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Galraedia

(5,027 posts)
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 12:51 PM Apr 2012

Mitt Romney: Fox News Gives Us 'Good, Fair Play'

Source: Huffington Post

Mitt Romney has now expanded on his Sunday comments about moving beyond Fox News, telling conservative radio host Laura Ingraham on Wednesday that he thought the network had treated him fairly, but he wanted more Republican representation on other outlets.

"Fox is watched by the true believers," Romney told an audience at a private fundraiser this past weekend. "We need to get the independents and the women."

Asked by Ingraham about that comment, Romney said, "I realize, of course, that Fox has a lot of independent voters, a lot of Democrats that watch. In a network that is fair and balanced, our message gets a good, fair play. But there are some networks that do not give us that fair play, and we've got to put some of our people there. We've got to get some surrogates there. We've got to get more commentators that are there. I was watching a show on CNN the other night where there were three commentators, and, as you can imagine, two were Democrats. Well, you know, let's even things out."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/18/mitt-romney-fox-news-good-fair-play_n_1434327.html?ref=politics



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Mitt Romney: Fox News Gives Us 'Good, Fair Play' (Original Post) Galraedia Apr 2012 OP
Fine. FCC needs to shut down Fox anti-alec Apr 2012 #1
In other words, they pander to the Romney campaign liberal N proud Apr 2012 #2
Mittens is a joke just like fake news Iliyah Apr 2012 #3
More lies by Mitt......... Smilo Apr 2012 #4
How would he propose to divide 3 commentators evenly? pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #5
That's easy: one liberal, one conservative, and one Romneyite flipping back and forth between them. Jim Lane Apr 2012 #11
God, what trash!! Pander to the loons!! center rising Apr 2012 #6
"Fox is watched by the True Believers?!" felix_numinous Apr 2012 #7
Interesting! Wind Dancer Apr 2012 #8
Your welcome!! I always thought it should be required reading felix_numinous Apr 2012 #9
This statement, right there.. is enough AsahinaKimi Apr 2012 #10
 

anti-alec

(420 posts)
1. Fine. FCC needs to shut down Fox
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 12:53 PM
Apr 2012

and all of its ilk needs to be investigated constantly that Rupert and James Murdoch will have to sell it for pennies to the dollar.

Once they are in prison for life, then Fox can be dissolved, and the airheads fired and no new jobs for them.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
3. Mittens is a joke just like fake news
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 01:09 PM
Apr 2012

but unfortunately they do have a blind following which is beyond me. Insane is too nice of a word of what I think these jokers are.

Smilo

(1,944 posts)
4. More lies by Mitt.........
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 01:10 PM
Apr 2012
Asked by Ingraham about that comment, Romney said, "I realize, of course, that Fox has a lot of independent voters, a lot of Democrats that watch. In a network that is fair and balanced, our message gets a good, fair play. But there are some networks that do not give us that fair play, and we've got to put some of our people there


Fox is never fair and balanced outside its own right-wing agenda.

Amazingly enough other networks provide the news - good or bad = fair and balanced.

Mitt is just playing the "poor little me" card, yet again.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
5. How would he propose to divide 3 commentators evenly?
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 01:29 PM
Apr 2012

I don't think he gave his example very much thought.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
11. That's easy: one liberal, one conservative, and one Romneyite flipping back and forth between them.
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 07:59 PM
Apr 2012

Have you never heard of an Etch-A-Sketch?

felix_numinous

(5,198 posts)
7. "Fox is watched by the True Believers?!"
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 01:59 PM
Apr 2012

Wow. This is the 1951 book on The True Believers-Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, by Eric Hoffer --describing 'true believers' as fanatics. Here's to hoping history does not repeat itself:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_True_Believer

felix_numinous

(5,198 posts)
9. Your welcome!! I always thought it should be required reading
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 02:47 PM
Apr 2012

along with Grapes of Wrath, 1984, and Animal Farm in high school. Teach kids to think for themselves!!

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