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White House Drops 'News' from Fox News Placeholders at State of the Union Lunch (Original Post) Grassy Knoll Jan 2015 OP
Are they still in the front row of the WH press room? Put a dunce cap on them and they can stay. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #1
Hahahahahahahahahahah! PennyK Jan 2015 #2
I'm sure most of them already know, they aren't all idiots but the money is good. n/t A Simple Game Jan 2015 #8
I have thought about that and I think that the ones in the know must feel like whores Maraya1969 Jan 2015 #71
Good one!!! isobar Jan 2015 #3
That's hilarious Renew Deal Jan 2015 #4
Apparently the WH should have used the E word Politicalboi Jan 2015 #5
Fox Tabloid channel woulda been better PatrynXX Jan 2015 #22
That would have been priceless ashling Jan 2015 #49
Good! nt Duval Jan 2015 #6
I'd be thankful for the free lunch and leave it at that Shep bluestateguy Jan 2015 #7
Scott Pelley is on CBS. femmocrat Jan 2015 #9
Haha...just reinforces the point Bagsgroove Jan 2015 #26
Well, that fantastic! progressoid Jan 2015 #10
about time. fox is not news so why bother putting the words together. samsingh Jan 2015 #11
This is long overdue!!!! HenryWallace Jan 2015 #12
you hit it jojobee Jan 2015 #65
More proof that no one is above the law DFW Jan 2015 #13
Oh so sweet! chillfactor Jan 2015 #14
I always thought that Fox's right to lie based on free speech... Lucky Luciano Jan 2015 #15
yes! n/t BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2015 #44
The have the right to lie, the WHite House has the right to point it out DFW Jan 2015 #68
If you stop lying about Obama louis-t Jan 2015 #72
Good for the White House. JDPriestly Jan 2015 #16
Leaving off what doesn't exist... JimDandy Jan 2015 #17
NEWS turbinetree Jan 2015 #18
To draw up rage from the base. sakabatou Jan 2015 #23
"entertainment" is what their ToU page says. ffr Jan 2015 #19
He's miffed Pantagruelsmember Jan 2015 #20
Chuckle riversedge Jan 2015 #21
"I don't care" which is why I am whining on air.... Thor_MN Jan 2015 #24
hahaha hibbing Jan 2015 #73
That's great.....but I have two questions for him.... George II Jan 2015 #25
So since they're not real news SwankyXomb Jan 2015 #27
Disrespect! Bagsgroove Jan 2015 #28
Oh that's good too! tblue Jan 2015 #33
Good one. Come to think of it, why not admit Jon Stewart as a journalist. He's more of one than... northoftheborder Jan 2015 #29
There should have been a separate, smaller table for them. n/t jtuck004 Jan 2015 #30
Good one! Marie Marie Jan 2015 #41
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! tblue Jan 2015 #31
Fox is like the Onion, but Shepard Smith is an exception to the rule. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #32
I Agree, Shep is the Only exception, But... Grassy Knoll Jan 2015 #51
Should have read "Fox Way-Right-Wing Propaganda Channel" trof Jan 2015 #34
Be glad it read "Shepard Smith, Fox" Half-Century Man Jan 2015 #35
Fox employees have been dressing up and essentially doing... SeattleVet Jan 2015 #36
we're not really journalists... BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2015 #45
Brilliant. 3catwoman3 Jan 2015 #37
LMAO!!! jalan48 Jan 2015 #38
Not registered as a news organization The Wizard Jan 2015 #39
Should correct our friend Shep. calimary Jan 2015 #40
Damn,...youtube comments disabled... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #42
He left out a few other things... jmowreader Jan 2015 #43
Had a hard time to stop laughing! joshdawg Jan 2015 #52
Had to Google "MRE" nxylas Jan 2015 #59
It also stands for "meals rejected by Egyptians" jmowreader Jan 2015 #74
Guess Shep got over his Katrina trauma days Roland99 Jan 2015 #46
Apparently they've run out of things to be resentful about? MrModerate Jan 2015 #47
Yes ...there's Fox and there's the Onion ...and then there's the news. LMFAO L0oniX Jan 2015 #48
Boo hoo. Sniff. CentralMass Jan 2015 #50
Not enough room on the placeholder.. HoosierCowboy Jan 2015 #53
Shep, you work for an entertainment network. mwb970 Jan 2015 #54
Shep is one of the VERY few news people on Fox. That's why Fox took him off the news. marble falls Jan 2015 #56
Sly as a FOX. That term makes it easy to understand that FOX is not news; it is propaganda. Dont call me Shirley Jan 2015 #55
And none of the Fox viewers would have know about it without Shepard mentioning it LiberalArkie Jan 2015 #57
say what u will but you made it a point on tv so apparantly it bothers you more than youre belzabubba333 Jan 2015 #58
Fox Fantasy rurallib Jan 2015 #60
Could be worse, it could have said "Fox Shill". nt cstanleytech Jan 2015 #61
The WhiteHouse doesn't consider Sci Fi as news. c588415 Jan 2015 #62
Pretty Much libodem Jan 2015 #63
Perfect! Ferd Berfel Jan 2015 #64
This is hilarious, and definitely called-for; BUT, it also could be called "petty." Systematic Chaos Jan 2015 #66
I think that public proclamation from the White House was well-deserved - it ain't news tomm2thumbs Jan 2015 #67
Fox News is not a news organization, just the voice for the GOP. sammy750 Jan 2015 #69
Ha, hoisted on their own petard! lark Jan 2015 #70
How many FOX employees do you... 3catwoman3 Jan 2015 #76
LOL, good point! lark Jan 2015 #77
I think Shep knows how the other side views FOX, it's all tongue in cheek for him. YOHABLO Jan 2015 #75
Miracle ProudProg2u Jan 2015 #78

