Rep OBEY: Fox "Is An Ideological Hatchet Machine & Should Be Ashamed For Carrying That Kind Of Crap"

[kpete]

In this environment, it is little surprise that — while almost everyone says there are lessons to be learned from the Sherrod fiasco — there is no agreement on what those lessons are.

“Well, there are a lot of people who screwed up, but the only folks who were eager to peddle that story was Fox News, and they showed themselves to be piggish character assassins that you'd come to expect,” Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.) told POLITICO. “It's an ideological hatchet machine and they should be ashamed for carrying that kind of crap without checking it out.”

Many Republicans reached the exact opposite conclusion. “Republicans and conservatives who make even the slightest politically incorrect comments, or take policy stances that are contrary to the left-leaning ethnic interest groups…should expect to be ‘Sherroded’ in pieces and branded racists,” says Cesar Conda, a former top adviser to Vice President Cheney.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40146_Page3.html#ixzz0uVoMRRkE

[Toucano]

1. Fox News should have their press credentials yanked.

It does not practice journalism in any way, shape or form.