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Fox News isn't a news organization..

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On Monday, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow were among several people who attended an off-the-record briefing with Pres. Obama at the White House. Sources tell us other attendees at the two-and-a-half hour chat included Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, Maureen Dowd of the New York Times, Gwen Ifill of PBS and Gloria Borger of CNN. Perhaps not surprisingly, no one from Fox News was in the room.

This fact quickly turned into ammunition for the folks at FOX. Last night on "Special Report," Bret Baier revealed the information pointing out that opinion hosts from one channel were being invited to a briefing with the Commander-in-Chief, all the while Fox was declared not a news organization.

Maddow/Olbermann Invited to White House Chat with Obama, But Fox Isn't a News Organization? - mediabistro.com: TVNewser

While Maddow and Olberman get front row seats and face time in the White House.

When Obama's term started out, I was really hoping things would change, but really nothing has. In fact I'd argue it's become far worse - the divide continues to widen. What happened to all those promises of transparency? Now we have the White House selectively blacklisting one of the three major cable news networks. I'd be laughing if this wasn't so, incredibly, sad.

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Yeah well, like those are better choices. :biggrin:

On a regular basis, Anderson Cooper is the only one I watch. I find him easy to take. I suspect if Obama accused him of bias against the administration he would do a special where he interviewed lots of people to get their opinions about whether he was biased or not and would fail to raise his voice while doing so.
there you go! Anderson is the man!
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White House Loses Bid to Exclude Fox News From Pay Czar Interview - Political News - FOXNews.com

The Obama administration on Thursday failed in its attempt to manipulate other news networks into isolating and excluding Fox News, as Republicans on Capitol Hill stepped up their criticism of the hardball tactics employed by the White House.
The Obama administration on Thursday tried to make "pay czar" Kenneth Feinberg available for interviews to every member of the White House pool except Fox News. The pool is the five-network rotation that for decades has shared the costs and duties of daily coverage of the presidency.
But the Washington bureau chiefs of the five TV networks consulted and decided that none of their reporters would interview Feinberg unless Fox News was included.
The administration relented, making Feinberg available for all five pool members and Bloomberg TV.
Amazing. :wacko:

Thank goodness the media is standing up for the rights of free press! I hope this puts an end to the White House's entire embarrassing crusade against dissent.

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30ashopper avatar
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Amazing. :wacko:

Thank goodness the media is standing up for the rights of free press! I hope this puts an end to the White House's entire embarrassing crusade against dissent.

Transparency through rose colored glasses.*



* glasses to be provided by government.

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