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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFox News announces support of CNN after White House bans reporter.
Huh?? Am I hallucinating?
Are some folks at FOX starting to see the light? Or is it some self serving motive for this?
"We stand in strong solidarity with CNN for the right to full access for our journalists as part of a free and unfettered press," Fox News president Jay Wallace said in a statement on Wednesday evening.
Fox News host Bret Baier also weighed in, stating on air that Fox stands "firmly" with CNN on the issue.
CNN reported on Wednesday that White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and deputy chief of staff for communications Bill Shine barred a CNN reporter from attending a Rose Garden press event.
http://thehill.com/media/398901-fox-news-comes-out-in-support-of-cnn-after-white-house-bans-reporter
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)SHS and Shine have taken their lack of credibility even lower, which I didn't think was possible.
still_one
(92,060 posts)of fox's motivation, and sincerity on this
Silver Gaia
(4,538 posts)flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)They'll want to be in the room where stuff happens.
duforsure
(11,884 posts)Fox will be replaced with Sinclair news for their state tv if they refuse to bow down and agree with everything trump demands.
True Blue American
(17,981 posts)Said his news division is separate from the evening Entertainment shows.
Shep does not fool around. Several others agree with him.
Do not forget Bill Shine was fired from Fox. They have no use for him.MOSTLY THE FOOLS LIKE Hannity, Tucker and Lou Dobbs are the complete idiots. Along with Jeanne and a couple of others.
I watch Shep if I catch him. Not much, but a little.
EndGOPPropaganda
(1,117 posts)It is a Fox talking point to say the news shows are separate from the opinion shows.
THIS IS BULLSHIT. Fox is a coordinated propaganda operation run by rightwing executives.
Propaganda works best when parts of it seem sane. The news parts of Fox exist ONLY to legitimize the propaganda.
As progressives, DO NOT fall for this lie. There is no separation between news and opinion for the Fox execs.
If some of the reporters at Fox want to assuage their complicity by saying this, fine for them. But they are all harming America and Democrats should not buy this BS line.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)CNN doesn't have the clout to inflict any retribution, so the Trump regime will just ignore it's complaints and objections.
7962
(11,841 posts)The press, regardless of whether work for, needs to stand together.
I read this from a f=different source and you should read some the comments; "fox has gone downhill since Ailes left" "Theyre left turn is coming" etc etc. Their bubble is getting smaller and smaller.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)uponit7771
(90,301 posts)EndGOPPropaganda
(1,117 posts)Dont legitimize Fox.
They lie to America to get votes for billionaires.
They are not press and they are not news.
They are propaganda dressed up as news.
They have some complicit real reporters there, but the execs keep them only to put a veneer of respectability on the propaganda.
Mike Nelson
(9,942 posts)
is easy. I want to see what they will actually do to support this reporter.
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)Cicada
(4,533 posts)Ruperts kids are sort of sane so Fox News will probably tack to the center. But other right wing billionaires will pick up the slack.
EndGOPPropaganda
(1,117 posts)Fox does things like this because it helps their propaganda to PRETEND they are a news organization.
They are not. They are propaganda. But propaganda is more effective if people dont know it is propaganda. That is why Fox pretends.