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LEAKED EMAIL: Fox boss caught slanting news reporting

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LEAKED EMAIL: Fox boss caught slanting news reporting | Media Matters for America

Fair and Balanced? Yeah right. Fox News is just an extension of the Republican Party.
Leaked emails are just more evidence that we have seen before in the video OutFoxed.

From: Sammon, Bill
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 8:23 AM
To: 054 -FNSunday; 169 -SPECIAL REPORT; 069 -Politics; 030 -Root (FoxNews.Com); 036 -FOX.WHU; 050 -Senior Producers; 051 -Producers
Subject: friendly reminder: let's not slip back into calling it the "public option"

1) Please use the term "government-run health insurance" or, when brevity is a concern, "government option," whenever possible.

2) When it is necessary to use the term "public option" (which is, after all, firmly ensconced in the nation's lexicon), use the qualifier "so-called," as in "the so-called public option."

3) Here's another way to phrase it: "The public option, which is the government-run plan."

4) When newsmakers and sources use the term "public option" in our stories, there's not a lot we can do about it, since quotes are of course sacrosanct.
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From: Clemente, Michael
To: Sammon, Bill; 054 -FNSunday; 169 -SPECIAL REPORT; 069 -Politics; 030 -Root (FoxNews.Com); 036 -FOX.WHU; 050 -Senior Producers; 051 -Producers
Sent: Tue Oct 27 08:45:29 2009
Subject: RE: friendly reminder: let's not slip back into calling it the "public option"


Thank you Bill

#3 on your list is the preferred way to say it, write it, use it.

Michael Clemente

SVP-News

212.XXX.XXXX
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Is the public option NOT the government-run plan?
 
I think I ought to subscribe to an RSS feed from Media Matters do I won't have to read these threads.
 
Harshaw said:
Is the public option NOT the government-run plan?
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Indeed it is, but:

Two months prior to Sammon's 2009 memo, Republican pollster Frank Luntz appeared on Sean Hannity's August 18 Fox News program. Luntz scolded Hannity for referring to the "public option" and encouraged Hannity to use "government option" instead.

Luntz argued that "if you call it a 'public option,' the American people are split," but that "if you call it the 'government option,' the public is overwhelmingly against it." Luntz explained that the program would be "sponsored by the government" and falsely claimed that it would also be "paid for by the government."
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Fair and Balanced? Yeah right. Media Matters is just an extension of the Democratic Party.
Outright lies are just more evidence that we have seen before on their website.

Media Matters Gives Glenn Beck’s Co-Hosts The Shirley Sherrod Edited Audio Treatment (Update) | Mediaite

Media Matters Gives Glenn Beck’s Co-Hosts The Shirley Sherrod Edited Audio Treatment (Update)

In this case, the offender is Media Matters, which tries to prove that Glenn Beck’s radio co-hosts were saying Keith Olbermann was responsible for the deadly Manchester workplace shooting.

Here was Media Matters’ (sic’ed) headline: “Beck sidekicks Gray and Burguiere: Keith Olberman and media responsible for Manchester shooting.”

The sidekicks are Pat Gray and Stu Burguiere, who co-hosted with Beck out today. And why did Media Matters write this? Well, because that is what Gray and Burguiere said – at first. Gray: “Obviously Keith Olbermann is responsible for those eight people dead.”

And Burguiere: “A guy like that who’s a little bit unstable anyway can’t help but react to the constant pressure of Keith Olbermann on the air on MSNBC and all of MSNBC talking about all the racism there is out there.”

But the problem is, the co-hosts were being sarcastic, to make a point. A minute later they get serious, and Stu says “Keith Olbermann was not responsible for any shooting,” but that part is conveniently out of the Media Matters audio. Because Media Matters cut the audio right before they make it clear.
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after getting called out for their lies, MMFA said this...
CORRECTION: The original headline on this clip did not make clear that Beck’s co-hosts were being satirical when they linked MSNBC host Keith Olbermann to the Manchester shooting. The original clip also did not include their subsequent statements that Olbermann was not responsible for the shooting. Media Matters regrets the error.
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No **** they did not make it clear. Anyone who thinks that was an 'accident' is delusional.
 
pbrauer said:
Indeed it is, but:
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So, your problem with FoxNews is that they used language that accurately described the program and that that accurate description was not favorable among the general public?
 
So do you feel the same way about the CRU emails?
 
