Fox: Where Republicans Escape Journalism

From Media Matters:

CNN recently spoke to Eric Fehrnstrom, senior advisor of Willard Romney's 2012 campaign, who said, bluntly, "We'd much rather go on a Fox program where we know the question that's going to come up and Mitt can give his answer and it's not going to be a frenzy of questioning."

Translation: By avoiding actual news agencies and appearing on Fox, Willard was able to spout his talking points and lies unchallenged without any of those pesky follow up questions.

Fox is like a sanctuary to Republican candidates.

Hey Fehrn, how'd that work out for you? As I recall, President Obama beat Willard Romney in an electoral college landslide. Even when the results came in, Fox anchors, including "expert" pundit Karl Rove -- who had been ignoring all the polls -- refused to believe Romney lost, and had an on-air meltdown.

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Could She Possibly Be Dumber Than Her Boss?

Is it possible?

George Bush's final spokesliar, the fast-talking-yet-slow-thinking Dana Perino actually said -- get this -- "We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term." Wow. This, right after jumping to the conclusion that the shootings at Fort Hood by US Army Major Nidal Hasan are to be classified a terrorist attack, despite the fact that the FBI has stated that they were not. Hasan had no connection whatsoever to any terrorist organization; he was just another nutcase with a gun.

Watch Dana blurt out possibly the biggest lie in Fox history while the guest and talking-points-parrot Sean Hannity sit there and let it slide.

And they still wonder why nobody takes them seriously.

Fox Lies (Surprised?) to Make Protest Seem Bigger

...and they wonder why nobody takes them seriously.

Last week's far right-wing Teabagger protest against health care reform in Washington had thousands of people bussed in, literally, on 40 buses. The Fox Channel promoted it heavily. Still, only about 10,000 people attended according to the Washington Post. Not a bad turnout, but not the hundreds of thousands they expected.

Nonetheless, to make the crowd seem bigger, Fox used a dishonest editing trick. Watch Jon Stewart from The Daily Show on Comedy Central explain it. It's hilarious.

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