Fox News: Where Romney Advisers Are Undisclosed, Impartial Analysts

[highplainsdem]

From Media Matters:

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201205040002

Fox News has repeatedly hosted advisers to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney without disclosing that they are helping his campaign. Media Matters examined recent appearances by advisers John Bolton, Jay Sekulow, and Walid Phares, who have all appeared on Fox News and criticized the Obama administration.

Bolton and Phares are Fox News contributors, while Sekulow is a frequent Fox News guest.

Bolton, a Romney foreign policy adviser, said on Fox News that Obama's foreign policy is "confused and incoherent and incompetent" and defended Romney's foreign policy experience. Sekulow, a Romney legal adviser, has repeatedly appeared on Fox to attack the Obama administration on a variety of legal issues. And Phares, a member of Romney's foreign policy and national security advisory team, has criticized the Obama administration's handling of Syria and Afghanistan on Fox.

Fox News routinely violates journalistic ethics. Last week, Media Matters noted that Fox News has aggressively promoted Karl Rove's Super PAC American Crossroads, often without disclosing Rove's connection to either American Crossroads or Fox News.

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[Historic NY]

1. Rmoney has foreign policy experience...

oh I see the Grand Caymans & Switzerland must count

[HangOnKids]

3. Riding His Bike In Paris MUST Count Too n/t

[bigbrother05]

2. And Hilary Rosen is a prominent WH advisor: Faux = Fair & Balanced?

[KharmaTrain]

4. Breaking News: Pope Is Catholic...

Faux is now a 24/7 "infomercial" for Rmoney. I think we all know by now the network's bias and wouldn't expect anything less. The fun this year was to watch the freepers and wingnuts get all "gault" about the network as they felt it was in the bag for Willard. Now that the demolition derby is done its time to spread the lies and try to prop up what is a flawed and sleezy candidate.

[gratuitous]

5. A long and honored tradition in journalism

Cf. George Will, commenting on Ronald Reagan's debate performance in 1980 against Jimmy Carter. Due to time considerations, neither Will nor ABC quite had time to mention that Will had personally prepared Reagan for the debate, but we can all be assured that Will's high praise for his own pupil was motivated by nothing but the highest standards of objective reporting.