Fox trumpets GOP defense of Fox to rebut allegations that Fox is "arm" of GOP
October 22, 2009 3:35 pm ET by Media Matters staff
From an October 22 FoxNews.com article headlined, "House Republicans Defend Conservative Commentators, Decry White House Feud":
House Republican leaders on Thursday rushed to the defense of conservative commentators after President Obama dismissed Fox News as "talk radio" -- part of the White House campaign to marginalize opposing viewpoints.
Rep. Mike Pence, chairman of the House Republican Conference, said conservative commentators speak more for Americans than the national media outlets that have targeted them for criticism.
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House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, derided White House criticism of Fox News as "Chicago-style politics."
"The White House and congressional Democrats know that their liberal special interest agenda is unpopular," he said at a news conference. "And now they are following a familiar pattern: when you can't win an argument based on facts, launch vicious political attacks.
"This is Chicago-style politics' shutting out the American people and demonizing their opponents," Boehner said. "Democrats are writing the health care bill in secret, despite the president's promise to do it on C-Span. Instead, Democrats are targeting those who don't fall in line immediately -- like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, doctors and Fox News. This administration promised to usher in an era of 'post-partisanship' in Washington, but what they are doing is flat-out despicable."
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor called the White House criticism "nothing more than a distraction."
"Under fire for its management of a wave of problems, the Obama administration has reached into its bag of tricks and pulled out a new bogeyman: Fox News," he said.
"This episode is about much more than just Fox News," he added. "Today the administration's target is Fox; tomorrow it could be someone else. The administration apparently feels entitled to receive friendly (or what it subjectively deems 'balanced') news coverage at a time when it is making monumental decisions that will have sweeping consequences for years to come.
"Its heavy-handed treatment of Fox is unseemly in a democracy that depends on the free flow of information," he said.
Previously:
Media Matters: On health care reform, the Fox News noise machine is cranked to 11
The media myth of Obama's "falling poll numbers"
How to annoy Glenn Beck in five minutes or less
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So much in-kind contributions from Fox by way of the propaganda would cost the GOP a fortune if they had to pay for it.
Plus, where else would GOPers go to lie unchallenged on TV ?
Should i wear clothing that covers me from Head to Toe to keep Bill from Sex Phoning Me?
Or should i just Surrender and let Mr. O'Reilly have his way?
Oh what is a Woman to do when your Boss is a Phone Preditor come when what may?
Speak truth to power.
Mr. News
The GOP is the PR branch of Fox News.
So what's the hit network supposed to do besides accept the beautiful gifts and let anyone who wants to climb on the bandwagon hop aboard?
I think you mean "hit-below-the-belt network," as is well documented.
Speaking of creepy people, did anyone catch that delusional Boehner's projection-filled diatribe:
The liberal agenda is unpopular? Compared to Boehner's? Hah!
Furthermore, it's the right wing that's absolutely notorious for being unable to "win an argument based on facts." Indeed, they absolutely glory in their "vicious political attacks." What, hasn't Boehner ever listened to Limbaugh or watched Beck?
Behold John Boehner, one of the men most responsible for leading the Republican Party to a permanently marginalized status.
*It seems increasingly apparent, after looking at numerous social psychology papers, that far from their being a political left and right wing, there is really just well socialized adults and those who were left behind during that critical childhood developmental phase. With the move from the authoritarian infant/toddler-parent relationship comes the critical intellectual abilities that enable our ability to feel and use emapathy as a guide on how to get along with others. A great deal of research reveals that RWAs are conspicuously lacking in both empathy and a deeper understanding of social movements.
The Obama = Felix the Cat meme lives!