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AP does news article on Fox News; can't find any "critics" to quote

August 17, 2009 10:48 am ET by Eric Boehlert

Behold your liberal media at work.

AP headline for its FNC valentine:

With Obama in office, Fox News finds its stride

This passage made me chuckle [emphasis added]:

Some critics worry about overheated rhetoric — Beck has called Obama a racist and joked about poisoning House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — and suggest Fox has helped lead, instead of just follow, the president's opponents

-Number of Fox News "critics" interviewed and quoted for the article? Zero.

-Number of former Fox News employees interviewed and quoted who love FNC? One. (Eric Burns, former host of Fox's "News Watch")

-Number of longtime Fox News guests interviewed and quoted who love FNC? One. (Bernie Goldberg, regular guest on The O'Reilly Factor)

-Number of conservative political activists interviewed and quoted who love FNC? One. (Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity)

Yep, AP is fair and balanced.

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    • Author by Vincenzo (August 17, 2009 10:59 am ET)
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      "Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity, a group that is busing demonstrators across the country..."

      Grassroots, riiiiggghhhht...

      So Fox passed on the birthers, those who are certifiably insane, and instead focused on the pathological liars. Commendable.
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      • Author by all your eyes (August 17, 2009 11:16 am ET)
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        No, Fox simply rebranded the birthers as townhallers. They're still certifiably insane, and pathological liars, all at once.
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    • Author by MickD (August 17, 2009 11:25 am ET)
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      The AP's "observation" is that Fox is finding "its stride." And the reporting on this observation was interviewing three "sources" from the FNC.

      Journalism 101, from the Orwell Style Book.
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    • Author by bigbee (August 17, 2009 11:35 am ET)
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      Here are some more interesting angles that the AP should have considered:

      - Fox Sowing Seeds of Racial Hatred and Violence
      - Fox Terrorizing Seniors and the Vulnerable by Promoting Health Care Misinformation
      - Fox Appealing to Angry, Violent Fringe of Society in Desperate Attempt for Ratings
      - Fox Donning Tinfoil Hats and Delivering Wild Government Conspiracy Theories

      You get the idea. I'm sure that they could find some on-air quotes and some experts in journalism and other fields who could offer a series of stinging critiques. Articles like these really would be much more interesting and most likely appear to be quite prophetic at some point in the future.
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      • Author by NiceguyEddie (August 17, 2009 12:05 pm ET)
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        You know there's this website they could have referenced...
        what was it...?
        Media... something, something...?
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        • Author by kydem09 (August 17, 2009 1:05 pm ET)
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          Sure, if they want an extreme leftist view.
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          • Author by dr. matt (August 17, 2009 4:19 pm ET)
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            Facts and reality are indeed the domain of the extreme Left. Thanks for admitting that.
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      • Author by MickD (August 17, 2009 12:10 pm ET)
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        And the thing is, bigbee, all of those headlines are more relevant, newsworthy and – get this, AP – INTERESTING/INFORMATIVE!

        Yet the band plays on.
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