Ed Rendell: Fox is the "most objective" cable network

[NYCGirl]

YIKES! If he said "most objectionable" I might agree...

http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0308/Gov_Rendell_Fox_is_most_objective_cable_network.html

The Clinton campaign has said before that Fox treats them more fairly than MSNBC, but prominent surrogate Governor Ed Rendell heaped the strongest praise yet on the Murdoch-owned network.

"I think during this entire primary coverage, starting in Iowa and up to the present -- FOX has done the fairest job, and remained the most objective of all the cable networks. You hate both of our candidates. No, I’m only kidding. But you actually have done a very balanced job of reporting the news, and some of the other stations are just caught up with Senator Obama, who is a great guy, but Senator Obama can do no wrong, and Senator Clinton can do no right.”


Filmclip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64PRLw9nW2U

[Justitia]

1. Sounds about right for Rendell. And the Clinton campaign too. Buncha Murdoch lovers. -eom

[writes3000]

2. What crap! I turned off the cable nets because of their constant hammering of Obama.

Rendell's claim is ridiculous.

[Drunken Irishman]

4. That's exactly why he thinks they're the best.

FOX loves Hillary and hate Obama.

[Cha]

92. That's what they do..they whine and manipulate..

Hey, the truth and facts don't work for dinos.

[redqueen]

3. Hahahahaha... holy crap!

[MidwestTransplant]

5. Oh give me a break. What a loon. Faux is all wingnut all the time. Rev. Wright central.

[NightWatcher]

6. wow the Hillhounds endorse, hell embrace the vast right wing conspiracy

and yet some Dems still think that Hillary is a Democrat.

She's a corpo DINO. Dems who vote for Hillary are disallusioned.
Flame me, I dont care. look around and see for yourself. She walks like a republican, talks with the republicans, makes deals with the republicans, uses fear and namecalling like the republicans, is supported by rush limpballs like republicans......... in my bok that makes her a .....

[JVS]

7. I'd expect this kind of judgement from a Hillary supporter.

[SoonerPride]

8. Jumped the shark on that one.

When Fox and Scaife are your allies, you are no longer on the Democratic radar.

[Maribelle]

9. I totally agree. NBC, MSNBC, CNN and others have been blatantly obvious with their bias.

[susankh4]

20. Fox will be biased too

as soon as they have a dog in the hunt.

Right now... they don't. They could care less whether Obama or Clinton get the Dem nomination.

[spotbird]

28. Facts do have a bias

Fox doesn't use them so their slant can be for Hillary.

[otohara]

47. Do You Watch Fox

just curious if Sen. Clinton supporters are now watching the propaganda channel? You do realize, they want Clinton to be the nominee and it has nothing to do with being fair and balanced.

[Maribelle]

76. I stopped watching MSNBC, NBC and CNN quite a while ago

because of their blatant bias towards Obama.

[Alexander]

86. But the question was "Do you watch FOX?"

It would explain where you get a lot of your misinformation.

[NDambi]

58. ha ha

[Name removed]

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[Alexander]

87. Most FOX viewers would not consider posting at DU.

Just saying.

[IamyourTVandIownyou]

108. Really, I haven't heard anything about Obama winning Texas yet.

Or any pictures on TV from Penn State.

Hmmm..

[BearSquirrel2]

10. You Hillary Supporters ...

Do you need it spelled out any clearer that Faux News is helping Hillary get the nomination. Here is a DLCer admitting it.

Oh but wait. If she is nominated (long shot), they will go 180 on her and start dragging out reruns from the 90s.

[Maribelle]

13. Wrong. Perhaps you need to look up the definition for 'balanced'.

[Shakespeare]

17. Are you suggesting that Fox news is...ahem..."fair and balanced?"

I've got about a zillion media studies that show that is absolutely, conclusively NOT the case.

Pathetic.

[Maribelle]

23. I am saying they have not favored Obama over Hillary for a second.

[Shakespeare]

29. But what about the other way around?

And are you seriously suggesting they've been more objective than the other (real) news networks?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Repeated studies demonstrate that Fox news viewers are the most uninformed/ill-informed of all news viewers. But you go on and defend Rendell's bullshit....

[Maribelle]

41. It works both ways.

Do try to keep up.

