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Posted by Bobby Eberle October 19, 2009 Printer-Friendly Version
I must admit... I thought for sure that the Obama administration's "war" against Fox News would surely just be a skirmish. Think about it. Fox News is more popular than all other cable news channels, and yet Obama's minions still thought it was a good strategy to go after the network. Their actions paint a clear picture of an administration that is elitist and arrogant.
Rather than realize they are employing a game plan that will fail, the Obama team has escalated the war. Now they are not only refusing to supply any guests for Fox News programs, but they are also telling other news networks to "join the administration in declaring that Fox is 'not a news organization.'" Remember the picture that Obama and the media painted of him? He was supposed to be the person that brought the country together, right? What we are seeing through his use of race-baiting, prior administration bashing, and now the attacks against Fox News is that the arrogance and elitism of him and his advisors knows no bounds.
Obama advisor David Axelrod recently appeared on ABC's "This Week" program. Here is what he had to say:
Just think about it... Axelrod has the nerve to say that Fox isn't real news because it is "pushing a point of view." Hello! What is CNN doing? What is MSNBC doing? (Actually, who cares... no one watches them.)
In addition, Fox News is being black-balled by the White House, and guess why? Because they have the nerve... the audacity... the gall to listen to something Obama or an advisor says and then... verify the facts. Fact-checking is part of what a news organization should do, right?
As noted in a story on FOXNews.com:
Appearing on CNN's John King program, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel had this to say (or not say) about the White House strategy to attack Fox News:
If you haven't done so in a while, I invite everyone to watch a couple hours of CNN news programming. Observe the actual stories, note the guests and "experts," and realize what angle they are pursuing.
Obama and his administration can't even defend their own policies. They run for cover if a news organization actually checks the facts. The longer they keep up this strategy, the sooner the American people will figure out that Obama is a radical, that he has a team of radicals, and they are bent on "transforming" America in their own socialist image.
We should all "check the facts." We should all tell our friends and colleagues to pay attention to what is happening. A president taking on a news organization? How scary is it to know that the one news outlet that dares to "fact-check" and ask tough questions is being attacked by the president of the United States and his team?
Rather than realize they are employing a game plan that will fail, the Obama team has escalated the war. Now they are not only refusing to supply any guests for Fox News programs, but they are also telling other news networks to "join the administration in declaring that Fox is 'not a news organization.'" Remember the picture that Obama and the media painted of him? He was supposed to be the person that brought the country together, right? What we are seeing through his use of race-baiting, prior administration bashing, and now the attacks against Fox News is that the arrogance and elitism of him and his advisors knows no bounds.
Obama advisor David Axelrod recently appeared on ABC's "This Week" program. Here is what he had to say:
Just think about it... Axelrod has the nerve to say that Fox isn't real news because it is "pushing a point of view." Hello! What is CNN doing? What is MSNBC doing? (Actually, who cares... no one watches them.)
In addition, Fox News is being black-balled by the White House, and guess why? Because they have the nerve... the audacity... the gall to listen to something Obama or an advisor says and then... verify the facts. Fact-checking is part of what a news organization should do, right?
As noted in a story on FOXNews.com:
The White House stopped providing guests to 'Fox News Sunday' after Wallace fact-checked controversial assertions made by Tammy Duckworth, assistant secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, in August. [White House Communications Director Anita] Dunn said fact-checking an administration official was "something I've never seen a Sunday show do." "She criticized 'FOX News Sunday' last week for fact-checking -- fact-checking -- an administration official," Wallace said Sunday. "They didn't say that our fact-checking was wrong. They just said that we had dared to fact-check."Earlier in the month, Dunn made the media rounds and said, "But let's not pretend they're a news network the way CNN is."
Appearing on CNN's John King program, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel had this to say (or not say) about the White House strategy to attack Fox News:
If you haven't done so in a while, I invite everyone to watch a couple hours of CNN news programming. Observe the actual stories, note the guests and "experts," and realize what angle they are pursuing.
Obama and his administration can't even defend their own policies. They run for cover if a news organization actually checks the facts. The longer they keep up this strategy, the sooner the American people will figure out that Obama is a radical, that he has a team of radicals, and they are bent on "transforming" America in their own socialist image.
We should all "check the facts." We should all tell our friends and colleagues to pay attention to what is happening. A president taking on a news organization? How scary is it to know that the one news outlet that dares to "fact-check" and ask tough questions is being attacked by the president of the United States and his team?
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