Fox News isn't a news organization..

[scooterbug44]

Fox may differentiate between "news" and "commentary" but both categories are so rude, incendiary, and lacking in truth that I can't watch or read them.

I get information from a wide variety of sources (only way to be well informed and cancel out biases), but after many attempts I have had to reject Fox as a credible source because of how deliberately misleading and sensational they are.

If they start reporting w/ a factual base instead of "info-taining" and trying to fearmonger and push an agenda with every story, maybe they'll get invited to the same events as real reporters.

 

[30ashopper]

All the others? ALL the reporters and news media in the entire world who were there EXCEPT for Fox? :roll:

I certainly don't blame the White House - this whole thing very effectively demonstrates WHY they weren't invited. Fox et al are so focused on whining and ratings they can't have time left to effectively report on anything.

P.S. Guess who else wasn't invited and isn't throwing a hissy fit about it: BBC, ABC, NBC, Wall Street Journal, anyone from the AP.................

Which begs the question, why would Obama hand pick a set of journalists like that and sit down with them for three hours discussing - nobody knows for sure. Just seems a little "off" to me. (But like Fox news, I don't trust the guy, so, ..;-) others might have a different take.)

 

[Yzarctoo]

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Fox et al are so focused on whining and ratings they can't have time left to effectively report on anything.

Scooterbug, Fox is the only news station that reminds us and Obama of what he said while campaigning for election and what he is NOT doing as President. All those promises of how he was going to run the office of President...all those broken promises, all those failures to launch transparency government, those promises of ruling together,...no more old boy way of doing things in Washington....Fox helps to remind us of his promises and how they haven't been kept. I really don't blame Obama, I would rather answer the easy questions than the hard questions...I don't blame him for hiding from FOX ....why have to explain to Americans why you aren't keeping your word...why you are letting your czars and your cabinet run the country...why it is so difficult for you to make a decision...why you are selling out Americans and America itself. No one wants to be called on the carpet and have to face the music, they would rather blame it on someone else...like his pat answer for everyting... "Bush did it."

 

[scooterbug44]

Wow! Actually they aren't....................

Which you would know if you were watching a wide variety of coverage. :roll:

Obviously there is a wide range of news sources and some report on certain political parties more favorably, but if you think noone but Fox is criticizing Obama, you REALLY need to get out more.

 

[futurebeachbum]

FOX news is a joke. Very little news. not fair and balanced, more like "fear and imbalance" A person could watch that network all day and learn absolutely nothing worth knowing.

Sadly, that's pretty much true of all of the major news sources, CNN, MSNBC, BBC, PBS, ABC, WSJ, NYT etc.. all work from the political agenda of their management.

Your only real hope of discerning the real facts of any news story is get from several sources with divergent agendas and then attempt to extract the truth from among the slanted versions presented. Knowing where each network stands helps in the actual filtering process.

If I were looking for credible, unbiased, fact-checked, straight-up news reporting, I would never visit any organization I've mentioned above.

 

[mtlinscomb]

"very rarely did we communicate through the press anything that we didn't absolutely control." Anita Zedong-Dunn

 

[Mango]

Not a smart move to demonize a media outlet with the viewership that Fox has. It would be interesting to know what took 3 hours to discuss or does it take that long to feed the dogs the biscuits? I'm not a big fan of FOX, but occasionally watch it along with the other networks, then put on BBC news for a reality check. It seems foolish to alienate their loyal viewership, especially after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Not very partisanlike.

 

[Beachengirl]

The only thing I am seeing out of all of this is everyone has a different opinion, which is very American. What scares me is our current administration does not seem to acknowledge the American way. Freedom of press.

 

[mtlinscomb]

The only thing I am seeing out of all of this is everyone has a different opinion, which is very American. What scares me is our current administration does not seem to acknowledge the American way. Freedom of press.

lol...that's part of the change.

 

[LuciferSam]

The only thing I am seeing out of all of this is everyone has a different opinion, which is very American. What scares me is our current administration does not seem to acknowledge the American way. Freedom of press.

I don't see how this is contrary to freedom of the press unless you define it as the right of the press to force unwilling subjects speak with them. This is an example of the administration exercising its freedom of choice and right to privacy. The press has the freedom to put negative spin on this from now until the end of time. I think the administration is focusing on the people who put Obama in office (recall he stomped his opponent) and I praise them for that.