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Fox News Sunday’s Midterms ‘Balance’ Tilts Right To The GOP

Posted by Ellen -7859.80pc on October 19, 2014 · Flag

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On today’s Fox News Sunday, Reince Priebus and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairs of the Republican and Democratic National Committees, respectively, faced off. But one side got a little extra help. Can you guess which one?

Of course, the topic for discussion was the upcoming midterm elections.  And Wallace was there to help with some “heads Republicans win, tails Democrats lose” balance Fox News style.

First, Wallace highlighted Republicans’ strength in key states for taking control of the Senate. That just happened to give him the opportunity to reiterate Republican talking points:

WALLACE:  I think you would both agree that perhaps the Republicans’ best issue is the unpopularity of this president. Look at some interesting numbers here. In these four critical states with key Senate races, Mr. Obama’s approval rating is in the 30s, and all four Democratic incumbents running for reelection in those states have voted with the president more than 90 percent of the time.

Wallace even played a clip of Republican candidate Tom Cotton “going after” incumbent Senator Mark Pryor in Arkansas by tying his voting record to President Obama in just the same way. That was before Wallace asked Wasserman Schultz if President Obama wasn’t a “real problem” for incumbent Democrats in trouble.  Of course, Wasserman Schultz thought not and that led to some debate.

Then Wallace purported to bring up Democratic strengths. But the “strength” he referred to just happened to give him an excuse to highlight a statement Wasserman Schultz made that got her into some political hot water, until she apologized for it:

WALLACE: One of the Democrats’ best issues is women, and what they call the war on women by Republicans. Congresswoman, you have hit that issue hard. Let’s take a look. 

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: Scott Walker has given women the back of his hand—I know that is stark, I know that is direct, but that is reality. 

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WALLACE: While you later said that was a bad choice of words, you’re not backing away from the argument that Democrats are helping women and Republicans are launching a war on women?

Wallace did ask Priebus, “Don’t women have legitimate concerns about Republican policy?”

But there was no highlighting any Republican gaffes. In fact, #fangate was not mentioned at all during the entire show.

Watch the subtle bias below.

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Steve St John commented 2014-10-20 16:59:39 -0400 · Flag
Fox’s lies are a major contributing factor to the President’s unpopularity.
Dave Wright commented 2014-10-20 09:36:29 -0400 · Flag
There was no subtlety to it. Nor should there be. FNS is not — and likely never has been — intended to be a fair forum of opinion. Ms. Wasserman Schultz didn’t have a lot of options here. She fared as well as she could. But she had to know she was playing against a stacked deck.
Hulk commented 2014-10-20 01:16:43 -0400 · Flag
The name, “Riebus”, is such a swarmy woos. This is just a puppet show. I know from personal experience that the poor information starved fools that tune in to fox-nonsense swallow up whatever crap they pump out 24/7. I have three older sisters that ALL tune in religiously to have bor and vannity ingest what they should be thinking. It’s a real shame when we have a seditious network of twisted lies and shameful bashing of the POTUS 24/7, and the weak minded clones that tune in ingest this garbage as though it’s some sort of “truth”. How sad.
NewsHounds posted about Fox News Sunday’s Midterms ‘Balance’ Tilts Right To The GOP on NewsHounds' Facebook page 2014-10-19 23:38:59 -0400
Fox's "Heads Republicans win, tails Democrats lose" brand of balance on display here.








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