Exposed: White House Press E-mails Reveal Anti-Fox News Bias
- Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:12pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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It probably comes as no surprise that the Obama Administration isn’t a fan of Fox News Channel, but how deep must the animus go to flat-out deny the network access to interviews with key White House officials? Especially when other networks like CNN, NBC, CBS, and ABC, are given free reign.
While many conservatives have always suspected a White House bias towards Fox, now there’s written proof.
Yes, White House emails obtained by the group Judicial Watch — a conservative non-partisan organization whose stated mission is to seek government accountability – contain some rather damning evidence of White House official’s disdain for Fox News. The emails reportedly date back to 2009, during a time when the White House was in a battle with Fox News Channel. The issue was whether the administration had excluded Fox News from interviews with its top officials, most notably Obama’s “pay czar.”
NewsBusters reports:
Regarding general anti-FNC bias within the Obama White House in an October 23, 2009, email exchange between Jennifer Psaki, Deputy White House Communications Director and [Treasury Department press aide] Jenni LeCompte, Psaki writes, “I am putting some dead fish in the fox cubby – just cause”. In an email on the night of October 22, 2009, commenting on a report by Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier noting the exclusion of the network from the [press] pool, Psaki writes to LeCompte and fellow White House colleagues, “…brett baier [sic] just did a stupid piece on it — but he is a lunatic”.
Later on in the email thread Psaki reportedly botches Bret Baier’s name yet again, replacing it with “Brett Baer.”
Which begs the questions: shouldn’t a WH Communications Director know how to spell; and does Psaki even know who Bret Baier is? It seems not, otherwise she might have a). spelled his name correctly, and b). known that the relatively unoffending Special Report host could hardly be described, perhaps even by critics, as a ”lunatic.”
In yet another email around the same time, Dag Vega, Director of Broadcast Media at the White House, informed LeCompte “…we’d prefer if you skip Fox please.”
And perhaps most damning of all, Deputy White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest reportedly laid out the White House position on Fox News in a 2009 email to LeCompte in which he said, “We’ve demonstrated our willingness and ability to exclude Fox News from significant interviews.”
But how did all these emails come to light? Apparently Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act after a controversy over whether Fox’s Major Garrett was denied an interview with Kenneth Feinberg, the Obama Administrations “pay czar.” So egregious was the denial in fact, that even left-leaning NBC, ABC, CBS and CNN reportedly stood with Fox, refusing an interview with Feinberg if the administration continued its antics.
So there you have it. Is this all taken out of context or are these emails consistent with how the current administration has conducted itself with the media to now?
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jakartaman
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:39pmThe MSM should be denied thier FCC licenses for not upholding thier constitutional responsibility to be watch dogs not lap dogs. Without a trusted media we loose an important aspect of our freedom.
Report Post »we certainly cannot trust the current media – they are a joke
Thank God for FOX
rukiddinme59
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:45pmThey don’t have a constitutional responsibility. “Freedom of the press” is only a protection for them. Yes, they have a moral responsibility but all that went out the window when CNN and 24/7 news became a money maker for their owners. It is shameful though and very, very wrong!
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:27pmFox news is the only news source i watch because i know i will hear the truth or as close as they can get to the truth
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:27pmMSM socialist propaganda machines are, today, educated and directed by the indoctrination centers we still refer to as “universities” where “professors:” are, nearly to a man, socialist proponents and American detractors.
It is not a conspiracy to over throw the U.S. government, it is an out in the open attack on the field, they have created over the years, of intellectualism. You can’t deny it. They have inverted the purpose of formal classroom education as described by the communist manifesto, to indoctrination.
In all honesty, it’s really called brain washing. But some people don’t believe that can be done. They are useful idiots who don’t even know they are already toadies for the elitist ranks of a socialist/communist paradigm. It’s all about how you “feel” today; not about facts or truth. Becuse “truth” has also been compromised as relative.
Report Post »Rightsofman
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:36pmCouldn’t happen in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Must be a right wing conspiracy out there.
