To the Obama administration, its not so much important that they make a decision on a troop surge in Afghanistan. What does matter is that Obama's troops surge against FOX News Channel. The war on FOX has escalated to the point that administration officials, namely Chief of Staff Rahm "F$%^ing" Emmanuel and Senior Advisor David Axelrod are admonishing other news networks not to follow the lead of FOX, which they say isn't even a news channel, just a wing of the Republican Party. Anita Dunn, the White House Communications director, who bragged about how the Obama administration controlled the media during the campaign, fired the first volley. I wonder if she considers herself a wing of the Communist Party, what with her open admiration of the mass murderer Chairman Mao Tse Tung.
Let's review the nightly lineups of FOX and one of those objective news organizations, which the administration has openly stated they love, MSNBC. At 5 p.m. CST we have Glenn Beck, commentator, conservative, 6 p.m. Special Report with Bret Baier, which has news reports and a commentator panel mixing liberals and conservatives, 7 p.m. Bill O'Reilly, who is a moderate/conservative (he's pro universal health care), 8 p.m. Sean Hannity, very conservative, and 9 p.m. Greta Van Sustern, openly supportive of Barack Obama and the administration, liberal similar to Geraldo Rivera. Now, MSNBC, same time slots. Hardball with Chris Matthews (gets a tingle up his leg when Obama speaks, just left of Stalin), The Ed Show, Ed Shultz, openly left wing, repeat of Hardball with Chris Matthews, in case you hadn't vomitted yet, Countdown with Keith Olberman, delusional, lunatic, leftist (why does he get to broadcast NBC football games and Rush Limbaugh can't own a minority interest in a team?), and to wrap up the evening o' objectivity, there's Rachel Maddow, who is so far left you may have to look to your right to see her (she's also a very handsome man).
My point here isn't to glorify FOX News as objective, though I give them more credit than most for trying. In general, the commentators do lean right. There are a number of liberals making regular appearances on O'Reilly and Hannity in panel discussions. In fact, each show has at least one liberal voice.
My point here is also not meant to excoriate MSNBC, though feel free to, because personally, I find them offensive for the most part and every single time I've watched the channel, which is more often than I'd like to admit, I've caught blatant lies coming out of the mouths of the commentators.
My point is this: how can the Obama administration truly attack FOX as not being a news organization while leaving MSNBC as the paragon of virtue they seem to believe it is? I believe the answer is simple. They have a psychotic need to destroy anyone who criticizes them, much like President Nixon and his "enemies list". We should not be tolerating this kind of thing. Especially from an administration that appears to be moving towards controlling the media, but I'll have to put together more on that later. Just don't forget, they seem to be focusing on FOX more than Afghanistan, and young Americans are dying over there.
Update note: I'm not sure I got those lineups correct for Central time as Glenn Beck airs at 4 and the FOX Report with Sheppard Smith (another Obama supporter) airs at 6 before O'Reilly. On MSNBC push everything up an hour and 9 p.m. Olbermann's bile regurgitates.
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