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Unlike Nixon, Obama's Media Attacks Generate Little Press Anger
newsbusters.org - 10/21/2009
Unlike Nixon, Obama's Media Attacks Generate Little Press Anger
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Is Barack Obama turning into Spiro Agnew? The White House's attacks on the Fox News smack of the distaste for media opposition espoused by Nixon's vice president almost 40 years ago but are being met with a decidedly different reaction today by the elite media. Pundits have wondered aloud since ...
mediamatters.org - 10/21/2009
Jake Tapper can't figure out how Fox News is different from ABC News?
— mediamatters.org — At Tuesday's White House briefing Tapper seemed completely baffled , and quite insulted, by the White House's... claim that Fox News is not a real news organization. Tapper demanded WH spokesman Robert Gibbs back up the claim [emphasis added]: Tapper: It ... (more) Jake Tapper can't figure out how Fox News is different ...

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mediamatters.org - 10/20/2009
Beck, Special Report cropped Dunn quote to falsely claim she said Mao was "the man she turns to ...
— mediamatters.org — Continuing Fox News' witch hunt against members of the Obama administration, both Glenn Beck and Special Report... misleadingly cropped White House communications director Anita Dunn's remarks at a high school graduation ceremony to falsely claim that ... (more) Beck, Special Report cropped Dunn quote to falsely claim ...

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mediamatters.org - 10/20/2009
Does the WashPost's Ruth Marcus even watch Fox News?
— mediamatters.org — After reading her predictable, talking points-approved condemnation of the White House's push back against Fox News, my... suspicion is that the Post columnist doesn't watch Fox News. And my guess is she's not alone among the growing army of Village ... (more) Does the WashPost's Ruth Marcus even watch Fox News?

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