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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 06:57 AM Jun 2012

Uh-oh. The NY Times calls out 'Fox & Friends' as a Republican Show on its home page.



Enemies and Allies for ‘Friends’: When it comes to sitting for interviews Mitt Romney is not usually a willing and eager subject. But there is one invitation he rarely turns down.

“Fox & Friends” has had Mr. Romney as a guest 21 times in the last year. That’s almost twice a month, vastly more than the four times each he has appeared on NBC’s “Today” and ABC’s “Good Morning America,” which draw five times the audience.

Mr. Romney is hardly alone in recognizing the power of “Fox & Friends” as a high-decibel megaphone pointing directly at the Republican base. At the height of the primaries not a week went by without an appearance by one of the candidates. And when leading Republicans like Gov. Rick Scott of Florida or Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin have something to say, they do it on “Fox & Friends.”

It is easy to see why. Perhaps more than any other show on the Fox News Channel, “Fox & Friends” has become a powerful platform for some of the most strident attacks on President Obama. Conspiracy theories about Mr. Obama’s religion once found an uncritical ear on the show’s set. Assertions that Mr. Obama leaked national security secrets for political gain are accepted as fact. And its hosts recently took time on the air to congratulate one of their producers for making a four-minute video that painted Mr. Obama as a failure.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/arts/television/fox-friends-finds-ratings-and-controversy.html
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Uh-oh. The NY Times calls out 'Fox & Friends' as a Republican Show on its home page. (Original Post) onehandle Jun 2012 OP
Just the facts liberal N proud Jun 2012 #1
Now we know why the blonde bimbo is so ditzy... rfranklin Jun 2012 #2
I was thinking of calling it a Dog and Pony show but it's more like... BlueJazz Jun 2012 #3
Off topic turtlerescue1 Jun 2012 #4
Yep, if not separated at birth bupkus Jun 2012 #6
WOW - I just lost all faith in FOX!!! Laf.La.Dem. Jun 2012 #5
Doesn't he know that he's preaching to the choir? onlyadream Jun 2012 #7
Whoops tavalon Jun 2012 #8
Pot meet Kettle... chervilant Jun 2012 #9
Fox and Friends or The Drew Carey Show? One of the 99 Jun 2012 #10
 

rfranklin

(13,200 posts)
2. Now we know why the blonde bimbo is so ditzy...
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 07:25 AM
Jun 2012

"...Gretchen Carlson, the often-severe and incredulous voice of authority. (Ms. Carlson’s childhood baby sitter in Minnesota was Representative Michele Bachmann.)"

 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
3. I was thinking of calling it a Dog and Pony show but it's more like...
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 07:44 AM
Jun 2012

....a "pack of lying Pit Vipers" that would dissolve if they told the truth.

chervilant

(8,267 posts)
9. Pot meet Kettle...
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 09:58 AM
Jun 2012

Apparently, still trying to distance themselves from the co-opted media of the Corporate Megalomaniacs...

("At least, we're not FOX!!&quot

One of the 99

(2,280 posts)
10. Fox and Friends or The Drew Carey Show?
Thu Jun 21, 2012, 10:52 AM
Jun 2012

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Brian Kilmeade
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Gretchen Carlson
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