Report Post »Wayner
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:36pmThe only reason I ever watch CBS News is to see how much they obviously slant and twist the news. I especially detest Scott Pelley and Lelie Stahl.
Report Post »mils
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:40pmThe press has the moral responsibility to be unbiased in news.
Report Post »Our press has NO MORALS…
These Emails etc should be all over the news…This is a biased whitehouse that would go to any length to have their way.
mils
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:42pmI also agree thank god for FOX….except for Beckel. He and obama have to be best buds. I really dislike this man..really…he’s so prejudice.. And Allen Colmbs…dislike these two and I turn the channel..
Report Post »republapig
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:52pm@MILS
Report Post »I don’t like Beckel or Coomb either, but Fox is being “fair and balanced” by letting them rant.
Viet Vet
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:55pmRuler4you:
“They are useful idiots who don’t even know they are already toadies for the elitist ranks of a socialist/communist paradigm.”
I think they know very well they are. The useful idiots are actually the one’s who watch their newscasts and walk away with propaganda, thinking they’ve been informed.
I’ve always felt that the unlevel playing field presented by the MSM will be the primary cause of the next civil war. The left wants very badly for FOX NEWS to not exist. It absolutely galls them that they’re there. Same with Rush and Sean, Beck, etc. But I submit that the existence of those entities have, to this point, staved off a civil war.
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 6:47pmFor the 80th time “I can’t believe the whole United States of America is not outraged by this administration”!
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:21pmwhy do you think they are pushing for “AM radio jamming” CFL bulbs… that is the way they are going to shut out talk radio. quote me on it.
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:26pmInterview a Liar, Who cares. if we (fox watchers) wanted obozo, we’d go to CNN.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:28pmDon’t worry too much folks! Seems to me the Rupert Murdoch is going down in flames due to this “british scandal” and soon Fox news will join the MSM in their goal of Political Information Officers for the New World Order………clean and oil your guns and keep your powder dry…..Semper Fi!
Report Post »Goodgriefgeezlouise
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:39pmCall it like it is.. Not so much anti Fox as anti conservative and very anti tea party.. Which also means anti constitution and anti We the People.. Fox news will run with this because all these folks have big egos.. But I hope the see the big picture which is that the White House just doesn’t see much in common with the majority of the American people.. 2012 can’t come soon enough.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:40pmYou said it. This administration are traitors to the country, the constitution, everything.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:29pmFrankly, I‘d rather hear a Fox analysis and commentary of what was said than listen to a ’talking points’ playbook of political spew! What Fox puts on is more informed, more balanced (although I get tired listening to some of the libs way out on the see-saw of logic–they really s-t-r-e-t-c-h it sometimes), and useful presentation of the ‘news’ than those that get ‘live’ privileges! If the White House wants to marginalize itself, so be it! They are just hurting themselves with informed voters! Fox just needs to make a note of when they were DENIED live or pool coverage with the OTHER ‘news’ organizations! We get it!
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:45pmBroadcast stations that use public airwaves DO, IN FACT, have a LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY!!!
They must RENEW their license every few years.
When it is time to renew, there is a log book, open to the public, at their offices, which is available for public comment. Additionally, you can contact the FCC yourself, and file a legal complaint. These are PUBLIC airwaves, and, in exchange for the privelege of using those frequencies, they have certain legal obligations. The REASON they were allowed to commercialize the frequencies, was to be available to provide emergency alerts. This is why you see/hear the Test of the Emergency Alert System.
WRITE TO THE FCC.
Report Post »HIRE AN ATTORNEY.
YOU CAN FIGHT THEM!