[Shakespeare]

61. You didn't answer my question.

I'm more familiar with the news biz than you are; but do go ahead and try to spin this one.

[Maribelle]

62. Your question: 'But what about the other way around' was answered.

Please try to follow the thread.

[Shakespeare]

64. Your condescension aside, you did NOT answer the question.

Please assess their coverage of Obama, and then compare in relation to coverage of Hillary. Thanks!

[Maribelle]

67. They have not favored Hillary over Obama for a second.

Is that clear enough for you?

[Alexander]

70. Oh yeah?

Say that again, with a straight face this time.

[Cha]

94. That's just a pathetically ugly,

evil picture.

[Eric Condon]

110. There they are, yukkin' it up together like BFF

I wonder what they're chuckling about.

Murdoch: "Alright, so, I'm gonna have my sham pseudo-journalism network bang Bu$h's war drums and act as a blatant mouthpiece for American hubris and reckless, imperialistic foreign policy. Then, you go off to the Senate and vote FOR the war and AGAINST the Levin amendment, and vocally support the illegal bloodbath for years until you realize it might not be popular anymore. Then, when you run for president, my network will shill for you and talk ad nauseam about the crazy pastor of your uppity negroid opponent, Barack Hussein Osama - WHOOPS! I mean Obama. Then, when you win the presidency, you can deregulate the media even more."

Clinton (showing a brief flash of common sense): "But what about those 4000+ dead American troops?"

Murdoch: "Fuck 'em! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"

(They both collapse into laughter.)

[JayFredMuggs]

73. NO, you are SO Naive!!!!!!!!

FOX ATTACKS OBAMA

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ouKJixL--ms


Here's a video for Fox News over the past few months on Fox with Barack Hussein Obama!

Tell us something you really have researched, next time, OK?

[Maribelle]

80. They did the same thing regarding Hillary in Bosnia.

[Alexander]

88. Well, she got caught repeatedly lying. Most news stations cover stories like that.

[BearSquirrel2]

124. Hillary did that to herself ...

Hillary did that to herself.

No one forced Fuax to push a "Is Barack Obama a Muslim" agenda. This doesn't compare to Rev. Wright as this isn't something Obama said. they cherry picked brief excerpts from MANY speeches and then sent their attack dogs after Obama.

They are not attacking Hillary ... for now. They're setting her up for the big fall. They are doing it for the same reason that Rush Limbaugh is endorsing Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. They know they have conditioned people to react to Hillary in a negative way. All they have to do is pull out the reruns to bury her.

[Shakespeare]

74. Hmmm, but no examples.

Yeah, thought not. Everything is QUITE clear.

[gal]

82. Your right BUT ...

that is because they hate Obama and it's obvious. I've stopped watching Fox because journalism is suppose to be unbias and they are so clearly not. They have aired things in this campaign that I would not allow my children to watch.

[BearSquirrel2]

122. Anyone claiming Faux acts according to it's slogan ...

Anyone claiming that Faux rises to it's slogan is either ignorant on the subject or a freeper. To you, I suggest you're a freeper. These guys brutalized the Clintons for a decade. What makes you think they will change. The network is run by Republican operatives. They're setting Clinton up for a BIG fall.

[Umbram]

102. Clinton supporters - Anti KO, Pro-Faux News, not shocking at all. (nt)

[BearSquirrel2]

126. You're a freeper ...

Sorry, if you stand behind Faux News you're a Freeper. I'm honestly not surprised to see such opinions coming out of the Hillary camp.

[Umbram]

101. Wow, Clinton truly is crafting a new generation of Republicans. (nt)

[SemiCharmedQuark]

11. How long until someone agrees with this?

...?

[Maribelle]

16. Oh please. The brown sticky stuff hit the fan some months ago.

[Alexander]

71. Yes, flung by you, no doubt.

[nxylas]

22. 13 minutes

See Reply #9.

[SoonerPride]

45. All I see in reply # 9 is ignored. Now you know why.

Freepers in Dems clothing.

[peoli]

12. Viva FoxNews?

[JayFredMuggs]

77. Here's something to watch

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ouKJixL--ms

FOX ATTACKS OBAMA

[Shakespeare]

14. Let's see the Hillary supporters make excuses for THAT comment.

:puke:

[SoonerPride]

42. They've lost their minds. Total state of denial. We need to help them cope with their loss.

Counseling is in order.

