Comments on: Conservatives 'Work the Refs,' Chapter Eleventy Billion http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/10/21/conservatives-work-the-refs-chapter-eleventy-billion/ The national media watch group Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:31:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Freedem http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/10/21/conservatives-work-the-refs-chapter-eleventy-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-9925 Freedem Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:40:31 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=13150#comment-9925 """BUCHANAN: I know when we hit the New York Times, for example, in the '60s, all of a sudden, they blossomed with an op-ed page that had some conservatives on it and conservative voices there, and all the other newspapers did, as well.""" I wonder how that differs from the Obama Whitehouse "hitting" the Fux Gnus channel? Or in what way various "actual" news organizations handle it. """BUCHANAN: I know when we hit the New York Times, for example, in the '60s, all of a sudden, they blossomed with an op-ed page that had some conservatives on it and conservative voices there, and all the other newspapers did, as well."""

I wonder how that differs from the Obama Whitehouse "hitting" the Fux Gnus channel? Or in what way various "actual" news organizations handle it.

]]> By: Tobi Dragert http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/10/21/conservatives-work-the-refs-chapter-eleventy-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-9907 Tobi Dragert Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:51:20 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=13150#comment-9907 The MSM never has been liberal - it's a fallacy invented and perpetrated by right-wingers. To the right wing, liberal media is that which reports the whole truth, despite how it makes some politicians look. And "fair and balanced" to them means putting forth opposing views to absolutely everything Democrats suggest, most often even if there is no valid "opposing view" -- the more outrageous the "opposing view" they put out, and the louder the big mouth stating it, the higher their TV ratings go. It's all entertainment to too many viewers. The MSM never has been liberal – it's a fallacy invented and perpetrated by right-wingers. To the right wing, liberal media is that which reports the whole truth, despite how it makes some politicians look. And "fair and balanced" to them means putting forth opposing views to absolutely everything Democrats suggest, most often even if there is no valid "opposing view" — the more outrageous the "opposing view" they put out, and the louder the big mouth stating it, the higher their TV ratings go. It's all entertainment to too many viewers.

]]> By: mitchell kaidy http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/10/21/conservatives-work-the-refs-chapter-eleventy-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-9899 mitchell kaidy Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:11:44 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=13150#comment-9899 During the Nixon Administration days, Bill Safire and Pat Buchanan conducted a campaign of sustained denunciation that had little in common with the Obama critique of the far-right Fox News. Fox has been Far Right, anti-Democratic Party long before Obama was elected. Some form of the Fairness Doctrine should be revived that, like the original doctrine, authorizes the station licensee to determine if "all sides are heard on a controversial issue of public importance."--mk During the Nixon Administration days, Bill Safire and Pat Buchanan conducted a campaign of sustained denunciation that had little in common with the Obama critique of the far-right Fox News. Fox has been Far Right, anti-Democratic Party long before Obama was elected.
Some form of the Fairness Doctrine should be revived that, like the original doctrine, authorizes the station licensee to determine if "all sides are heard on a controversial issue of public importance."--mk

]]> By: Patrick D. Prein http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/10/21/conservatives-work-the-refs-chapter-eleventy-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-9852 Patrick D. Prein Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:16:03 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=13150#comment-9852 During the Bush administration there was a conservative media bias, and few democrats were allowed interviews with the administration.Helen Thomas comes to mind.Is Fox Network a reputable News network or just an arm of the Republikan propaganda apparatus? During the Bush administration there was a conservative media bias, and few democrats were allowed interviews with the administration.Helen Thomas comes to mind.Is Fox Network a reputable News network or just an arm of the Republikan propaganda apparatus?

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