Maraya1969

(22,484 posts)
71. I have thought about that and I think that the ones in the know must feel like whores
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 04:51 PM
Jan 2015

for degrading themselves just for money. I could never ever do that!

"The love of money is the heart of all evils"

samsingh

(17,599 posts)
11. about time. fox is not news so why bother putting the words together.
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:08 PM
Jan 2015

fox bullshit should be next year's card. oops.

 

HenryWallace

(332 posts)
12. This is long overdue!!!!
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:14 PM
Jan 2015

As the President is the current leader of the "Democrat" party, I am proud of him.

PS: Tell Shep that "News" is something you have to earn. You lose the right to call yourself a "News" organization when your viewership is more misinformed after watching the network than before!

DFW

(54,410 posts)
13. More proof that no one is above the law
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:14 PM
Jan 2015

The Truth in Advertising Act should preclude the Fox Propaganda Channel from calling itself "News" when it is not.

Obama's White House is just following the law, even if Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes are not.

Besides, maybe Fox will now get the message from the "Democrat Party," along with greetings from the "no-go" city of Birmingham, England and those parts of Paris, France so designated by Fox "News," but not by reality.

Lucky Luciano

(11,257 posts)
15. I always thought that Fox's right to lie based on free speech...
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:16 PM
Jan 2015

...should have been allowed, but that they should not be allowed to call themselves a news organization.

Just like "whipped creme" is used when there is no real "cream." When there is no real "news" perhaps they can say "Fox Newz" or "Fox Nooz" - that way they can have their free speech and right to lie, but not have the false advertising that they provide actual "news."

Perhaps they can run "news specials" - e.g. - "Now, with 50% more real news!"

DFW

(54,410 posts)
68. The have the right to lie, the WHite House has the right to point it out
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 04:20 PM
Jan 2015

They do not provide news, the Obama White House acknowledges it.

The only problem is when they have a problem with that.

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
17. Leaving off what doesn't exist...
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:20 PM
Jan 2015

Shep Smith's reporting is the only thing about Fox that approaches "news". This piece of actual news is entertaining though, so I can still label it Fox Entertainment.

turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
18. NEWS
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:26 PM
Jan 2015

Hey, Fix Noise you folks are having a bad week-------France is suing you over what you said, now the luncheon you were invited to and the place cards does not say NEWS under your name.
If you didn't care, then why would you been WHINING about it

ffr

(22,670 posts)
19. "entertainment" is what their ToU page says.
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:27 PM
Jan 2015

From Fox News Web site Terms of Use (second paragraph).

FOX News furnishes the Site and the FOX News Services for your personal enjoyment and entertainment. -Foxnews.com
 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
24. "I don't care" which is why I am whining on air....
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:56 PM
Jan 2015

"It doesn't say anything about news". Gee, Shep, neither does Fox "news" Entertainment...

hibbing

(10,098 posts)
73. hahaha
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 10:22 PM
Jan 2015

I know, it was beautiful. Shep beat me to the "message received" part, that is some funny stuff.

Peace

George II

(67,782 posts)
25. That's great.....but I have two questions for him....
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 06:57 PM
Jan 2015

1. I thought you said you "didn't have the whine". Isn't that what we just saw in that video?
2. When did Scott Pelley move over to ABC News?

I think the people who printed the place cards decided to just be honest with everyone.

SwankyXomb

(2,030 posts)
27. So since they're not real news
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 07:04 PM
Jan 2015

they don't have any of the legal protections afforded to journalists, right?

