It probably comes as no surprise that the Obama Administration isn’t a fan of Fox News Channel, but how deep must the animus go to flat-out deny the network access to interviews with key White House officials? Especially when other networks like CNN, NBC, CBS, and ABC, are given free reign.
While many conservatives have always suspected a White House bias towards Fox, now there’s written proof.
Yes, White House emails obtained by the group Judicial Watch — a conservative non-partisan organization whose stated mission is to seek government accountability – contain some rather damning evidence of White House official’s disdain for Fox News. The emails reportedly date back to 2009, during a time when the White House was in a battle with Fox News Channel. The issue was whether the administration had excluded Fox News from interviews with its top officials, most notably Obama’s “pay czar.”
NewsBusters reports:
Regarding general anti-FNC bias within the Obama White House in an October 23, 2009, email exchange between Jennifer Psaki, Deputy White House Communications Director and [Treasury Department press aide] Jenni LeCompte, Psaki writes, “I am putting some dead fish in the fox cubby – just cause”. In an email on the night of October 22, 2009, commenting on a report by Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier noting the exclusion of the network from the [press] pool, Psaki writes to LeCompte and fellow White House colleagues, “…brett baier [sic] just did a stupid piece on it — but he is a lunatic”.
Later on in the email thread Psaki reportedly botches Bret Baier’s name yet again, replacing it with “Brett Baer.”
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Just think what would happen if FOX News wasn't telling us what was going on, our country would be pulled out from under us by this corrupt administration and who knows who else…….at least they are telling it like it is, which is more than I can say for the other so -called News organizations, they have all drank the koolaid except Fox….and I think the rest of the media is finally waking up to the major disaster looming by someone who is legally able to hold the office in the first place……WE THE PEOPLE have a lot of clean up to do in WAshington and the federal government. Whatever happened to just reporting the real news and being an outside independent reporter…sad days in our country. Reporters/Networks have forgotten what real news is…..thank God for Fox News.
Obama has all his minions covering for him. He knows if FOX was there we would be hearing the truth! This so called President has done nothing but brought division to this country and its Discussing!! Hes a sick, cold person
Well after Glenn Beck was ousted. . . This will put the nail in the FOX network's ability to report. Now they will abide by the "communist" in chief's wishes.
Kirk, I wish to tell you that Glenn was not ousted by Fox. He left on his own accord to follow his heart and to go further than he could have under Fox. Just you wait, we are in for a lot from Glenn Beck.
Beck most certainly was ousted, not by Fox but he had so much pressure on him & his family & do not think for a minute that Soros & his minions were not behind that. Pretty sad you have to fear for your life while getting the truth out to people. They are now after Fox news & trying to get rid of them also.
Also Glen is producing some specials for Fox news and The Fox Channel. So he is not down or out. He will be able to still keep us inform but in a better and less restrictive format. It shall interesting to see how it turns out.
interesting that I receive a thumbs down so quickly. But yet not another comment after mine, just the thumbs down. I wonder is the person voting a thumbs down even reading my post or just sliding in voting and not responding.
I think someone is back after a few days.
Gary i think you are correct! But then again i hardly pay any attention to the thumbs up or thumbs down because it can be manipulated so easily.
fox news will now kiss obamas ass. do as he says or there will be no more fox news. god, now they have the five, with that dam bob bechel on, obamas slave.
Bob Bechtel is a lying liberal coke head. He says he is a reformed coke-head but I really don't think so. See the problem is Fox has to sometime take the bottom of the barrel because most libs are scared to ruin their career by going on Fox. I also see why most on the right avoid the Left Stream Media, because they get hardball questions and the left get Hi how are you doing today, laugh giggle and talk about the weather, then they just let the liberal spew there point of view and not question it. With out fox we would not have a channel to rebut the left.
What's your favorite color?
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Agreed.
Hillary was duped, just like Weiner.the winner, the Muslims !
Well,Well, Well…. I really believe that Bill O'Rielly's name was mentioned twice (2) in one conversation today by Jay Carney, O'Bama's Press Sec. for the very reason of the accusations in the above article!! The whole bunch are running scared rabbits. I have never seen anything like the way these radical liberals keep trying to talk their way out of things. Now there is a mile long list of proven corruption, and nobody in either of the DC Chambers will stand up and say "I have had enough of this and I am taking the lead to impeach this POTUS and his followers (or in this case, his leaders)
All presidents do this sort of thing to the news agencies that they are not fond of. It is not the right thing to do but that has always the game that is played by the occupants on Pennsylvania Avenue.
obummer doesn't take kindly to anyone who disagrees with him.
Such an egotist. No one can have an opinion of their own.
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