[Ichingcarpenter]

49. Closet Republicans trying to take a wide stance with Faux

Hypocrites.

[susankh4]

15. He's right

and that's because they do not have a dog in this hunt.

Yet.

[MadHound]

79. They don't?

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Puhleeze, Faux news has a huge dog in this fight, they are trying to A, throw the election to McCain, and B drive up their ratings. It is a win, win situation for them. If Hillary gets the nod, they figure that she is the weakest candidate out there, and they will throw many hundreds of kitchen sinks her way and throw the election for McCain. And if, by some miracle chance she is elected POTUS, then their ratings go up up up as they continue to try and pull her administration down for the next four years. Why the hell do you think Faux, Murdoch, Scaife, Limbaugh, Coulter and all the rest are backing a Clinton? It's not because they're kinder gentler people now, it's because it is in their own best interest to do so.

[NJSecularist]

18. So Hilllary gets an endorsement from Richard Melon Scaiffe

and now Hillary's leading surrogate says that FoxNews has been the most balanced network so far this primary season.

Talk about laying in bed with the same people who tried to ruin your family's life in the 90s. Does Hillary have no shame?

[Maribelle]

26. That's incorrect. Scaife has not endorsed Hillary.

[NJSecularist]

35. For all intents and purposes, it was an endorsement. n/t

[Maribelle]

48. No it wasn't. Scaife has yet to interview Obama for the endorsement.

Get a grip, and stop believing everything the hate-hillary crowd tries to jam down your throat.

[BzaDem]

19. The scary thing is that this is actually true.

Not because Fox is a great, fair, network. They are a disgusting network. They will turn right back to the right wing network after the primary season. But in the primary season, they have been fair to both candidates.

MSNBC, on the other hand, has anchors blatently biased towards Obama at 5 and 7 pm (Matthews), and 8 and 10 pm (Olbermann).

[susankh4]

25. "But in the primary season, they have been fair to both candidates."

I agree. And it's because they could give a rats ass which one gets the nomination.

For now... they have no dog in this hunt.

Soon enough they will....

[BzaDem]

27. Exactly.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

31. Um, wasn't it FOX pushing the madrassa story?

How is that being "fair"?

[BzaDem]

34. You can point to one thing and claim it represents the total coverage.

Or you can look at the total coverage. Any unbiased observer comparing MSNBC and Fox would clearly find MSNBC more biased towards Obama.

[MidwestTransplant]

43. And all Wright all the time. Though MSNBC daytime is pretty bad about that too.

Specifically Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaandrea Mitchell

[spotbird]

38. They, like Rush, certainly do hope

to manipulate the outcome of the Democratic primary. Frankly, I think the right wing media wants Hillary in the WH, she is more predictable than McCain and the next few years are going to be disastrous for America so they want to be able to blame Clinton while continuing down the same path.

Patriots they are not.

[anigbrowl]

36. The scary thing is you actually believe that. /nt

[BzaDem]

39. Have you actually watched Fox during the primary season?

[spotbird]

46. Do you mean the Reverend Wright Channel? nt

[BzaDem]

55. They covered Wright just as much as they would have covered it if he were Clinton's pastor.

And just as much as MSNBC did.

[Maribelle]

37. And CNN has been truly terrible. Take their political analysts, for instance.

They are so blatantly biased to wards Obama, their objectivity was thrown out with the Christmas wrapping paper.

[BzaDem]

44. I agree. It's pretty rediculous.

The only saving grace about CNN is that their anchors are usually less bisaed. Wolf and Anderson Cooper, flawed as they are, at least try to sound objective.

[UALRBSofL]

50. Maribelle you need to watch Lou Dobbs

He's about as fair and balanced as they have on CNN. I make a point of watching his show.

[Maribelle]

65. OK - I'll give it a try.

Thanks.

[Shakespeare]

66. Did you see that racist fuck's most recent slip up?

Video on TPM:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/186481.php

[Maribelle]

68. UALRBSofL -

man this place is nasty today, no?

[UALRBSofL]

81. Yes Maribelle but it's always this way

However, I like hanging around reading all the juicy Op-Ed pieces the Obama supporters post and the hate threads they post about anything associated to Clinton, even her supporters. It seems to reinforce my reason for supporting her.

