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Carlson dubs health care summit a "PR stunt" and warned GOP of the "mainstream media" response if they don't attend

February 09, 2010 7:51 am ET

From the February 9 broadcast of Fox News' Fox & Friends:

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    • Author by IRONY 101 (February 09, 2010 7:55 am ET)
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      Afraid of bad Republican PR, Gretch...? Well, darlin'...Republican PR is what you're paid to do. So just do your job and quit whining...
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      • Author by soze169880 (February 09, 2010 8:41 am ET)
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        Right, but she's awful at it. The most trenchant insight she's come up with is "I would do Scott Brown". Wait, no, that was Kilmeade.
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      • Author by mjh (February 09, 2010 5:06 pm ET)
           
        "Afraid of bad Republican PR, Gretch...?"


        Hell, if she is, it's a little too late -- after that smackdown Obama gave them last week . . .

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    • Author by magnolialover (February 09, 2010 7:56 am ET)
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      Hold on. One one point, you're talking about them being shut out, and now you're saying what will happen in the MSM (which you are a PART of Gretchen) if they dont' attend?

      This is their chance. This is their chance to get in there, get their voice heard (which has been heard already, and it said NO).

      So why wouldn't they attend?
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      • Author by skycatcher (February 09, 2010 8:56 am ET)
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        Aren't they THE MSM Magnolia?

        I've often wondered how anyone on Fox News can allude to the MSM on the one hand and boast about their superior ratings and how no one is watching the other networks on the other. The same thing goes for conservative talking heads who bash liberal talk shows and press and say that no one wants to listen or read that stuff which is why they are struggling to stay afloat.

        Seems to me that if no one is really watching the other networks or reading the liberally biased newspapers, etc., those are all fringe media organizations by definition. Am I way off here?
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        • Author by smarshall1432997 (February 09, 2010 9:36 am ET)
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          Wow, this was deep. And you do make a "great" point with how is it that FoxNews Network "braggs" about their HIGH ratings on Cable tv amongst MSM but are NOT the "part" of the same MSM on Cable tv. Hmmm, that's a good one. Thanks. Wink, wink. LOL.
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        • Author by dogbreath (February 09, 2010 9:43 am ET)
             
          No I don't think you are way off base. I get so tired of the various media outlets taunting their ratings, like it is some big sporting event. "Our team is better than their team." The whole think is so completely juvenille. Can you imagine someone like Walter Cronkite or Edward R. Murrow saying things like this? The simple fact is that none of the media is paticularly good and delivering the news. They all have an agenda and only deliver what they think viewers will have interest in seeing. "Should we run the piece on Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie or the story of the overthrow of the Nigerian government?" It is a sad state of affairs. Have you ever watching BBC America? That so far supercedes any news we see here it is almost laughable. FOX itself, is not a news channel but a propaganda arm of the Republican party. The sooner real journalists, and there are quite a few still out there who believe in their profession's duty as the Fourth Estate, start calling these people out, the better off we will all be.
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    • Author by AB-001 (February 09, 2010 7:58 am ET)
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      If they do attend, will she stick out that lip of hers and give the patented Carlson Pouty Mad Face?
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    • Author by Max Credits (February 09, 2010 8:08 am ET)
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      I love these recent slips by Fox GOP News where they admit that they're not part of traditional media.
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    • Author by Boxer1979 (February 09, 2010 8:08 am ET)
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      Carlson dubs health care summit a "PR stunt" and warned GOP of the "mainstream media" response if they don't attend

      Just like FOX Snooze has been a PR stunt in having candidates come on air telling people to vote for them, or saying they will run for office. Hmmm?

      SMH!
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    • Author by Refresh (February 09, 2010 8:27 am ET)
         
      Finally, the mainstream media is doing its job. If the Republicans want to refuse to cooperate on anything, then they should be worried about what the media will say. The Republican party is not exempt from scrutinization and criticism Mrs. Carlson. Maybe they are exempt from criticism on your Fox News network, but the rest of the media will hold them accountable for being obstructionists instead of being participants in the governing process.

      It is a good thing that they are worried. Finally some accountability.
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    • Author by soze169880 (February 09, 2010 8:40 am ET)
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      Did you Google how to spell "PR", Gretch?
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    • Author by rjackson1500@yahoo.com (February 09, 2010 9:16 am ET)
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      the fact is the republicans are the one that have put themselves in this spot...the choose to pander to their base of trailer park rednecks....all the president has done is force them to make a choice ....do you want to work to get something done...or do you wish to play to the trailer park hick tea bagging bigots...their choice
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      • Author by smarshall1432997 (February 09, 2010 10:07 am ET)
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        And the Republican Think Tank are working very hard to get those RPTs out by this Thursday to help these Republicans look as if they do want in on HCR until the end when they really vote "NO". So why the Republican fuss, you may ask. One word, "re-election". Uh, oh. LOL.

