Fox Nation says "yes" to "biased media" -- calls Frank and Dodd a "[d]angerous duo"
SUMMARY: After Fox News aired promotions for The Fox Nation telling viewers, "It's time to say 'no' to biased media and 'yes' to fair play and free speech," The Fox Nation labeled Chris Dodd and Barney Frank a "[d]angerous duo," linking to an article that did not in any way characterize them as "[d]angerous."
In promoting its newly launched website, TheFoxNation.com, Fox News has run advertisements telling viewers that "[i]t's time to say 'no' to biased media and 'yes' to fair play and free speech." However, on March 31, The Fox Nation labeled Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) a "[d]angerous duo," linking to an Agence France-Presse article that simply reported that Dodd and Frank "promised President Barack Obama on Monday they would work with the White House to enact a sweeping overhaul of US financial regulatory structures by year's end." Nothing in the AFP article in any way characterized Dodd or Frank as "[d]angerous."
From The Fox Nation:
From the AFP article:
Two key US lawmakers promised President Barack Obama on Monday they would work with the White House to enact a sweeping overhaul of US financial regulatory structures by year's end.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, both Democrats, wrote to Obama after US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner pushed last week for major reforms.
Support from the two Congressional heavyweights will be critical to Obama's efforts to overhaul US financial supervision.
"We write today to reiterate our commitment to work together on a bicameral basis with your administration to enact legislation by the end of the year to create a new, more robust regulatory framework to enhance financial stability and protect investors and consumers in the 21st century," they wrote.
The lawmakers pledged "to act expeditiously, carefully, and deliberately" to ensure "more effective supervision and regulation" and they agreed with the "core principles" that Geithner laid out on Thursday.
They also vowed to work "with other major financial centers" around the world to coordinate efforts and minimize the likelihood that any new rules could hurt US competitiveness.
Dodd and Frank also said they favored "comprehensive reform of the corporate governance and executive compensation of financial institutions" after a bonus controversy at bailed-out insurer AIG.
Geithner on Thursday unveiled broad reform proposals covering banks and other financial firms as well as hedge funds, money market funds and the more complex derivative market, drawing on lessons learned from the global financial meltdown.
From Fox News' promotion of The Fox Nation:
ANNOUNCER: It's time to say "no" to biased media and "yes" to fair play and free speech. Express your views, your values, your voice. It's your nation. The Fox Nation. Finally, a place to call home: TheFoxNation.com.
What's this new beast called the Fox Nation?
An outlet for brains on vacation?
It seems pretty clear
It's for snipes and for smears
The sole reason for it's creation
His voice on the AM now dead
O'Really? starts blogging instead?
It's just speculation,
but is this creation
the spawn of the Big Talking Head?
shouldn't that be the Big Giant Head?
im betting this must be the new opionion forum they cooked up
Re: O'Really......3 words Narcissitic Personality Disorder. What a freakin' cretin....;-)
The Giant head has NPD
Of course, there's no good remedy
His ego's so large
It won't fit on a barge
Since it has it's own zipcode, you see?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKeHGYbpCNg Bill O'Reilly song: The big Giant head
Ok... this story is so screaming out for this --> LINK <-- that I find myself compelled to have to repeat myself yet again... as I have in several other threads!
You make a good point Captain,
That was a very powerful piece. The corporate media is able to use the corporatized judicial systemto retain their priviledge of lying at will.
...and also their power to intimidate the dwindling number of good journalists.
i wanted to thank you for the link. i hope you don't mind but i have been taking it and posting the link on all the fox new web site forums that i can. maybe we can get a few people to open thier eyes and minds
Peace4All,
Not only do I NOT mind... you can even give me some of the credit for giving the link to you that you are now giving to them!
Explain to all those knuckle draggers over at those right wing sites where you want to offer this link that I can be found here at MMfA.org... and occasionally at HuffPost.com... and thinkprogress.org... and gregpalast.com ...and thomhartmann.com ...and mikemalloy.com if they want to discuss the article in more detail with me!
That's fair and balanced alright.
Murdoch makes W.R.Hurst look like a little newsboy on the corner. He have VAST amounts of money and power. Look out.
That should be "has". I did go to school for a few days.
i think hurst is probably smiling from hell at the holder of his legacy
Very informative post Craig...
I'm going to e-mail Dodd and Frank immediately. They're corrupt and stupid. And their mother wears army boots.
