Posted on 10/20/2009 11:25:34 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
Dear MoveOn member,
All year, FOX has worked 24/7 to block President Obama's agenda—repeating lies about "death panels," promoting Tea Party protests, and whipping up fake political scandals.1
Now, President Obama is fighting back. The White House communications director said FOX is a "wing of the Republican Party...let's not pretend they're a news network."2 To draw attention to its biased coverage, President Obama will not appear on FOX for the rest of this year.3
It's about time Democrats stood up to FOX! Can you sign this petition asking Democrats to support President Obama's stance by staying off FOX as long as he does? We'll deliver it to Democratic leaders. Clicking here will add your name:
http://civic.moveon.org/foxobama/o.pl?id=17604-3642369-vMbMsWx&t=3
The petition says: "Democrats should support President Obama's effort to call out FOX. Please stay off FOX for as long as he does."
Democrats often appear on FOX in hopes of reaching out to conservative viewers. But FOX cuts off their mic, distorts what they say, or runs biased headlines at the bottom of the screen.4 In the end, Democrats always lose on FOX.
FOX insists there's a difference between its news shows and its right-wing opinion shows with Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, and others.
But in August, FOX's so-called news shows "aired 22 clips of town hall meeting attendees opposed" to Obama's health care plans and zero in support. CNN and MSNBC were more fair and balanced.5
In another "news" story, FOX passed off a GOP press release as its own research—typo and all.6
FOX executives now describe the channel as "the voice of opposition" to Obama's agenda. FOX president Roger Ailes—a former adviser to Nixon, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush—said, "I see this as the Alamo."7
But a Capitol Hill newspaper reports, "In the House and Senate, Democrats who pledged to follow the administration's near-boycott of Fox were hard to find, although many expressed support for Obama's stance."8
Democrats will only find the courage to join Obama if they hear from enough concerned voters. Sign this petition to ask Democratic leaders to stay off FOX. Clicking here will add your name:
http://civic.moveon.org/foxobama/o.pl?id=17604-3642369-vMbMsWx&t=4 Thanks for all you do.
–Noah, Nita, Michael, Kat, and the rest of the team
Sources: 1. "Fox News viewers overwhelmingly misinformed about health care reform proposals," Think Progress, August 19, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=84884&id=17604-3642369-vMbMsWx&t=6
"Fox News Signs On To Tea Party Agenda, Aggressively Promotes Anti-Obama Protests," Think Progress, April 10, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=84885&id=17604-3642369-vMbMsWx&t=8
"Beck-led Fox News "czar" witch hunt moves to ridiculous smear of Anita Dunn," Media Matters for America, October 16, 2009 http://mediamatters.org/research/200910160004
2. "White House: Fox News 'a wing of the Republican Party'," New York Daily News, October 12, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=84886&id=17604-3642369-vMbMsWx&t=9
3. "The Battle Between the White House and Fox News," The New York Times, October 17, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=84898&id=17604-3642369-vMbMsWx&t=10
4. "Outfoxed: Fox News technique: cut their mic!" Brave New Films, May 11, 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTkFU4MtubU
"The Case Against FOX," FOXAttacks.com http://foxattacks.com/facts.php
5. "Fox News' town hall coverage amplifies opponents of health care reform, ignores supporters," Media Matters for America, September 8, 2009 http://mediamatters.org/print/research/200909080004
6. "Fox passes off GOP press release as its own research—typo and all," Media Matters for America, February 10, 2009 http://mediamatters.org/research/200902100019
7. "'Voice of the opposition': Fox News openly advocates against Democratic Congress, White House," Media Matters for America, September 11, 2009 http://mediamatters.org/reports/200909110016
8. "Congressional Democrats defend the White House's snub of Fox News," The Hill, October 14, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=84899&id=17604-3642369-vMbMsWx&t=11
Look at those footnotes. MoveOn cites, for “facts,” an opinion piece by ThinkProgress.
Talk about your echo chambers.
Democrats are such crybabies. Wahh Fox News, waah there’s some news agency criticizing “The One”. Waah.
Good lord. It’s pathetic.
Dear MoronsOn, Obama and the Democrats have a super majority in Congress. Only Democrats are blocking Obama's agenda.
Its a chess game. Scary stuff, it will be interesting to see what journalists do?
By all means, stay off of Fox NEWS. I mute every damn one of them anyway.
It IS pathetic. Hey Moveone Morons, we have RINOS in the GOP who are helping you, so who’s blocking who?
I think it would be an improvement
That's the scary part.
FOX has the highest rated shows in almost every hour. You'd think the MoveOn people would get a clue.
