I brought up the issue recently that New York sports radio has gone downhill, noting for specific disgust WFAN host Mike Francesca.
Francesca, who has been on the air for 25 years, has consistently become grouchy, mean and obnoxious, while also belittling fans and defending some star athletes like Alex Rodriguez rather than challenging them with tough questions.
He brought that to the highest level on Friday when he had New York Daily News reporter Michael O'Keefe on the air and insulted and abused him, while also making wrong claims about the news gather process.
It was a real embarrassing bully session that is beneath the top radio market in the country.
Meanwhile, Francesca defends his softball approach to A-Rod saying he would not ask him tough questions because he won't answer. Not journalism.
The interview/brawl is HERE.
WFAN weekend host Richard Neer the following day took Francesca on, noting he made a mistake.
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Thursday, October 24, 2013
MURDOCH BIOGRAPHER DISCUSSES GOING UP AGAINST THE NEWS CORP. EMPIRE
Had a good long interview with NPR reporter David Folkenflik after reading his new Rupert Murdoch biography, Murdoch's World: The Last of the Old Media Empires.
Folkenflik went beyond his reporting for the book as he described to me the Fox News PR attacks he and others have endured and how some at News Corp. tried to discourage people from talking to him for the book.
See what he says HERE and check out the book HERE.
Folkenflik went beyond his reporting for the book as he described to me the Fox News PR attacks he and others have endured and how some at News Corp. tried to discourage people from talking to him for the book.
See what he says HERE and check out the book HERE.
THE LATE JOHN GREGORIO AND ME
I have to note the passing of John T. Gregorio, former mayor of Linden. N.J. and a one-time Democratic power broker in the state as a State Senator, at 87.
He rose to power in the 1970's and early 1980's before being driven from office in 1983 after a conviction involving hidden interests in a local go-go bar. But he made a comeback in 1990 when he was pardoned by former GOP Gov. Tom Kean on Kean's last day in office. At the time, Kean told me he was asked by incoming Gov. Jim Florio, a Democrat, to grant the pardon. Florio's office told me at the time that was untrue.
Later, State Sen. Ray Lesniak, another Democrat, stated he had approached Kean on Gregorio's behalf and requested the pardon.
During that 1990 election, I wrote a lot about Gregorio for The Daily Journal of Elizabeth, N.J., including claims he had threatened a fireman's union boss and gotten into a shouting match with another driver after an accident. When Gregorio won the primary handily, effectively winning the election in mostly-Democratic Linden, I went to his victory party to interview him and was almost assaulted by his son, John Gregorio, Jr.
That same son was later arrested for kidnapping two teen boys who he alleged were harassing his daughter and driving them around Staten Island. His father at the time defended the son.
Years later, in 2008, Gregorio agreed to sit down with me for a story that ran in New Jersey Monthly, still defending his son. He lost his last election for mayor that same year.
Loved or hated, he was a New Jersey character.
He rose to power in the 1970's and early 1980's before being driven from office in 1983 after a conviction involving hidden interests in a local go-go bar. But he made a comeback in 1990 when he was pardoned by former GOP Gov. Tom Kean on Kean's last day in office. At the time, Kean told me he was asked by incoming Gov. Jim Florio, a Democrat, to grant the pardon. Florio's office told me at the time that was untrue.
Later, State Sen. Ray Lesniak, another Democrat, stated he had approached Kean on Gregorio's behalf and requested the pardon.
During that 1990 election, I wrote a lot about Gregorio for The Daily Journal of Elizabeth, N.J., including claims he had threatened a fireman's union boss and gotten into a shouting match with another driver after an accident. When Gregorio won the primary handily, effectively winning the election in mostly-Democratic Linden, I went to his victory party to interview him and was almost assaulted by his son, John Gregorio, Jr.
That same son was later arrested for kidnapping two teen boys who he alleged were harassing his daughter and driving them around Staten Island. His father at the time defended the son.
Years later, in 2008, Gregorio agreed to sit down with me for a story that ran in New Jersey Monthly, still defending his son. He lost his last election for mayor that same year.
Loved or hated, he was a New Jersey character.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
FORMER STAR-LEDGER COLUMNIST RIPS ENDORSEMENT
Give former Star-Ledger scribe Bob Braun credit. The former columnist who left the paper earlier this year took issue with the Ledger's endorsement this week of Gov. Chris Christie.
