Fox Nation vs. Reality: On The Debt Ceiling

[babylonsister]

:grr:

Oh! And here's Media Matter's petition to ask Congress to investigate Murdoch.:bounce:
http://mediamatters.org/action/newscorphearings/



http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=4867

Fox Nation vs. Reality: On The Debt Ceiling
Posted by Mark on July 12, 2011 at 12:53 pm.


Fox Nation has posted another item that grossly misrepresents reality. Their featured story this morning concerns an interview that President Obama gave to CBS News.



Notice the headline from the Reuters article to which the Fox Nationalists linked: Obama: Seniors could be hurt without debt deal. The article quotes Obama saying that…

“I cannot guarantee that those {Social Security} checks go out on August 3rd if we haven’t resolved this issue. Because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it.”

However, the Fox Nation headline is: Obama Threatens to Withhold Social Security Checks from Seniors and Vets. That, of course, is a lie. There is nothing in the article or Obama’s remarks that even implies that he would withhold any payments. He simply pointed out a potential consequence of the Republican’s intransigence and unwillingness to compromise.

There is a huge difference between an alert and a threat. If I were to tap you on the shoulder and warn you not to cross the street because of oncoming traffic, Fox would report it as me threatening to shove you off the curb into the path of a speeding truck. In the world of Fox News no distortion is too twisted if it casts Democrats in a bad light.

[Wait Wut]

1. Crap.

That means my kid will call tonite to ask me "why is Obama not paying vets?". No, he hates FOX, but some of his Marine buddies swear by it and fill his head will all kinds of bullshit. Thank God my kid is half-way intelligent and still listens to his mother. Just takes a few minutes to set him straight.

[tularetom]

2. This is why Obama cannot give an inch on SS/Medicare

Fox and wing nut radio will beat him over the head with any statement he makes for the next year and a half. The liberal media will pick up on the theme and soon every cable news outlet will be calling Obama the man who killed Social Security. By the time the election rolls around his approval rating will be lower than whale shit.

He's a smart guy. He can't be unaware of the reality, can he?

[KittyWampus]

3. Frankly, DU'ers are also spinning in same manner against Obama.

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