Fox, meet henhouse

Holy god, did Obama ever shit in his hat when he called out Fox News! Per NewsBusters:

If the Obama administration’s attack on Fox News was designed to diminish the cable network’s influence, the White House has failed miserably.

In fact, since Anita Dunn’s now infamous appearance on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” when she claimed Fox isn’t a real news network, the cabler has seen HUGE gains in overall viewing AND in the important demographic aged 25 to 54.

If this is Obama’s effectiveness attacking a cable network, we should all be concerned about his ability to protect our nation from REAL enemies.

Ooookay. We know that, unlike any other cable news network or the American public in general, the majority of Fox News viewers are Republicans.  So what are these majority-Republican viewers hearing on Fox News?

I took a look, and I thought for a moment I had been whisked away in Chic Bob’s time machine, where the dial is always stuck on 2000:

They’re hearing the same shit we pinkos heard in 2000! Just exchange phrases like “the poor,” “the drug war,” and “climate change” with stuff like “the unborn,”“ACORN” and “war on terra,” and the language is practically indistinguishable.  I say it’s time to deputize Fox to guard that particular henhouse 24/7.

[Cross-posted at Betty Cracker]

Posted by Betty Cracker on 10/27/09 at 11:11 AM • Permalink

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It’s civil war, and I couldn’t be happier.

I love the Fox ratings canard.

That whenever Fox is questioned they proclaim loudly over the top of you “Our ratings are awesomer than Leebral Media’s…which means we’re right!” for some reason. Fox and Friends does it, Bill O’reilly does it, Hannity…all of them.

Just because Bacconaise sells (And i don’t even know if it does) doesn’t mean it’s right.

Why, Faux News is watched by something like 1% of the US population.  Clearly we should just surrender now.  They surround us.

/snark

Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Fox applaud Cheney saying “So?” when poll numbers showed the American public turned against the war? So help me out, Faux—big numbers good or bad?

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/10/27/what-obamas-do ing-with-fox-news/

Comment by Jack T on 10/27/09 at 10:04 PM

Thanks, Jack. Interesting take on the wider strategy.

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