Not a complete surprise the paper would endorse Christie given his overwhelming lead in the polls. But, as Braun notes, the paper has also been one to criticize him in the past.
Writes Braun:
The worst of this editorial is the smarmy line about “our duty is to the readers, and our goal is to help them decide which button to push.’’
No thanks, Mr. Editorial Writer. The ethical, the moral, thing to have done, given the arguments you yourself used, was to say we endorse no one. Otherwise what you are doing is urging a vote for someone you have proven beyond doubt is, in your words, a fraud and a catastrophe–and unworthy of high office.
Never, in 50 years of newspaper work, have I seen such contorted logic and such breathtaking cynicism. Shame on you.
Read more HERE.
I got to know Braun on several occasions covering the Ledger for E&P, but most interestingly when I did a story on famous parent/child reporting duos in 2004. His daughter, Jenifer, was a fashion writer at the paper at the time and is now features editor.
Not a complete surprise the paper would endorse Christie given his overwhelming lead in the polls. But, as Braun notes, the paper has also been one to criticize him in the past.
Writes Braun:
The worst of this editorial is the smarmy line about “our duty is to the readers, and our goal is to help them decide which button to push.’’
No thanks, Mr. Editorial Writer. The ethical, the moral, thing to have done, given the arguments you yourself used, was to say we endorse no one. Otherwise what you are doing is urging a vote for someone you have proven beyond doubt is, in your words, a fraud and a catastrophe–and unworthy of high office.
Never, in 50 years of newspaper work, have I seen such contorted logic and such breathtaking cynicism. Shame on you.
Read more HERE.
I got to know Braun on several occasions covering the Ledger for E&P, but most interestingly when I did a story on famous parent/child reporting duos in 2004. His daughter, Jenifer, was a fashion writer at the paper at the time and is now features editor.
AFTER MOVING GOAL POSTS, CNN NOW FUMBLING THE ETHICS BALL
When we first found out that CNN was shielding new Crossfire co-host Newt Gingrich from scrutiny by not requiring him to disclose financial contributions he and his PAC had given to GOP candidates he discusses or interviews on the air, the news outlet declared to me that was not a problem since he is giving the money.
Well, now comes word that Gingrich Productions, an entity overseen by Gingrich's wife, has accepted some $9,500 from the Republican Party.
So should that be disclosed.? Official word from CNN: no comment.
Where does this end?
Well, now comes word that Gingrich Productions, an entity overseen by Gingrich's wife, has accepted some $9,500 from the Republican Party.
So should that be disclosed.? Official word from CNN: no comment.
Where does this end?
Monday, October 21, 2013
MURDOCH BOOK HIGHLIGHTS FOX NEWS PR SCAM
Reading David Folkenflik's new book, Murdoch's World, I came across a few surprises, but one that I had not been surprised about because it highlight's Fox News' notorious public relations department, and one Irena Briganti.
As Media Matters notes so well HERE, the book details how some Fox staffers created dummy email accounts to post comments on its own website's items.
This is about the height of bad judgment and unethical behavior.
As for Fox PR, they are known for doing as little as possible to help reporters or others seeking to cover the news channel, and as much as possible to help push a one-sided and often retaliatory viewpoint.
As Media Matters notes so well HERE, the book details how some Fox staffers created dummy email accounts to post comments on its own website's items.
This is about the height of bad judgment and unethical behavior.
As for Fox PR, they are known for doing as little as possible to help reporters or others seeking to cover the news channel, and as much as possible to help push a one-sided and often retaliatory viewpoint.
VIRGINIA'S BIGGEST PAPER WILL NOT ENDORSE FOR GOVENROR
I was interested to see the Richmond Times-Dispatch offered a curt "no endorsement" in that state's tough gubernatorial race.
The editorial stated, among other things:
The major-party candidates have earned the citizenry’s derision. The third-party alternative has run a more exemplary race yet does not qualify as a suitable option. We cannot in good conscience endorse a candidate for governor.
This does not gladden us. Circumstance has brought us to this pass. This marks, we believe, the first time in modern Virginia that The Times-Dispatch has not endorsed a gubernatorial nominee.
Read the whole thing HERE.
Will see what impact if any this has.
The editorial stated, among other things:
The major-party candidates have earned the citizenry’s derision. The third-party alternative has run a more exemplary race yet does not qualify as a suitable option. We cannot in good conscience endorse a candidate for governor.
