CNN Catches FOX - Hiding NewsCorp In The Hen House

[kpete]

FoxNews.com posts "Behind the breaks" videos featuring panelists' discussions during Fox News Watch's commercial breaks. In one, Fox News contributor Cal Thomas asks, "Anybody want to bring up the subject we're not talking about today" and adds, "I'm not going to touch it."

In a report for CNN's The Situation Room last night, reporter Brian Todd "confirmed" that "they were talking about" the hacking scandal. On the topic of Fox News, Todd also reported that overall, the channel has addressed the scandal but "not as much as other news networks."

Here's video and CNN.com's transcript of the segment:

This is streaming video. It's meant for the public, but it's during a commercial and not part of the broadcast. Panelists are talking about a certain news story. Take a listen.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201107130017

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Anybody want to bring up the subject we're not talking about today for the streamers?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sure, go ahead.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, go ahead. I'm not going to touch it.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: With a ten foot turban (ph).

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes

(END VIDEO CLIP)

TODD: Now, it might may seem obvious they're talking about the "News of the World" scandal. We've confirmed that's what they were talking about.



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[givemebackmycountry]

1. I would call them whores, but that would be an insult.

To whores.

[Kingofalldems]

2. Kick and Rec one time for the teabaggers

[Marr]

3. These same people will claim that media ownership means nothing; that

the political leanings of the on-air talent is what media bias is built upon. And yet here they are, obviously self-editing in deference to their company's owners.