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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 02:09 PM
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Fox News directs viewers to town halls hosted by Democrats.
Edited on Fri Aug-07-09 02:10 PM by kpete
Fox News directs viewers to town halls hosted by Democrats.

Earlier today, Fox News publicized the time and location of “gladiatorial” town halls hosted by Democrats — but not Republicans. With “heated” and increasingly confrontational town halls now dominating news coverage, Washington correspondent James Rosen announced he had “obtained a large Excel spreadsheet showing the schedule of town halls for Democratic members of Congress.” Rosen reported the time and location of several town halls, including those for Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA). To explain why Fox wasn’t reporting on town halls hosted by Republicans, Rosen assured viewers that if he “had the spreadsheet for the Republican members,” he would “share” that as well:


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http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/07/fox-directs-viewers/
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SleeplessInAlabama Donating Member (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 02:09 PM
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1. Fuck. You sound surprised. nt
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 02:10 PM
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2. faux news is simply the pr firm for the right wing neocons
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mnhtnbb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 02:11 PM
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3. Fair and balanced once again. What a bunch of hypocrites.
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CanonRay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 02:16 PM
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4. My (R-Asshole) Congressman isn't holding any town halls
Actually, once he's nominated, he doesn't even bother to campaign, a la Calvin Coolidge. The idiots in this District just re-re-re-elect him, ad nauseum.
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