CNN

Everyone-except those with no common sense-knows Fox is a joke, and no "news" organization

Even a comedy channel calls them out on their pathetic reporting.

I watch CNN, MSNBC, and FOX. FOX leans to the right and MSNBC to the left. CNN comes closest to being fair.

this is not "war" on a "news outlet." this is someone finally standing up and saying loud and clear the fox is NOT a news outlet, and that the myth that it is somehow a legitimate source of information ,must be dispelled. it is not only good for this administration but for the nation. if there are propaganda outlets posing as news they need to be exposed. And the WH is dead on correct about the rest of the legitimate news begin cowed by fux to cover things that are not really stories thereby giving them false legitimacy - acorn is a prime example.

Did we all forget how President Bush used to banish reporters he didn't like from the White House press briefing?

I had this argument with my mom (an Obama fan) yesterday. There is a difference between news and commentary. Intelligent people know the difference. The only FOX people I hear being complained about are those whose shows are more commentary/talk shows (which I do watch on occasion). Mom had never heard of Brett Baier and Shep Smith. They have the more straight up news programs and no one complains about them. They are where I get most of my news.

FOX must be doing something right or else the White House wouldn't so upset. Guess I need to watch them more often....hope others will too.

The middle appears to be right when viewed from the far left. Fox is slightly right of center, but most of the rest of the mainstream media are way to the left. Fox is less-biased than the other major television networks and the NY Times. I'm sure the White House is serious with their criticism. It's just too bad that they're viewing the world through their own very biased glasses.

Priceless. "It's not so much a conflict with FOX News..." Yeah. It isn't now that FOX kicked the administration's collective backside. It sure seemed that the administration was preoccupied with its "ongoing differences" with FOX. The problem for the administration is that their attacks on FOX accomplished only one thing: boosting FOX's ratings. Their attacks failed to accomplish their goal of distracting people from the economy, unemployment, record deficits, and their attempt to force feed the American people socialized medicine.

Fox News is fair and balanced. They report what the other very liberal networks will not. The Pew polls during the election proved it. MSNBC was over 80% pro Obama coverage while FOX was even with it's percentage of negative coverage between the two candidates. The critics of FOX are speaking about the opinion shows and Fox does lean right on those just as MSNBC leans to the far left with their opinion shows. If it weren't for the investigating of FOX News ACORN would still be going strong, Van Jones would still have the ear of the president and anything slightly negative to the president would remain unsaid. Do you really want just the stories that make you feel good about your choice for president?

Boycott FOX - I never ever watch FOX news. Although it is often on in Doctor's waiting rooms - I accuse them of being GOP and ask them to turn it off. It's medical malpractice!

fox news is not news...it is entertainment for those who listen to a program for the shock value or fear factor or conspiracy theory. news programs deal in reporting the facts of a story, something fox rarely does.

The white house proves once again that the president is only interested in representing one specific group of people in America. I have watched all channels of cable news shows at various times of day and all of them have their own agendas. However, when actual news is being reported, most of them are interested factual reporting. But, actual news is never reported in regard to politics or the government in general. Those stories are always opinion based and biased no matter which channel they are on.

Fox News leans a little right. Yes, Beck and Hannity are very conservative, but they tell you so. The rest of the organization does lean a little right, but they also report on actual news. The other "news" organizations are little more than lap dogs for the White House. The problem Emanuel has with Fox is that they don't report exactly what the White House wants, and actually ask the Administration hard questions. Imagine that, a media outlet actually attempting to hold politicians accountable.

Richard Nixon tried to blacklist certain news organizations and now we all know what he was trying to hide.
What is President Obama trying to hide?

True journalist report the news with facts and let the viewer and/or reader determine what conclusions they draw for that. Fox is a commentary show, not a true new show. MSNBC is also a mostly commentary show, slanted to the left. That is not to say that some of Fox and MSNBC's reporting isn't unbias. Nothing is ever that black and white. I have to give in to CNN that they are more of a news organization. They do however have certain reporters and anchors that offer thier opinion too. I occassionally watch Fox for shear entertainment, especially Glenn Beck, who use to be on CNN. That's why there ratings are higher, they are amusing, sometimes.

