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    Who Got To Ask Questions At The Obama Presser?
    In order:

    Nedra Pickler (AP), Lee Cowan (NBC), Jake Tapper (ABC), Chip Reid (CBS), Karen Bohan (Reuters), John McCormick (Chicago Tribune), Lynn Sweet (Chicago Sun-Times), Candy Crowley (CNN), Jeff Zeleny (New York Times).

    Which network didn't get a question? Fox News.

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    gee i wonder why
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    ^

    Well, I guess that explains it.

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    Pretty sure McCain took questions from all the news sources, not just Fox, and look at how the other's treated him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jester214 View Post
    Pretty sure McCain took questions from all the news sources, not just Fox, and look at how the other's treated him.
    McCain was apparently all buddy-buddy with the media before they savaged him. Though I'm glad Obama won, I can't help but pity the guy. He was incredibly gracious in defeat, and it's not as if he was another Bush (though I think Palin was a very poor choice of running mate as far as distancing McCain from the Bush years went).

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    the only part that I have strong ferver for is Obama not putting his hand over his heart for the national anthem. This did not sit well with me.

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    oh, and I should add that if Bush just was not recognizing the flag that would bother me as well, but just because that pic shos that does not mean that he didnt just move his hand to scratch or something. I really do not know. Without seeing the clip of the whole thing, it is hard to sy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Melonie View Post
    Who Got To Ask Questions At The Obama Presser?
    In order:

    Nedra Pickler (AP), Lee Cowan (NBC), Jake Tapper (ABC), Chip Reid (CBS), Karen Bohan (Reuters), John McCormick (Chicago Tribune), Lynn Sweet (Chicago Sun-Times), Candy Crowley (CNN), Jeff Zeleny (New York Times).

    Which network didn't get a question? Fox News.

    Hahahahahahaha! Hey, the Weekly World News didn't get to ask a question, either.

    Why would the President indulge a tabloid news organization like Fox News?


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    What's with the hand on the heart thing? I thought as long as you took your hat off and didn't keep eating your hotdog and drinking your beer while the anthem was on, you were ok?

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    ^^^ only at hockey games !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paris View Post
    Why would the President indulge a tabloid news organization like Fox News?
    Yeah, indulge them when you're running, screw them when it's over! That's the way to go!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady View Post
    oh, and I should add that if Bush just was not recognizing the flag that would bother me as well, but just because that pic shos that does not mean that he didnt just move his hand to scratch or something. I really do not know. Without seeing the clip of the whole thing, it is hard to sy.
    Exactly and if you notice Obama isn't even the one in the pic and in the next one pic its saying that Obama called McCain a "maverick" when its obvious to everyone he didn't.

    Quote Originally Posted by jester214
    Yeah, indulge them when you're running, screw them when it's over! That's the way to go
    Of course thats the way to go, "tolerate" them and not give them any real dirt or whatever so they have to keep digging for stuff like they did in these pics and then when you accomplish your mission dismiss them

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    Sorry to say, but isn't Fox News destroying any and all comers as far as ratings? Hasn't Fox News been found to be the most unbiased mass media in America by more than one independent study?

    I would have to look it up, but I'm fairly certain that is true. So to say that Fox News is a tabloid news organization is funny, in and of itself. That would make me think that you are a liberal ... yep ... looking back at your posts, I was right.

    +1 point for Narcissus

    While I detest most of the current media outlets, I'm amazed at how obvious the bias has been during this election. It has been getting worse every election, but this year has been absurd. My wife and I would literally flip channels back and forth between news to get the 'full effect'. It was crazy, crazy.

    While Fox did put a repub spin on a lot of things, I found them to be the fairest by leaps and bounds. As the above pics show, they made some pretty serious screw-ups as well ... but, sadly, they were still the least biased.

    I am neither a dem or a repub ... so I was stunned and amazed at how blatant the media was in their biased reporting (or total and complete lack of reporting). Just a few more elections and our television might be as filled with false, biased propaganda as N. Korea's news.