        So now Republicans' NEW narrative about HCR is how Republicans made Dems. and Pres. Obama "slow-down" and "listen" to their Republican "solutions" from last year, 'cause blah, blah, blah. Hmmm. Republicans base of "real" Americans will just "eat" this crap up word for word. But, the problem is with those "realistic" Americans (like us) who don't "eat" crap. What will the RTT do? Uh, oh. LOL.
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    • Author by MMTVrocks (February 09, 2010 9:18 am ET)
         
      Yep, the GOP is in a bind. Show up and be shown as obstructionist hypocrites or don't show up and be seen as cowards.
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    • Author by Far Left but Always Right (February 09, 2010 9:19 am ET)
         
      The majority of doctors in this country are NOT against the healthcare plan. The majority think it is better than what we have now. Expanding medicare was the best plan we had. When Fox news put doctor on air complaining about how they “wouldn’t take medicare patients because medicare doesn’t pay enough” is a load of bull. The majority of doctors would have no problem accepting medicare, as it is much less hassle than dealing with insurance companies, and the amount they pay is not much different than insurance companies.
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    • Author by bintx (February 09, 2010 9:42 am ET)
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      My response is that these guys have painted themselves into a corner. People are seeing them as obstructionist . . . they stated, early on, that they want Obama to fail. Their loyalty to their political club over loyalty to their country is destructive. Most Americans see that.
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    • Author by AB-001 (February 09, 2010 9:46 am ET)
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      Gretchen always "googles" words she's not sure of, as demonstrated so deliciously on The Daily Show (Tzar means King!)

      She should google "mainstream." It means "the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are regarded as normal or conventional; the dominant trend in opinion, fashion, or the arts"
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      • Author by skycatcher (February 09, 2010 10:09 am ET)
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        Right! Exactly my point above. How can it be that the majority of Americans reject the liberal bias of other networks and, thus, watch Fox News - and Fox News not be THE mainstream media?

        They can't have it both ways. Well...they can since no one in their audience seems to be questioning the obvious contradiction.
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    • Author by shaggles (February 09, 2010 10:23 am ET)
         
      But Fox will be fair and balanced and not take sides.
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    • Author by marco21 (February 09, 2010 11:02 am ET)
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      Oh noes!!! Look how breathless with concern she is at the end of this clip. The GOP might look bad!!!!

      What a tool. Also, Gretch... the vast majority of doctors oppose the HC plan? No, you meant the vast majority of the insurance lobby.
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    • Author by nerzog (February 09, 2010 11:09 am ET)
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      Well, if there's one thing FOX knows about, it's how to orchestrate a good PR stunt...

      [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef01157021db82970b-800wi]
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    • Author by clearstate (February 09, 2010 11:30 am ET)
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      What about the PR stunt where Bush invited only those "news" people who worked at Fox to the White House?
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    • Author by DeirdreFlanagan6 (February 09, 2010 11:48 am ET)
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      And playing the role of 'Chicken Little' star of '...the sky is falling!' is FSM (Fox Stream Media)'s own Gretchen Carlson! You go girlie!
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    • Author by LagalLeft (February 09, 2010 12:27 pm ET)
         
      No wonder these people are so enamored of Sarah Palin's ignorance. Birds of a feather and all that jazz.. Don't they realize that the reason for these huge snowstorms is that the planet is warming? Don't they do research before they repeat ridiculous GOP talking points? Carlson and those two guys are as uninformed as their most recently hired ''news contributor''.
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    • Author by Samurai Cowboy (February 09, 2010 12:40 pm ET)
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      No Gretchen. You are the worthless PR stunt. Fired for every television job because of your radical views and outright lies.
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    • Author by meanminute (February 09, 2010 12:50 pm ET)
         
      Gretchen knows the GOP won't show up, so she's defending them already like a good lap dog should. You can't say she's not a company woman!
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    • Author by Dradeeus (February 09, 2010 12:53 pm ET)
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      Those weren't.. "questions for the president." Those are DEMANDS the Republicans were making... JUST TO SHOW UP. Like it's a PRIVILEGE to be in their presence, and they've got more important work to do.

      ...Well, not really, if the democrats haven't suggested anything yet, they don't know what to say "no" to.

      Besides, couldn't you have THWARTED this evil PR stunt by, you know, attending? That'd really show those pinko libs, right??
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    • Author by seahawks123 (February 09, 2010 2:50 pm ET)
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      We all know the press gets a tingly feeling up their leg for Obama and so do all of you. Obama only has 9 months to get this Obamacare through because come November he, just like Clinton will loose the Senate over this. Obama had 60 Libs to pass this and couldn't do it. It will never happen as currently proposed by the Dems. Obama doesn't even have his own plan, he's just going off what was wrote by Congress.
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      • Author by marco21 (February 09, 2010 3:48 pm ET)
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        Seahawks, when you know what you're talking about, let us all know. It's that much more interesting for the reader.
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        • Author by mjh (February 09, 2010 5:12 pm ET)
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          "Seahawks, when you know what you're talking about, let us all know."


          In that case, we won't be hearing from seahags5-11 for some time . . .

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      • Author by Samurai Cowboy (February 09, 2010 4:27 pm ET)
           
        Seachicken: Go to Pikes Place, smell the fish and grab a Grande' capo. Maybe it will wake your brain up.
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    • Author by armendale (February 10, 2010 2:43 pm ET)
         
      sifting through Carlsons lies... the one that stands out was her suggestion that a majority of doctors oppose Obama's healthcare reform ideas. Oh really Gretch?

      Here's one of MANY articles that refute that lie-

      LA Times
      September 15, 2009
      The American Medical Assn., after 60 years of opposing any government overhaul of healthcare, is now lobbying and advertising to win public support for President Obama's sweeping plan -- a proposal that promises hundreds of billions of dollars for America's doctors.

      http://articles.latimes.com/2009/sep/15/nation/na-lobbying-ama15
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