Could Fox News be any more unprofessional?

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Fox News Anchor Calls Ted Kennedy A ‘Hostile Enemy Right Here On The Home Front’

This morning on Fox News, anchor Gretchen Carlson called Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) a “hostile enemy” of the United States because he has demanded that Congress vote on whether to approve funding for escalation in Iraq. In an interview with White House counselor Dan Bartlett, Carlson compared Kennedy to insurgents and terrorists in Iraq, saying that Kennedy represented the same kind of force “right here on the home front.”

Dan Bartlett disagreed, saying that the White House doesn’t “view Ted Kennedy as a hostile enemy” of the United States.

Transcript:

GRETCHEN CARLSON: You talk about the hostile enemy, obviously being Iraq, but hostile enemies right here on the home front. Yesterday Senator Ted Kennedy, proposing that any kind of a troop surge should mean there should be congressional approval of that. A lot of democrats not coming to his side on this. But obviously this is not going to be an easy sell on Capitol Hill, even if it’s not an easy sell to the American Public.

BARTLETT: We don’t view Ted Kennedy as hostile enemy but we do view him to be an open and often critic of the war. He has been from the outset. I don’t think that’s anything new.

Here's where you can view the interview: Think Progress » Fox News Anchor Calls Ted Kennedy A ‘Hostile Enemy Right Here On The Home Front’

I am very proud of Dan Bartlett for his response. Gretchen sounds like a real professional reporter, doesn't she?

I hear Bill O'Reilly has been going nuts on his show and saying that NBC and MSNBC are partisan. I cannot imagine any reporter from NBC exhibiting such unprofessional and rather pathetic behavior.

 

[Caine]

Gretchen sounds like a real professional reporter, doesn't she?

No, she sounds like a worthless steaming pile of cow dung.

I hear Bill O'Reilly has been going nuts on his show and saying that NBC and MSNBC are partisan. I cannot imagine any reporter from NBC exhibiting such unprofessional and rather pathetic behavior.

Because it isn't true.

They may have subtle bits of bias here and there, but nothing will ever be as blatantly partisan as FOXNEWS.

 

[DeeJayH]

I am very proud of Dan Bartlett for his response. Gretchen sounds like a real professional reporter, doesn't she?

I hear Bill O'Reilly has been going nuts on his show and saying that NBC and MSNBC are partisan. I cannot imagine any reporter from NBC exhibiting such unprofessional and rather pathetic behavior.

are you really so ignorant to think the morning show is a show of reporting the news?
doubt you could find much difference between it and The View
if you want reports from reporters at that time, you may want to watch CNN headline News
but even that channel has its opinion segments
this is nothing more than someone attacking Glenn Beck for not just reporting just the facts on his show
wake up already will you

 

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wake up already will you

LOL Okay.

 

[FreeThinker]

I am very proud of Dan Bartlett for his response. Gretchen sounds like a real professional reporter, doesn't she?

I hear Bill O'Reilly has been going nuts on his show and saying that NBC and MSNBC are partisan. I cannot imagine any reporter from NBC exhibiting such unprofessional and rather pathetic behavior.

Yeah, and CNN said that the founding fathers of America were just like terrorists.

Fox is the right wing and CNN is the left wing. They are both biased as hell. Get used to it.

 

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Yeah, and CNN said that the founding fathers of America were just like terrorists.

Fox is the right wing and CNN is the left wing. They are both biased as hell. Get used to it.

Can you provide me where CNN said that the founding fathers of America were like terrorists? I'm curious.

 

[aquapub]

I am very proud of Dan Bartlett for his response. Gretchen sounds like a real professional reporter, doesn't she?

I hear Bill O'Reilly has been going nuts on his show and saying that NBC and MSNBC are partisan. I cannot imagine any reporter from NBC exhibiting such unprofessional and rather pathetic behavior.

You mean like Tom Brokaw claiming that Republicans don't care about rape victims? Or more like Keith Olbermann calling President Bush and his cabinet every name allowed by the FCC? Or like Dan Rather calling a leak about Clinton's indictment "well orchestrated" and "Republican-backed" only to find out later that a liberal judge accidentally leaked it?

Entire books have been written on the endless examples of egregiously slanted coverage and unprofessional conduct of "mainstream" media reporters.