    Seriously, that is something we (regardless of political affiliation), as a nation, should be mortified by.

    Narcissus

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    Quote Originally Posted by Narcissus View Post
    Sorry to say, but isn't Fox News destroying any and all comers as far as ratings? Hasn't Fox News been found to be the most unbiased mass media in America by more than one independent study?

    I would have to look it up, but I'm fairly certain that is true. So to say that Fox News is a tabloid news organization is funny, in and of itself. That would make me think that you are a liberal ... yep ... looking back at your posts, I was right.

    +1 point for Narcissus

    While I detest most of the current media outlets, I'm amazed at how obvious the bias has been during this election. It has been getting worse every election, but this year has been absurd. My wife and I would literally flip channels back and forth between news to get the 'full effect'. It was crazy, crazy.

    While Fox did put a repub spin on a lot of things, I found them to be the fairest by leaps and bounds. As the above pics show, they made some pretty serious screw-ups as well ... but, sadly, they were still the least biased.

    I am neither a dem or a repub ... so I was stunned and amazed at how blatant the media was in their biased reporting (or total and complete lack of reporting). Just a few more elections and our television might be as filled with false, biased propaganda as N. Korea's news.

    Seriously, that is something we (regardless of political affiliation), as a nation, should be mortified by.

    Narcissus


    google this keyword "Faux news" and see what you find in the web and pics section

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    Ok ... I googled it. Jumped around on the net and read a lot of reviews of it ... and even spent far too much time looking around the site itself.

    Without wanting to offend you, all I can say about it is that it is a biased mockery made by a left winger trying to tear down the only station that didn't follow Obama around like a little, lost puppy starved for attention.

    Am I saying that Fox News wasn't biased to the right? Hell no, I'm not. I am saying that it was far less biased than say: CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC ... just in a different direction and not as extreme.

    Yes, there are lots of pics and quotes around that demonstrate Fox News being biased ... sure there are. Anything they do that is biased is gobbled up and quoted and framed and pointed at ... a lot.

    Quote Originally Posted by Faux News
    If you're looking for a good, old-fashioned beat-down, sue away, you conservative wing nut. I could use the material.
    Your example just adds credence to the fact that a left winger promotes, runs, owns, and updates the site and hates conservatives. Bad example?

    As a side note: I'm really getting tired of defending the right so much, but I refuse to just let this type of stuff slip by. If you want to wag a finger at them, by all means ... but please don't resort to petty and vapid attempts to make them look bad. Get stuff that has actual substance and then climb on your soap box.

    The O.P. made a good point by demonstrating that the vast majority of the mass media was biased towards Obama ... and that Obama knew it and took advantage of it. To then attack the right-leaning news channel as an explanation is an empty attempt at a repose.

    Narcissus

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    Quote Originally Posted by Narcissus View Post
    Sorry to say, but isn't Fox News destroying any and all comers as far as ratings? Hasn't Fox News been found to be the most unbiased mass media in America by more than one independent study?

    I would have to look it up, but I'm fairly certain that is true. So to say that Fox News is a tabloid news organization is funny, in and of itself. That would make me think that you are a liberal ... yep ... looking back at your posts, I was right.

    +1 point for Narcissus

    While I detest most of the current media outlets, I'm amazed at how obvious the bias has been during this election. It has been getting worse every election, but this year has been absurd. My wife and I would literally flip channels back and forth between news to get the 'full effect'. It was crazy, crazy.

    While Fox did put a repub spin on a lot of things, I found them to be the fairest by leaps and bounds. As the above pics show, they made some pretty serious screw-ups as well ... but, sadly, they were still the least biased.

    I am neither a dem or a repub ... so I was stunned and amazed at how blatant the media was in their biased reporting (or total and complete lack of reporting). Just a few more elections and our television might be as filled with false, biased propaganda as N. Korea's news.

