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skip fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-11 02:40 PM
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Continued use of "Obamacare" clearly DEMONSTRATES a Fox News' bias.
The only people who consciously use the term (and Fox is very conscious in its use, so much so that I'd wager a memo to that effect came down) are those against Health Care reform

So when Beck says that the news department at Fox has no "point of view" or bias, one look no further than their usage of this terms which cannot be excused as "more accurate" (an excuse they have used in the past.

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TygrBright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-11 03:05 PM
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1. Someday when access to health care for everyone is traced back to THIS beginning...
...the label "Obamacare" will ring with historical significance not unlike "Social Security."

hopefully,
Bright
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-11 03:21 PM
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5. I agree. That is why even though I know the RW intends it as a pejorative, I don't think of it that
way.
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-11 03:10 PM
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2. Imagine if we called the Afghanistan War "Bush's quagmire"...
It's the same thing.



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Autumn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-11 03:10 PM
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3. I don't mind it referred to as Obamacare.
When I hear it I just smile and say, that's right, he's the one who was able to do it.
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Zen Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-11 03:18 PM
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4. Me too! I want him to own it. It was over 100 years before someone could start this process.
Let it always be known as Obamacare.
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-11 10:31 PM
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9. +2 nt
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Parker CA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-11 08:27 PM
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12. It'd be smart to co-opt the name and use it to our benefit. The GOP suddenly has a strength turned
Edited on Tue Jan-25-11 08:28 PM by Parker CA
into a weakness, and we create chaos in tea-bagger minds when positive associations are now made with ObamaCare.
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skip fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-11 03:38 PM
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6. I wasn't commenting on its eventual connotations (which I agree might
bite the Republicans where it hurts), only that now it's used as a pejoritive and those who claim to be unbiased, show how deeply biased they actually are by consciously using this term. So much so, in fact, that's it's eerie.
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RoadRage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-11 05:33 PM
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7. EVERYTHING on Fox demonstrates a Fox News bias...
This is only one of about a million different issues.
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skip fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-11 12:23 PM
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10. But its really an obvious one and one which you can trip them up on.
Edited on Tue Jan-25-11 12:24 PM by skip fox
Imagine if a Democrat on O'Reilly asked, "Why do you call it Obamacare? . . . That sounds clearly partisan." What couls O'Reilly answer but some apparently lame excuse like "Well, that's what it is." or "That's what everyone is clling it."

Thus a teachable (for the audience) moment if the Democrat shows how only detractors of health care call it that . . . which is not "fair and balanced" by any stretch. (And the News department calls it this as well).
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-24-11 05:51 PM
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8. Fox sets the agenda and narrative for what the other networks do
Its really sad.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-11 08:12 PM
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11. So why do you watch?
:shrug:
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