Duers do you remember Fox's role in Election 2000

[malaise]

I don't plan to forget. I can't wait to find out who they hacked in the US.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Yep... I do

and now my tinfoil is really tingly

[malaise]

5. Do not ever forget that one of Bush's press secretaries came

straight from Fox - just like Cameron's Coulson.
Men must be shaking about now

[Capitalocracy]

2. Remember the consequences they suffered for that?

Probably the same consequences they'll suffer for any hacking it's found they've done in the U.S., if I were to make a prediction.

[spanone]

3. i suspect the list is extremely long and politically lopsided

[sakabatou]

4. I don't remember much

They were the 1st ones to report that Bush "won." That's all I know.

[malaise]

6. And the person who announced it was first by Fox - Bush's cousin

:puke:

sp

[KansDem]

13. Bush's first cousin, John Ellis, working for FOX, called the election for Bush.

Bush Cousin Calls Presidential Election

by Michael I. Niman
Special to Buffalo Beat (December 14th, 2000) - AlterNet Syndication (December 14th, 2000)
<contact www.alternet.org for syndication rights>

The US presidential election was a celebration of the triumph of media over matter.

To an objective observer, two facts are clear: Gore won the nationwide popular vote, and according to a recent Miami Herald analysis, he was also in all likelihood the favorite of Florida voters as well.

George W. Bush’s claim to victory initially had a shaky basis in objective reality. The Florida race, or even the national race, was a statistical dead heat — a tie. There was no clear winner. Factor in the bizarre antiquated 19th century vote tabulating technology used in much of the US and the wide margin of error inherent with these machines, and the difficulty of determining a winner was clear.

For most Americans, and for much of the global television audience, however, Bush was always either the presumed "winner" or at the very least, the likely winner. Al Gore was always seen as trying to either "catch-up" to Bush, or "overturn" the Bush victory. The Bush claim to victory always had the veneer of legitimacy while the Gore claim effused a certain stench.

This perceived Bush victory, the perception that the horse race finally boiled down to one stallion breaking through the finish gate, was a network news fabrication. We saw it on TV. The networks called the election for George W. Bush, projecting him the winner — in effect declaring him the President Elect. CBS News’ Dan Rather boldly told us late on election night, "Sip it, Savor it, cup it, photostat it, underline it in red, press it in a book, put it in an album, hang it on the wall — George W. Bush is the next president of the United States." The networks anointed a President and no recount of actual votes will ever be able to undo that coronation.

--much more--
http://www.mediastudy.com/articles/jellis.html

[WinkyDink]

7. Yes. Bush's COUSIN "called" the election for BUSH, and the other networks reversed course.

[Kingofalldems]

8. I also remember when Lieberman betrayed us during that

post election period. I know Tweety was bad but I didn't get Fox then, what did they do?

[21st Century FDR]

9. Bush Crime Family member John Ellis

Who called the state of Florida on behalf of his cousin John Ellis Bush a.k.a. Jeb and George Walker Bush a.k.a. Chimpy.

Damn those criminal bastards recycle names way too often.

[malaise]

12. Down Memory lane with John 'Prescott' Ellis

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091231095828AAEbHYA
<snip>
During the 2000 presidential election, George Bush's cousin John Prescott Ellis, was Fox News' projection team manager. On election night, he reversed Fox News' call for Florida as a state won by Al Gore. This has been called a premature decision which gave people the impression that Bush had won the election before it could be confirmed.

Glenn Beck, a host on the Fox News Channel, also called the economic policies of Barack Obama "communist", "socialist" and "fascist". Beck also declared Obama a "racist" with a "deep-seated hatred for white people and white culture" despite the fact that Obama's own mother is indeed white and was raised by white folks.

John Gibson, a former reporter on Fox News, has been accused of blurring the lines between objective reporting and opinion editing. Immediately after the 2000 presidential election, Gibson said on his show, "Is this a case where knowing the facts actually would be worse than not knowing? I mean, should we burn these ballots, preserve them in amber, or shred them?" and "George Bush is going to be president. And who needs to know that he's not a legitimate president?" He accused the BBC of being "anti-American" and "obsessive, irrational and dishonest". He also accused BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan of insisting, "on air that the Iraqi Army was heroically repulsing an incompetent American Military." It was later ruled that Fox News had been in breach of programme code: "respect for truth", "opportunity to take part" and "personal opinions must not rest upon false evidence". Gibson has also accused the "far left" of working for Al Queda and Republican congressman Ron Paul of being part of a 9/11 "truth movement".

[21st Century FDR]

15. His middle name is Prescott? Why am I not surprised?

Like I said, recycling the same names over and over and over. It's probably a good thing they aren't a Catholic family, or the next kid might get ALL the perennial names dumped on him.

George Prescott Walker Sheldon Ellis John Aleister Herbert Crowley Pierce Neil Marvin Skull'n'Bones Bush :rofl:

[malaise]

19. Amazing isn't it

They also recycle their fascist agenda.

[madrchsod]

10. yup...a call was made and the rest is history!

[fascisthunter]

11. I Mentioned this recently

I think FOX is doing the same crap

[ixion]

14. CNN was just as much an enabler as FAUX, in my opinion

perhaps even worse, because they try and mask it more than FAUX.

[no_hypocrisy]

16. Start with the Justices of The Supreme Court.

[seafan]

17. Because of Murdoch's FOX, we are where we are today. Robbed of our democracy and people's lives

Grand Theft Election, Fourth Edition

Cousin John's calls tipped election tally, Observer, Sunday 19 November 2000 00.30 GMT


Gore's Victory, Robert Parry, November 12, 2001


Just reliving this again, the rage and despair have never abated., December 13, 2010

[malaise]

18. That's the truth

How many Fox goons worked with Bushco?