    Seriously, that is something we (regardless of political affiliation), as a nation, should be mortified by.

    Narcissus
    Do you honestly think FoxNews is unbiased? It's essentially just an outlet for Rupert Murdoch's political views. Outfoxed makes interesting watching, if you haven't seen it already.

    The reason you found it fair, I imagine, is that your own viewpoint veers to the right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by flickad View Post
    Do you honestly think FoxNews is unbiased? It's essentially just an outlet for Rupert Murdoch's political views. Outfoxed makes interesting watching, if you haven't seen it already.

    The reason you found it fair, I imagine, is that your own viewpoint veers to the right.
    You know who owns CNN right?
    Not exactly fair to anyone, except far left dems.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Narcissus View Post
    Ok ... I googled it. Jumped around on the net and read a lot of reviews of it ... and even spent far too much time looking around the site itself.

    Without wanting to offend you, all I can say about it is that it is a biased mockery made by a left winger trying to tear down the only station that didn't follow Obama around like a little, lost puppy starved for attention.

    Am I saying that Fox News wasn't biased to the right? Hell no, I'm not. I am saying that it was far less biased than say: CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC ... just in a different direction and not as extreme.

    Yes, there are lots of pics and quotes around that demonstrate Fox News being biased ... sure there are. Anything they do that is biased is gobbled up and quoted and framed and pointed at ... a lot.



    Your example just adds credence to the fact that a left winger promotes, runs, owns, and updates the site and hates conservatives. Bad example?

    As a side note: I'm really getting tired of defending the right so much, but I refuse to just let this type of stuff slip by. If you want to wag a finger at them, by all means ... but please don't resort to petty and vapid attempts to make them look bad. Get stuff that has actual substance and then climb on your soap box.

    The O.P. made a good point by demonstrating that the vast majority of the mass media was biased towards Obama ... and that Obama knew it and took advantage of it. To then attack the right-leaning news channel as an explanation is an empty attempt at a repose.

    Narcissus
    How was i attacking FOX news by just posting pics of things "they showed on tv"? I'm sure almost sure Obama didn't say to himself i'm gonna make sure i don't let FOX get a question in but the OP is implying that he did so i was just going along with her and showing if so this is why he didn't


    Oh yeah i didn't see that good point the OP made could you please point it out to me

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jabba_WTF? View Post
    You know who owns CNN right?
    Not exactly fair to anyone, except far left dems.
    Heh, if you think the Democrats are far-left, you obviously don't know what far-left is (read: Communist. Certainly not liberals). I don't know who owns CNN and it is only available on pay-TV in this country (which I don't have), but when I last watched it (admittedly several years ago, at my mother's), it seemed, if anything, to lean slightly right of centre. This, of course, was in 2001-2002, at the height of fears about terrorism, but I still caught no hint of left-wing bias, much less an extremist bent.

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    boo hoo

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    Quote Originally Posted by flickad View Post
    Heh, if you think the Democrats are far-left, you obviously don't know what far-left is (read: Communist. Certainly not liberals). I don't know who owns CNN and it is only available on pay-TV in this country (which I don't have), but when I last watched it (admittedly several years ago, at my mother's), it seemed, if anything, to lean slightly right of centre. This, of course, was in 2001-2002, at the height of fears about terrorism, but I still caught no hint of left-wing bias, much less an extremist bent.
    Apologies from me.
    (I have ADD, so politi-talk causes me to lose focus.)
    I consider Communists or Socialists to be so far left wing that they dont really compare to dems in my mind.
    Ted Turner owns CNN. Not known for being a supporter of republicans.
    Turner seems to be a conservationist, but not conservative.
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    CNN is easily as far left as Fox News is right.
    If I remember correctly, FN was started as an answer to CNN's left leaning views.

    I hope this makes sense, because I'm beginning to do the anti-focus/glassy-eyed thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by flickad View Post
    Do you honestly think FoxNews is unbiased? It's essentially just an outlet for Rupert Murdoch's political views. Outfoxed makes interesting watching, if you haven't seen it already.

