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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 09:20 AM
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Should Fox News be eliminated from the WH Press Corps????
To think they would even be considered to sit in Helen Thomas's old seat, I honestly think they should be eliminated from the Corps. It has been established numerous times they are not actually a "news" outlet so why should they even be in the room. Secondly, this would be such a slap in the face to Murdoch and the Right, either become a valuable news source or stick with the tabloids.
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 09:26 AM
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1. At this point, yes.
They've made it clear that they aren't interested in doing the most basic journalistic exercise of getting all sides of a story.

:headbang:
rocktivity
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 09:27 AM
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2. Don't hold your breath
The WH is scared shitless of them. The president may make a lukewarm statement of condemnation from time to time but the actions of his administration don't give you a warm and fuzzy feeling that they will ever do anything to faux.
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 09:28 AM
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5. Very frustrating...n/t
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Buns_of_Fire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 09:58 AM
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14. The old phrase "scared shitless" has now been redefined as "bipartisan"
They can't seem to take even one baby step forward without playing "Murdoch May I?" first. (Look at how quick the USDA was to throw Ms. Sherrod under the bus after The Mighty Beck's name was mentioned.)
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 10:06 AM
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19. Well said, Buns.
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Buns_of_Fire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 10:19 AM
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23. Thank you. I have occasional bouts of lucidity (usually one per year, in fact).
And that was probably it for this year.:hi:
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 09:28 AM
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3. it should be eliminated. period. they are a cancer.
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trayfoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 09:28 AM
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4. Absolutely!
AND........it should have to display a disclaimer about not being a news network!
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Hassin Bin Sober Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 09:28 AM
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6. No! They might go after Obama!
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EnlightenedOne Donating Member (452 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 09:35 AM
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11. LOL
Its what they do on an hourly/daily basis. They even enhance it by playing music from the Excorsist.
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 09:29 AM
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7. Only legitimate news orgs. should be permitted at the WH
Jeff Gannon was more legitimate.
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 09:32 AM
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8. Faux should be banned, permanently from WH Press Corps, and FCC investigating the corrupt media
and ordering Rupert Murdoch to shut down his entity called "News Corp" permanently and deported back to Australia.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 09:33 AM
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9. No (nt)
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wmbrew0206 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 09:33 AM
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10. The WH already tried to take the first steps to do this but the other
news agencies backed up Fox and the WH had to given in. Earlier this year or last, the WH was making either President Obama or one of his primary staff available for interviews with all the networks, except Fox. The networks refused to do the interviews unless Fox was included, so the WH gave in.
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 09:35 AM
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12. I forgot about that, thanks for the reminder. Okay, they all suck...LOL...n/t
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AngryOldDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 09:44 AM
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13. Then put them in the last row and don't call on them. n/t
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 10:11 AM
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21. Fuck 'em all.
Cut all the propaganda outlets loose.
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 09:59 AM
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15. they SHOULD, but it isn't going to happebn
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 09:59 AM
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16. This is the right time. Have they even retracted their story yet???
I don't have the stomach to check!
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DirkGently Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 10:16 AM
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22. Even better. Glenn Beck has "discovered" that the WH was
wrong. And he's very, very disappointed in the Obama administration for its "shameful railroading" of this poor woman.

Sorry, probably won't help the stomach.

:)
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alc Donating Member (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 10:03 AM
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17. no.
the people need to decide who is/isn't a legitimate news organization. There needs to be some steps to getting credentials, but it would be a very bad precedent for the administration to yank credentials because of misstatements or even lies. Who knows what the next republican administration will consider to be a misstatement or lie.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 10:04 AM
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18. i haven't heard fox mentioned once on the teevee this am
the m$m protects their own
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 10:08 AM
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20. these days, if only legit news organizations were there, it would be a pretty empty room.
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 10:31 AM
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24. No. It's childish to seek only voices that are agreeable to you. If Bush had banished GEM$NBC
just imagine the justified uproar that would have ensued. It seems almost certain he would have liked to banish them, given his personality, but was wisely advised against it.

No. Eliminating your political enemies from the WH press core just reeks of the paranoid, fascistic tendencies of Nixon and other despicable pubs.
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 10:35 AM
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25. Fox does not report news. That is the problem...
They are a propaganda machine!
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glinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 10:40 AM
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26. No doubt they should.
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SargeUNN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 10:40 AM
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27. yep and investigated by the FCC
Beck alone would be grounds for heavy fines if not stronger actions.
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onenote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 07:59 AM
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30. FCC doesn't and can't regulate content of cable channels
First Amendment
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Jim__ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 10:50 AM
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28. Yes. They are not a news channel, they don't belong in the same room with journalists. - n/t
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 07:58 AM
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29. Fuck yeah. It is a "PRESS" Corp. FOX is NOT "news".
Even letting FOX in the room is like putting Velveeta on a plate of fine cheeses, or including Mad Dog 20/20 in a tasting of top-line wines.
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Bloofer_Lady Donating Member (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 08:01 AM
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31. They shouldn't be allowed since they repeatedly lie.
They are no better than a tabloid.
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