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Partisanship in News

November 20, 2009

Greg Jarrett Talks “Eric Holder’s Hidden Agenda” – Julie Banderas Talks Traffic

Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to allow the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind of 9-11, in a NY Federal Court, is a contentious one. There are strong opinions on either side of the issue. But if one were watching the Saturday Fox News (and it’s not officially “opinion,” right?) one would have heard information relating to, with the exception of one “fair and balanced” discussion, just one side only. Last Saturday afternoon (November 14th) I had the TV on in the background as I was putting the finishing touches on the Julia Child Beef Bourguignon (and I must say that it turned out quite well). There was a substantial amount of KSM coverage from Gregg Jarrett and Julie Banderas who couldn’t hide their “agita” over the situation. In the time slot from roughly 4:30 to almost 6PM, the supposed “fair and balanced” news was – not so much.

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Reported by Priscilla at 12:01 PM

November 19, 2009

On Special Report, Fox Spun GOP Health Care Talking Points Into News

Guest blogged by Nayef

On Monday, (11/16/09), Special Report discussed health care reform in a not-so fair and balanced way that just happened to take Republican Mitch McConnell’s spin and present it as news. With video.

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Reported by Guest Blogger at 11:07 PM

Another Defeat For Fox Nation – David Hamilton Confirmed For Appeals Court

Fox Nation was all whipped up into a pitchfork frenzy about the nomination of David Hamilton to the Chicago based appeals court. Usually, a federal appeals court nominee would draw no more than a yawn; but not so for Mr. Hamilton whose evil, librul record produced howls of indignation by conservative Christians throughout Fox Nation. It seems that Mr. Hamilton, described as a “Judicial Anarchist” by the “Christian News Wire,” made some decisions, relating to public prayer and abortion, which the American Taliban (whoops, religious right) disapproved of; so, when his nomination was announced, the right wing witch hunt began. That the charges were totally bogus was not a problem for those, including Fox Nation, which sought to demonize this man who, in addition to “Saying Yes to Allah and No to Jesus, worked (gasp) for ACORN, for one month after college and the ultra, evil, librul ACLU. But despite calls to Jesus and the best efforts of Fox Nation, Mr. Hamilton was confirmed by a vote of 59 to 39 in the US Senate.

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Reported by Priscilla at 6:23 PM

Why Didn't Garrett Ask Obama About The Bow?

President Obama sat down with Major Garrett for a few minutes in an interview that was aired on yesterday's (11/18/09) Special Report. It was straightforward, fair and respectful. But there was no mention of one of Fox News' biggest stories of late, President Obama's bow to the Emperor of Japan. If Fox News thought the bow so important that the network obsessed over it on multiple shows and gave it top billing on their Fox Nation website, shouldn't Garrett have asked about it? Or does its omission signal the "fair and balanced" network's tacit admission that it's not as important a story as they've made it out to be? Or did the "we report, you decide" network deliberately pull its punches in order to land the interview in the wake of tensions between them and the White House? Whatever the reason, it did not reflect well on Fox News. (H/T Nayef)

Reported by Ellen at 1:54 PM

Steve Doocy And Brian Kilmeade Unabashedly Promote Pro-life Propaganda

I know that Fox&Friends is officially part of the Fox “Opinion” News, so it wasn’t surprising that Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade, on last week’s Fox&Friends, did a “cupcake” interview with Democratic US Rep. Bart Stupak – the author of an amendment to the House health care bill which has far ranging reproductive ramifications for American women. Both Doocy and Kilmeade are Roman Catholics so it wasn’t surprising that they allowed their co religionist to peddle his pro-life propaganda regarding a bill which the American Council of Catholic Bishops had a huge hand in drafting and supporting. And in providing a “right to life” definition of the bill, the Fox “friends” provided a pulpit, once again, for the anti-choice gospel that Fox preaches to its anti-choice audience. But even if you’re doing “opinion” news, don’t you have some obligation towards objectivity? Not if you’re America’s pro-life newsroom.

E-mail the show: friends@foxnews.com

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Reported by Priscilla at 11:59 AM
Tea Party Express II Orphaned By Fox?, reported by Guest Blogger,
Sean Hannity’s Hypocrisy, reported by Priscilla,
Fox News Headline Chock Full Of Irony, reported by Priscilla,
Hannah Giles – Who’s Her Daddy?, reported by Priscilla,
Glenn Beck Is Not An Art Historian, reported by Priscilla,
Ted Kennedy And Three Cable Networks, reported by Priscilla,
Fox Nation Divisiveness, reported by Ellen,
Angry Townhaller Praises Fox News, reported by Priscilla,
Fox Nation Says Yes To Biased Media, reported by Priscilla,
Does Bill O’Reilly Hate Women?, reported by Priscilla,
Misleading Headline From Fox Nation?, reported by Priscilla,
Bill O’Reilly Vs. “Family Guy”, reported by Priscilla,
Fox&Friends As Defenders Of the Faith, reported by Priscilla,
Bill O'Reilly Talks Titillation, reported by Priscilla,
Bill O’Reilly’s Hypocrisy, reported by Priscilla,
Greta Doesn't Get It, reported by Ellen,
Fox News = Vatican’s Newsroom?, reported by Priscilla,
Fox&Friends Failure?, reported by Priscilla,
Megyn Kelly's Happy Iraq, reported by Ellen,
Fox News Can’t Quit Bill Ayers, reported by Priscilla,
FOX News Endorses McCain/Palin, reported by Ellen,
Too Much Caffeine For Megyn Kelly?, reported by Priscilla,
FOX News "mentally unbalanced", reported by Chrish,
FOX News Gives Palin A Do-Over, reported by Ellen,
FOX Friends heart Sarah Palin, reported by Chrish,
One big happy right-wing family, reported by Chrish,
Bush Cries, Too, reported by Donna,
O'Reilly admits "not impartial", reported by Chrish,
Hillary Missing From Fox Report, reported by Donna,
Tidbits on Fox and Friends, reported by Donna,
Fox Plays the Race Card?, reported by Chrish,
Turkey Invades Iraq, reported by Donna,
FOX Teaser Ad Subtly Disses Democrats, reported by Marie Therese,
Hounding Hillary, Chapter 24/7, reported by Chrish,
Where’s The Outrage?, reported by Ellen,
Tidbits from the "Cost of Freedom", reported by Melanie,
Projection, thy name is O'Reilly, reported by Chrish,
Doctored Footage On FOX News?, reported by Ellen,
FOX proves Rosie O'Donnell right, reported by Chrish,
Hume Protects Richard Perle, reported by Janie,
A Tale of Two "Apologies", reported by Janie,
Excusing Paul Bremer, reported by Janie,
Al Gore gets no respect on FOX, reported by Chrish,
Obama Bash Continues on FOX News Channel, reported by Marie Therese,
MacCallum Picking on Pelosi, reported by Judy,
Dump on Murtha Day at Big Story, reported by Chrish,
Obsession Is More Than A Perfume, reported by Chrish,
Fox and Ford, reported by Chrish,
Does Fox Hate Islam?, reported by Janie,
Legitimate News or Sour Grapes?, reported by Marie Therese,
Attacking Ted Kennedy For Fun, reported by Janie,
Hume and "Islamic Fascism", reported by Janie,
"Google Bombing" "Path to 9/11", reported by Janie,
Fox On Line New Show, Same Bias, reported by Donna,
Fox News: Israel's PR Channel, reported by Janie,
Will Hume Follow Up?, reported by Janie,