mediamatters.org - 8/27/2008
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Summary: On August 26, Fox News aired just over two minutes of former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner's keynote address to the convention. After returning from a commercial, Alan Colmes stated, "In other election news, an independent group supporting John McCain released an ad last week attacking [Sen.] Barack Obama's ties to former Weather Underground leader Bill Ayers," and aired an ad from the ...
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FOX News filters Democratic Convention for viewers
News Hounds —
... to tout that they are the number one network for election news, etc. etc. But during the Democratic convention, theya re foregoing coverage of speakers for interviews, commentary, and pre-recorded segments. Bill O'Reilly's program, for example, while broadcasting from prime real estate at the Convention Center, is rehashing speeches from the previous night and hosting right-wingers like Laura Ingraham and Karl Rove to analyze, ignoring the live speeches behind him. Last night, Media Matters notes, FOX News aired just two minutes of Mark Warner's keynote address and instead ...
What? This convention isn't about us us us??
WTF Is It Now?!? —
... Governor Brian Schweitzer fires up the crowd: "McCain is more of the same!" Munchkin of Justice Dennis Kucinich: "Wake up, America!" Rahm Emanuel: "You ain't seen nothing yet." Hillary Clinton in a ringing call for Democratic unity: "No Way, No How, No McCain!" Update: Newsweek agrees with me about the talking hea rectums. Media Matters isn't too happy either. ...
What you're missing/how you're being misled if you're not watching C-SPAN's convention coverage
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... They can track our every move. They lost track of the economy while the cost of food, gasoline and electricity skyrockets. They skillfully played our post-9/11 fears and allowed the few to profit at the expense of the many. Every day we get the color orange, while the oil companies, the insurance companies, the speculators, the war contractors get the color green. Now maybe some of these speakers don't bring in ratings like the "headliners" do. (Fox News apparently doesn't even think the headliners are as important as they are , as Hannity and Colmes interrupt the keynote ...
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