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Old 06-17-2009
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Re: Obama Blasts Fox News

There is a lesson here for Obama.....some men just don't like skinny women. Never have, never will. It's just not in the cards.
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Old 06-17-2009
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Maybe Obama deserves the praise he's getting hence the favorable coverage by centrist and leftist networks.

On a side note Bill Maher just took a pretty big swipe at him recently.
of course he does to you danny he is fucking god in your eyes


no president deserves this positive reporting, they are supposed to be journalist not fucking campaign managers
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Obama flips out when he gets any criticism. He has made fun of the tea party protests--"those people waving their little tea-bags"--he has continually gone after anyone who has critized him on his policies. It's almost laughable.
Your opinion of then president's temprament is not only very jaded but exagerated in my view. I think your looking for a tempest in a teapot.

Item: Although we are all engaged in a forum of opinions and debate, one of the things that makes this work is - informed opinion and that creates wothwhile debate. Otherwise we wind up with one half-assed sentence after another appearing on the page and it just shows the incompetency of the one throwing the opinion. To say that the president "flips out" at criticism and otherwise detests debate overlooks two things: show us where the man has forgotten himself and overacted to any criticism. Secondly, with respect to debate - how do you think he got to be president?
What the presidnet refers to as not constructive debate is the delay tactics of the right in both houses to keep the president's agenda from passage and to prevent it being given a fair chance to either work or not. I don't really include the stimulous package as a fair addemdum to his agenda, because it's entrance caught the public by surprise and presidnet Obamna has had to shoot from the hip in damage control: and no one on this earth is going to convince me that john McCain and Sarah Palin would have anywhere near as good up until now.

Item: Fox News... Face it, Fox news is a place where the rightwing can tune in and hear what they want to hear about any subject. It's their media outlet and I for one don't take it seriously at all. Neither do I take seriously the 700 club. The only reason that they say "Fox is fair and balenced" is because, on balance there are no other outlets that cater to the extreme rightwing. Pacifica Radio has catered to the extreme left for about 60 years now: and they are none too friendly towards Obama either. So, there goes the liberal media argument right out the window.

For those who still insist that there is a Liberal Media, tell mudwhistle to roll over and get in bed with him - you deserve each other.
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Old 06-17-2009
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Re: Obama Blasts Fox News

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No Einstein, he doens't think its the media's job to praise him.

He's simply stating the simple fact that a certain network is completely dedicated to trashing him 24/7...its a fact.

Even when he does something right they find an angle to skew it as wrong or insufficient.

Note he didn't even call their name.

Hit Dog Syndrome is in effezzeck!!!

That is absolutely NOT true. Sure you have Hannity who is right leaning--but out of Fox News--you also have O'reilly who is very fair minded--Greta Van Sustren--& Shepard Smith.

Even on Hannity--you will have one conservative--one liberal--one independent giving their opinions.

On the other hand you have the main stream media--who eliminate information &--who will only give "glowing--pampered" reports on the Obama administration. If you can't see that you must be blind.

That's why O'reilly's ratings--the re-run of the early nightly program that is shown again at 11 p.m. eastern time. His ratings have skyrocketed by 75%

The only reason Obama is trashing FOX News is because they are NOT in bed with him.

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Old 06-17-2009
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Re: Obama Blasts Fox News

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Obama Blasts Fox News: 'I've Got One Television Station that is Entirely Devoted to Attacking My Administration'

So basically its not enough to have 3 stations which are devoted to praising him, they all have to. He thinks its the job of the press to do positive stories about him, not just report the facts, or report whatever they want.