Media Matters Lies About Media Coverage of Sarah Palin North Korea Slip - Big Journalism
Media Matters Lies About Media Coverage of Sarah Palin North Korea Slip

Democratic Party front group Media Matters for America has published yet another attack on Republican Sarah Palin. This one a dishonest portrayal of media coverage of her recent slip of the tongue regarding the crisis on the Korean peninsula...

Even though Palin’s slip was reported in headlined stories by American and international wire services, as well as major news sites across America and around the globe, Boehlert claims “major American newspaper(s) did not turn the Palin/North Korea gaffe into a “major political headline,” did not treat it as news, and did not even mention it as news when it occurred .” Boehlert changes Palin’s assertion of major political headlines to major newspaper headlines, a sleight of hand that allows Boehlert to use Nexis to list major American news outlets that supposedly did not report on Palin’s slip...

Boehlert also claims broadcast media did not cover Palin’s slip...

However, Boehlert fails to note the story exploded on major news sites on the Web within hours of Palin’s slip...

Boehlert also conveniently fails to note that the faux scandal was initiated by his fellow Media Matters writer Oliver Willis...

If there’s a lesson to be learned from Media Matters ginning up a political hit only to follow it up later with commentary that Sarah Palin is delusional, it’s this: reporters relying on Media Matters for accuracy are setting themselves up to be played for fools.
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We can play dueling liars all night pb.
 
Lolololololololol.... Media Matters... lololololololol
 
pbrauer said:
Do you have an INTELLIGENT comment to make? :roll:
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You do know that you admitted that the description was accurate? So what was the problem again?
 
I would assume that the meaning the memos are supposed to convey to Media Matters readers is that Fox News knew what the implication would be if they explicitly said "government" in connection with healthcare. It is not that it is inaccurate, it is that the words in combination with each other have the added baggage in American political discourse, and that it is intentional to make use of those words to shape debate. This is similar to what liberal outlets are charged with doing on a regular basis. The act of pointing out on a regular basis what a term means by using a combination of words with negative baggage is thus supposed to implicitly shape the opinions of the readership. This is not without merit, nevertheless, its argument is just as disingenuous as those they accuse Fox News of doing, which is why I think that the incredible irony of Out Foxed is largely lost on the OP.
 
LOL - let's not forget we're talking about the same healthcare plan that had the phrase “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax" in it
:rofl

After that gem - who really cares what it's called - what matters is WHAT IT IS.
Of course it's government-run health insurance :shrug: Stating otherwise would be a lie.

But yes *spank spank spank* you naughty naughty fox news you
 
ksu_aviator said:
You do know that you admitted that the description was accurate? So what was the problem again?
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The Fox News Channel claims to be Fair and Balanced, however these emails show they have an agenda. If Fox marketed themselves as the conservative or Republican channel I would not have a problem.
 
Fox News being Fox News.. as fair and balanced as Pravda under the Soviet regime. Fox News would not know fairness or the truth if it was hit in the face by it.

Also not the first time that Fox News leadership is caught dictating and editorial line and yet they claim to be fair and balanced.. a corporation dictating what the news is or how it is worded is not fair and balanced. Fox News had/has an agenda to help destroy the public option and will do anything to achieve this. While technically "government option" is not incorrect, it is far more negative a word (especially in the eyes of American's). If Fox News had been fair and balanced then it would not use such negatively charged word but use the official word as everyone else.

I guess we should be happy that they did not use "European style socialist healthcare"...
 
MSNBC producer said:
From: Johnson, Mark
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 11:58 AM
To: 054 -MSNBCDaJK; 58 -CURRENTEVENTS; 012 -Politics; 024 -Root (MSNBC.msn.com); 052-MSNBC.NY; 021 -Senior Producers; 096 -Producers
Subject: Addressing the tax cuts

1) When mentioning the tax cuts make sure to remind viewers that they're also for the rich.

2) Wherever possible, mention that the legislation is a "the far-right return to the Bush era."

3) Here's another way to phrase it "the far-right tax cuts for the wealthy, which will destroy the deficit"
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Place it in a context where Fox isn't on the line and all of a sudden the bias appears ;)

This isn't anything revolutionary, it's been incredibly obvious for decades that the news media is biased, whether consciously or not. Fox, MSNBC, CBC, etc, etc.
 
Holy ****!!!

You may have just proved that Fox News panders to it's right wing audience!

Call Maddow ASAP!
 
cAPSLOCK said:
Holy ****!!!

You may have just proved that Fox News panders to it's right wing audience!

Call Maddow ASAP!
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Exactly. We should boycott the entire cable news media, and large segments of the print and radio press.

Not that it'll happen, it's just an idea ;)
 
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