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Clamping down on Fox
Ben Smith's Blog —
Peter Nicholas:
At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presidential aides have depicted as not so much a news-gathering operation as a political opponent bent on damaging the Obama administration.
Political consultants are a staple of cable television talk shows, analyzing current events based on their own experiences working on campaigns or in government.
One Democratic strategist said that shortly after an appearance on Fox he got a phone call ...
White House War Against Fox News Expands
Below The Beltway —
Now, they’re telling independent Democratic pundits to stay off the network:
At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presidential aides have depicted as not so much a news-gathering operation as a political opponent bent on damaging the Obama administration.
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Patrick Caddell, a Fox News contributor and a former pollster for Democratic President Jimmy Carter, said he has spoken to Democratic consultants who have been told by ...
The Role of the White House
what if? —
... Surely it comprises many, many activities.
But - should threatening Democratic strategists about where they appear and to whom they speak be among those roles?
Fox's audience is by far the largest of the cable networks, with an average of more than 2.1 million viewers in prime-time this year. CNN is second with 932,000 prime-time viewers.
Fox's viewership is not what worries the White House, though. More troubling to White House aides is that other news organizations may uncritically follow stories that Fox has showcased. ...
White House v. FOX News 2.0
QandO —
... Apparently, instead of backing off of its ill-advised attack on FOX News (there was word of a truce), the White House seems to have decided to kick it up a notch – by using intimidation tactics: ...
Fox News Off Limits
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
"At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presidential aides have depicted as not so much a news-gathering operation as a political opponent bent on damaging the Obama administration," the Chicago Tribune reports. ...
White House Threatens Dem Consultants Over Fox News Appearances
The New Editor —
The Chicago Tribune's Peter Nicholas reports: (emphasis added)
At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presidential aides have depicted as not so much a news-gathering operation as a political opponent bent on damaging the Obama administration.
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One Democratic strategist said that shortly after an appearance on Fox he got a phone call from a White House official telling him not to be a guest on the show again. ...
Classy: White House Thugs Now Threatening Democrat Strategists Who Appear on Fox
JammieWearingFool —
The Obama Thug Machine is officially out of control. At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presidential aides have depicted as not so much a news-gathering operation as a political opponent bent on damaging the Obama administration. Political consultants are a staple of cable television talk shows, analyzing current events based on their own experiences working on campaigns or in government. One Democratic strategist said that shortly after an appearance on Fox he got a ...
Obama Administration Warns Democrats About Appearing On Fox News
Say Anything —
... News organizations that don’t show a sufficient level of deference will be attacked and isolated. ...
ASKING THE TOUGH QUESTIONS, getting the squishy answers.
TAPPER: Kind of a — a theoretical ques…
Instapundit —
... question, but what — at what point does an attack become considered a terrorist attack, even — even if it’s a domestic terrorist attack?
GIBBS: I don’t know that I would have the theoretical background to — to answer that. I would pose that to somebody at — at the FBI. But, again, I don’t know that we’re at a point yet where we fully understand motive.
I think the answer is, “if we can tie it to Fox News.” . . .
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WH to Dem strategists: Stop making Fox so … balanced?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... The White House has taken the war on Fox News to a strange new level . Bitterly complaining that the news channel does not provide a balanced presentation of the issues, the Obama administration has now warned strategists from the Democratic Party that they won’t work with them any longer if the strategists appear on Fox’s programming as guests: At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presidential aides have depicted as not so much a news-gathering operation as a ...
WH urging Dems off Fox?
Michael Calderone's Blog —
... Tribune’s Peter Nicholas reports today that “at least one Democratic political strategist” was told by the White House not to appear on Fox News. ...
Blunt warning from White House: Do not go on Fox
The Political Carnival —
... "At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presidential aides have depicted as not so much a news-gathering operation as a political opponent bent on damaging the Obama administration," the Chicago Tribune reports. ...
No, the WH war on Fox News is not over
Sister Toldjah —
... between Fox News and the Obama admin: That it was a TINO (Truce In Name Only). Peter Nicholas writes (via ...
The Fox In The Hen House
The Moderate Voice —
... The latest bark from the White House is troubling because the source of the story is a third party who works for Fox and claims an anonymous Democratic consultant was threatened by an unnamed White House staffer not to appear on the Fox cable channel. ...
Roger Ailes — I hate shit like this: One Democratic strategist said that shortly after an appearance on Fox he got a phone call from a White House official telling him not to be a guest on the show again. The call had an intimidating tone, he said. The message was, "We better not see you on again," said the strategist, who spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to run afoul of the White House. An implicit suggestion, he said, was that "clients might stop using you if you continue." In urging Democratic consultants to spurn Fox, White House officials ...
Matt Osborne: The Media Stovepipe
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... We've seen this pattern before. A non-sourced, anonymous story enters the right-wing blogosphere and gets picked up by mainstream media, allowing the right to stovepipe their insanity. This one began with a post at the Chicago Tribune Swamp page: ...
The ‘Shut up’ President Blames & Aims
The Anchoress —
... Ordinary America is to blame for much; so much that the president has apologized for us, everywhere he travels.
As President, Barack Obama does two things: He blames, and he aims. And one thing consistently seems to happen when Obama aims at something: people are told to stop talking. They are told to shut up, either because the president simply doesn’t want to hear them, or they are told to shut up, if they know what’s good for them.
Take a look at where his Justice Department aimed their ...
Anita Dunn: 'Going rogue' not her way
The Swamp —
... Okay then, was the president aware that Dunn was going to say what she said of FOX in that appearance on CNN, where she also suggested that FOX is not a news network in the traditional sense? ...