Salamander
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:48pmBoth Beckel and Colmbs remind me of a sophomore that has just learned the mechanics of debate and will take the illogical side of ANY argument, just to get time at the podium! Frankly, I have a problem with Juan Williams, too, but I’ll cut him some slack for wrestling with the illogic of his beliefs-he is really fighting to not become the conservative he knows he is! It’s okay, Juan, someone who has seen and lived and advocated for ‘the other side’ becomes even more effective, when he sorts through the misperceptions! People are resiliant, creative, alive! Government is rigid, boorish and dead! All you need is a level playing field (but not level players) and everyone will rise to their potential! The referee‘s shouldn’t be playing the game, they should be refereeing! Government shouldn’t be in business–it should be the governor (in a machine regulating sense) and handle the ‘bull in the china shop’, allowing all who wish, access to ‘The American Dream’ (which is NOT a house, but a BUSINESS, EARNINGS, the ABILITY TO earn and save and invest and have some control over their lives–it is CHOICE, freedom to choose and responsibility to live with the consequences)! And, Geraldo, well Geraldo is Geraldo! Nothing personal, seriously, I’m sure they are all good people, but they surely have some kooky ideas about the World! And, those kooky ideas can hurt us!
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 9:09pmLet me tell you something.
Fox News fired Mr. Beck, essentially silencing him. Now his message of hate will only reach one tenth of one percent of America.
Stop Stop
Report Post »Why are you still loyal to Fox News?
jzs
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 10:05pmOh please. First of all, no White House has ever liked the Press. Second, and please let’s just put the BS aside, Fox is a 24/7 anti-Obama, anti-Democrat news outlet. That‘s why you watch it for Christ’s sake! You have a political position, and you listen to FOX because everything you hear supports that position.
Second, probably none of you know that Rupert Murdoch and his organization is being investigated in the UK for illegally hacking into the cell phone of a dead girl as well as others. And now the FBI is investigating Murdoch for hacking into the phones of 9-11 victims.
Report Post »getalong
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 11:18pmI’m with you. Thank God for Fox.
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 12:09amand more proof of the communist attitude of the obahitlerstalinmao administration.
Report Post »tommee
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 5:29amI wonder how long you will be praying for FOX News. My guess is that FOX has much more to worry about than silly little White House emails. The investigation of possible criminal wrong doings of Murdoch’s empire – which includes Fox News – by the British and the FBI – could result in many of the main players going to jail.
Report Post »ecurbyy
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 8:02amFox news is not what it used to be. It’s become like a cross between good morning America and Nancy disgrace. I think they’ve been threatened, and warned to be very careful about what they say. I’ve stopped watching and now mainly stick to my trusty am radio for my info. The last time I did see them they were reporting on square dancing grannies and some sort of trial over a very old possible murder or something. I tuned out in order to get tuned back in.
Report Post »vincere vel mori
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 8:17amDictatorships despise free press thus this explains it. Marxism requires control of information for propaganda direction. Hey it worked for Hitler, Stalin, and Castro, Obuma is just following their lead.
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 9:05amWe needed a whole story on something everyone involved in politics knows ? Oh well, I knew the story before I ever opened up the page..
Report Post »mikelivi
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 9:58amI agree Jakartaman, thank God for Foxnews! the other issue is this, anything that Omoron does to restrict the truth from being told can come back to bite them is the a$$. Meaning what if Republicans take back the senate and the whitehouse and began doing the same thing to other news networks and dems? To me Odummy should be impeached, he is a pathological liar, he just cant help himself! he is caught alomost daily telling a lie or a lie that he has told in the past is exposed. This guy is not only the worst POTUS ever, he is the worst kind of person! Narcasistic, pathological liar, thinks hes the king of the USA. Thats why he stormed out of the debt meeting. He’s not getting his way so the boy king took his ball and went home. Hey Ojackass, whashington is not chicago you cannot strong arm everyone! I hate that guy!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »obsesd
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:57pmAre you kidding us? Fox is a fricking joke and the latest discoveries about the parent company only prove what we all knew, namely that Fox is not a legitimate news source and is dedicated only to the interests of the rich, homophobes and racists.
Where have you been???
Report Post »JIMAT
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 7:27pmFortunately or unfortunately, as the case may be, CATV or cable TV channels are not required to be licensed as they are not dissiminated via the airwaves of broadcast stations.