[anonymous171]

118. O...M...G

:wow: Explains a lot.

[AlinPA]

75. The Fox "News" crew are complete slobs. The morning group are complete jerks.

I was at a motel breakfast area and they had that garbage on; when I changed it I almost got into a fight with a right-wing pig. The other guests backed me up saying that it is a channel for stupid people.

[Ichingcarpenter]

21. Hillary loves Faux news now watch them dance

[tabasco]

24. The great thing about Hillary's campaign:

THE DINOS ARE BEING EXPOSED!

[UALRBSofL]

30. Yes and you know who the ring leader is don't you?????

[BearSquirrel2]

97. Way to go ...

There is no doubt about it. In the ocean of Conservative Bias in the mainstream media, Keith Olbermann is our loan voice. It only makes sense that Hillary supporters don't like him.

[Shakespeare]

99. I suppose you missed last night's Countdown.

Specifically, where he named Dick Morris as Worst Person for spreading a lie about Hillary.

Yeah, he's just SO biased. :eyes:

Those of you who have turned on people like KO are completely full of shit.

[LiberalAndProud]

32. You have now officially entered the Twilight Zone.

Do not ...

oh nevermind

[GoldieAZ49]

33. LOL - MSNBC is in the tank for Obama

so much for being a 'news' network

[spotbird]

40. The whole morning line-up on MSNBC

is like a live Clinton commercial, but still they complain.

[GoldieAZ49]

54. so they are balanced?

Haven't seen the morning show in a long time.

I do remember when newscasters did not express their preference, that is true journalism, a lost art it seems.

[spotbird]

85. Four hours of rabidly antiObama/proHillary

followed by Fox type coverage of the campaign during the day, capped in the evening by an hour of proObama during Keith, then relatively balanced coverage.

Keith is very good, so one hour of him may indeed counter 8 hours of trash talk. I'm not sure.

[BearSquirrel2]

98. Conservatives always whine ...

Conservatives always whine and claim bias whenever anyone contradicts them.

Hillary is backed up against the wall and her inner circle is acting like a bunch of mad hatters. I think a LOT of people are being misled by these insiders desperately seeking to preserve their access to power. When Hillary came to NWI, all the crooked local party machine mayors were there to greet her.

So long DLC. Take your corporatism out of the door with you. Go be Republicans. Don't worry, about the flock, they'll stay right here.

[otohara]

51. FOX Wants Clinton To Be The Nominee

they've always wanted Sen. Clinton to be the nominee because they think she'll be easier to beat in November. They have an agenda and it has nothing to do with being fair and balanced. Ed Rendell is an idiot to think they are being "objective".

[harun]

113. You got it, they cheer lead for her all the time (n/t)

[anonymous171]

52. B/c they are constantly attacking Obama with BS smears?

[MarjorieG]

53. Murdoch giving fundraiser(s) for Hillary shows unfair bias, not truthiness

[Emillereid]

56. This guy is a democrat? First Clinton cozies up to Scaife and now this -

these people don't even bother to hide their repukeness!

[DerekJ]

57. Tell me something, Can I curse those supporters who is defending fox news?

Can I?!!
I am dying to do it. Is that really against the DU rules for cursing people who defends fox?!!

[City Lights]

59. More suckling at the RW teat from Camp Clinton.

Toxic. :puke:

[dchill]

60. Oh, Eddie, Eddie...

Listen to what you're saying - and look at who you're saying it to...
:(

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

63. Not surprising that Rendell supports Hillary. Tells you everything you need to know.

[Alexander]

72. More evidence that the DLC is in bed with the right-wingers.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

78. riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. o.k. suuuuuuuuuure.

[apocalypsehow]

83. Before I clicked into this thread I knew the HRC boosters would be in here singing hosannas to FOX

"News" - just like we get gushing, breathless updates from them about what Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and all the other such stars of Hate Radio are on about now that they're all saying Democrats should make Hillary the nominee.

And sure enough, they were. It's amazing the seedy playmates a losing cause will degrade itself into buddying up to....

