I hope Obama's administration shuts out FOX News until it becomes a real news station

[Sarah Ibarruri]

FOX news is a Republican propaganda station, not a news channel.

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Yep! Obama's White House should label FOX News "entertainment"

and thus no press credentials.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

2. EXACTLY! Until FOX becomes a news station, they will not be given access to conferences, etc. nt

[Cyrano]

6. Ummm, although Fox sucks, do you want to demolish the first amendment?

I would love to see the swine at Fox "news" burn in acid.

But if that can be done to them today, what's to prevent Olberman, Maddow et. al. from being boiled in oil tomorrow?

Although the past eight years indicate otherwise, we are a country of laws. And what can be done to those we disagree with today, can also be done to those we agree with.

I'd prefer to stick with, ummm, let me think for a moment. Oh, yeah, it's called Democracy.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

7. What about the First Amendment right sof The Star and The Enquirer? nt

[Touchdown]

9. 1st Amendment does not give Fox the right to the White House press room.

It gives them a right to say whatever their little minds want, but de-legitimizing their anti-democratic rhetoric by not giving them White House credentials is not a violation of the First Amendment.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

15. Exactly. Besides, they really truly are nothing more than The Enquirer...

and even if The Enquirer called itself a newspaper, it would still just be a gossip magazine. FOX calls itself a news station, when it's actually the GOP Opinion and Propaganda Channel.

[Richard Steele]

18. No one has said ANYTHING about limiting their 1st Amendment rights.

Refusing to grant them special access is hardly the same
as muzzling or censoring them. :eyes:

[AlCzervik]

3. "News" should be removed, it an opinion channel and you know what opinions are like

"Welcome to the Fox Asshole channel, we make shit up"

[Sarah Ibarruri]

5. Yep! I think FOX should rethink & change from a Republican Party opinion channel to a news one nt

[KewlKat]

4. I think we have a better chance of

pigs flying before we ever see Faux news "become a real news station". Ain't gonna happen.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

8. That's fine. They can continue to be the Republican Party's personal opinion channel nt

[Tutonic]

10. I can agree with that. I'll recommend!

[MsTryska]

11. I disagree - i think they should go on there at every opportunity.

saturate it, but only if they can be as pitbullish as the talking head are.

At least this way the zombies can see the people they are being told to hate, and maybe judge for themselves a litle bit. Sunshine is the best disinefectant.

[HopeFor2006]

24. Yes, they should be allowed in but...

that doesn't mean they have to be called upon. the bushies did not call on liberal or progressive reporters.

[MsTryska]

27. We should try to be everything the Bush Admin was not...

I think it would be great if they called on the Talking Heads, listened to the retarded question, and give an answer that is very difficult to spin. WHy should we be afraid?

Obviously the Bushies were afraid of anyone that might challenge the talking points.

No More Fear - we should be in the Age of Reason.

[Catshrink]

28. O'Reallly edits his interviews

so the dems could be as pitbullish as possible and O'Liar could/would edit the interview to sound as if he were talking to a hamster.

I'm all for a boycott of Faux news.

[Pirate Smile]

12. He wont.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

13. Well, as I understand it, FOX was already shut out of one event and, as Martha Stewart always says,

"It's a good thing."

Enjoy!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/08/fox-news-cut-out-of-quest_n_142404.html

[Pirate Smile]

19. Shutting out and shutting down are two very different things. He has definitely shown

a willingness to marginalize and call out Faux personally.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

21. I'm going to see what I wrote. I hope I didn't write "shut down"

I meant leave out, exclude, refuse.

[AlCzervik]

14. nor should he but fox should be marginalized.

[Pirate Smile]

20. I agree.

[Lex]

16. Should be relabeled "Fox Propaganda"

and not "Fox News."

[AlCzervik]

17. exactly, accurate labeling and let the consumer decide if they still want to eat shit.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

23. The great thing about excluding FOX is that all the other stations....

will consistently be WAY ahead of them in terms of news. Eventually, their ratings will drop to hell even among the little rat-faced nazi-thinking Repukes themselves, and they will be forced to rethink what they are.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

22. Yep! That's all it is. nt

[Beacool]

25. Do you watch MSNBC?

If you do, then you can tell me when that network became a news station. I still refuse to watch it after their lack of objectivity and sexist reporting during the primaries.

x(

[Celeborn Skywalker]

29. To me,

there is a difference. MSNBC news anchors during the day are relatively unbiased. It's their nighttime lineup that is liberal and they don't try to hide that. Fox, on the other hand, has far right anchors doing their news AND right wing commentators at night like Bill O'Reilly who say they're objective. You'll never hear Maddow or Olbermann say they're objective.

[olegramps]

26. Didn't FOX go to court and claim that it was an entertainment network?