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That might be true if Fox News was a legitimate member of the press.
But, they are an arm of the GOP.

Then again I don't think you have any grasp about 1930s Germany at all.

iSeamas wrote:

But, they are an arm of the GOP.

Oh, you think so?  Can't imagine what would give anyone that idea.

Do 33% of Fox News viewers still believe that the US found WMDs in Iraq?

bedstuy wrote:

Do 33% of Fox News viewers still believe that the US found WMDs in Iraq?

I dunno, but I suspect that at least 33% of Fox "news" viewers still think the Earth is flat, the Pope is infallible, and Reagan was right about Tinkle down economics.

bedstuy wrote:

Do 33% of Fox News viewers still believe that the US found WMDs in Iraq?

Actually we did - fairly early on when the inspectors were still there. They weren't usable in the state they were in, the were old and defunct but they were there.

Note to KHannon - notice the lack of any supporting documentation for his point?

I've not seen that stat myself, don't really care, but if you are going to be critical when I don't cite a source, take a look around.

resedit wrote:

bedstuy wrote:

Do 33% of Fox News viewers still believe that the US found WMDs in Iraq?

Actually we did - fairly early on when the inspectors were still there. They weren't usable in the state they were in, the were old and defunct but they were there.

Note to KHannon - notice the lack of any supporting documentation for his point?

I've not seen that stat myself, don't really care, but if you are going to be critical when I don't cite a source, take a look around.

The rest went to Syria, right?

Please cite the loads of case history that says if a news organization falsely reports items, they have to be invited back.

Fox News has been caught reporting bold-faced lies on countless occasions. This is well-documented. These lies are always directed at slandering the Democratic Party. The White House is under no obligation to extend invitations to an organization that goes out of their way to distort and misrepresent the facts.

If I invited Tallgeese over to my house and he went out of his way to tell me that my food sucks and that my wife is a whore, why would I ask him over again and again?

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resedit wrote:

Take a wild guess why the other networks refused to participate if Fox was excluded.

Because if they let one member of their profession be delegitimized and excluded (even if it is for valid reasons) it sets up a precedent where which they may be delegitimized and excluded (possibly even for petty and/or political reasons).

DukeofNuke wrote:

resedit wrote:

bedstuy wrote:

Do 33% of Fox News viewers still believe that the US found WMDs in Iraq?

Actually we did - fairly early on when the inspectors were still there. They weren't usable in the state they were in, the were old and defunct but they were there.

Note to KHannon - notice the lack of any supporting documentation for his point?

I've not seen that stat myself, don't really care, but if you are going to be critical when I don't cite a source, take a look around.

So, unusable weapons are justification for going to war?
I thought Powell said that the weapons could be fired "at a moments notice".

I still find no parallel to Nazi Germany

resedit wrote:

I'm kind of surprised this hasn't been posted yet.

http://www.examiner.com/x-22564-Des-Moi … t-Fox-News

Obama administration tried to flush the first, fourteenth, possibly fifth, and maybe other amendments down the toilet by telling Fox they couldn't participate in the participate in the interview of yet another czar.

You still think things don't look like 1930's Germany?
Looking more and more like it to me.

Whoever in the administration made that decision needs to step down or be fired.

There are some things you need to keep in mind, res.

1. Presidents have, for at least a century, routinely shut out reporters and news organizations they consider to be extremely hostile. For instance, in the 30s I seem to recall that FDR wouldn't talk to the Chicago Tribune, because its publisher was not only viciously hostile to everything FDR did, but was really cozy with the frequently pro-Nazi isolationist movement.

2. Other presidents I can think of who did this are JFK, LBJ and Nixon. I'm pretty sure Reagan did it too.

3. There's absolutely no constitutional requirement that anyone in America, including government officials, be forced to speak to the press whether they want to or not. Certainly no one in government is trying to stop Fox from saying whatever the hell it wants -- that would be in violation of the connie for sure.

4. If refusing to talk to the press constitutes a "constitutional crisis," then Dubya was the most illegitimate president in the history of America. He held almost no press conferences, almost no interviews -- and when he did, whenever possible they tried to only have pre-submitted, pre-approved questions from supportive reporters.

For example:

O hai, guess what never happened.