Thank you Fox news for being the one voice of the other side. Well that is of course until the Obama administration takes away that right.
The best part about the Fox news debate, is that the White house rarely disputes the facts that come out of the network. If these items were completely false or lies, we'd hear about it. Fox was right on Van Jones, Fox was right on Acorn. Scary that they're probably right on the other stuff too. Communists writing the stimulus plan, etc etc. Please wake up people! Left and right!

this is why i like foxnews so much...They are really fair and balance.. If CNN is going to talk about this, they should really have someone that can talk from the other side, not just the left........You say is not really news, but why are they asking the questions no is.....And about the time CNN gets to those questions, fox news will ask other questions....ARCON..anyone...Fox was talking about them for months, and finally everyone wakes up and talks about this...

Fox news proved themselves to be an unreliable source of news many years before Obama was on the National scene. They treated Bush like royalty and any criticism of Bush was done only to demonstrate they were "fair and balanced". This is not an Obama issue, it's about the credibility of American news organizations.

Has it really gotten to the point that the White House can dictate what can be said on the air? This is Freedom of Speech. If you do not agree with the facts being stated on FOX – turn your channel so you may listen to what you want to believe is true.

Why would anyone from the WhiteHouse want to appear on any FOX show where the main goal will be to score something sensational. These "broadcasters" have nothing to lose when they "lose their manners"....

I would love for the "critics" of Fox to have a very PRIVATE and personal conversation with the POTUS. I know he could certainly hold his ground.

I have tried to be "fair & balanced" and tuned in on occasion but most of these folks are nit-wits. Sarcasm on any network turns me off...truth or lies. Be professional !!!

It's suprising to me that after a White House spokesperson explicitly says that they have more important interests than Fox News and refer to it diplomatically as another "perspective" , the Fox "News" company reacts by insisting they are being attacked.
I can think of a few heads of goverment and institution who tend to overreact this way and insist on being perpetual vicitms. Ahmajinedad is first on my list.

Foxnews specialize in highbrow sensationalist entertainment run by dangerously angry caucasian men. And masters of creating media disasters. ...some say like the devil's work- they are just doing their job...

Fox News is a news source as the Nation Enquirer is a newspaper

This guy would be scary if he was not so scared........he knows FoxNews is on to all of his crooked games–knows he runs the white house–not Obama–keep it up Rahm–you are making Foxnews rich.......

I gave up watching FOX News a long time ago. They go for sensationalism and fear. I look for news stations that can provide as unbiased a newscast as possible. Most of the time that's NPR which I listen to on my weekday commutes. The White House is not attempting to censor FOX, they just aren't playing games with them. I see nothing wrong with that.

"Fox-News" has never, ever been a news-source, news-outlet, or news-anything; it has always been an 'entertainment' channel, utilizing "new-items" as it's basis for entertaining...if 'licenses' were required inorderto 'certify' a bonafide news-organization, "Fox-News" would be unable to qualify for such a license...
(i have been a registered "independent" voter for more than 40-years; i have no other affiliatins of any kind; and, the opinion expressed is solely my own)

Fox News is right wing propaganda. To call them a "news" network is ridiculous. Their whole goal is to brainwash people into voting for Republicans.

Attacking Fox makes the Whitehouse look like they can't take any heat. Fox has the ratings it has because they aren't afraid to report the sides of the issues that this administration doesn't happen to like. What the Whitehouse is doing smacks of censorship and it's going to backfire.

I wouldn't talk to Fox News either. First of all, they would attack with misinformation, then cut the President off before he can reply to correct the bad information. Finally, Sean Hannity, or Bill O'Lie-ly would claim victory. How on earth are they even allowed to call themselves a news network?

How is FOXNEWS not a news organization? Fox brought us news
on Van Jones when no one else would...Fox brought us news on
the march on Washington by people fed up with the debt when
other media outlets ignored it...Fox has been on top of Charles Rangel and his tax evasion even though it's largely been ignored by others...it seems FOXNEWS is the only news source getting us
the important stories, czar updates, and much more.

Give me a break Raffi! You don't like Fox because they are disagreeing with you and the Obama administration. Fox News is holding you accountable, which you don't like, and they're not drinking the Kool-aid. Without Fox, all of America would be in deep trouble with your administrations reckless actions....

