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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Michelle Malkin :: Townhall.com Columnist
Who's Behind the White House War on Fox News?
by Michelle Malkin
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White House interim communications director Anita Dunn assumed the role of lead Fox News Channel-basher this weekend. The attack was a dud. The left-leaning Nation magazine ridiculed President Obama's press shop for turning him into the "whiner-in-chief." AOL media columnist Jeff Bercovici called the war on Fox a "loser's strategy" that "signals weakness." And that's the friendly fire.

Dunn found refuge in rival CNN's green zone, where she blasted Fox News as a "research arm of the Republican Party." Unhappy with headline-generating Fox News hosts who have wrested control of the news cycle from Team Obama, Dunn complained about "opinion journalism masquerading as news."

Well, that is certainly an apt description of an Obama-sympathizing "news" segment on "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer," which purported to "fact check" a Saturday Night Live skit mocking the president's lack of accomplishments.

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Yes, the "real" news fact-checked the fake news to cover for Obama's deficiencies. Zero complaints from the White House communications office about that. Or about authentic CNN journalist Anderson Cooper using his prime-time show to make vulgar sexual jokes about Tea Party activists. Or about the joint White House-ABC News health care reform infomercial that aired earlier this summer.

Some "opinion journalism" is more equal than others.

Debates about the blurred lines between opinion and journalism are all well and good. But don't the talking-points crafters in the Oval Office have something better to do than carp about the talking points they don't like hearing on the one cable network that hasn't been completely overrun by Obama sycophants? (Full disclosure: I've been a Fox News contributor since 2001.)

Where are the seasoned press gurus to help Nobel Peace Prize-winner Barack Obama appear more presidential and less petty and thuggish? Continued...
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Reply # 1
Date: Oct 29, 2009 - 10:07 AM EST
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You contradict your own theory that the two wars are conservative created. If we created the war then what would be the benefit of aiding the ones we supposedly created the war with? Do you have any clue what it is like to live under oppression? Have you ever had to live without freedom? Other than the stint you done in the county jail.If you are so in tune with the democrat way of equality and choice then why would you be opposed to helping another people group have the freedoms that you enjoy.
I do not consider myself to be a Republican, for likely the same reasons that you disagree with the Republican party. I am a proud conservative. There is a vast difference between Conservative and Republican. I live in an area that is heavily Democrat. Most of my family is Democrat. The kind of Democrat that we have here is what some have called a Southern Democrat. This kind of Democrat is one that does have the best interest of the working man in mind. They are very conservative both socially and fiscally. I do not see that out of Obama, Pelosi, or Reid.I will give you the benefit of doubt and assume that you do not line up with this part of your party much like true conservatives dont line up with the left leaning side of the GOP.

You would probably get alot more satisfaction out of life if you would start thinking for yourself, rather than allowing a political party to produce thought for you.Where you stand on certain issues is up to you. You have the right to express your own opinion. However, it would do you well to study whatever it is that you want to discuss so that you do not sound like a moron.
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Date: Oct 24, 2009 - 6:49 PM EST
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