This does not gladden us. Circumstance has brought us to this pass. This marks, we believe, the first time in modern Virginia that The Times-Dispatch has not endorsed a gubernatorial nominee.
Read the whole thing HERE.
Will see what impact if any this has.
Saturday, October 19, 2013
AUTHOR JIMENEZ LIES ABOUT MY REPORTING ON HIS DEBUNKED CLAIM
So thanks to Media Matters, I was able to post a story this past week that essentially debunked a claim by author Stephen Jimenez that The New York Times Magazine spiked a story he wrote in 2004 on the murder of Matthew Shepard because the piece was too "politically sensitive."
The truth was the piece was not good enough to be published.
But that didn't stop Jimenez from lying about my story on a far-right radio show.
Paul Tough, a former editor at the Times Magazine, told me he was interested in Jimenez's claim that Shepard, the gay University of Wyoming student, was not killed in an anti-gay hate crime, but instead as the result of a drug-fueled killing.
But, as Tough said, the truth is Jimenez's article fell short.
Tough told me, among other things, "My recollection was that he and I went through a few edits and drafts together but I don't remember what the final sticking point was. He certainly wrote a draft and my recollection is more than one draft, but in the editing process things are never done until they're done. For whatever reason I feel like for us it didn't get to the level of being a complete and publishable story."
In the same story, when I sought comment from Jimenez about Tough's recollection, he did not offer a defense, instead bragging about a story he did on the subject for 20/20 and awards he received.
He also lied about my story on conservative Janet Mefferd's show, claiming I did not include his response in the story, which is untrue. Hear the false statement HERE at about 36:00.
The truth was the piece was not good enough to be published.
But that didn't stop Jimenez from lying about my story on a far-right radio show.
Paul Tough, a former editor at the Times Magazine, told me he was interested in Jimenez's claim that Shepard, the gay University of Wyoming student, was not killed in an anti-gay hate crime, but instead as the result of a drug-fueled killing.
But, as Tough said, the truth is Jimenez's article fell short.
Tough told me, among other things, "My recollection was that he and I went through a few edits and drafts together but I don't remember what the final sticking point was. He certainly wrote a draft and my recollection is more than one draft, but in the editing process things are never done until they're done. For whatever reason I feel like for us it didn't get to the level of being a complete and publishable story."
In the same story, when I sought comment from Jimenez about Tough's recollection, he did not offer a defense, instead bragging about a story he did on the subject for 20/20 and awards he received.
He also lied about my story on conservative Janet Mefferd's show, claiming I did not include his response in the story, which is untrue. Hear the false statement HERE at about 36:00.
Friday, October 18, 2013
MORE NEWS VENTURES CANNOT IGNORE THE BASICS OF NEWS
A couple of new media ventures have me thinking more and more about the need for news outlets to remain focused on the bedrock needs of journalism: accuracy, fact-checking, fairness, measured reason and -- often the most important -- patience to make sure coverage is both balanced and complete.
News of late includes the creation of a new venture with Glenn Greenwald, formerly of the Guardian and Edward Snowden fame, and the creator of Ebay. There is also the Truth Revolt, the conservative venture casting itself as a right-wing Media Matters for America.
I will withhold comment on that comparison both because I work at Media Matters and because it would take too long to explain why it is a ridiculous comparison.
Still, with more and more new outlets joining the Internet fray, and many others such as The Washington Post changing owners or approaches, the basics of what still should count for journalism cannot be forgotten or dropped.
While the Internet has for nearly 20 years provided both journalists and news consumers with a vast opportunity to find and check facts and learn news from various sources and viewpoints, it has also created a growing danger of abuse.
I have often said much of what is wrong with news today is not perceived bias on the right or left, but greed among those profiting off news and laziness among many who practice our craft.
It is two easy to fall into the trap of opinion, poor fact-checking and a rush to report facts. Some of this is going to occur given the speed in which news is diseminated today, along with the vast cutbacks in many newsrooms of staff to report, edit and write.
Still, if we and others in the growing and changing world of news do not hold our own feet to the fire and make sure the ethics and basic tools of reporting are followed and nurtured, we do a disservice. In the end, credibility will lose out to profit and speed and the viewer/reader/listener will suffer.
News of late includes the creation of a new venture with Glenn Greenwald, formerly of the Guardian and Edward Snowden fame, and the creator of Ebay. There is also the Truth Revolt, the conservative venture casting itself as a right-wing Media Matters for America.
