Fox mislabelling candidates commentary

[Frazzled Educator]

Ummm. . .maybe I'm stupid. . .but if their Freeper fan base sees Republicans mislabelled, maybe the simps will vote for the correct candidate.

This is the, what, 8th time this has happened. When can we stop calling Fox News "news?"

[brettdale]

1. did they do it again?

The DNC should speak out loud and clearly.

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

3. See my screenshot...From the Beltwayboys...

[bananas]

16. This is done on purpose - just like the halos around Bush's head

I'm not sure why they're doing it, I'd guess they are reinforcing the meme that "dems and reps are the same, you can't tell the difference between them". It started right after the Foley scandal broke.

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

2. I'm not sure of the results of the mix-ups, either..But News, it's not

And it should be corrected

[brettdale]

4. it should be screamed from the roof tops

Every time, someone from the left is interviewed, they should bring it up, it really has to end now.

[upi402]

5. wall to wall propaganda since its inception

once it chipped away at CNN and Turner sold out -CNN was a propaganda organ of the rightists. This is the single most destructive force to undermine American democracy in my opinion. Money politics is second. Without propaganda -money politics would be restricted.

People are easy to fool.

[Justice Is Comin]

6. One of our high profile people should ridicule this on one of the

high profile talk shows this Sunday. It's waiting like a lifetime lobster dinner.

Thinking maybe like, oh I don't know--maybe Kerry might be the one to take care of it today. Pointing out their innocent mistake 8 times.

Yes, I think my mind is made up. Kerry should simply say to the little co-conspirator, I can't see the monitor. Do you have a D next to my name or an R?

[RoyGBiv]

7. I don't get this ...

The first time, okay, it's stupidity or an incompetent graphics editor, but this has gone far beyond the point where one can simply claims "mistake."

What I don't get is the purpose, not completely. Obviously one purpose could be to associate the Democratic Party with all the idiots and scandals, but the way this is being down has a downside in that those not paying attention, but who are in denial about Republican idiocy, see the name, see it associated it with Dems and think "okay, that makes sense, so I won't vote for him/her because him/her is a Dem."

It seems to me something more nefarious is at work here, and I can't quite put my finger on it.

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

8. Confusion in close races, Kind of like point shaving?

A sign of desperation, perhaps.

[RoyGBiv]

9. Perhaps ...

Could be used as a justification in a voter fraud situation.

I just don't know. It's something new to me, and there's not much I see that I can truly think of as new. Bizarre.

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

10. I don't get it either, but it is proof the Fox is BAD News...

And for that reason alone, it needs to be widely viewed...

My original post needs a vote or 2 for the GP, care to help it out? Thanks.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2397204

[RoyGBiv]

12. Done ...

K&R

:kick:

[progdonkey]

11. the other ones make more sense, this one doesn't...

When they showed Mark Foley repeatedly with a "D" next to his name, that made perfect sense from an intentional misinformation standpoint.

When they showed the poll numbers for Dem candidate Whitehouse vs. Rep incumbent Chafee, so it looked like the "Republican" challenger in the race was leading the "Democrat" incumbent by ten points, that also made sense.

But in this case, I also don't know exactly what purpose it would serve. You have to hope for Fox's sake that it's intentional, because if not it's so pathetically negligent and incompetent as to truly prove them to be a laughing stock. I don't know enough about Corker, though, to really make a judgement in this specific case. Is he a bit of a centrist, ie. critical of Bush? I mean, if he was criticizing Bush's handling of the war at that point, I could understand Fox labelling him a Dem, since it would appear that it's just another traitorous Dem criticizing the Leader, and not evidence that Bush is so weak that yet another Republican is distancing himself from him.

Of course, there's nothing preventing Fox from being both dishonest and pathetically incompetent. ;-)

[RoyGBiv]

13. True enough ...

As my grandpa always told me, never underestimate the power of stupidity. Fox has an agenda, obviously, which prevents them from exercising professional ethics. That, in turn, prevents the true professionals who take pride in the competence of their work from actually working for them.

So it could be a combination of things.

Whatever the case, it's laughable, a clear sign that Fox (which, btw, is currently trying to bargain for a 400% increase in the fees it charges to cable and satellite subscribers for access to the network) employs an amateurish bunch of idiots that don't deserve to be in the same room with those who are actually journalists or professional television broadcasters.

[ktowntennesseedem]

18. Corker's no centrist.

Ford is far to the right of most other Dems, as he would have to be to have any chance in Tennessee. Ford has even made a point in one of the recent debates of saying he supports the president when he's right. But the only way to stand to the right of that is to say you support the president all of the time, and although Corker never used those exact words in the debate, it was clearly implied. He's trying to protray himself as an independent thinker, but it's pretty clear to anyone paying attention that he'll be just another rubber-stamper voting however the leadership tells him to vote and looking after his own interests over those of the people of Tennessee. No, he's no centrist.

Faux Snooze dishonest and incompetent? Sure, why can't we have it both ways!

[Monk06]

14. It's pretty hopeless when a party runs against itself and bribes FOX to

to try and convince the public that Corker is
a Democrat so that they will vote for an R.'

Ignore the polls.

VOTE R, ÜBER R-LESS

Ignore the deception.

VOTE R, ÜBER R-LESS

If the R is sitting at 13% and doesnt have
a prayer.

VOTE R, ÜBER R-LESS

Don't vote for the candidate
and his record.

VOTE R, ÜBER R-LESS

Vote R. So what if he's a crook
and a pederast on his way to jail.

VOTE R, ÜBER R-LESS


SING IT OUT!!!!!!!!!

Deutschland, Deutschland ÜBER R-LESS,
ÜBER R-LESS, in der Welt,
Wenn es stets zu Schutz und Trutze
Brüderlich zusammenhält.
Von der Maas bis an die Memel,
Von der Etsch bis an den Belt,
|: Deutschland, Deutschland ÜBER R-LESS,,
ÜBER R-LESS, in der Welt! :|


Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue,
Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang
Sollen in der Welt behalten
Ihren alten schönen Klang,
Uns zu edler Tat begeistern
Unser ganzes Leben lang.
|: Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue,
Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang! :|

Deutschland, Deutschland ÜBER R-LESS,
ÜBER R-LESS, in der Welt,
Wenn es stets zu Schutz und Trutze
Brüderlich zusammenhält.
Von der Maas bis an die Memel,
Von der Etsch bis an den Belt,
|: Deutschland, Deutschland ÜBER R-LESS,,
ÜBER R-LESS, in der Welt! :|


Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit
Für das deutsche Vaterland!
Danach laßt uns alle streben
Brüderlich mit Herz und Hand!
Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit
Sind des Glückes Unterpfand;
|: Blüh im Glanze dieses Glückes,
Blühe, deutsches Vaterland. :|

Deutschland, Deutschland ÜBER R-LESS,
ÜBER R-LESS, in der Welt,
Wenn es stets zu Schutz und Trutze
Brüderlich zusammenhält.
Von der Maas bis an die Memel,
Von der Etsch bis an den Belt,
|: Deutschland, Deutschland ÜBER R-LESS,,
ÜBER R-LESS, in der Welt! :|

[radfringe]

15. add screen shots or links/snips to printed articles here

trying to put them in a collection

mislabeling once could be just an "innocent" typo - but it is turning out to a consistent typo


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2397404

[bananas]

17. k&r - get these on the greatest page - this isn't an accident

[femmedem]

19. How long before they label Bush a D? n/t