White House Communications Director Anita Dunn: Faux News Is "Research Arm of the Republican Party"

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In an interview on CNN's "Reliable Sources," White House Communications Director Anita Dunn elaborates on comments she made in an interview in Time magazine, in which she commented that Fox News is "opinion journalism masquerading as news."

"The reality of it is, fox news often operates as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican party," she told Howard Kurtz.

Dunn added that Obama, who snubbed "Fox News Sunday" in making the rounds with four broadcast networks and Univision to push his health care reform plan, will appear on Fox again in the near future, because "he engages with ideological opponents," but she declined to disclose a date.

She also points out how the conservative commentators, who were "rejoicing" and "celebrating" the United States losing out on the 2016 Olympics in Chicago despite Obama's pleas, are 'somewhat bitter" in the fact that an American President, Obama, won the Nobel Peace Laureate.

In addition, Dunn also criticized the mainstream media over inaccuracies being reported, including the "death panel" claim in Obama's health care reform plan.

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1. No, they're not.

They're the marketing arm.

[bulloney]

6. That's right. "Research" implies there's some degree of fact to their work.

Faux Snooze's only objective is to spin everything against the Democrats and in favor of the Republicans.

[C_U_L8R]

2. I don't think they research anything

they just make up whatever bullshit they want

[Bluzmann57]

3. She is obviously being diplomatic

When she says that faux is a research arm of anything. They just make stuff up as they go along. That isn't research in my book.

[thunder rising]

4. NEW WORD: VIDEOLOGICAL

[drgonzosghost]

5. Faux screwed up royally when they ran that ad....

...that said none of the other networks covered their tea parties. Slinging mud at everyone else is no way to keep a position of even pretend objectivity. Now they are fair game for everyone and everyone knows it! They are the Jonestown of public (mis)information.

[Ozymanithrax]

7. No Fox is the Republican Ministry of Propaganda and National Enlightenment...

and they fill exactly the same place an identical department filled when headed by Dr. Goebbels.