Report Post »SiToNiTsOrOs1
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:39pmShine the light of truth on BHO and his minions. What is good about their disdain is that it confirms the suspicions of those who already know that BHO and company are a group of Chicago thugs and uber liberals who would rather see informed Americans “retrained” as stated in the Weather Underground’s “Manifesto…”
The more they are exposed for the marxist, anti-Americans they are, the uglier and more transparent they get. Their true colors are bleeding through a thin venier of “caring.”
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK FOX!! (And to hell with the WH. I hope BHO loses sleep every night because of FOX.
Spread the word about these fiends. I hope those of you who were suckered into voting for the Shadow government see the errors of your ways. This is not what America should be like.
Never give up, never give in. Seek the truth, question with boldness and always speak without fear!
Report Post »elosogrande
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:38pmJust more proof that Obama is an incompetent dolt. From the start, he has surrounded himself with stupid, inept people who don’t even have the sense to not put this stuff in writing. These idiots continue to make him look like a fool, but he keeps them on board…something only a fool would do.
The President and his staff are all very well educated, but not very smart, children, pretending to do jobs that, for the sake of America, would be better left to grown ups.
Vote him out – fire the staff. Not one of them is worth saving. Too stupid.
Report Post »BillyPenn
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:29pmWith all due respect. Obozo does not need these idiots to make him look like a fool. He does that quite well by himself.
Report Post »cousjoe
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:38pmFNC is a “dead man walking.” News Corp’s decades long hacking into voice mails in Britian provides all the ammo needed by the anti-Fox crowd, and today leading Congressional Republicans, to “shut down Fox.” I’d be surprised if FNC make it to election season, but if the do I’m sure they will be in-the-bag for this administration. Obviously News Corp “jounalists” are not troubled by little things like ethics.
You reap what you sow.
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:46pmCousin Joe, put down that xxx jug!
Report Post »Sowing, reaping, Obama is going to know all about that 2012.
I’ll bet FNC is around 2013 and Obama is not. Easy enough to say, isn’t it?
Morgoth
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:38pmWay to go Cousjoe!! We need to silence these Fox idiots. How dare they not follow the party line and question our dear leader! Oh for the good ol‘ days when we had stormtroopers to round up rubble like these Fox listeners and send them to the work camps or gulag’s. Hey! we’re having a book burning tonight, you’d fit right in! Don’t forget your Jackboots! The S**t get’s pretty deep, but there’ll be plenty of Kool-Aid!
Report Post »stormcrow53
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 6:13pmYeah like that Dan Rather guy over at Fox and that Jayson Blair guy that was over at Fox and that Ed Schultz fellow over at Fox who had hired callers for his show because… no one was calling… and Weiner told us Breitbart over at Fox was… doing…, well, wait a minute… I know: Murdoch inherited it all from George Bush. It‘s all Bush’s fault.
Report Post »I knew there was a conspiracy here, somewhere!
REPUB1
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:37pmPrez Obummer “i stand behind my LIE’S & my demorats have my back” HEY where are ya guy’s going (running away) chuck chuck chuck
Report Post »Aequitas
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:37pmFirst off Fox News only knows how fabricate news not report it, and even then it’s not objective. And I won’t be surprised if the Rupert Murdoch scandal involves Fox News. As for Judicial Watch they describe them self as “a conservative, non-partisan American educational foundation that promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law.” According to its mission statement, Judicial Watch “advocates high standards of ethics and morality in America’s public life and seeks to ensure that political and judicial officials do not abuse the powers entrusted to them by the American people.” Shouldn’t they be going after anyone who does something shady? It’s not like the Republicans are in any position to point a finger at anyone. And if they do it should be at themself first.
Report Post »Seabee79
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:40pmMaybe be a retarded idiot like yourself should stop drinking the DNC kool-aid. now back to MSNBC you go douche bag.
Report Post »republapig
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:41pmName one story FOX has fabricated.
Report Post »SiToNiTsOrOs1
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:42pmThis is not about “political parties.” It is about BHO and his Shadow government trying to extinguish what is good and right. How have you fared since Nov 2008? If you claim to have fared better, your are either part of the Shadow government or a liar.