Think Progress & Media Matters are funded by George Soros. Soros was a Nazi collaborator who pointed out other Jews for deportation.
How do you think this will turn out? sponsors?
"MoveOn.org's nationwide network of more than 1,700,000 online activists is one of the most effective and responsive outlets for democratic participation available today."
Unity and Coalitions:
http://cpusa.org/link/category/21/
Now THAT’s gonna hurt! ;)
I wonder what % of FOX viewers are moveon.org members....LOL aside from you Jim ;)
Yay! An Obama-free zone!
From the website of the Communist Party, USA
(prior to the election)
"The Communist Party USA views the 2008 elections as a tremendous opportunity to defeat the policies of the right-wing Republicans and to move our country in a new progressive direction.
The record turnout in the Democratic Presidential primary races shows that millions of voters, including millions of new voters, are using this election to bring about real change. We wholeheartedly agree with them."
http://cpusa.org/article/articleview/907/1/4/
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From the website of the Communist Party, USA
(after the election)
A Landslide Mandate For Change
Congratulations on an extraordinary history making election!
We can think back with pride to decades of hard work toward our strategic goal of a big enough, broad enough and united enough labor and all-people’s movement that could overcome the ultra-right blockage to all progress. That all people’s movement has come to life, it is dynamic and it has the potential to keep growing.
The election of Barack Obama and a strengthened Congress creates new conditions in our country. There is now the possibility to shift gears and move forward. This new day requires us to further develop our tactics in order to continue to deepen and broaden labor and people’s unity.
There are thousands of experiences that we all have had in these momentous days, some large, some small, all of which express the enormity of change in thinking and readiness for involvement that is underway and that steels us for the battles ahead.
The tears of joy we all shared as crowds gathered to watch the election results here and throughout the world dramatize the new moment we are in.
http://cpusa.org/article/articleview/991/1/154/
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"Barack Obama told supporters that
'change has come to America' as he
claimed victory in a historic presidential election."
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/04/election.president/index.html
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July 1, 2009...
Change is Here, Change is Coming
Sam Webb, National Chair, Communist Party, USA:
Let me begin with a simple observation: If the last 30 years were an era of reaction, then the coming decade could turn into an era of reform, even radical reform. Six months into the Obama presidency, I would say without hesitation that the landscape, atmosphere, conversation, and agenda have strikingly changed compared to the previous eight years.
In this legislative session, we can envision winning a Medicare-like public option and then going further in the years ahead.
We can visualize passing tough regulatory reforms on the financial industry, which brought the economy to ruin.
We can imagine the troops coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan while U.S. representatives participate in a regional process that brings peace and stability to the entire region.
In the current political climate, the expansion of union rights becomes a real possibility.
Much the same can be said about winning a second stimulus bill, and we sure need one, given the still-rising rate, and likely long term persistence, of unemployment.
Isn’t it possible in the Obama era to create millions of green jobs in manufacturing and other sectors of the economy in tandem with an attack on global warming?
Can’t we envision taking new strides in the long journey for racial and gender equality in this new era, marked at its beginning by the election of the first African American to the presidency?
And isn’t the overhaul of the criminal justice and prison system – a system steeped in racism – no longer pie-in-the sky, but something that can be done in the foreseeable future?
All these things are within reach now!
http://www.cpusa.org/article/articleview/1054/1/27/
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"We are 5 days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America"
--B.H.Obama, 2008
YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-k04caUt84&feature=related
A second video of same in case the first 'disappears' from YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cqN4NIEtOY
Yahoo search results for "Fundamentaly Transforming The United States Of America":
http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&fr=moz35&p=%22Fundamentally+Transforming+The+United+States+Of+America%22&SpellState=n-2204099546_q-bsN.LA3I3%2F%2FdGaQgkeauogAAAA%40%40&fr2=sp-top
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Election Day 2008...
"Today, Americans decide on whether, in the words of Barack Obama last week, to 'fundamentally transform the United States of America.'
That is really what this election is about, even though most of those voting for Barack Obama do not want to fundamentally transform America. That is Barack Obama’s and the Democratic Party’s agenda."
I’ll sign on when Fox gets rid of Bob Beckel,Lanny Davis, the professor from Rutgers, Al Sharpton. Julian etc.
Let CNN and MSNBC have them.
So what, Fox won’t have a sit down interview with Bambi but will still show us countless shots of him partying and traveling..... I wish FOX would ban bambi until the end of the year - that would make watching so much more enjoyable.
"Rest of the team" - Dave, Ralm, and Michelle
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