:thumbsdown:

[Umbram]

103. Yep. They aren't even ashamed of it. (nt)

[Forkboy]

106. Oh yeah, same here. No surprise at all. There's some real losers here.

[mkultra]

84. most objectionalble

[truebrit71]

89. Wow...Fixed Noizze is okay...Mellon-Scaife is now backing her...

...is Hillary in the right primary fight? These sound like endorsements that McCain would kill for...

[DrFunkenstein]

90. I Don't Know What Fox Would Gain From Promoting Hillary Rodham Clinton

I would think it would be terrible for the GOP to go against a Democratic nominee with a 37% positive rating, and I can't imagine that ratings at the conservative news station would skyrocket if Clinton became McCain's opponent.

And certainly they have no interest in promoting a drawn out primary battle that will drag down the numbers of the Democratic frontrunner.

I'm sure it is all just a matter of responsible journalism at a station known for its "fair and balanced" coverage.

[Cha]

100. I like that you wrote it in this way, Dr.

Nice and Easy to understand.

Oh those fauxsnooze guys..always thinkin' ahead with their bottomline.

[Cha]

91. That's bullshit..on so many levels.

cnn does it's fair share of carrying hilary's water..and really, what has hilary done right?

And the other stations point out plenty of shit on Obama..so as usual eddie is blowin' it up his ass.

[Life Long Dem]

93. Rendell is full of shit.

[SoxFan]

95. Keep talking, Eddie

[Hieronymus]

96. How disgusting, but not at all surprising. Hillary is courting Scaife,

who financed the "great right wing conspiracy", and all the right wingers. She's far from being a Liberal.
Will she run with McCain? Will she change her party affiliation?

[Janet Carter]

104. Rendell is Dumber Than DIRT

Sean SHAMnity blowing his dim-witted mouth off - repeating Oxycontin Limbaugh telling all the Faux Creeps to vote for Hillary (so that McCain will get the nomination) and then this dumbass, idiot Rendell is stupid enough to believe Faux news is really "fair and balanced." What a FOOL !!:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[beachmom]

105. What's scary is seeing who Hillary supporters think are "objective and fair" these days

1. Fox News
2. Scaife
3. Dick Cheney (telling Leahy to go f*** himself)
4. George W. Bush (bashed Obama while praised Hillary)

I mean, maybe y'all need to take a step back and look at who your "allies" are now, and contemplate why the VRWC is now in Hillary's corner.

[Forkboy]

107. They are incapable of inward looking. Some are truly dumber than a brick.

There's no other conclusion one can reach when watching them defend Fox. Ignorant dumbasses.

[Orsino]

109. Is there any DUer, of any stripe who agrees with Rendell's assessment?

Is there a Clinton supporter willing to say he's wrong on this point?

[BklynChick]

111. Ed is officially deranged.

[ecstatic]

112. She doesn't get that FOX is laughing AT her, not with her

Sad...

[Hissyspit]

114. Fox has used propaganda techniques to trash both the Dem candidates.

I watched them at length over Christmas and it was blatantly clear what they were up to. Have seen bits and pieces since then and they're still up to it.

[Cant trust em]

115. Maybe he "misspoke"

Did he get enough sleep?

[totodeinhere]

116. Isn't that the same Fox News that all Dem primary candidates agreed not to debate on?

Because Fox has such an obvious pro GOP bias.

[formercia]

117. Even the people who watch FOX don't believe that. n/t

[TwilightGardener]

119. Ed Rendell is a giant slimy asshole. He'd be a perfect fit in Hillary's administration.

Thank God it will never happen.

[my3boyz]

120. HAHAHAHA..that is the funniest thing

I have read in a while. Hillary and many of her surrogates/supporters are delusional.

[KaptBunnyPants]

121. Wow, I never thought Hillary would follow Lieberman's steps over the cliff.

I wonder when she will start following around McCain, whispering in his ear everytime he says that France is the capital of Paraguay.

[dansolo]

123. Even Chris Wallace called out FOX for not being fair

[beltanefauve]

129. And speaking of

such things, didn't Bill Clinton call out Chris Wallace, for his supposed "Republican hit piece"?

Fair and balanced. Suuuuuuuure.

[Catherine Vincent]

125. ...

:puke:

[mckeown1128]

127. kick.nt

[madrchsod]

128. rendell is a total tool

i thought my governor was a tool but eddie is worse