Posted on 10/06/2009 5:37:56 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
He’s got one cable news network fact-checking comedy skits about him and another running hour-long infomercials for his health-care plan.
And he still can’t stop complaining.
At a time of tension between their organizations, White House senior adviser David Axelrod met with Fox News chairman and chief executive officer Roger Ailes two weeks ago, sources tell POLITICO.
The two met privately in Manhattan during the president’s visit to the United Nations.
The two discussed news coverage and the relationship between the organizations.
An FNC spokesperson tells POLITICO that Ailes and Axelrod had a “cordial conversation” over coffee while the president was in town.
In Axelrod’s defense, so dominant is FNC these days that Red Eye’s pulling more viewers in the 25-54 range at 3 a.m. than CNN is at 8 p.m. Which I guess means the White House is better off scheduling Hillary for an interview with Pinch, the New York Times marionette, than with Campbell Brown. More whining:
Though White House aides are hesitant to criticize the network on the record, their disdain for the programming–including Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck–is clearly evident. “They are the paid political programming for a party, and occasionally a couple of news stories break out in the midst of 23 hours and 45 minutes of political rantings and opinion,” said one senior administration official. “Everything about it is one-sided political opinion directed at a base. Period.”
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Axelrod makes me furious. Shove it where the sun don’t shine, pal.
Free Speech...what a bitch huh Obama?
What a joke........in the mean time, the NY Times rewrites an article about Obama’s Olympic failure due to pressure from the WH.
Didnt someone say recently this cabal is the biggest bunch of whiners and babies he’d ever seen in DC?
CRY BABY CRY!!
“Everything about it is one-sided political opinion directed at a base. Period.”
And PMSNBC and all the others are FAIR AND BALANCED?
I admit, I do not see any US TV now, but I do know that
FOX is the only one that comes even close to balanced.
Did the Bush admin. whine and complain about the overwhelming leftist media bias? Nope. Did it demand meetings to air its grievances with NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, PBS, the NY Times, etc.? Nope.
Obama and his people are thin-skinned, whiny bitches.
If they can’t stand up to Roger Ailes and Glen Beck, needless to say they are too weak to lead against the militant Islamists who want to kill Americans. Talk about not ready for prime time, these weaklings are an embarrassment to the nation. I hope Roger Ailes told Axleface that.
J Walter Madison is going to take a fall and I don't care at all.
Shame about what happened to Goebbels.
“They are the paid political programming for a party, and occasionally a couple of news stories break out in the midst of 23 hours and 45 minutes of political rantings and opinion,” said one senior administration official. “Everything about it is one-sided political opinion directed at a base. Period.”
Chris Matthews and Keith Olberman ring a bell ???
Thank God for Fox news. In my 70 years I can’t remember a time when the MSM was so disrespected and untrusted. Every single day on almost every single MSM channel the bias shouts out at us with no attempt to hide it. Interviews of administration officials is a joke. No one in the MSM is holding the administration accountable, no one is investigating or challenging. What in the hell has happened to the news industry? It’s pathetic! Once in awhile, just when you think someone is daring, he/she drops the ball and gets off on another soft ball track with no follow through. They don’t even bother playing devil’s advocate anymore. Stories important to all Americans are left uncovered or spun. It’s insulting to a point that I not only don’t watch MSM any longer, I’ve blacked out the channels completely on my remote so that I won’t even watch by accident.
I agree 100%. And yet Axelrod continues to whine.
Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for October 5, 2009
Morning programs (6:00AM-9:00AM) P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
FOX & Friends- 926,000 viewers (333,000) (583,000)
American Morning- 381,000 viewers (198,000) (247,000)
Morning Joe- 304,000 viewers (112,000) (156,000)
Squawk Box- 137,000 viewers (52,000) (83,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 294,000 viewers (162,000) (195,000)
5PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Glenn Beck – 2,943,000 viewers (730,000) (1,316,000)
Situation Room—735,000 viewers (123,000) (214,000)
Hardball w/ Chris Matthews—596,000 viewers (148,000) (311,000)
Fast Money—226,000 viewers (68,000) (122,000)
Prime News–276,000 viewers (113,000) (146,000)
6PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Special Report with Bret Baier– 2,143,000 viewers (436,000) (928,000)
Situation Room—582,000 viewers (143,000) (240,000)
Ed Show—586,000 viewers (154,000) (313,000)
Mad Money —173,000 viewers (48,000) (90,000)
Prime News — 265,000 viewers (98,000) (121,000)
7PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The Fox Report w/ Shep –1,965,000viewers (481,000) (844,000)
Lou Dobbs Tonight—611,000 viewers (156,000) (248,000)
Hardball w/ C. Matthews—650,000 viewers (200,000) (347,000)
Kudlow Report —143,000 viewers (54,000) (75,000)
Issues– 468,000 viewers (153,000) (236,000)
8PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor– 3,142,000 viewers (884,000) (1,381,000)
Campbell Brown – 589,000 viewers (131,000) (247,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 933,000 viewers (259,000) (556,000)
Business of Innovation– a scratch w/62,000 viewers (a scratch w/22,000) (a scratch w/19,000)
Nancy Grace – 650,000 viewers (221,000) (314,000)
9 PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Hannity –2,183,000 viewers (629,000) (1,003,000)
Larry King Live —706,000 viewers (190,000) (330,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —823,000 viewers (250,000) (414,000)
New age of Wal-mart – a scratch w/107,000 viewers (56,000) (56,000)
Joy Behar- 411,000 viewers (134,000) (203,000)
10 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
On The Record w/ Greta Van Susteren —1,841,000 viewers (493,000) (846,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 —515,000 viewers (151,000) (204,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 640,000 viewers (233,000) (265,000)
New age of Wal-mart – 146,000 viewers (77,000) (77,000)
Nancy Grace –394,000 viewers (192,000) (196,000)
11 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor —1,194,000 viewers (395,000) (643,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 —393,000 viewers (151,000) (208,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —387,000 viewers (129,000) (153,000)
Mad Money – a scratch w/102,000 viewers (a scratch w/48,000) (a scratch w/45,000)
Showbiz Tonight– 357,000 viewers (185,000) (206,000)
Axelrod actually does look a lot like hitler
“Everything about it is one-sided political opinion directed at a base. Period.”
Say what????? oh so ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN do not count as news networks. I get it
But the Big State Run Media is still afraid of this Obama crowd!
I would bet that certain implied threats were made against the News Corp. and that there might be certain gov’t investigations, audits, etc.... if they don't change their tune.
Savage said to watch Fox New closely and see if and when they change there tune towards yobama and begin reporting favorably about him.
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