Former White House Spokesman: Press Is Biased, Except Fox

[democraticinsurgent]

Tony Snow Opens Magazine Conference With Finger Wag at New Media

By Nat Ives

Published: October 29, 2007
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AdAge.com) -- Former White House spokesman Tony Snow helped open this year's American Magazine Conference last night by describing "fairness problems" with the press but defending the Fox News Channel against charges of bias.

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The Democrats' long hold on Congress before the "Republican Revolution" of 1994 also trained reporters to cultivate sources and relationships among those in power -- meaning Democrats, Mr. Snow said. When Republicans did win control of Congress, he said, reporters were intimately familiar with liberal arguments but knew only shallow caricatures of conservative views.

"I do think there's bias in the press," Mr. Snow said.

Fox News, however, gets slammed for a rightward bias mostly because it doesn't present conservatives as Neanderthals, according to Mr. Snow, himself a former Fox News host. "The rap on Fox having bias is an unfair one," he said.

On another subject, Mr. Snow predicted the next president will be active in Iraq, although the situation there will have improved by that time.

[AndyA]

1. Now Tony's making the big bucks, promoting his right wing lies.

I would think he'd find better things to do with his remaining years than support the lies of the GOP.

Pity to waste those years doing dirty deeds against mankind... :(

[mwb970]

12. Maybe he'll pull an Atwater. /nt

[unpossibles]

2. that's how they operate

make people distrust the competition, and lie. Same old, same old.

[BridgeTheGap]

3. Still hacking, either way you look at it

the guy just won't quit!

[EST]

4. Sounds like Snow is trying to cultivate another job with Pox Noise.

He used to pull vacation replacement gigs for Rush the LImpbot but that's probably out, now.

Wonder if he'd be happy with a Couric-like contract with Pox.

[InternalDialogue]

5. "Shallow caricatures of conservative views"

How do you make a shallow caricature out of a political viewpoint based on shallow caricatures?

[Demeter]

6. I'm Going to Lie Down Now

In fact, I think I will go into a decline, like the Victorian lady would, when faced with an untenable situation.

[rAVES]

7. Oh Contraire

Yes it bloody well does present conservatives as Neanderthals.

Bill O'Reilly? Sean "I'd love to smash his face off" Hannity?

[katty]

8. Hey Tony, does this statement MEAN ANTHING ANYMORE?!!

[Cha]

9. fauxnoise snooze-bang only needs two

kinda pads..steno and knee to complete their propoganda ensemble.

[classysassy]

10. Tony the twit

another snow job by Tony the twit.

[BridgeTheGap]

11. Yes, and monkeys will soon be flying from my ass!

Tony's have already flown!