FOX Attacks! Blog – FOX News: More Smears in 9 Minutes Than Most Media Deliver All Day

FOX News: More Smears in 9 Minutes Than Most Media Deliver All Day

Posted on April 16th, 2008 by DJK

On Monday, I told you about the Obama carpet-bombing campaign FOX has initiated. Their plan is clear: saturate their network with constant negative stories about Obama by mangling and spinning his fairly benign comment about rural voters or demonizing Obama’s former minister, hoping that enough of them will stick to sufficiently cripple Obama’s chances in this Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary.

Their ultimate goal is to help Hillary Clinton win big enough in PA so she can make the argument to superdelegates that she should be the democratic nominee, even though she has no chance of beating Obama in pledged delegates. FOX and the Republicans want Clinton to be the nominee because they think John McCain has a better chance of beating her than Obama (though I don’t think McCain could beat either).

So here’s a short teaser to give you an idea of how bad it really is on FOX. All of these clips were taken from the first NINE MINUTES (before the first commercial break) of the Monday April 14, 2008 episode of Your World w/ Neil Cavuto, which purports to be a business show. And more stories followed, including Cavuto paraphrasing neocon William Kristol’s scurrilous New York Times op-ed (published the same day) that Obama sounds “very Karl Marxie,” then attributing the sentiment to an unnamed Democrat.

This is what just nine minutes of FOX looks like. There are 1,440 minutes in a day, and over 8,640 minutes until the Pennsylvania primary this Tuesday. And this is only going to get worse as Tuesday nears. There’s more about FOX’s April 14 coverage here, here, here, here, and here. FOX also attacked Hillary a bit, since while they want her to win the nomination, it’s only so she can lose the presidency.

I think FOX, Republicans, and Clinton see this as the final gambit. FOX and the Repubs know McCain can’t beat Obama, and Hillary knows that unless she scores a massive +20 victory in PA, her arguments for staying in the race will look more and more disingenuous. Unless Obama gets totally clobbered in PA, he’ll probably go on to win the nomination and, eventually, the presidency. Neither FOX, Republicans, nor Clinton want this to happen, so they’re giving it everything they’ve got. And the rest of the media, with their shameful coverage of the faux “bitterness controversy” and their inexplicable adoration for McCain, are happy to help.

There needs to be a backlash against this type of politics and reporting. And people like us, who are concerned about politics and the media, should be the ones to start it.

James Parker

Send fox news to the prison camp in china or pol pots cambodia

Nathan

uppity? I'm assuming all know the next word should be N$%#^. Jesus Christ! How much racism to we have to have? Absolutely incredible. Why doesn't the FCC do anything about it? Oh yeah I know why? Colon Powell's son is head of the FCC!

Linda

I wish Hillary would grow a brain and figure out the reason Faux News and the right wingnuts want her to win the nomination. Does she even have a clue about rush limbo's "operation chaos"? Unfortunately, it is working because the Democratic Party is in chaos.

sheila

Fox is right. Obama does not have the love for America or the experience to get us out of the mess bush has got us into.

betsy Russ

I'm glad Fox is smearing Obama. He doesn't deserve to be running for president, he doesn't deserve to be elected president. He hasn't the experience needed to run this country.

BRENDA

LETS BOYCOTT ALL PRODUCTS ADVERTISED ON FOX!THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR EXPLOITING THE IGNORANT,PRACTICING MIND CONTROL OVER MINDS PARKED IN CRUISE CONTROL,AND WORST OF ALL RAPING SUCH WORDS AS FAIR AND BALANCED.

gail whitfield

OBAMA IS 1000 TIMES SMARTER THAN CLINTON...ANY WOMAN THAT LETS HER HUSBAND HUMILIATE HER AND GET AWAY WITH IT ....OBAMA IS A BORN LEADER...NOT A FOLLOWER....

Joe Hobson

The republican mouth piece, Foxx , is desperate. They lie and the sad part is that people believe the lies. Critical thinking skills have not been taught in our public schools for years. No Child Left A Dime was a Bush plan to continue to produce a sheepish, bible-thumping, robot-like public, on a par to Nazi Germany and the Big Lie of Goebbells. Young people, our next generation can see through the lies, the hatred and can see a country where the marginalized and the forgotton are recognized. Jesus taught that what you do to the least of my sisters and brothers, you do to me. The self centered Republicans believe that they are little Gods running around. Soon, very soon they will be in a new type of world. The Rupert Murdoch's of the world will continue to spill their hatred because they feel cornered as we watch democracy work. I for one believe that this FOXX evil will not work.

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David M. Ward

The first thing that struck me, was the woman who said that Obama was full of hatred, and more to that effect. NOWHERE have I seen more hatred spewed, and presented as factual "news" than on FOX NEWS. There's so much gobbledy-gook out there right now as far as media accountability, but anybody with open eyes should see that FOX is the supreme example that it is not being done right.