Be careful about what you wish for, you may just get it. This is America. Love it or leave it.
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:45pmGot any views on MSNBC and MediaMatters? Exactly what has Fox fabricated?
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:45pmAequitas: Nice try. You don’t watch FOX.
Report Post »RLM
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:51pmI can’t recall any stories that Fox has fabricated. CBS however. . .
Report Post »republapig
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:38pmThats what I thought. You can’t name ONE story Fox supposedly fabricated. You are a typical liberal a$$wipe that thinks if you chant the leftist mantra long enough it will come true. Loser.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:42pm@ AEQUANTIS
“According to its mission statement, Judicial Watch “advocates high standards of ethics and morality in America’s public life and seeks to ensure that political and judicial officials do not abuse the powers entrusted to them by the American people.”
Well this means Bama is outa here.!! Thanks..put him on the next train to Chicago..
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 6:12pmhey fool quit worrying about ruppert murdoch . you have the democraps selling guns to drug lords you have a president that is ok with bugging your vehicle your phone can be tapped at anytime the goverment tortures people to get info THEY WANT the irs will do what ever they can to bust you . the government sets you up plants evidence and lies in court . they have infected people with disease and drugs to see how they react they set up people and record you for something so minor as prostitution and you worry about rubbert son you gotta get your head out of your azz breathe some fresh air again, and maybe just maybe you will no longer be mentally challenged but i doubt THAT WILL HAPPEN most liberals cant IDIOT
Report Post »Aequitas
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:56pmHere’s a list of those mis-representations
Report Post »1. Less than 10% of Obama’s cabinet appointees have worked in the private sector.
2. White House political director once served as right-hand man to ACORN chief.
3. Texas Board of Education may eliminate references to Christmas and the Constitution from textbooks.
4. Health care reform is a government takeover of health care. PolitiFact 2010 Lie Of The Year!
5. The Muslim Brotherhood has openly stated they want to declare war on Israel.
6. American troops have never been under the formal control of another nation.
7. Gov. Rick Scott’s approval ratings are up
8. Massachusetts health care plan is wildly unpopular among state residents.
9. There’s been more debt under Obama than all other presidents combined.
10. Health care bill includes death panels. PolitiFact 2009 Lie Of The Year!
11. Cash for Clunkers will give government complete access to your home computer.
12. Halting Gulf drilling will cost 8 billion a day in imports.
13. Democrats plan largest tax increase in history.
14. Eric Holder was involved in the dismissal of criminal charges against New Black Panthers.
15. Obama voted present in the US Senate quite often.
16. John Holdren proposed forced abortions and putting sterilants in drinking water.
17. Labour Union president Andy stern is most frequent visitor at White House.
18. America is the only country with automatic citizenship upon birth.
19. O’Reilly never called George Tiller a baby killer, only
cosette
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 10:56pmName your sources.
Report Post »cane247
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 11:07pmAEQUITAS -
Report Post »My God man how many handles do you have? You spout Soros’ propaganda as though it was the truth. What drivel. I’ll make the same challenge to you that I made to a liberal acquaintance of mine. You say that FN is fake and unbalanced, OK here it is: You list the number of “Conservative” voices on NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN and MSNBC and I’ll list the “Liberal” voices on FN. Want to wager on which of us will have more? You have FIVE networks to my ONE you punk. Take the challenge or tell your worthless troll of a boss that you quit and get a real job. Every legit reader here KNOWS that you’ll wimp out because YOU KNOW that your nothing but 5 lbs of wet monkey crap in a 3 lb bag. When you fail to accept my challenege, you (and all of your other bogus handles) should be barred for life from posting your manure on this board. Then you will just be “ A Quiet Ass” in stead of a horse’s. No go away and let Americans who respect the Constitution communicate with each other.
Aequitas
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 12:36am@Cane247
I only go by one name and it’s this.
