Election Coverage: FOX vs. MSNBC

[hazlnut]

The biggest embarrassment came when Williams and Hannity agreed with one of the reasons that came from the focus group, that stated that the American people were tired of the bribes and dirty back room dealing going on with the democrats, and Willy Brown defended the democrats. He said they weren't bribes, and were typical, accepted ways of doing business in Washington. Every time Hannity said the word "Bribe", Willy Brown would jump up and say "Don't call them bribes". He embarrassed himself, and all democrats by defending that ****.

If you or Sean Hannity have evidence of an overt act, taking of bribes etc, I suggest you contact he FBI.

That's what you don't get or see about Fox's propaganda. It's the spin--the words they use to describe something they don't like.

Willy Brown wasn't defending Democrats, he was calling Hannity out on hyperbolic partisan attack speech.

The focus group said a lot of interesting things, but Sean had to spin their comments. They were calling for congress to govern from the center, but Sean didn't want to hear about that.

Are you really that naive to believe that the Republican's hands are clean?

 

[Grim17]

It seems the TV critic for the Miami Herald backs up my op, and then some:

If you watched CNN or Fox News last night, you got a balanced analysis of how Republican Scott Brown pulled off the political upset of the century (or, if you prefer, how Democrat Martha Coakley blew a dead solid electoral lock). Yes, I said Fox News, without irony. To be sure, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity made it clear they were rooting for Brown. But their shows also included a steady parade of liberal-leaning guests -- former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown, former Dukakis campaign manager Susan Estrich, Democratic party strategist Mary Anne Marsh, NPR commentator Juan Williams and radio host Alan Colmes. And pollster Frank Luntz interviewed a panel of two dozen or so Massachusetts voters, most of them Democrats, about how they voted and why. Practically every conceivable perspective on the election was represented.

And on MSNBC, you got practically every conceivable expression of venom against Brown and anybody who voted him. From Maddow's dark suspicions that the election was rigged -- she cited complaints about a grand total of six ballots out of about 2.25 million cast -- to Olbermann's suggestion in the video up above that the same Massachusets voters who went for Barack Obama by a 62-28 percent margin had suddenly realized they helped elect a black guy and went Republican in repentance, the network's coverage was idiotic, one-sided and downright ugly.

Olbermann was simply outraged by the vote. "The teabaggers may have elected their first guy tonight," he declared as Brown rolled up a commanding lead. Just in case the connotations of the word teabag might be lost on his audience, he clarified his feelings: "I wanted to apologize for calling Republican Senate candidate, Scott Brown, an irresponsible homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, teabagging supporter of violence against women and against politicians with whom he disagrees. I`m sorry -- I left
out the word 'sexist.'"

Maddow added dirty campaigner to the charges. Her sense of fair play was violated by a Brown campaign ad in which his daughter complained about Coakley's attacks on her father: "Martha Coakley`s new negative ad represents everything that discourages young women from getting involved in politics, and as a young woman, I`m completely offended by that," the daughter said in the ad. Sniffed Maddow: "It`s like using your kid as a human shield." Oddly, Maddow made no mention of the Coakley TV ad that started the exchange, which began: “1,736 women were raped in Massachusetts in 2008. Scott Brown wants hospitals to turn them all away...”

Changing Channels | MSNBC to Massachusetts: Drop dead!

This would also explain this:

8:00 - O'Reilly had 5 times as many viewers as Olbermann
9:00 - Hannity had 6 times as many viewers as Maddow
10:00 - Greta had 7 times as many viewers as Olbermann
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[Grim17]

If you or Sean Hannity have evidence of an overt act, taking of bribes etc, I suggest you contact he FBI.

That's what you don't get or see about Fox's propaganda. It's the spin--the words they use to describe something they don't like.

Nobody, including Hannity, ever said that what Harry Reid did was illegal. They stated the absolute truth, that Reid bribed various democratic senators to garnish their vote on his health care proposal.

From dictionary.com:

bribe 
–noun
1. money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, esp. in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.: The motorist offered the arresting officer a bribe to let him go.
2. anything given or serving to persuade or induce: The children were given candy as a bribe to be good.​

I rest my case sir.