But congratulations :applaud

...You HAVE apparently found one example of one Fox News reporter calling someone who's fixated on forcing another humiliating defeat on this country by a sensible, though unprofessional label.

 

[aquapub]

They may have subtle bits of bias here and there, but nothing will ever be as blatantly partisan as FOXNEWS.

Like Chris Matthews preaching against the war, Keith Olbermann trashing the president with every kind of personal attack allowed by the FCC, like repeatedly counting out how many soldiers have been killed since Bush declared the mission accomplished, even though they knew damn well he was referring to the invasion, not the rebuilding?

Only a liberal could identify MSNBC's, and NBC's overt DNC activism as "subtle."

:notlook:

 

[aquapub]

I hear Bill O'Reilly has been going nuts on his show and saying that NBC and MSNBC are partisan.

FOXNews.com - NBC's Anti-Iraq Bias - Bill O’Reilly | The O’Reilly Factor

Here is a link to what you are talking about. He cites yet another study done by a non-partisan organization concluding that NBC's coverage of the 2004 election was overwhelmingly biased for Kerry.

He also easily names several admitted liberals who worked for extreme Democrats in office and are now trusted to do NBC's political reporting. Example: Chris Matthews was a Democrat operative for left-wing house speaker, Tip O'Neil....now he totes his far left conspiracy theories and anti-war rants on NBC's "objective" news shows.

His guest, Andrea Mitchell, couldn't name one single conservative at NBC or MSNBC, where she has worked for 20 years.

Most non-partisan studies put FOX just to the right of the average American, and show most of the mainstream media as being very, very far left of the average American.

 

[aquapub]

are you really so ignorant to think the morning show is a show of reporting the news?
doubt you could find much difference between it and The View
if you want reports from reporters at that time, you may want to watch CNN headline News
but even that channel has its opinion segments
this is nothing more than someone attacking Glenn Beck for not just reporting just the facts on his show
wake up already will you

Thank you. This, APS, is another critical point you are missing...the difference between the expectations of opinion journalists vs. objective journalists.

 

[Caine]

Like Chris Matthews preaching against the war

Thats not DNC activism... that is Christ Matthews not agreeing with the war.. Christ do you know what the difference is?

Keith Olbermann trashing the president with every kind of personal attack allowed by the FCC, like repeatedly counting out how many soldiers have been killed since Bush declared the mission accomplished, even though they knew damn well he was referring to the invasion, not the rebuilding?

What is wrong with reporting the numbers of deaths since the declaration of mission accomplished? So, Im guessing that news reporting that may appear negative is not allowed these days????

Only a liberal could identify MSNBC's, and NBC's overt DNC activism as "subtle."

LOL... Your funny.... BwAUAHHAHHAAHHAHHAHA!! :rofl

 

[Caine]

His guest, Andrea Mitchell, couldn't name one single conservative at NBC or MSNBC, where she has worked for 20 years.

Bwuahahahhahahaaaa...

She probably couldn't name anyone because everytime she started to name a new person she was probably shouted down!

"CUT HER MIC! CUT HER MIC!"

BWUAAAAHAHAHHHAHAHAHA!!!!
:rofl

 

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I love seeing how some people just regurgitate O'Reilly's talking points. I'd be embarrassed to let some talk-show host tell me how to think about a particular subject.

 

[FreeThinker]

I'd be embarrassed to let some talk-show host tell me how to think about a particular subject.

If and when you ever say anything that a liberal talk show host happened to say previously I'm going to quote this.

 

[ptsdkid]

What are you doing watching Fox the only balanced news station on the air? Come on aps, tell us how you're drawn to it to watch your secret love--Alan (Commie) Colmes.

 

[Caine]

What are you doing watching Fox the only balanced news station on the air? Come on aps, tell us how you're drawn to it to watch your secret love--Alan (Commie) Colmes.

LOL... He said Alan Colmes.... the FAKE "Liberal" of the HANNITY and Colmes Pundit show on Fox.

But you know what PTSDkid? I listen to the "Neal Boortz" show on the radio while i'm at work..... well... I catch the last 1 1/2 hour of it anyways. I disagree with him on most everything. But I still listen to it anyways, just so that I can have someone to scream at while im driving down the road looking for idiot drunk drivers.

Sometimes its fun to have someone to debate with. even if they can't hear you. (That sounds like this forum sometimes, although replace "hear" with "understand")

 

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If and when you ever say anything that a liberal talk show host happened to say previously I'm going to quote this.