I will withhold comment on that comparison both because I work at Media Matters and because it would take too long to explain why it is a ridiculous comparison.
Still, with more and more new outlets joining the Internet fray, and many others such as The Washington Post changing owners or approaches, the basics of what still should count for journalism cannot be forgotten or dropped.
While the Internet has for nearly 20 years provided both journalists and news consumers with a vast opportunity to find and check facts and learn news from various sources and viewpoints, it has also created a growing danger of abuse.
I have often said much of what is wrong with news today is not perceived bias on the right or left, but greed among those profiting off news and laziness among many who practice our craft.
It is two easy to fall into the trap of opinion, poor fact-checking and a rush to report facts. Some of this is going to occur given the speed in which news is diseminated today, along with the vast cutbacks in many newsrooms of staff to report, edit and write.
Still, if we and others in the growing and changing world of news do not hold our own feet to the fire and make sure the ethics and basic tools of reporting are followed and nurtured, we do a disservice. In the end, credibility will lose out to profit and speed and the viewer/reader/listener will suffer.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
NEW YORK SPORTS RADIO: AAARRGGHHH!
I have grown increasingly annoyed with most New York area sports radio.
At WFAN, Boomer and Carton in the morning are obnoxious, especially Carton, who loves to make terrible calls and then act as though he did not.
Mike Francesca, WFAN's key afternoon man, has grown tiresome. He is obnoxious, grouchy and loves to get into shouting matches with callers just because they do not agree with him. He also dismisses fantasy football, noting he has no concept of today's fan.
Then there is ESPN Radio in New York, where Mike and Mike in the Morning are good, but limited as national voices in our local market. Elsewhere on that station, Stephen A. Smith is a blowhard and Mike Lupica, the columnist from the New York Daily News, has a whiney annoying voice and loves to jump on the bandwagon.
Of course, Michael Kay, a lousy TV baseball announcer, is like fingernails on a blackboard on afternoon drive time radio.
The Yankee announcers, on both televison and radio, are either inept or obnoxious. Especially John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman. They either have horrible voices or error-filled comments.
At WFAN, Boomer and Carton in the morning are obnoxious, especially Carton, who loves to make terrible calls and then act as though he did not.
Mike Francesca, WFAN's key afternoon man, has grown tiresome. He is obnoxious, grouchy and loves to get into shouting matches with callers just because they do not agree with him. He also dismisses fantasy football, noting he has no concept of today's fan.
Then there is ESPN Radio in New York, where Mike and Mike in the Morning are good, but limited as national voices in our local market. Elsewhere on that station, Stephen A. Smith is a blowhard and Mike Lupica, the columnist from the New York Daily News, has a whiney annoying voice and loves to jump on the bandwagon.
Of course, Michael Kay, a lousy TV baseball announcer, is like fingernails on a blackboard on afternoon drive time radio.
The Yankee announcers, on both televison and radio, are either inept or obnoxious. Especially John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman. They either have horrible voices or error-filled comments.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES: STILL A GREAT READ
Reading the Sunday New York Times is still one of the most informative things I do each week, today's shows why.
Great pieces on the ridiculous nature of our pharmaceutical costs, the health care website, and the GOP Senate losing its chances. They even throw in an interesting look at sports memorabilia sales.
Read HERE.
See below
Great pieces on the ridiculous nature of our pharmaceutical costs, the health care website, and the GOP Senate losing its chances. They even throw in an interesting look at sports memorabilia sales.
Read HERE.
See below
Thursday, October 10, 2013
FRONTLINE PREMIERES NFL INVESTIGATION ESPN DROPPED
The controversial Frontline episode on NFL concussions and other injuries, which ESPN pulled out of, premiered last night on PBS.
If you missed it, check it out HERE.
It also includes great work from Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada, top brother reporters whom I profiled years ago.
If you missed it, check it out HERE.
It also includes great work from Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada, top brother reporters whom I profiled years ago.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
COX OFFERS GOOD TAKE ON FOX
Wonkette founder and current Guardian columnist Ana Marie Cox pens a great take on the absurdity that is Fox News budget and debt coverage.
