Extraordinary. Particularly if folks begin to speak out in great numbers against this kind of 'journalism'.
Jan On 3/10/07, andrew michael baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Interesting email I got. Attacking the msm for a presidential politician > is very risky, but you can almost imagine the implications as it reads. > > The potential is great which we all know, but it feels like we may soon > reach a tipping point. > > Email: > > You may have heard by now that John Edwards was the first candidate to > officially say no to the Fox News debate in Nevada - and because of > the hard work of so many grassroots and netroots Democrats, news > is breaking tonight that Fox is out. > > Fox has already started striking back at John for saying no. (There's > a surprise Fox attacking a Democrat.) Last night, Roger Ailes the > life-long Republican operative who is now Chairman of Fox News > Channel said that any candidate "who believes he can blacklist > any news organization is making a terrible mistake" and "is impeding > freedom of speech and free press." > > And John's not their only target. Tonight Fox News Vice President > David Rhodes is telling news organizations not to get involved in the > Nevada Democratic Caucus because of "radical fringe" groups > meaning grassroots Democrats (that would be you) who objected to > Fox's long history of spreading Republican propaganda at the expense > of Democratic leaders. > > The whole right wing is getting in on the attack; the Drudge Report is > blaring the headline: "War! Dems Pull Out of Fox News Debate." > > Enough is enough. It's time to send a clear message to Fox News and > their allies that their right-wing talking points and temper tantrums > won't go unchallenged anymore when it comes to what Democrats > should do in the Democratic primary, we'll decide no matter what > they report: > > http://johnedwards.com/r/7146/53693/ > > Fox News has already proven they have no intention of providing "fair > and balanced" coverage of any Democrat in this election. > > In recent weeks they have run blatant lies about Senator Obama's > background. And Fox was only too happy to give Ann Coulter a platform > to spew more hate a few days after her bigoted attack on Senator > Edwards and the gay community. > > Now it's time for Democrats to stand together and send a clear message > to Roger Ailes, Fox News and all the rest of them: bias isn't balance, > but turning tables is fair: > > http://johnedwards.com/r/7147/53693/ > > The truth is, Fox News can "report" whatever they want. And when it > works for us, we'll deal with them on our terms. But this campaign is > about responsibility and accountability, and we need to send the > message to Fox that if they want to be the corporate mouthpiece of > the Republican Party more than they want to be an impartial news > outlet, they shouldn't expect Democrats to play along. > > You can send that message by contributing today, and remind Fox News > that in this election, Democrats won't take their spin lying down: > > http://johnedwards.com/r/7148/53693/ > > Thank you for standing up for what we believe in. > > Jonathan Prince > Deputy Campaign Manager > John Edwards for President > > P.S. If the folks at Fox wonder why nobody thinks they play it > straight, they should take a look at what Roger Ailes said > about debates in 1988 when he was a top Republican > spinmaster for then Vice President Bush: He told the Washington > Post, "I don't know that we need to do more than one [debate]. > There's no reason to think we'd need more than one." And he > told the New York Times, "I don't think you learn anything about > the issues" from debates. So please send Roger Ailes a message: > Hypocrisy isn't fair and it isn't balanced; it's just hypocrisy - > and we've had enough of it from you. > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Help support John Edwards for President with a contribution today: > > + http://johnedwards.com/r/7149/53693/ > > Spread the word. 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