You do that, tough guy!

 

[aquapub]

Thats not DNC activism... that is Christ Matthews not agreeing with the war..

If Chris Matthews sits in an allegedly objective journalist position and spews the left's mindless retreatist rhetoric and conspiracy theories, THAT'S BIAS.

An opinion journalist making an opinionated comment on a morning talk show IS NOT BIAS.

Not rocket science. :roll:

 

[aquapub]

What is wrong with reporting the numbers of deaths since the declaration of mission accomplished?

Duh.

Regularly announcing how many people have died since Bush declared the mission accomplished obviously aims at portraying Bush as having misspoken when they know damn well he didn't.

The mission accomplished thing was about the invasion. Bush was on the record numerous times as having warned that the re-construction would be a long, arduous process.

Your counterpoint here is intellectually dishonest and amounts to this:

:notlook: What media bias?

 

[aquapub]

Bwuahahahhahahaaaa...

She probably couldn't name anyone because everytime she started to name a new person she was probably shouted down!

"CUT HER MIC! CUT HER MIC!"

BWUAAAAHAHAHHHAHAHAHA!!!!
:rofl

The link I provided shows that she was back peddling and weaseling out because she had no answer.

This is why you should try independently reaching your own conclusions rather than regurgitating the talking points of the least credible left-wing web sites on the planet.

 

[aquapub]

I love seeing how some people just regurgitate O'Reilly's talking points. I'd be embarrassed to let some talk-show host tell me how to think about a particular subject.

Liberal web sites emailing daily talking points to their sheep outnumber even vaguely similar conservative sites 10-1.

MoveOn, True Majority (that one really cracks me up), Democratic Underground, etc, etc....You guys dominate the talk point-regurgitation scene.

What you're complaining about here is people here using non-partisan studies O'Reilly has provided and agreeing with his conclusion.

That's not the same thing as what liberals do. Liberals live in a pathetic microcosm where they are spoonfed liberal hysteria, patted on the forehead and called brave for trashing this country and anyone who defends it. Conservatives, on the other hand, are VERY use to having think independently of what they're told. They can't help it, living with a media like this:

The following is a short list of some household name-media people and which Democrats in office they worked for before being trusted to disseminate "objective" news:

NBC Tim Russert-Governor Mario Cuomo (D), Senator Pat Moynihan (D).

CNN Jeff Greenfield-Senator Bobby Kennedy (D), Mayor John Lindsay (D).

MSNBC Chris Matthews-President Jimmy Carter (D), House Speaker Tip O'Neil (D).

NBC Ken Bode-Presidential candidate Morris Udall (D).

PBS Bill Moyers-President L.B. Johnson (D).

NBC Brian Williams-President Jimmy Carter (D).

ABC Rick Underforth-President Carter (D), President Clinton (D), and a handful of Senators, all (D).

PBS Elizabeth Brackett-Mayoral candidate Bill Singer (D), Brackett was also HERSELF a candidate (D).

NBC Jane Pauley worked on the state Democratic Committee of Indiana (D).

ABC Pierre Salinger-President Kennedy (D), he also WAS a senator from California (D).

CBS Lesley Stahl-Mayor John Lindsay (D)

New Yorker Ken Auletta-Mayor John Lindsay (D)

New York Times David Shipley-President Bill Clinton (D).

New York Times Leslie Gelb-Presidents Johnson (D) and Clinton (D).

New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, New Yorker, American Prospect James Fallows-President Jimmy Carter (D).

CNN, Los Angeles Times Tom Johnson-President Johnson (D).

Washington Post, CBS, NBC, Walter Pincus-Senator J.W. Fulbright (D), Pincus’s wife was also a Clinton appointee.

New York Times Jack Rosenthal-Presidents Kennedy (D) and Johnson (D).

USA Today John Seigenthaler-President Kennedy (D).

New Yorker Sidney Blumenthal-President Clinton (D).

U.S. News and World Report Donald Baer-President Clinton (D).

Nightline, New York Times Carolyn Curiel-President Clinton (D).

NBC Thomas Ross-President Clinton (D).

Nightline Tara Sonenshine-President Clinton (D).

TIME Strobe Talbott-President Clinton (D).

