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Rabin-Havt On Washington Watch: Fox News Obsession With Birther Myth Contradicts News Media's Role

May 01, 2011 1:53 pm ET

From the May 1 edition of TVOne's Washington Watch with Roland Martin:

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REPORT: Fox Promotes Birther Myth In At Least 52 Segments

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    • Author by ThomasJH268 (May 01, 2011 1:57 pm ET)
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      0:30 - 0:43 Brent Bozell refuses to debate Media Matters? Interesting, but hardly surprising.
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      • Author by grrson (May 01, 2011 3:43 pm ET)
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        Bozell is a coward who calls out "liberal bias" while at the same time spouting every GOP talking point there is.
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        • Author by ThomasJH268 (May 01, 2011 3:50 pm ET)
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          And did anyone notice, Brent Bozell only goes on FOX?
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          • Author by DAWUSS (May 01, 2011 3:57 pm ET)
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            To be fair, when's the last time someone from Media Matters went on FOX?
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            • Author by ThomasJH268 (May 01, 2011 4:06 pm ET)
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              When was the last time FOXPAC mentioned inviting them?

              I remember Janeane Garofalo going on the Oh"Really Factor a few months before Air America went on the air, she cleaned his clock and has never been on since (If you don't count the time when they tried to fluster her with that ambush tape when she spoke out against the tea-tards, where she also cleaned their clock)
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            • Author by rms (May 01, 2011 5:32 pm ET)
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              Who was invited and when?
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            • Author by wesley_fpt (May 01, 2011 6:07 pm ET)
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              Why would anyone other than a teabagger go on Fox? MMFA doesn't go on Fox for the same reason it doesn't do interviews with the Globe or WND. It's a disgraced and discredited source of nothing and MMFA should only acknowlege it to point out it's lies. Taking the time to go there would give in an undeserved air of credibility.
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        • Author by NiceguyEddie (May 02, 2011 4:09 am ET)
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          That's how ALL the RW Media Clowns "argue"!

          Liberal's try to proove you WRONG.

          Conservatives try to proove you Liberal.

          And usually? Both sides accomplish what they set out to!

          ----------------------------------------------
          IMHO
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    • Author by Marker (May 01, 2011 2:28 pm ET)
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      Repugs knew better but they couldn't control their racism. Attacking the President as not being an American citizen is at the core of their belief that he's not one of us. What the repugs don't realize is they're not one of us.
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      • Author by Conchobhar (May 01, 2011 2:33 pm ET)
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        What the repugs don't realize is they're not one of us.
        Oh, yes they do. They think they surround us, as they might. They're the dregs of what Jefferson had in mind when he said, "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just."
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    • Author by Conchobhar (May 01, 2011 2:30 pm ET)
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      Bozell is pond scum. He also couldn't hold his own in a debate with any one of the people on this panel.
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      • Author by trog69 (May 01, 2011 3:17 pm ET)
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        I'm glad BB didn't want to participate. He'd have pushed whatever "moderate" slants he could to show that this is all Obama/Liberals at fault, and the topic would have been derailed within 1 minute as everyone there started opening up their already-shaken can of whoopass.
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    • Author by Nihilist (May 01, 2011 3:37 pm ET)
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      you cant call foxnudes a news op, so the contradiction isnt there.... only the moron rightwing faction thinks fox is a 'news' channel, when we all know its the right are for GOPAC, and rove, ailes, and luntz propaganda outlet.....

      actually, i wouldnt have any issues with fox, if they just labeled their product correctly. if they just came out of the closet, and proclaimed what they really are, then fine, free speech. but when you call yourself fair and balanced, and 'news' journalist, and obfuscate, then your open to ridicule.
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    • Author by wolf kotenberg (May 01, 2011 5:34 pm ET)
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      " Brent Bozell is a coward " could not have been said better
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    • Author by boxtop (May 01, 2011 8:41 pm ET)
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      Bozell was on CNN last week.
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    • Author by mary59 (May 01, 2011 9:27 pm ET)
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      That was a decent panel discussion. Good to hear some truth spoken for a change, and people listening to one another.
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    • Author by jediknight65 (May 01, 2011 11:23 pm ET)
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      EVERY LAST TROLL ON THIS SITE CAN NOW GO FIST THEMSELVES. PRESIDENT OBAMA DID WHAT YOUR HERO BUSH WOULDN'T DO!
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      • Author by cindermaker (May 02, 2011 12:22 am ET)
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        Came here to say this; also calling the talking heads on the radio tomorrow either giving credit to Bush or taking it away from Obama somehow.
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    • Author by tman418 (May 02, 2011 12:47 am ET)
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      OSAMA DEAD!