Craig,
Without resorting to republican talking points, can you tell us HOW Frank and Dodd are corrupt? Enquiring minds need to know, or want to know. Tell us how they are corrupt. How are they stupid exactly?
allow me to do it for him.
they are democrats.....period. thats it
well what about bob corker....and richard shelby.......they should go to they are just as bad if not worse
funny thing is this article is also about those of the word according to Rupert wanting a biased media and just shows the clear ignorance of yourself and other neo cons like yourself.
sorry bub, not a neocon, voted for obama, but using poor behavior to excuse others is really stupid. man just because i quesion corruption and lies doesn't make a person the opposite.
ok fine your not a neo con. my apologies. and maybe your right about dodd and frank. maybe. but name me a congressman and a senator who would not be corrupt? can name any?
but what about those senators i mentioned......those that got foreign car compaines to come to the U S nearly for FREE cause of FEDERAL subsidies given to them that were EARMARKED by those two chuckleheads?
hose that got foreign car compaines to come to the U S nearly for FREE
What car companies would that be? Are there some new one's we don't know about? If you're going to bark up that tree, you better go back about 40 years!
Unless you live in the Massachusetts's 4th congressional district or in the state of connecticut, STFU.
whats the matter craig.....get tired of getting called out and exposed as a liar and getting schooled?
come on. ive got more for ya if you like.
Dodd and Frank are corrupt because:
a) Bill O'Reilly says so.
b) Sean Hannity says so.
c) Rush Limbaugh says so.
d) All of the above
e) I don't know
f) There's a "D" after their name and state.
g) They are both members of Congress.
man, just because they are dems doesn't make them inocent. they make it easy for the cons when they are corrupt democrats (rangle, franks, jefferson) all over. note to dems pay you taxes and stop lying.
ok and neo cons are not corrupt themselves? what ted stevens. or mike foley,
of course they are. i'm just saying i can't stand the hypocrits, like this web site, that when its pointed out some dems are corrupt they just say "oh what about stevens or foley"and ignore the truth.
im not saying that democrats aren't corrupt......off the top of my head im thinking of that congressman from louisiana that got caught with money in his freezer.
by the way have you come up with a republican congressman and senator that ISN"T corrupt?
You mean this Ted Stevens?
FEderal prosecutors toss Stevens' case
Looks like the Dims overstepped their bounds again. Me thinks your time would be better spent uncovering Dodd and his blushing brides connections to AIG. THAT story is starting to stink up the house!
wow this is just exposing the complete ignorance Fixed Noise encourages.
Considering the Dems recently passed a resolution saying they would not bring back the fairness doctrine, what's the beef now? More manufactured rage for an issue that doesn't exist.
Why, it's the non-war on Christmas all over again!
Funny that Fox Nation calls for NO media bias, and FoxNews being the MOST biased media source in the entire world. Ironic. No?
could you give me a example of fox's NEWS bias. NOT the commentators. but NEWS.
Um craig98607271.... buddy.... have you not been paying attention in class...
What a dumb question... of course you have not been or would not have asked such a dumbass question yourself...
"could you give me a example of fox's NEWS bias. NOT the commentators. but NEWS."
What the hell do you think MMfA has been doing here the last five years? Twiddling their thumbs? Every thread by MMfA that speaks about Fox is about their bias, lies, etc, etc...
Unless of course you are attempting to claim that those that work at FoxNoise don't actually represent FoxNoise and what it is they spew (the bias, lies, distortions, and propganda) that is spoken by them all on an hourly basis but is not actually endorsed by FoxNoise but that FoxNoise (the company) is mearly allowing itself to simply be used as a vessel for the mouth pieces that work there?
Is that what you are claiming?
Good god man... have you any brain cells that work?
Ok... so I just noticed an earlier post by you craig98607271 where you said you voted for Obama...
Good on you for that...
But now I'm confused... your post that I replied to just above... what the heck is that all about then?
Because I have to tell ya... I'm seriously suspicious when someone claims to have voted for Obama and yet seems to be trying to defend FoxNoise and their more than well documented biases!
What gives?
oh thank you so much for your approval for my voting for obama. i'm only defeding their news division. can't stand hannity, oreillys not nearly as bad as you all think, but i just support the 1st amendment thats all.
i have a couple(brain cells) left. home page at MMFA lead stories are hannity, rush and doocy. all freaks, but the are not news people.