Says Cox:
Here's a piece of absurdism you can appreciate right now: the image of a janus-faced conservative media talking head, with one mouth defiantly denouncing the impact of the government shutdown, and the other wailing at the costs of keeping government going. Sean Hannity, no great advocate of consistency anyway, has sputtered these two thoughts within minutes of each other. "The government is not totally shut down! Seventeen percent is it!" he told listeners Monday, before confiding that he believes the GOP will prevail, since "the public will side with the group that's willing to talk".
Read it all HERE.
Says Cox:
Here's a piece of absurdism you can appreciate right now: the image of a janus-faced conservative media talking head, with one mouth defiantly denouncing the impact of the government shutdown, and the other wailing at the costs of keeping government going. Sean Hannity, no great advocate of consistency anyway, has sputtered these two thoughts within minutes of each other. "The government is not totally shut down! Seventeen percent is it!" he told listeners Monday, before confiding that he believes the GOP will prevail, since "the public will side with the group that's willing to talk".
Read it all HERE.
MORE CON MEDIA MOVES
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
MARIMOW FIRING NOT GOOD
Word that The Philadelphia Inquirer has fired Bill Marimow, its respected and experienced editor, should say a lot about the future of that newspaper.
It is more their loss than his.
It is more their loss than his.
Monday, October 7, 2013
NBC SPORTS PULLS OUT OF GUN SHOW
Media Matters posted an interesting story today by me and Matt Gertz noting that NBC Sports had pulled out of sponsoring the country's largest gun show for 2014, saying it was bad business.
The story was also picked up by Variety and The Birmingham News, whose readership likely includes some gun owners.
The story was also picked up by Variety and The Birmingham News, whose readership likely includes some gun owners.
Sunday, October 6, 2013
FOX NEWS ACCUSING OBAMA OF ALLEGED "PANIC" EFFORT
Fox News' Chris Wallace on Sunday does a poor job of accusing President Obama of trying to "panic the markets" over the federal debt battle.
See HERE.
See HERE.
SNL DOES A NUMBER ON GOP HOUSE AND THE SHUTDOWN
Got to hand it to Saturday Night Live, which gave a great hit on the Republican House majority and the government shutdown with some Miley Cyrus flavor.
See below
See below
Saturday, October 5, 2013
MEDIA MATTERS RADIO TODAY
Sirius XM Radio is replaying the Media Matters Radio show from last week at Channel 127.
Great discussions until 1 p.m. It also includes a replay of my conversation on the air about our great CNN Newt Gingrich coverage. Tune in to that at about 12:25 p.m.
Great discussions until 1 p.m. It also includes a replay of my conversation on the air about our great CNN Newt Gingrich coverage. Tune in to that at about 12:25 p.m.
GLENN BECK AND SABEW
I spent much of Friday at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers conference in New York, which included a sit down with Glenn Beck.
During the conversation, Beck declared that talk radio would be "over in five years" and that cable advertising was dead. He also oddly compared his approach to on-air advertising to a masseuse.
See clip below:
During the conversation, Beck declared that talk radio would be "over in five years" and that cable advertising was dead. He also oddly compared his approach to on-air advertising to a masseuse.
See clip below:
Friday, October 4, 2013
STUART VARNEY ADDS TO HIS PAST UNCARING VIEWS
Stuart Varney of Fox Business gives a big smack to federal employees and apparently is glad they are being furloughed.
Read more on it at Media Matters HERE.
Read more on it at Media Matters HERE.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
REID MISQUOTE A POOR EXAMPLE OF A GROWING TREND
Media Matters gives a great take on how news outlets can misinform viewers/readers with partial comments.
Take Sen. Harry Reid and the quote going around in which he was asked if he would fund cancer research for children during the government shutdown. The answer being reported is, "Why would I do that?"
But Reid's answer was in repsonse to Sen. Chuck Schumer who was himself responding to a question about the shutdown from CNN's Dana Bash.
Reid had said he did not believe Congress should pick and choose what to fund, prompting Bash to ask, "If you can help one child who has cancer, why wouldn't you do it?"
Sen. Charles Schumer responded to her question by asking, "Why pit one against the other?" and Reid added in, "why would we want to do that? I have 1,100 people at Nellis Air Force base that are sitting home. They have a few problems of their own."
For CBS News and others to report it in the way that they did is misinforming and bad journalism.
Take Sen. Harry Reid and the quote going around in which he was asked if he would fund cancer research for children during the government shutdown. The answer being reported is, "Why would I do that?"
