The good news is that Barack Obama has suddenly grown a backbone and is demonstrating his ability to get tough with his enemies. The bad news is that his administration has not gotten tough against Al Qaeda, or Hamas, or Iran, or North Korea, or the Taliban, or Venezuela, or other dangerous enemies of the U.S. No! Obama has decided to focus his administration's full attention and firepower on the REAL enemy of the U.S. -- the Fox News Channel! It's about time this administration recognized and confronted real evil in the world.
Over the past couple of weeks, numerous top-level White House operatives have taken to the airwaves and the news pages of this country to condemn the Fox News Channel. These top-level operatives include Communications Director Anita Dunn, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, and Obama's closest political advisor David Axelrod. Even Obama himself has singled out Fox News for attacks on more than one occasion (which is more can be said about his public statements about Iran). The Fox News Channel has committed an unforgivable offense. They refuse to let the White House control them and they are -- oh the horror! -- willing to report news stories that might reflect negatively on the Chosen One. How dare they be an independent voice instead of being clones of all the other "good" networks upon which Obama has graciously deigned to give his stamp of approval! The president is shocked -- shocked! -- that Fox News refuses to be a clone of CNN and MSNBC and ABC News and CBS News and NBC News and The New York Times and Newsweek and all the other lapdog media outlets. Thankfully, Obama's minions are out in full force to helpfully inform Americans which news networks they should be listening to. Obama does not yet have the full powers needed to completely shut down uncooperative news sources the way his "amigo" Hugo Chavez does, but registering his strong disapproval is a good start!
There's a reason why Fox News has become Public Enemy #1 in the Obama Administration's quest to keep America safe and sedated. Fox News is the only TV news network standing in the way of Obama's quest to "transform" America (his words, not mine). How many news networks reported the Van Jones story? One -- Fox News. (Remember, having a open racist and Communist in a top-level White House position is NOT news.) Which news network broke the ACORN scandal and was the only one to report on it and show the videos for at least the first couple of days? Fox News. How many news networks reported the truth about Obama's radical czars -- John Holdren, Kevin Jennings, Cass Sunstein, etc.? One -- Fox News. How many news networks reported Obama's dropping of charges against Black Panthers who engaged in voter intimidation tactics in Philadelphia? One -- Fox News. How many news networks are reporting the fact that a top-level Obama Administration official gave a speech praising mass murderer Mao Zedung as one of her inspirations? One -- Fox News. The list goes on and on. Fox News is simply the only network that will report news stories that are unfavorable to the White House; the other networks simply bury obvious news stories that are politically harmful to Obama. No wonder Obama wants to destroy Fox News. To destroy Fox News would be a huge step toward squelching all opposition to his policies and creating a universally docile and submissive television media. (Pravda, anyone?)
Am I the only one who finds it shocking that a President of the United States is using his power and influence to try to silence a free and independent media outlet that is simply doing its job as a public watchdog and reporting obvious news stories that the President happens not to like? I know Obama is helping the waters to recede and the planet to heal and all, but should he really be using his power and influence to go after news agencies he doesn't like? With the exception of Nixon, this is unprecedented in modern American political history (although somewhat more popular among the Soviets). Previous presidents have complained about general media bias or specific news stories - but never have we seen an all-out blitz against a specific network. And then of course, there is the Fairness Doctrine, a proposal supported by Obama and many Democrats. This is a blatant attempt to shut down free speech and destroy successful radio talk show hosts like Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin by forcing radio stations and programs to present "all points of view" and be "balanced." And who exactly sets the standard for what is "balanced"? Why, the government, of course! Mao Zedung, the hero of Obama's Communications Director, would be proud.
The good news is: the American public is not interested in having Obama tell them who to get their news from. Fox News is CRUSHING its opposition in the ratings. I'm talking more than twice the primetime ratings of MSNBC & CNN put together! That's dominance. And half of Fox News viewers are independents or Democrats. Thankfully, Fox News is courageously standing up to the President and the rest of the media, and they are being rewarded by the American people who still believe in freedom of the press.
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I agree with you on unlimited enforcement of the freedom of speech (probably more than you support) but the fox news network has it's sins too: during the Ron Paul campaign, Ron Paul was breaking all sorts of records for amount of money donated in a day (first 4 million in one day then 6 million in one day). seems like fox news should have put coverage on this, but no, only the liberal news outlets. so before you go triumphing fox news, they do their share of censoring too (which they have a right to do under the free market of course).
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