to do anything, just "remain fair and balanced." Ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Fair and Balanced? You must be kidding me. Well what can you expect, Fox will never admit to being biased and confrontational. You cannot argue with someone who has their mind made up after all... Reply

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hamsammichs
Oct 28, 09 7:55 PM CDT

This can be said of any media outlet and any politician. Don't you have your biases too? You aren't any better than Fox News. Not defending Fox News in any regard, but you have to be KIDDING to believe Fox News is the only media outlet that leans to a side. In fact, you are on one right now...

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yummines
Oct 28, 09 8:07 PM CDT

really? i admit that everyone is biased in a certain way, but i never stated anywhere in the post that i believe that only Fox News has bias. Come on, you admit too that you have your own bias if you are going to for me. I just feel that it is ridiculous that the White House personally attacked Fox, yet the Fox exec just told the studio to "keep being fair and balanced." The fact that he used the word "keep" completely throws off what he said. If he just said, "be fair and balanced" it would have been a reasonable and logical comment. Instead he put "keep" in the word as if he thinks that Fox News has always been fair. Now don't get me wrong, i know that news like MSNBC lean to a side, and obviously i know that everybody has a bias, including you and me. However never admitting to ever having bias is just stupid. to tell you the truth, i dont side with a political group. however what i can say is that i do not side with those who will never admit being biased. It is ok if you support Fox or the Republican party or whatever, just do not preach me being biased without admitting it yourself. No, i am not saying that you are not aware that you are in it with all of us, just giving you a heads up just in case. No hard feelings ok?

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Fondue
Oct 28, 09 9:17 PM CDT

@ham, it's not about leaning one way or the other.

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lindamae
Oct 28, 09 11:06 PM CDT

Spend a week on NewBusters if you really want to monitor what is being said on all channels. They provide video clips as well as transcripts so you can watch the news and make up your own opinions - for the news shows as well as for the pundit parade. I am amazed this is an issue since it is so obviously supported by what is on NewBusters.

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Monjubikahn
Oct 29, 09 7:47 PM CDT

Pol Pot had an answer to fair and balanced.

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JoeQ
Oct 28, 09 7:31 PM CDT

I'm currently reading Al Gore's book, The Assault On Reason. Pretty good book. All I can do is keep thinking of Fox News. Reply

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QueenAlli
Oct 28, 09 7:32 PM CDT

WTF? Neither of these sides are stupid so who do they think they are fooling? This will last approx. 24 hours. Reply

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Derni
Oct 28, 09 8:08 PM CDT

And all the guys at Fox receievd a new book compliments of the WH-Journalism For Dummies Reply

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riffran
Oct 28, 09 8:36 PM CDT

And still FOX thrives....even the mighty O seems to have backed off..bwoooohahahaha Reply

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QueenAlli
Oct 28, 09 11:11 PM CDT

What a Dope you aare!! The WH was not trying to take them down or lower their ratings. It's about calling a spade a spade. Don't be so simple minded.

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DJM420
Oct 29, 09 12:14 AM CDT

the mighty O? do you mean Overstock.com? or Oprah?

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alkaseltzersammich
Oct 28, 09 10:22 PM CDT

Fair and Balanced... I'll believe it when I see it. Reply

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Jayster999
Oct 28, 09 10:49 PM CDT

Translation: The Obummer administration has realized that they look like whining pussies and have decided to bite their tongues rather than lose more credibility. Reply

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IggyJack
Oct 28, 09 11:02 PM CDT

True, but when was the last time FOX gave a good news story?

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Shannonals
Oct 29, 09 10:31 PM CDT

You mean kind of how the Buish administration was doing it's war with MSNBC? Both administration have now warred with networks that have been biased toward the opposite party. What difference does it make?

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lindamae
Oct 28, 09 11:02 PM CDT

So, the administration promises to stop doing things which make many of us cringe and Fox will stop reporting them. I still want to hear Glen Beck's red hot phone to the White House ring to let him know that his facts are wrong in his show. It hasn't yet happened. That is enough for me to say keep with the fair and unbiased - that is what they have been doing much to the dismay of those with Obama blinders on. If anyone wants a network to continue to glorify Obama, then they should move to Venezuela, Cuba or any of the other Banana Republic counties in which the media is government run. We are almost there already. Any president who is honest will welcome honest debate - which is what Fox tries to do - any honest president with integrity. That this has become an issue is an insult to viewers and an embarrassment in front of the whole wide world. Shame on Rahm and David - where do they think they are - Chicago? We are in such trouble. Reply

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DJM420
Oct 29, 09 12:18 AM CDT

you take your corporate run media, and i'll take my president calling out bullshit. and i'm not moving. pshhhh talk about blinders. why anyone wants to watch any news is beyond me. maybe the bbc or pbs. maybe

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1lippylibby
Oct 28, 09 11:19 PM CDT

wow poeple still dont get it, freedom of speach is worth everything thats why so many people died for it. i dont care what news station it is the govenment has no right to tell a news station what they can or cannot say, end of story, he first right people lose under a ditator is freedom of speach starting with the news, is this how obama is telling us we dont have to worry about the rumors? Reply

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Guava_Jelly
Oct 29, 09 12:26 AM CDT

I wonder what crow tastes like??? Reply

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Guava_Jelly
Oct 29, 09 12:27 AM CDT

Where do His hitmen go from next? Reply

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Guava_Jelly
Oct 29, 09 12:28 AM CDT

Can His hitmen file for unemployment? Reply

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Guava_Jelly
Oct 29, 09 12:56 AM CDT

I just saw something interesting today which tells me people are NO longer listening to government media... Today while driving, a white 4 Runner in front of my car had an "Impeach Obama" sticker Reply

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Pragmaticrealism
Oct 29, 09 10:39 AM CDT

Divide and conquer. How stupid one must be to take the side of NewsCorps' Faux news, over that of the Office of the President of the USA. Corporations are waging war on our country, you clueless tools!!!!!! Reply

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Monjubikahn
Oct 29, 09 7:54 PM CDT

The Fed is the chain that holds this dog. The Fed has America by its fiscal gonads. There will come a time when the Central banks will pull the plug on America. Then we will have a foreign invasion after they soften us up with nukes.

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Pragmaticrealism
Oct 29, 09 10:54 PM CDT

Your right about the Fed. Hopefully not the rest.

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Reader34823556
Oct 29, 09 11:57 AM CDT

lindamae is mistaken. beck and hannity overtly lie and that's been demonstrated too many times to count. video clips and phrases taken out of context are their specialty. If hannity has anyone on his show to "balancet" him, he quickly shuts them down and/or changes the subject. beck and hannity appear psychologically challenged in addition to the fact that they are both morons and sociopaths. what's with hannity and his smurf football.? he is incorrigible. Reply

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alienvv
Oct 29, 09 2:53 PM CDT

the fact is- Obama is not a democrat, he is totalitarian - wait and see and try not to call names whoever disagree with this government... Reply

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MrsK
Oct 29, 09 4:32 PM CDT

doing: He sure did. He realized that censorship goes over like a lead balloon in our free society. Big ol' Barry and his butt lickers were taken off guard by the backlash in the form of Fox's ratings surge. HAHA! Take that neo-commies. Reply

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MrsK
Oct 29, 09 4:33 PM CDT

And the term "faux noise" is not actually an insult if you know what it means. Morons. Reply

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Shannonals
Oct 29, 09 10:34 PM CDT

"Faux noise" has several definations MrsK, it all depends on which one you choose that defines whther it is offensive or not. Reply

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