Here’s more Fox facts for you. I’m sorry none of them have pictures maybe your liberal can read them for you. Enjoy
Scott Norvell, the London bureau chief for Fox News. He stated in a May 20, 2005 interview with the Wall Street Journal that “Even we at Fox News manage to get some lefties on the air occasionally, and often let them finish their sentences before we club them to death and feed the scraps to Karl Rove and Bill O’Reilly”.
Fox News Washington managing editor Bill Sammon boasted that he repeatedly lied during the final days of the 2008 presidential campaign when he speculated on-air “about whether Barack Obama really advocated socialism.” Sammon has repeatedly used his position at Fox to slant the network’s news coverage to the right.
Speaking in 2009 onboard a pricey Mediterranean cruise sponsored by a right-wing college, Fox Washington managing editor Bill Sammon described his attempts the previous year to link Obama to “socialism” as “mischievous speculation.” Sammon, who is also a Fox News vice president, acknowledged that “privately” he had believed that the socialism allegation was “rather far-fetch”At the height of the health care reform debate in 2009, Sammon sent a memo to Fox News’ journalists directing them not to use the phrase “public option,“ but instead ”government option” and similar phrases. Sammon’s directive echoed advice from top Republican pollster Frank Luntz on ho
Report Post »wildbill_b
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 6:25amgoogle his gibberish and it is easy to find the source
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?topic=178499.0
Report Post »Aequitas
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 8:00am@Wildbill
Actually it was from here
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2011/jun/22/jon-stewarts-politifact-segment-annotated-edition/
Report Post »cosette
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 10:20amTo all my SANE blazer buds- Google“ politifact bias” and learn the real truth! Aequitas is the worse type of troll. The type who continues to lie even after substantial evidence to the contrary.
Report Post »Aequitas
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:23amI’m sure the St. Petersburg Times(the company who owns Politifact) won those 8 Pulitzer Prizes for lying.
“Sane Blazer buds” You mean those armchair crybaby wannabe politicians and preachers? Who know nothing of politics, history or the bible. And who are all around nutbags who continue to believe a lie even after substantial evidence is supplied to support the contrary.
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:37pmPsucky can’t spell.
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:35pm^____^____^
They fear Fox b/c its the only network telling both sides of a story. Are they always on the up and up?No, but you can at least see a healthy debate unlike the state controlled media. The other reason Foxi s feared is b/c they ask tough questions. Questions the fringe media refuses to ask, they arent concerned about the Emperors most memorable moment or some other softball question while Rome burns.
Can you imagine how bad things would really be if Fox was out of the picture!? Why do you think Media Matters is in full gear attacking them, its b/c Fox is a threat to the progressive movement. The radicals are so close to their dream but Fox, Beck and others are standing in the way. If Fox was gone I see information coming out like it was in 1984 one lie after another. Oh wait his highness is doing that anyway!
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Fight for America
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:33pmTransparency was the cry – but no one heard the “but only if it’s in dealing with those who agree with us and do not question and do not have minds of their own”……..
Report Post »myfamily04
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:41pmI completely agree…this is just another BROKEN PROMISE from Mr. Nobama
Report Post »inexiletill2012
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:33pmThere must be a pony amidst all this crap from team Obama
Oh ya…..the pony is November 6, 2012
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:34pmno pony…just an A$$
Report Post »zoro51
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:33pmgee tell us something we dont already know gosh batman the truth HURTS… yes robin especially when they dont want to ehar it…. and thusley the joker in the white house whines moans n pishaws about fox news. yet truth will fin them out every time,….
Report Post »khaosmaximus
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:33pmIs this really a surprise? Whenever I attempt to debate issues with my Progressive, Democratic, and Liberal coworkers they tend to walk away siting me as a lunatic and racist just because they are unwilling to hear anything other than what Congress and Obama. It’s sad and frustrating. Furthermore, to read this of the White House… it absolutely no shock!
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:50pmI started doing the same to progressives. Talk about rabid hate! Try walking away from them while smugly calling them racist and talking over their objections. Just make sure you have someone to watch your back. They are a nasty bunch..
