Fox News Resumes Perennial Gas Price Charade

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http://mediamatters.org/research/201202160012

February 16, 2012 6:21 pm ET

As the employment outlook improves, Fox News is advising Republicans to focus on blaming President Obama for rising gasoline prices -- a claim with no relation to economic fact.

News Talkers Converge On Highly Misleading Talking Point

Fox Blames Obama For Change In Gas Prices From January 2009 To Now. On at least six occasions in the past week, Fox News has pushed the talking point that gasoline prices have almost doubled (increasing 83% or 90% or 91%) since Obama took office in January 2009. The claim was also promoted this week by the Drudge Report and CNSNews, as well as the Senate Republican Conference. Fox falsely suggested that Obama's energy policies are to blame for the increase in prices, without explaining that prices were low in January 2009 because the recession slashed demand. {The O'Reilly Factor, 2/9/12{}CNSNews.com, 2/14/12} {Drudge Report, 2/14/12}{Senate Republican Conference, 2/15/12}{Fox & Friends, 2/15/12}{Your World with Neil Cavuto, 2/15/12}{The Five, 2/15/12}{Special Report, 2/15/12}{Fox & Friends, 2/16/12}

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Nice to see find out where these right wing nut talking points originate from isn't it?

[Surya Gayatri]

1. The bullsh*t talking points are flying fast

and furious. Turn on any right-wing commentator at random: it's obvious they've all gotten the memo. Spinning like drunken dervishes.

SG

[mmonk]

2. And nobody is looking at the facts regarding deregulation in the financial

sector either. That helped untie gasoline prices from supply and demand as any sort of single reason for prices.

[madokie]

3. If fox noise isn't a right wing mouth piece

I'll kiss your arse in public at high noon. I can say this with out worry as I know I'm right and neither of us would want me to do that

Go GM
Go Ford
Go Chrysler

GObama

I simply love our President and can't help myself. He duh man, no bout adout it

fox noise should not be on our airwaves posing as a news organization.