"Former White House spokesman: Press is biased, except Fox"

[babylonsister]

:wow:

http://adage.com/latestnews/article.php?article_id=121604

Former White House Spokesman: Press Is Biased, Except Fox
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.

'Fairness problems'
In an on-stage interview with People magazine's managing editor, Larry Hackett, Mr. Snow said President likes reporters and doesn't speak ill of them even in private.

"I will tell you," he added, "there are fairness problems with the press."

A big chunk of the trouble, in Mr. Snow's analysis, stems from traditional media's intensifying battle with the norms and powers of new media. The instant nature of internet reporting has made good reporters desperate to file stories quickly -- without the benefit of much time for thoughtful consideration, getting context or other elements of good journalism.

"People are trying to keep up with the electronic media," Mr. Snow said. "The rat-tat-tat is winning."

No slant at Fox
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.

[sakabatou]

1. How much kool-aide as he drunk?

[0rganism]

12. N/A: Tony Snow IS the kool-aide

(wanted: a photoshop of Tony's face on the kool-aid man, and maybe turn the red color into a sickly luminescent green?)

[sakabatou]

14. LMAO

[opihimoimoi]

2. This Guy is giving us a SNOW JOB....he is so full of shit...its oozing and smelling up the room

He has no creds

[CottonBear]

3. Tony's a tool. He was never a real journalist and he sold his soul to the devil by working for Bush.

:grr: He's still lying his ass off.

He probably needs the speaking fees to pay for his cancer treatments but you'd think that he'd have a Lee Atwater revelation at this point when he's facing an early death.

[hisownpetard]

4. How can Tony Snow stand there and say those ridiculous things? Why is he not mortified?

[CottonBear]

7. He's getting a big speaking fee to spout lies and carry water for Bushco. n/t

[hisownpetard]

22. Money trumps morals for these morans, every time!

[SteppingRazor]

8. He's had a lot of practice lying onstage. n/t

[0rganism]

18. He's a PROFESSIONAL LIAR

That is/was his job. He did it extremely well, and I fully expect him to continue doing it for the foreseeable future -- health permitting, of course. He was probably the best press handler W ever had, even better than Ari "weave me a golden tapestry from pure bullshit" Fleischer.

Try asking one of Britney Spears' studio musicians, "Why are you not disgusted with this half-assed excuse for music? How can you stand to play it?"

I bet the answer you'd get back is, "It pays the bills and many people like hearing it."

Same deal with Tony Snow, but you have to throw in a heaping spoonful of soul-crushing evil.

[Kurovski]

5. Must keep the brainwashed 20% reassured at all costs.

It also makes them feel "special". The "keepers of the flame". The few. The proud. The insane.

And here I must now apologize to The Marine Corp.

[RufusEarl]

6. It's what i would expect him to do and say, he's one of them!

[VP505]

9. Mr Snow

must be getting some really powerful pain meds to be that far removed from reality.

[tularetom]

10. Actually he's correct - the press is biased

He's unknowingly speaking the truth. They just aren't biased the way he probably believes they are.

[rucky]

16. "Facts have a liberal bias"

- S. Colbert

[babylonsister]

19. It's the 'except Fox' that really got my attention. I'm surprised his nose

didn't grow!

[hisownpetard]

23. In order to check out that fact, you'd have to look up Bush's butt!

[shaniqua6392]

11. I just blew coffee out of my nose when I read your post title!

That is hysterical. You would think that staring death in the face would prompt Mr. Snow to attempt to live a more pure life. He can not possibly believe that, can he?

[lpbk2713]

13. Conservatives ARE neanderthals. How much proof does he need fer crisakes?

They are mouth breathers and knuckle draggers. What a ridiculous thing to say in public where it could be challenged.

And if he's in Boca Raton, he probably stopped in to see his pals OxyRush and Coultergeist. They live nearby.

[niyad]

15. gee, tony, no remorse for your lies and enabling, huh? guess that money is really needed for

your kids' college, yes? or your own medical care?

surprised lightning hasn't struck.

[TheCowsCameHome]

17. What would you expect from this whore?

Give it a rest Tony - you're all washed up, remember?

[Mike Daniels]

20. What do you expect from someone who worked for FOX News

Of course the pandering twit is going to talk up his former employer. It's only a matter of time before he's back on the FOX News payroll if he hasn't already signed the dotted line.

[devilgrrl]

21. Tony Snow said that? Color me surprised!

:sarcasm:

What a ghoul he is.

[gratuitous]

24. Didn't Tony used to work for Fox?

Gee, that little factoid doesn't show up in this story for paragraphs and paragraphs. Seems like a rather germane fact to be left idling for so long. But I'm sure it wasn't because of any bias or anything like that, was it Mr. Ives?

[Canuckistanian]

25. And as a former employee, he's a completely impartial observer.

Right.

[madinmaryland]

26. ..

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[underpants]

27. Oh I am SO GLAD that Bush doesn't speak ill of them in private

oh my God could just imagine how terrible they would feel if they found out he HE didn't like them??? :cry:

:sarcasm: