Fox News announces support of CNN after White House bans reporter.

[edbermac]

Huh?? Am I hallucinating?

Are some folks at FOX starting to see the light? Or is it some self serving motive for this?

Fox News on Wednesday came out in support of CNN after one of CNN's reporters was reportedly banned from a White House event.

"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]

1. The drumpfian authoritarian regime continues to move toward a dictatorship.

SHS and Shine have taken their lack of credibility even lower, which I didn't think was possible.

[still_one]

2. EVERY news organization should register a protest against this. Of course I am cynical

of fox's motivation, and sincerity on this

[Silver Gaia]

3. Really???

[flor-de-jasmim]

4. Makes perfect sense to me..think blue wave + access.

They'll want to be in the room where stuff happens.

[duforsure]

5. what does that mean?

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]

6. Shep Smith

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]

16. THIS IS A LIE. Fox is propaganda.

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]

7. So what?

CNN doesn't have the clout to inflict any retribution, so the Trump regime will just ignore it's complaints and objections.

[7962]

8. CNN did the same for them a few yrs back.

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]

9. I didn't know. I thought they only cared about their crazy base.

[uponit7771]

11. Broke clock and all, let's see what they do

[EndGOPPropaganda]

15. Fox is propaganda. Not press.

Don’t 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]

10. Making statements...

… is easy. I want to see what they will actually do to support this reporter.

[uponit7771]

12. +1

[Cicada]

13. Rupert is slowly fading away

Rupert’s 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]

14. Fox is propaganda. But helps them to pretend.

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 don’t know it is propaganda. That is why Fox pretends.