Bagsgroove

(231 posts)
28. Disrespect!
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 07:06 PM
Jan 2015

I would not have disrespected Fox this way.
I would have made their name cards read -- Fox "News"

northoftheborder

(7,572 posts)
29. Good one. Come to think of it, why not admit Jon Stewart as a journalist. He's more of one than...
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 07:07 PM
Jan 2015

...any of the Fox clowns.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
32. Fox is like the Onion, but Shepard Smith is an exception to the rule.
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 07:24 PM
Jan 2015


Rec this post, but with proper respect to Shepard Smith.

Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
51. I Agree, Shep is the Only exception, But...
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 02:20 AM
Jan 2015

How long can he carry the truth bucket for that "news" barrel of lies?

The Wizard

(12,545 posts)
39. Not registered as a news organization
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 07:56 PM
Jan 2015

And more accurately a 24/7, 365 free Republican campaign ad. That and the propaganda.

calimary

(81,323 posts)
40. Should correct our friend Shep.
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 08:00 PM
Jan 2015

"Message 'received'?" Hardly!!! To be more accurate (which we already know they don't care that much about), he should have said "message sent" or "message delivered." Because it was a message. And it was sent or delivered or otherwise passed along. Message noticed, maybe. But "received"? HARDLY. With them it's more likely "message ignored."

jmowreader

(50,560 posts)
43. He left out a few other things...
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 10:13 PM
Jan 2015

1) The Fox staff had its own table.
2) That table was next to the door to the kitchen.
3) The rest of the room was served $200/bottle California petit sirah.
3a) This is the wine the Fox table was served...

(Yes, that's a real product)
4) There was an arsenic shaker on the table.
5) The other thirty tables in the room were served thyme-roasted Chilean Sea Bass, lasagna, green beans, butter beans and peas.
5a) The Fox table was served MREs.
5b) That had been shipped back from the War in Iraq.
5c) The FIRST War in Iraq.
6) The president refused to stop snorting through his nose when he spoke the words "Fox News."
7) We were expected to bus our own table.
7a) And the other thirty tables.
8) The White House presented journalists with a gift bag.
8a) They ran out before the goodie cart reached our table.
8b) When we went to complain, the maitre d' said, "no sir, there was no mistake...we were told there'd be 240 journalists, we got 240 gift bags...who the hell are you?"
9) When we returned to the parking lot, our car was missing. The part of the curb it was next to had a fresh coat of yellow paint.
9a) While we were waiting for a cab to take us to the DC impound lot, the president came out of the building to thank us for coming. There was still yellow paint on his hands.

 

MrModerate

(9,753 posts)
47. Apparently they've run out of things to be resentful about?
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:25 AM
Jan 2015

Don't they have legions of consultants and interns making up new poutrages for them?

mwb970

(11,361 posts)
54. Shep, you work for an entertainment network.
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 08:05 AM
Jan 2015

The fact that they falsely put "News" in their name doesn't change that.

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
55. Sly as a FOX. That term makes it easy to understand that FOX is not news; it is propaganda.
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 09:55 AM
Jan 2015

White House got the placeholder correct. Just plain FOX, sly as a fox.

 

belzabubba333

(1,237 posts)
58. say what u will but you made it a point on tv so apparantly it bothers you more than youre
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 10:17 AM
Jan 2015

trying to infer. so

libodem

(19,288 posts)
63. Pretty Much
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 11:55 AM
Jan 2015

Faux 'opinion' and 'commentary' delivered as entertainment. Its a regular psyop of manufactured consent inducing panic and paranoia in the population.

Fox works over old people's minds and leaves them delusional and dangerous. It should be a crime. It certainly is a sin.

Systematic Chaos

(8,601 posts)
66. This is hilarious, and definitely called-for; BUT, it also could be called "petty."
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 02:35 PM
Jan 2015

Or, perhaps you would prefer "passive-aggressive."

What pisses me off about it, is that it's easy to fire off a move like this, and make a few waves.

So then, where the actual fuck have all the "waves" been with regards to single-payer health care? Or how about some serious "waves" for a $3 trillion infrastructure bill, to put 20 million people to work fixing the country?

Where are the statements which need to be shouted from the rooftops, again and again and again AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, until something of real worth gets done in this country?

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
67. I think that public proclamation from the White House was well-deserved - it ain't news
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 03:23 PM
Jan 2015

Just 2 of many cases-in-point







I'm actually impressed they even noticed the nametags. They usually are so clueless.

sammy750

(165 posts)
69. Fox News is not a news organization, just the voice for the GOP.
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 04:33 PM
Jan 2015

Hour after hour they promote LIES and mis information. When will they get kicked off the air. I am so glad Paris is going to SUE Fox News.

lark

(23,118 posts)
70. Ha, hoisted on their own petard!
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 04:37 PM
Jan 2015

Stupid Faux Snooze went to the SCOTUS to win the ability to not deliver actual news but their skewed version of it. They admitted to knowing that the report they gave was false, but defended their right to lie and SCOTUS agreed. They are a political show only, any true news is just a side show.

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