Cracks me up, MM is taking jabs at Fox as being biased while MM is not? And what, did you think all the folks who watch Fox would somehow wind up on this website and become enlightened?(in your eyes) Really, I'm amazed at how much MM has been able to stir the pot with its lead-in arguments... you guys need to stand back and realize that the picture is much bigger than the arguments you rail about here! O.K. I know I interrupted pom-pom party-time, so let fly with the insults....
well if you read what you youself wrote.....your the one firing the first insult shot.
your claiming bias on the part of MMFA because the majority of stuff thats on this site comes out of Fox News......did you ever think for a second that, its precisly what is going on?
that its simply MMFA calling out FOX and the Washington Times and Rush and everyone else?
there have been a number of occasions where FOX got caught with their own bias. most recent and aggregious example was that little slide chart that came straight from the Republican Senate Comm. Office. complete with typo and all and it was read on air. and that was the most recent and where they got caught red handed.
how about O'Reilly? sends a producer to tail a woman on vacation who blogged about his own insensitive statement and hypocritical actions. and O'Reilly has the balls to say that she hurt rape vicitms because she called him out?
how about having Karl Rove on as an analyst? the man who tried to create a PERMENANT REPUBLICAN MAJORITY. and who is being looked into for that whole mess with the Alabama governor. oh yeah and his constant dodging of summons from CONGRESS.
oh yeah and my personal favorite....MICHELLE BACHMANN. neo cons friendly behind enemy lines "war correspondent" who seems to adhere to mccarthyism. and the reason i bring her up, simply brecause one she spouted her crap on Hannity's radio show, and not one person in congress from the republican party has come out and said to her rectract or apologize for your statement.
how about having Ann Coulter, Andy Martin, and Jerome Corsi as guests. people who have cooked up conspiracy theories on a regular basis and consistentaly say vile and hateful things about people who do not agree with their politics and their points of view.
i could go on and on and on and on. im not quite sure what "bigger picture" your getting at here.....but ill tell you what i see as a bigger picture.
neo cons, now in the minority are doing everything they can to derail president obama at all costs. from delaying senator elect al franken to taking his seat. to trying to decry the use of budget reconciliation, even though they themselves used it many times when they were in the majority. holding up nominations as best they can, filibustering more than at any time in history, commitiing the sin of omission on a near daily basis or just committing outright lies. allowing commentators and radio personalities to speak vile statements and not lifting a finger to stop them, heck they are near outright supporting them. allowed during the campaign a number or racisit people to speak out and allowed lies about president obama being a terrorist, not being born in this country, and about him being a socialist when the republican vice presidential nominee was well known to be governor of probably the most socialistic state in the US, and bragging about that fact. and then stirring up crazy people still spreading lies about the presidents citizenship and birth, about what he is trying to do to save our economy.
the big picture here is that simply you are incorrect. if there is bias on the part of MMFA, well then Fox NEWs has MMFA beat by a ratio of at least 20 to 1.
now notice i did not fire a single insult at you...could have done so very easily. now what are you gonna say?
wow you must be a real good typer. lots a words, not to much substance. of course MMFA is biased and yes fox commentaters are. i don't see anyone here pointing out olbermans mistakes, only how great he and rachel is. you think because you are libs you are SO much smarter than everyone else. i'm independant. i think for myself.
hey guess what...im republican.....just not the neo con type is all.
have you thought that there have been no mistakes committed on the part of olbermann and maddow?
i mean if they have done so please point out a credible source that lists such mistakes. and by credible i mean anything other than : Fox News, WSJ, Washington Times, townhall.com, thepowerline, Human events and World Net Daily.
and your im independent i think for myself......bill o'reilly said that too.
as for substance read what i was responding to. i think there is plenty of substance that i was answering........but i also notice that you agreed with me that fox news is biased........
i never said mmfa wasn't biased...but if they are...then the difference between them and fox news is very glaring.......
but you can say i don't have substance all you like......doesn't make you correct.
cool, i'm more repug than dem myself, both the ike repugs and the scoop jackson dems don't exist anymore so i'm left behind. yes i can't stand the obama is a terrorist types either. this hatred with billo is weird though. he is the only one, with RARE exceptions, that will have the opposision on to debate. keith never does. just slamming repugs, gets boring. olberman watch has several of his mistakes. i still watch the guy, huge ego and all.
i count myself more TR type.
i aggree, wish there were more like him now. oh well
i agree as well. we need someone like him......id even take the challenge anyone to a boxing match and get their butt kicked buy him
yes i can't stand the obama is a terrorist types
Who are these "terrorist types" you're referring to?
Oops again, misread your comment. Please disregard.
It's amazing how true the suff FOX says is, if you change it just slightly so that it says the exact opposite of the original message. It's perversely impressive how the can be so consistently and perfectly aligned to the opposite of the truth.