      BOOOOM!

      OH MAN! MediaMatters! Wake up! You got a big day ahead of you!
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      • Author by Treulos (May 02, 2011 12:52 am ET)
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        Oh man, I can't wait to see how rightwingers are gonna spin this.

        And what a weekend for Obama.

        1. Prove beyond any sane doubt that he's a citizen.
        2. Roast Trump (with Meyers' help) at the correspondent's dinner.
        3. Kill Osama.

        I'd call that productive.
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        • Author by iglou (May 02, 2011 1:08 am ET)
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          Oh they'll find a way and it's going to be even more stupid and outlandish than the last time.
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        • Author by ThomasJH268 (May 02, 2011 1:29 am ET)
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          They'll probably do one of four things

          1) Deny they were ever against Obama going into Pakistan.

          2) Start an "American troops had no business being there, Obama violated international treaties." argument

          3) Play the "so what? unemployment and gas prices are still high" argument.

          4) Play the "It was Bush's policies" card

          Or they'll do a Donald Trump and demand to see the long form death certificate
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          • Author by ThomasJH268 (May 02, 2011 4:27 am ET)
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            Strike the "probably" and switch it to definitely. Was just on Dim-bart, Bozell, and Malkin's sites and all four of the arguments are flying from every FOXPAC tea-tard in America.

            And is anyone else interested to know that the entire republican side of the house of reps. are listed as contributors to Dim-Bart's sites?
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          • Author by papa bear3 (May 02, 2011 11:20 am ET)
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            . . .I think the coordinates will be posted later
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      • Author by dogbreath (May 02, 2011 12:53 am ET)
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        Haaazzzzaaaaahhh! Fantastic!
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      • Author by RKAllen (May 02, 2011 2:47 am ET)
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        And it would appear that Fox has made at least two verbal gaffes by claiming, "Obama is dead," and even "Presdint Obama is dead."

        Wishful thinking?
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    • Author by tman418 (May 02, 2011 1:26 am ET)
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      He's dead!
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    • Author by fantagor (May 02, 2011 2:06 am ET)
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      I think back on my friend Don, who in 2004 called our president, when he was a Senate candidate, "Barack Osama".

      There's something almost prescient about it today, for those names are now forever linked in the chain of history. But not how Don thought they’d be linked.

      He must be SOOOOO unhappy.

      Randy
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      • Author by oscar the grouch (May 02, 2011 9:25 am ET)
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        Well, Geraldo mixed the names up a time or two last night.

        I think we ought to move all birthers and truthers to a remote island in the Pacific and ......... just leave them there.
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        • Author by papa bear3 (May 02, 2011 11:23 am ET)
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          . . .there is a vacant building just 40 miles north of Islamabad that is available, needs work though after last night/
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      • Author by mary59 (May 02, 2011 9:27 am ET)
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        No matter how the right-wing hacks try to spin this, it was done carefully on Obama's watch.

        And I hope and pray that Obama's military advisors will work to extricate U.S. troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq.

        Democracy and Peace are trying to break out in the Middle East.
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        • Author by dogbreath (May 02, 2011 9:28 am ET)
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          And MM, it's time to wake up guys!!
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          • Author by bintx (May 02, 2011 9:49 am ET)
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            Is anybody else having trouble with this site? It's GINORMOUS on my screen.
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            • Author by dogbreath (May 02, 2011 10:13 am ET)
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              No problems, just no recent activity which I find pretty strange.
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              • Author by bintx (May 02, 2011 10:47 am ET)
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                I've restarted my computer . . . still HUGE. It's like it's on mega-Zoom. Think that they're having technical difficulties.
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                • Author by papa bear3 (May 02, 2011 11:24 am ET)
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                  . . .check preferences of your browser, otherwise it might be just gas
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          • Author by ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© (May 02, 2011 10:13 am ET)
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            From Liam's twitter feed:

            HeyItsLiam Liam McEneaney

            FOX NEWS' TAKE: "African American Male in Washington Confesses to Murder of Elderly Man."

            10 hours ago
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          • Author by papa bear3 (May 02, 2011 11:28 am ET)
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            . . .actually Fox's coverage is pretty good today, no real lies except accidentally calling Osama BL Obama now and then.
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    • Author by devil11 (May 02, 2011 5:32 pm ET)
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      Hey I live in Fort Myers FL. All the main news, fox, and the paper are all owned by the same person. In my opinion this is awful The person who owns all these outlets is in fact a Fox news person. I would like Media Matters to spend some time down here and see all these people only in reality get only FOX news. This is why SW FL is so republican.
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