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Dean: I'd 'Break Up' Fox News
NewsMax.com ^
| 12/02/03
| Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff
Posted on 12/02/2003 10:06:24 AM PST by kattracks
Democratic presidential front-runner Howard Dean pledged Monday night to "break up" the Fox News Channel along with other conservative news outlets owned by media baron Rupert Murdoch. "Eleven companies in this country control 90 percent of what ordinary people are able to read and watch on their television," the ex-Vermont governor complained to MSNBC's Chris Matthews, who then asked the candidate point-blank:
"Would you break up Fox? ... Rupert Murdoch has 'The Weekly Standard.' It has got a lot of other interests. It has got the New York Post. Would you break it up?"
Dean shot back, "On ideological grounds, absolutely yes."
A moment later the "Hardball" host pressed: "Seriously. As a public policy, would you bring industrial policy to bear and break up these conglomerations of power?"
At that point Dean seemed to sense that he had gone too far and began to equivocate, saying, "I don't want to answer whether I would break up Fox or not."
The leading Democrat then explained, "What I'm going to do is appoint people to the FCC that believe democracy depends on getting information from all portions of the political spectrum, not just one."
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; dean; deanoweirdo; foxnews; howarddean
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To: eyespysomething
"Because he doesn't think people are smart enough to change the channel."
Either that or he's afraid that they might be smart enough not to....
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posted on
12/02/2003 6:23:49 PM PST
by
Sofa King
(-I am Sofa King- tired of liberal BS! http://www.angelfire.com/art2/sofaking/index.html)
To: kalt
"You're right. This whole thread is a tempest in a teapot."
No, it isn't. He's seriously talking about attacking the free media. He tries to get the audience to laugh it off when FOX is brought up, but he's still talking about something very scary. Read his quote:
"First of all, 11 companies in this country control 90 percent of what ordinary people are able to read and watch on their television. Thats wrong. We need to have a wide variety of opinions in every community. We dont have that because of Michael Powell and what George Bush has tried to do to the FCC."
He's talking about wanting to use anti-trust laws to affect what opinions we hear on TV. This is the first step toward government control of the media.
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posted on
12/02/2003 6:34:21 PM PST
by
Sofa King
(-I am Sofa King- tired of liberal BS! http://www.angelfire.com/art2/sofaking/index.html)
To: kattracks
Hey Dean! you liberal punk; you cain't handle one fox as it is. Keep shooting off your mouth and there will be another FoxII to furthur shred your jangled nerves. You haven't seen or experienced nuthin yet BUCKO! Hang on with both hands and lock your ankles, its gonna be a wild ride!
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posted on
12/02/2003 7:00:33 PM PST
by
winker
To: M1Tanker
If it's such a big joke, how come no one's laughing? I certanly am not. I see no humor in Dean's fascist rantings at all. Well, in interview, people were laughing. Is clear this was not policy statement but joke. Poor taste, perhaps, but still very much joke.
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posted on
12/02/2003 7:06:00 PM PST
by
Alter Kaker
(Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one’s nose.-Heine)
To: AmericanInTokyo
When will he suggest the partioning and establishment of Christian ghettos?Shortly after being elected Chancellor, I suppose...
To: colorado tanker
Hmmm. I don't see the "there's no difference between the parties" crowd on this thread.There is a difference: One party is more socialist than the other.
To: billhilly
Your quite welcome. There are some things that deserve to be remembered for a long time.
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posted on
12/02/2003 8:48:54 PM PST
by
murdoog
(i just changed my tag line)
To: kattracks
Dean is a friggin' lunatic. How dare the right finally have a news channel that reports things from their perspective is what he is saying. He can go straight to hell.
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posted on
12/02/2003 8:55:49 PM PST
by
dougherty
(USA = FlopHouse to the World)
To: Redwood71
I liked that he was talking about Russia yesterday & kept referring to them as "The Soviet Union".
Maybe the reason Hitlery doesn't like him is because he's so much like "herself".
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posted on
12/02/2003 9:05:10 PM PST
by
Wondervixen
(Ask for her by name--Accept no substitutes!)
To: OldPossum
"The man is out to lunch, totally."
If he were a Clinton (especially the female version) we'd be in big, big trouble!
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posted on
12/02/2003 9:07:35 PM PST
by
tinacart
((I still hate hitlery!!!))
To: Killborn
Even Alan Keyes or other ultra-conservatives wouldn't want to shut down the mangestream media.
No, they probably wouldn't. So why would you mention it?
To: kattracks
Had this man lost his ever-loving mind?
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posted on
12/02/2003 10:27:19 PM PST
by
dixie sass
(Meow, pfft, pfft, pfft - (hmmmm, claws needed sharpening))
To: Alter Kaker
"Poor taste" jokes usually end careers, but only if the person saying it is conservative. And Dean didn't stop until he was almost forced to answer it very seriously.
Another interestng point is FNC is a cable network. The FCC only regulates broadcast signals. Or has that changed?
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posted on
12/03/2003 6:53:51 AM PST
by
M1Tanker
(Modern "progressive" liberalism is just NAZIism without the "twisted cross")
To: colorado tanker
You should note that my response is addressed to the person posting this article, not a specific person responding to the article.
To: miloklancy
Well, I agree with your point. It seems the Dims will likely try to use a resurrection of the "fairness doctrine" to try to shut down talk radio if they get the chance. They know how much they've been hurt by losing their monopoly on the media.
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posted on
12/03/2003 9:57:29 AM PST
by
colorado tanker
("There are but two parties now, Traitors and Patriots")
To: MitchellC
To compare us evil right wing extremists to the tolerant left. :)
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posted on
12/03/2003 10:39:18 AM PST
by
Killborn
(I'd rather have Big Bizniz than Big Guvmint.)
To: hunter112
Good thoughts hunter112. But... How will he get beyond this:
"Would you break up Fox? ... Rupert Murdoch has 'The Weekly Standard.' It has got a lot of other interests. It has got the New York Post. Would you break it up?" Dean shot back, "On ideological grounds, absolutely yes."
The president only has to put that in all of his ads and the man is dead. IMHO
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FoxFan ping!
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posted on
12/04/2003 10:02:51 AM PST
by
nutmeg
(Is the DemocRATic party extinct yet?)
To: demlosers
What do they say about idiots who like to talk? Let them go ahead and don't interrupt.Or . . . . Let the clown finish his act.
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posted on
12/04/2003 10:09:24 AM PST
by
3catsanadog
(When anything goes, everything does.)
To: demlosers
Then he would order certain books burned and Christians to wear yellow crosses on their clothing.
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posted on
12/04/2003 10:11:43 AM PST
by
3catsanadog
(When anything goes, everything does.)
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