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Dan Rather: Don't curtail Fox News or any other cable infotainment shows
Dan Rather: Don't curtail Fox News or any other cable infotainment shows
Former CBS anchor Dan Rather was asked Saturday about the collision between news and entertainment in network and cable news these days. At a journalism awards luncheon at the Headliners Club in Austin, Rather was asked about cable news programs that have devolved into shows where hosts quiz ...
Fox News' War
mediamatters.org — New video from Media Matters shows network declared "war" on the White House long before Dunn's comments... Washington, D.C. - Following Anita Dunn's description of Fox News as an "arm" of the Republican Party, Fox News personalities have suggested or ... (more) Fox News' War
Fox News Exec On Attempted Feinberg Interview Snub: We Requested Feinberg Interview, Gibbs ...
huffingtonpost.com — A Fox News executive told the Huffington Post Saturday that the network "absolutely" did request an interview... with Obama administration "pay czar" Kenneth Feinberg and that the White House acknowledged a mistake on the part of a Treasury department ... (more) Fox News Exec On Attempted Feinberg Interview Snub: We ...
Dan Rather on Fox
liberalvaluesblog.com — The goal in taking on Fox is not to prevent them from airing propaganda shows but to... ensure that people realize that Fox is pure propaganda and does not air true news shows. The best thing to do is probably to mock them , and perhaps Democrats should refuse to appear on some of their shows. ... (more) Dan Rather on Fox
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Dan Rather Hailed for 'Courage' at University of Texas
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... Wayne Slater of the Dallas Morning News added detail from a Saturday journalism awards luncheon at the Headliners Club in Austin. Someone asked (with obvious distaste) if it’s "news" on Fox for Glenn Beck to quiz Ann Coulter about Rush Limbaugh. Rather flattered the questioner: "One entertainer interviewing a second entertainer about a third entertainer isn't my definition of news." ...

Dan Rather on Fox
Liberal Values — ... or to claim First Amendment issues are in play here. The reality is that nobody support taking the types of actions against Fox which Richard Nixon took against members of the press. Dan Rather is one of many examples of liberal critics of Fox who do not support any restriction of their right to air their views. From The Dallas Morning News: ...

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