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Did Greta throw Beck under the Fox bus?

October 19, 2009 11:10 pm ET

From the October 19 edition of Fox News' On The Record:

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    • Author by christopher howard (October 19, 2009 11:23 pm ET)
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      I'll answer that. No, she is not throwing Beck under the bus (more's the pity). She's just pretending that Beck might be a person that the administration might have a beef with at Fox, but surely that doesn't mean the rest of the operation isn't a right-wing propaganda outfit. The entire station, with some window dressing here and there, and from time to time, is implacably hostile to Democrats, liberals and progressives. Pretending that it's just that bad ol' Beck is dishonest on Greta's part.
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    • Author by wolf kotenberg (October 19, 2009 11:58 pm ET)
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      Telling the world Brett Baier did not know Lincoln was assassinated is not "attacking Brett Baier ". Calling our president a racist on national tv and Roger Ailes continues to promote this parasite is very odd for a "great american that loves his country" as describe by Robert Fineman, of Newsweek. Greta knowsbetter than to throw Beck under the bus, for he is Mr Ailes favoritemarionette,.....today.
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    • Author by pragmatic-progressive (October 20, 2009 12:16 am ET)
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      Let's call them (i.e., FOX) un-American because they are lyingly rooting for the failure of an American presidency.
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    • Author by overmars jr. (October 20, 2009 5:21 am ET)
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      So wait... you don;t attack entire organizations over one or a few people?

      Really?

      Are you suuuuuuuuure?

      Sell-out.
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      • Author by wolf kotenberg (October 20, 2009 5:46 am ET)
           
        Greta is funny. She was a lawyer prior to her facelift and becoming a journalist. I remember her gig as a legal opinion personna during the OJ Simpson murder trial. I was very unfortunate to be hospitalized for a time during those weeks and her old face is forever etched in my mind.. And Mr Beck cast a spell on the entire CNN organization when he started losing his mind, brought a camera to his work and offere to take nude photos of his female guests after work. Owners don't like rogue employees.
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    • Author by joshwahu (October 20, 2009 6:32 am ET)
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      showing a couple clips out of an entire year of broadcasting doesnt make any statement about you or your network. im sure even rush limbaugh could find 3 clips of himself asking serious questions in the past year (maybe not). but as jon stewart showed on the daily show, when you dont even send a camera to a gay rights rally, but send multiple trucks and people to glenn becks idiot parade on 9/12 you have shown that you really are pushing an agenda, not news. also this is closely tied with the republican party, and fundamental religious organizations. i went to a "christian" university (a giant regret now) were sean hannity came to speak, and fox news was on every tv all the time. it is a giant problem in our country especially when fundamental is a code word really for crazy.
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    • Author by PurpleState (October 20, 2009 8:19 am ET)
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      I think what we need to clarify is that one or two bad apples are making the bushel corrupt. Fox News is not a 24/7 news network, as they devote blocks of time to promoting the GOP agenda.

      It's not as much you, Greta, as it is the few loonies on before you.
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    • Author by blk-in-alabam (October 20, 2009 9:17 am ET)
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      Greta did not include her Rush Limbaugh interview,in the clips trying to show she has integrity
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    • Author by Jonathan Swiftboat (October 20, 2009 10:01 am ET)
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      The Fox News Channel is the price we pay for the First Amendment.

      Instead of ineffective chatter about FNC, the country would be better served if Obama and Congressional Democrats show real courage and vision by taking on the ongoing and increasingly powerful criminal conspiracies in finance and healthcare.
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    • Author by The_Cat (October 20, 2009 10:08 am ET)
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      "The thing that I think is disturbing is that you may have a beef with a person, in an organization, whether it be a news organization or whatever. But you don't indict the entire organization, the entire group." -Greta Van Susteren

      Thanks, Greta. Gosh, I hope you remember that the next time you lie about ACORN! I'd hate to think you weren't, you know, practicing the ethics you seem to have no trouble preaching to others.
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    • Author by OpinionatedGift (October 20, 2009 10:19 am ET)
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      This from the woman who with her husband was an advisor to Sarah Palin. Yeah, she's trustworthy and serious.
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    • Author by matrix2093 (October 20, 2009 12:21 pm ET)
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      I guess it's ok for Beck, Hannity, and O'Reilly to attack the POTUS on the views of people around him. And Vansustern is pushing herself and her program to be legit? I have watched her and all she does is mirror what her co-workers say but in a more professional tone.
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    • Author by swift (October 20, 2009 12:30 pm ET)
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      Please don't call them "un-American." Paranoid power monsters have been part of the American landscape from the beginning. It's not something we, or any country, can avoid: the natural alliance between the wealthiest and the most vulnerable and underinformed.
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