Dee Dee Myers, worked for Bill Clinton (D) and then got hired by Roger Ailes

THEN, there are the media figures who are sons, daughters and spouses of prominent Democrats:

ABC-Chris Cuomo

E!-Eleanor Mondale

ABC-Cokie Roberts

Newsweek-Evan Thomas, who is the grandson of one of America’s most notorious Communists. Comrade Evan has been caught manipulating the news to protect Senator Bob Kerrey (D), and President Clinton (D)-he buried the Monica Lewinsky story for weeks until Matt Drudge finally forced it into the spotlight.

All of this, and he is still the editor of Newsweek.

And Maria Shriver, of NBC, is the niece of ultra-liberal, Teddy Kennedy, but, in all fairness, THIS one is also married to a pseudo-Republican, Governor Swarzenneger.


-The New York Times, as with most of the major papers, has not endorsed a single Republican presidential candidate since Eisenhower.

-Then there are all the studies done by respectable, non-partisan groups proving a huge liberal tilt among reporters, anchors, news directors and producers?

-Then there are the multitude of unexplainable examples I have posted on this site like: Dan Rather calling a leak about Bill Clinton's indictment "well-orchestrated" and "Republican backed," only to find out the next day that a liberal judge appointed by Jimmy Carter ADMITTEDLY, ACCIDENTALLY leaked the information? Where do you suppose Dan got his bad information? It sure as hell wasn't from research. He made it up....because he is a liberal.

 

[ptsdkid]

LOL... He said Alan Colmes.... the FAKE "Liberal" of the HANNITY and Colmes Pundit show on Fox.

***Fake Liberal? Does calling him a 'fake' mean that you don't agree with his political opinions ? I can't think of another liberal that I disagree with more than with Alan Commie. How or why would a 'fake' liberal write a book called..."Red, White & Liberal": How Left is right and Right is wrong?

But you know what PTSDkid? I listen to the "Neal Boortz" show on the radio while i'm at work..... well... I catch the last 1 1/2 hour of it anyways. I disagree with him on most everything. But I still listen to it anyways, just so that I can have someone to scream at while im driving down the road looking for idiot drunk drivers.

***I don't have the pleasure of listening to Neil Boortz up here in New England. I do have the pleasure of listening to Howie Carr, Hannity, O'rielly, Savage, and Limbaugh. I think Boortz is a Libertarian (a conservative in disguise). I do see him on ocassion on TV pitted against two or more liberals. He really does make the liberals look sillier than they already are. You should listen to Michael Savage rip liberal America a new one. There's a guy doesn't hold back.

 

[aquapub]

Fake Liberal? Does calling him a 'fake' mean that you don't agree with his political opinions?

Caine is a liberal. Liberals base their assertions on hysteria and conspiracy theories. Alan Colmes must be conspiring to help conservatives win, rather than be a real liberal.

Welcome to debating with liberals. :roll:

 

[Caine]

If Chris Matthews sits in an allegedly objective journalist position and spews the left's mindless retreatist rhetoric and conspiracy theories, THAT'S BIAS.

An opinion journalist making an opinionated comment on a morning talk show IS NOT BIAS.

Not rocket science. :roll:

So, he isn't allowed to have a negative personal opinion about the war, and express it on his "evening talk show".

His show isn't and never has been straight news. He has pitted opposing political views arguing and bickering for years. :roll:

 

[Caine]

Duh.

Regularly announcing how many people have died since Bush declared the mission accomplished obviously aims at portraying Bush as having misspoken when they know damn well he didn't.

No... it doesn't "obviously aim at portraying Bush as having misspoken". It is just reporting numbers. Thats all.. Thats it..
You are paranoid about someone saying anything negative about your beloved Conservative President, or anything negative about anything conservative period. You expect all your news to have a conservative direction. Because only then will it be "objective" in your opinion. I expect that the news is going to be the news. I don't want people to "sugarcoat" information if it may appear negative to a conservative movement. And I sure as hell don't want them to "sugarcoat" it if it would appear negative to the Liberal Movement either. This is what makes me MODERATE.

Your counterpoint here is intellectually dishonest and amounts to this:

:notlook: What media bias?

No. Because there is no media bias. Your making something out of nothing for the sake of screaming MEDIA BIAS MEDIA BIAS WAHHH WAHHHHH!.

and as Ive said in other threads...
Let the Conservative :2bigcry:ing continue............