But Reid's answer was in repsonse to Sen. Chuck Schumer who was himself responding to a question about the shutdown from CNN's Dana Bash.
Reid had said he did not believe Congress should pick and choose what to fund, prompting Bash to ask, "If you can help one child who has cancer, why wouldn't you do it?"
Sen. Charles Schumer responded to her question by asking, "Why pit one against the other?" and Reid added in, "why would we want to do that? I have 1,100 people at Nellis Air Force base that are sitting home. They have a few problems of their own."
For CBS News and others to report it in the way that they did is misinforming and bad journalism.
NEW BOOK CHRONICLES 1910 L.A. TIMES BOMBING
Kudos to Lew Irwin, longtime Los Angeles area newsman and author of Deadly Times, a new book on the 1910 bombing of the Los Angeles Times by some hardline labor union leaders of the day.
A great insight into the struggles of the times and the defense work of one Clarence Darrow, who represented the accused and was himself accused of bribing a juror.
Great take on a very unknown incident in newspaper history.
A great insight into the struggles of the times and the defense work of one Clarence Darrow, who represented the accused and was himself accused of bribing a juror.
Great take on a very unknown incident in newspaper history.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
GEORGE WILL TO FOX: WHO HELPS WHO?
Should we be surprised that George Will goes to Fox News? But does it benefit him or the network more?
With his syndicated column and ABC News spots, that network's credibility aided him more than Fox News might. Perhaps just money or some internal battle at ABC?
With his syndicated column and ABC News spots, that network's credibility aided him more than Fox News might. Perhaps just money or some internal battle at ABC?
'DAILY NEWS' PROVES PAGE ONE MATTERS
This New York Daily News front page from Tuesday is getting a lot of attention, even today.
Shows newspapers still have relevance and they ability to grab attention better than any news outlet.
Shows newspapers still have relevance and they ability to grab attention better than any news outlet.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
PATCH EDITOR FACES JAIL TIME FOR REFUSING SOURCE REVELATION
Interesting case out of Illinois brewing with a local PATCH editor facing jail time for refusing to reveal a source in a grisly murder case.
Joe Hosey of the local PATCH that covers Joliet, Ill., is getting some powerful support from the likes of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association and National Press Club in his fight.
PATCH reports:
Read more HERE.
Joe Hosey of the local PATCH that covers Joliet, Ill., is getting some powerful support from the likes of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association and National Press Club in his fight.
PATCH reports:
Two more journalism organizations have joined the swell of criticism to a Will County judge’s decision to hold Patch editor Joe Hosey in contempt of court for not revealing a confidential source.
The Illinois News Broadcasters Association, Radio Television and Digital News Association and National Press Club each released statements criticizing Judge Gerald Kinney for not acknowledging the Illinois shield law, which has been in effect since 1982.
“If Kinney prevails, then there are no guarantees,” said Bob Roberts, WBBM News broadcaster and Freedom of Information Chair of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association. “The shield law becomes an empty shell. States replicate each other, so if you gut the shield law here it will start happening in other states soon.”
On Sept. 20, Kinney ordered that Hosey be held in “minor direct criminal contempt” for not giving up the source of investigative reports that detailed the grisly Hickory Street murders in Joliet. Hosey's prescribed punishment for maintaining confidentiality was $1,000 fine, $300 in fines for every day he does not divulge the source from Aug. 29 on up to 180 days and then incarceration.
Read more HERE.
FOX NEWS ANTI-OBAMACARE SLANT HITS NEW HIGH
Watching Fox News try to cover the first day of online registration for Obamacare finds some of that channel's worst slanted attacks.
Claiming some online glitches are a preview of widespread failure is beyond even their track record of poor reporting.
Eric Wemple gives a good account of it HERE:
Read more HERE.
Claiming some online glitches are a preview of widespread failure is beyond even their track record of poor reporting.
Eric Wemple gives a good account of it HERE:
As uninsured Americans find themselves on the eve of getting brand-new options to secure health care, desperation at Fox News is surfacing. It has been fighting this law from the start, highlighting any bad news related to the Affordable Care Act and suppressing the good news. The tone has been uniform; the skepticism has spread across most time slots; and the inspiration comes from on high, as Fox News chief Roger Ailes has made public his disregard for Obamacare. Let the record show that Fox News, in its assault against Obamacare, has moved from attacking legislation to attacking Q and As.
Read more HERE.
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