    The reason you found it fair, I imagine, is that your own viewpoint veers to the right.
    Quote Originally Posted by Narcissus View Post
    While Fox did put a repub spin on a lot of things ...
    Quote Originally Posted by Narcissus View Post
    My wife and I would literally flip channels back and forth between news to get the 'full effect'.
    Quote Originally Posted by Narcissus View Post
    I am neither a dem or a repub ... so I was stunned and amazed at how blatant the media was in their biased reporting (or total and complete lack of reporting). Just a few more elections and our television might be as filled with false, biased propaganda as N. Korea's news.
    Quote Originally Posted by Narcissus View Post
    As a side note: I'm really getting tired of defending the right so much, but I refuse to just let this type of stuff slip by. If you want to wag a finger at them, by all means ... but please don't resort to petty and vapid attempts to make them look bad. Get stuff that has actual substance and then climb on your soap box.
    Quote Originally Posted by Narcissus View Post
    Am I saying that Fox News wasn't biased to the right? Hell no, I'm not.
    What in the world made you think that I find Fox unbiased? Yet again, this is your inability to read what I've written. You take tiny bits out and then congratulate yourself for 'proving a point'. I don't know you, but you are either really slow or you just don't want to read what I've actually written.

    Please, attempt to read and understand what you want to respond to before attempting a response. Thanks.

    Quote Originally Posted by grindonme View Post
    How was i attacking FOX news by just posting pics of things "they showed on tv"? I'm sure almost sure Obama didn't say to himself i'm gonna make sure i don't let FOX get a question in but the OP is implying that he did so i was just going along with her and showing if so this is why he didn't


    Oh yeah i didn't see that good point the OP made could you please point it out to me
    Please don't act like that. You and I both know you meant that as an attack against fox news. If I posted a video of Obama saying he had 57 states left to campaign in or of Bush stumbling over simple statements ... that would be an attack. It is the exact same principle and you well know it.

    As far as the O.P.'s point ...
    Quote Originally Posted by Narcissus View Post
    The O.P. made a good point by demonstrating that the vast majority of the mass media was biased towards Obama ... and that Obama knew it and took advantage of it.
    Narcissus

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    Quote Originally Posted by Narcissus View Post
    What in the world made you think that I find Fox unbiased? Yet again, this is your inability to read what I've written. You take tiny bits out and then congratulate yourself for 'proving a point'. I don't know you, but you are either really slow or you just don't want to read what I've actually written.

    Please, attempt to read and understand what you want to respond to before attempting a response. Thanks.



    Narcissus
    No, you don't know me, and I'm one exam away from my law degree, so slow might be the wrong angle. Please try putting away the patronising attitude. There are smart people on both sides of this debate, you know.

    What you said in one of your posts was that fox was the least biased of the news networks. Perhaps my use of the term 'unbiased' didn't precisely encapsulate what you actually did say, and for that I'll apologise, but I'm sure you knew what it was I meant when I expressed surprise at your opinion as to the neutrality or otherwise of FoxNews.

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    Actually, no I didn't know what you meant as your post was blunt and to the point. Add that to the fact that several threads here have you attacking my viewpoints by labeling them outrageous titles, misrepresenting them in gross inaccurate ways, and it might be understandable that I took your post as exactly how you worded it ...

    Regardless, yes I did find Fox to be quite biased. I have not and would not deny that. No reason to. I do stand by the fact that it was, by far, the least biased mass media outlet I had the opportunity to see.

    I have been disgusted with the news this entire election and was amazed at the blatant bias all the way around. CNN and ABC, in my opinion, tied for the worst.

    Don't take this as me outright defending Fox though ... I'm disgusted with them all and with the fact that the American public let them get away with such absurdities. It was disgusting and revolting and offensive.

    We should all (Americans - the U.S.A variety) be ashamed and embarrassed.

    Narcissus

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