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:54pmIt might be because you don’t finish your sentence………….just sayin
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:29pmWatch out MSM, after the first domino falls the rest are sure to go down…
Report Post »Susan Harkins
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:38pmIt probably comes as no surprise that the Obama Administration isn’t a fan of Fox News Channel,
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Really?
Ya mean, like the KKK is not fond of the BET channel?
Ya dont say?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:27pmBret Baier is a lunatic? He’s about as nuetral as he can be! I guess if you think Olbermann and Matthews are centrists, Bret may look right leaning to to you.
Report Post »John 1776
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:24pmNobody should be reporting on the White House unless it is through the official government news agency. We wouldn’t want any truth to actually get out. The public is way to stupid to understand all these highly complicated issues!
Report Post »Juan
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:40pmYes, and the Boy King said as much last week when he said the “Average Joe” has no concept of the issues facing the “Professional Politicians”.
Report Post »I like that moniker for BHO, The Boy King.
agameofthrones
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:22pm“We’ve demonstrated your willingness and ability to exclude Fox News from significant interviews.”
Report Post »Wow, that is mature. You are a bunch of punk kids playing boss. If you’d care to take a look at the ratings for the most trusted and watched news reports, guess where you’ll find them? Yeah, Fox. But it doesn’t matter that you exclude Fox. They know you are lying anyway and so do most Americans, and I don’t think they will carry the water for your team. The bias and outright incompetence of this administration is so obvious that all Fox needs to do is just report it without actually talking to you. At least that way they don’t have to be lied to.
MartyTr
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:36pmGood point, I don’t want these lying marxist on FOX, Mark lamant Hill, Colmes and Williams is more that enough. Head on over to msnbc, the commie channel with Lawrence o‘commie O’donnell.
Report Post »fliteking
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:22pm…Last thing the Progressives want is open discussion about the truth.
Report Post »Mary M. Tebbe
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:21pmIt’s clear this administration cannot stand the TRUTH.
Report Post »pkha
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:37pmyour right is right can be!
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:20pmAnd? We are shocked, horrified, and amazed! Say it isn’t so. I am so suprised and saddened by this unexpeacted news. Where can I complain? Oh, I forgot , this is the Obama bunch. I am amazed the other channels stood by FOX-that has to be a first. This is no news to us.
Report Post »Kerri g
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:19pmSo much for the free press.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:18pmPsaki writes, “I am putting some dead fish in the fox cubby – just cause”
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Rhambo trained these people well
prov1
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:45pmWhiz…you are so right Soros is on the phone right now to Encicome and all the other paid freaks to save his arse.
Report Post »prov1
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:03pm…get that imposter out of the white house and on welfare where he belongs
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:17pmI hate this administration with a passion.
Report Post »jado1981
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:17pmI wonder if any of this will be reported on other networks…
Report Post »fliteking
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:23pmProbably, after they give it a spin and find something related to blame on Fox and conservatives…
Report Post »jado1981
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:38pmI am surprised they didn’t call fox news the usual faux noise. When you cannot debate facts, resort to the name calling.
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:16pmThe enemy of this regime is my friend. FOX News is the closest to telling the truth in the arena of politics and ideas. Which is why its enemy #1 of THIS White House and its occupant.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:27pmFOX News is the closest to telling the truth in the arena of politics and ideas.
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Get ready for an avalanche of “cut n paste” trolls to punch in their time-cards now ….and enthrall us with soreazz propaganda .
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Report Post »encinom
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:32pmHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
You say this and the leaders of News Corp are being summoned before the British Parlement and the FBI is opening up an investigation. Fox is corrupt.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:15pmThose wacky white house people…so cute.
Report Post »Too bad we can’t vote them out THIS November.
IAMNOTKNOWING
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:20pmAmen. And, ……….. amen. :)
Report Post »(I’ll have a steak sandwich, and, a ….. steak sandwich. -Fletch)
HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:32pmWow shocking…..NOT! I gaurantee you this administration will go down as one of the most vile and corrupt.
vennoye
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:03pmThis is just confirmation of what we already knew! The 44th administration is just corrupt..period!
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