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Media provocateurs
HorsesAss.Org —
Via Think Progress:
On Fox and Friends today, host Brian Kilmeade acknowledged that Jenkins was intentionally instigating the crowd. At the end of the segment, Kilmeade signed off by saying that Fox was “going to continue to send” Jenkins “out to cause trouble.” “I hope so,” responded Jenkins. Watch it:
I’m sure it would be mighty tempting to start yelling at the Fox Noise crew, but the best thing to do is probably to turn around and walk away. Just ignore these ...
Hullabaloo — ... Naturally, FOX News is already leading the way by not just reporting that it's 1968 all over again, but trying to actually stir up trouble for their broadcasts. But the rest of the media appears to be receiving the message perfectly. CNN is spending most of their time this morning talking about the attempts to "paper over" the big divisions in the party. MSNBC just ran a clip of Teddy Kennedy standing with Jimmy Carter in 1980 as NBC's David Brinkley cooed, "This is awkward." ...
FOX airs Texas web ad bashing Obama, defends John McCain's dodge on how many houses he owns
News Hounds —
FOX News is broadcasting live from Denver this week, where they have Cliff Jenkins tasked with "causing more trouble" and host Steve Doocy's son Peter twittering with assorted Broncos' cheerleaders and Hooters' pin-ups. In between all this breathless news filler they are featuring a surprising number of John McCain segments - surprising because it's the Democrats' week and McCain isn't even in Denver, he's resting at one of his Arizona homes. In one segment the Friends balanced an unfair attack ad on Barack Obama with a wide-ranging defense of John McCain's ...
Monday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... targeting a rival national news outlet, but that's Fox News for you. * For that matter, I can't remember the last time a national news outlet sent someone to a political convention for the express purpose of " causing trouble ," but that's Fox News for you. * " ...