Then of course he credits his accesbility to the media as to why they like him. Given that, wouldnt it make sense for him to actually go on FOX in order to win them as well? You may have noticed that almost never goes on FOX, even though they are the most watched news network. Ive seen him on FOX News Sunday once I think. And I dont think anyone can criticize the way he was treated. Hes probably just mad that they dont air his 3 hour long speeches every day so he can get his propaganda out unquestioned.
I don't think he was seeking praise; I think he was asking that the media do their job, which is to report it without bias. Fox isn't the only biased network, but he has taken unbridge to them because their bias is against him. I personally wish news makers would go back to reporting the news, rather than trying to be the news.
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Old 06-18-2009
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Re: Obama Blasts Fox News

Or as someone mentioned earlier, perhaps FOX is just reporting the facts (outside of the opinion shows). They just stand in stark contrast to praise MSNBC showers on him. Im pretty sure Chris Mathews has a crush on Obama. He was fawning over the fly swatting last night.
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Or as someone mentioned earlier, perhaps FOX is just reporting the facts (outside of the opinion shows). They just stand in stark contrast to praise MSNBC showers on him. Im pretty sure Chris Mathews has a crush on Obama. He was fawning over the fly swatting last night.
It's quite rare for Fox to report the "facts" without a biased slant. I still think the most obvious example of this was in 2004 when the tagline at the bottom of their news screens would scroll through how many days "until George W. Bush is re-elected", not "until the election." That kind of said it all for me, and ended any possible interest that I could have in paying any attention to Fox and their bias.
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That is absolutely NOT true. Sure you have Hannity who is right leaning--but out of Fox News--you also have O'reilly who is very fair minded--Greta Van Sustren--& Shepard Smith.
Alright, that's it, cut his mike

O'Reilly...fair minded SHUT UP
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It's quite rare for Fox to report the "facts" without a biased slant. I still think the most obvious example of this was in 2004 when the tagline at the bottom of their news screens would scroll through how many days "until George W. Bush is re-elected", not "until the election." That kind of said it all for me, and ended any possible interest that I could have in paying any attention to Fox and their bias.
I can tell you dont watch FOX. Just sit for an hour and watch special report. Itd be hard to say that then. I assume you dont watch MSNBC or CNN though, either?
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Sounds like "the Party of No" needs to start getting some ideas to help working folk or get out of the game, cause that's all it is to them.

Asking for debate on Obama's reckless spending spree for programs we cannot afford is not "no". It is the responsible thing to do. Obama is wrong when he says the time for debate is over. It is a requirement to which we should all hold our representatives in congress.
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Re: Obama Blasts Fox News

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The American mainstream media being even halfway liberal is a total myth. The big media outlets are merely pro-establishment.
I've always thought you had a great sense of humor.

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FoxNews is just desperate to establish itself as a heavyweight news organization, and therefore has to resort to labeling.
Ummm...Fox news is by far and away the leading news channel. They are the heavyweight.
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So basically its not enough to have 3 stations which are devoted to praising him, they all have to. He thinks its the job of the press to do positive stories about him, not just report the facts, or report whatever they want.
or he was merely citing evidence that shattered the assertion that the press is not critical of him.
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Ummm...Fox news is by far and away the leading news channel. They are the heavyweight.
so if they are the heavyweight, doesn't that mean there is no way in hell that the 'mainstream media' is in his pocket?
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That is absolutely NOT true. Sure you have Hannity who is right leaning--but out of Fox News--you also have O'reilly who is very fair minded--Greta Van Sustren--& Shepard Smith.
hannity is right 'leaning'?? do you hate credibility or something?
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Even on Hannity--you will have one conservative--one liberal--one independent giving their opinions.
Yes, a fresh picked dumbass liberal and two smart others. gee, that's not by design or anything is it?
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The only reason Obama is trashing FOX News is because they are NOT in bed with him.
umm, no, he pointed out the fact that fox is not in bed with him when some reporter asked him to respond to the assertion that the media was in bed with him.
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so if they are the heavyweight, doesn't that mean there is no way in hell that the 'mainstream media' is in his pocket?
Since Fox isn't a monopoly, no. They are the news channel heavyweight. There are a couple of other sources out there. I was just responding to Solletica saying they were desparate to be the heavyweight. She's a little late to the dance.
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