Fox News memos: The Whole Batch

[jeanmarc]

http://www.wonkette.com/archives/fox-news-memos-the-whole-batch-017613.php

I think Fox News should be sued for fraud. Here's a few quotes from a long list of memos:

"The President and the PM of Canada meet today and will make remarks at midday. Take the remarks, even if Jacko is singing on top of a truck with no pants on at the time."

"Lots of courtroom action today: the Moussaoui case hits a crucial question today: does a terror defendant have the right to communicate -- albeit by video -- with another terrorist in order to substantiate his innocence. Herridge and Emanuel will run back and forth to cover us.

Scott Peterson has an evidence hearing.

And Eric Rudolph will be arraigned (unlike yesterday) in Alabama in preparation for his death penalty murder trial.

The president is doing something that few of his predecessors dared undertake: putting the US case for mideast peace to an Arab summit. It's a distinctly skeptical crowd that Bush faces. His political courage and tactical cunning are worth noting in our reporting through the day.

The La Jeunesse lives should be used. The national forest as pot field story is pure Fox."

(thanks go to http://www.overspun.com/ for letting me know about the link)

[SheBop]

1. Turnabout is fair play, so

I agree: sue FoxNews!

(anyone can sue anyone, so why not busy up a few of their staff attorneys?)

[kayell]

2. One of my favorites

From: John Moody
Date: 6/2/2003

Heads of state don't leave G-8 meetings early unless they have good reasons. President Bush has two: he has to get to Egypt, and he doesn't like the French. Let's explain to viewers that despite the tepid handshake, Bush and Chirac are far from reconciled, as are the US and Germany. The early departure from Evian should take the sparkle out of the bottled water spa.

We have good perp walk video of Eric Rudolph which we should use. We should NOT assume that anyone who supported or helped Eric Rudolph is a racist. No one's in favor of murder or bombing of public places. But feelings in North Carolina may just be more complicated than the NY Times can conceive. Two style notes: Rudolph is charged with bombing an abortion clinic, not a "health clinic." and
TODAY'S HEARING IS NOT AN ARRAIGNMENT. IT IS AN INITIAL HEARING.

We have FCC Chairman Michael Powell on Cavuto today (hosted by Brenda). Let's do a few hits on the commission's vote about media ownership rules.

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You've just got to love a "news" organization so devoted to slamming the French while defending someone like Rudolph.

[Ripley]

6. WTF does racism have to do with Rudolph?

He is a fanatical Army of God warrior on a mission to wipe out gays and women who want abortions off the face of the Earth. I don't think race has anything to do with it.

Unbelievable how they can omit he didn't just bomb a clinic, he murdered a police officer and severely maimed a nurse.

[kayell]

10. Apparently the important message FAUX wants us to know about

Rudolph is that he is anti-abortion. :eyes: The police officer and nurse were "collateral damage". No more worth reporting then the thousands of collateral damage in Iraq. :grr:

[Trajan]

3. Im going to stick my neck out here ...

and say "other than one sentence: I see nothing earthshattering here' ....

Shrugs: I KNOW there is more to this story than this ...

[kayell]

4. How about this bit from 3/23?

The so-called 9/11 commission has already been meeting. In fact, this is the eighth session. The fact that former Clinton and both frmer and current Bush administration officials are testifying gives it a certain tension, but this is not "what did he know and when did he know it" stuff. Do not turn this into Watergate. Remember the fleeting sense of national unity that emerged from this tragedy. Let's not desecrate that.

And another from 3/31
The INTl Court of Justice ruling against the US is something that many americans might find offensive. We'll take a look at just what this court is, and what gives it the right to tell US courts what to do with death row prisoners.

[merh]

7. What about this spin?

What about this spin?

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2004-05-03, John Moody
From: John Moody
Date: 5/3/2004

MONDAY UPDATE: (snip)
As Gen. Richard Myers suggested on Fox News Sunday, Fallujah will not be under the command of former Republican Guard Gen. Saleh. Instead, it'll be a former Iraqi army senior officer who oversees the volatile region.
(snip)
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Since when is a suggestion, the equivalent to a fact?

[Trajan]

11. Dont get me wrong ...

I think there is TREMENDOUS evidence that FAUX News is full of shit as well as Bias ..... but I think this particular thread hasnt any real damning material ..... Better material exists, to be sure .... From what I've seen in the 'Outfoxed' trailers, they have oodles of evidence to support the claim .... that material is far stronger than this thread implies ....

[merh]

12. I hope it all comes out and faux goes after msnbc and cnn

and cnn and msnbc go after abc and nbc and they go after faux and they all destroy each other and then Congress will realize that public programming of news like the bbc is vital.

[sandnsea]

13. I agree

There's a few things IN this thread that make my blood boil, like manipulation of Rudolph's case. But the original post isn't particularly damning, although each news program should be able to decide what news to cover and how, independently.

[Mistress Quickly]

9. Me either.

Glad I'm not alone.

[merh]

5. Thanks for the links

These are very interesting and worth giving to friends/family that believe faux neus is fair!

[stevedeshazer]

8. Moody: I decide, you report.

Fascinating, but not surprising in the least.

[KurtNYC]

14. "Do not fall into the easy trap of mourning the loss of US lives ...

Do not fall into the easy trap of mourning the loss of US lives and asking out loud why are we there?

Disgusting how these people claim to support the troops while secretly saying this stuff. I thought this was one of the more indefensible quotes although there are many.