Obama administration's starting to sound like Chavez. Since Fox doesn't say what they want them to say, the administration is try to sell "Fox isn't a news outlet." Creepy.

Fox News provides a service to a growing number of viewers who believe a left-of-center bias exists with the other networks (see RatherBiased.com for an example). I'm sure the White House would love for Fox to parrot the party line, but they won't. Attacking them makes the administration look cowardly and petty. If I was Obama, I'd take them up on their many offers of interview time to set the record straight to a large group that is suspicious of his motives.

Democracy is often a messy business and needs the vigilance of an active, aggressive Fourth Estate to keep politicians honest. I'm sure none of us wants government controlled media (or a one-party state).

I think his point is, the other networks are not VOICES for the republican party. Fox news is. The now free documentary, "outfoxed" explains it all. And, MSNBC does have a slant but not all day long in it's real news programs as Fox does. This is verifiable. And MSNBC's goal is not to bring down the opposing party. Fox's is. Murdoch loved Reagan, hated Kennedy and management at Fox each day pre-determines the stories and how they should be covered - usually WITH a right leaning slant. Check out "outfoxed" which interviews actual former Fox employees. Eyes will be opened. Fox has not adequately responded to that documentary.

The differing perspective is not understood nor appreciated by the POTUS or his staff. If we all just bobed our heads and approved of everything from the White House, then they would be happy. Many aspects of the health care, budget, and military operations have been PROVEN ineffective, incorrect, and trecherous, but Emmanuel and crew don't care to have the facts, they just want their spin on the circumstances.

I agree with many that this makes the Obama administration look "thin-skinned." The country already knows that the majority of news outlets support Obama's agenda. And for the administration to quabble over Fox New's only empowers Fox.

The White House doesn't need to validate Fox News no more than a recognition of Comedy Central or the Food Network. It's an entertainment network, is there a need to comment?

It's about time the White House called Fox News out for the fools they are. If there were awards for the best liars and spin merchants Fox would win hands down. Just talking heads for the Republican Party and nothing more. Fox wouldn't know "fair and balanced" if it smacked them up side the head. Now, "unfair and unbalanced" is more in line for them.

Obviously Obama and the White House can't tell the difference between Fox News and Fox Opinion Shows. I watch Fox News as well as other news programs, CNN, MSNBC and Network News and I find Fox News to be fair on the issues. I can usually get deeper input into many of the important issues and Fox. The other programs such as Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, etc are opinion shows NOT news! I guess the White House is upset because Fox is not getting those tingling sensations going up their legs like some other news outlets.

Anyone with any intelligence does not watch FOX News. They prey on people with low intellignece. The sad thing is that there are so many of them and they are allowed to vote.

It's about time that FOX News is exposed for what it really is. They aren't even close to being "fair and balanced". They must be joking. Ever notice how their so called "contributors" are almost always conservative? Ever notice that for 24 hours a day they constantly attack Obama or some other Democrat? They don't attack conservatives. Glad that the White House is finally firing back. And this clown "Glenn Beck". Where did he come from? FOX news is a disgrace.
If I want news I sure don't turn to FOX News. I go to CNN, the REAL "Fair and Balanced" news organization.

Could anyone in their rightful mind take FOX propaganda machine seriously My father went to his grave and left this earth disappointed in the fixture of that amchinery Never a day would pass snd he didn"t sit watch and listen to Fox. The man got so turned off by the muck piled and shot out to people, coming from the station he loved so that he phoned someone there and complained. I used to watch Fox myself but one PM it got unbearable when Hannity distotred a comment made by Obama, this led me to vote for Obama. I am an Independent and I refuse to listen to Fox anymore, too much lies and distortion , the viciouness spewed to people is sickening

Fox is an opinion channel? Fine. What the White House should be concerned about is not that, but the fact that millions are tuning in and AGREEING with the Fox opinions. Change minds, White House!

Uhm... Fox News cable has the highest number of viewers, more then the next two combined. It is mainstream. If you consider that left wing it just means your a socialist or communist and can't handle the truth. The numbers and facts are what they are, look it up.

The White House is only saying out loud what a lot of us already know has been going on with fake newwws. I used to be Republican, up and until 2006, when I finally opened my eyes to the lies and twisting that goes on in this party, got tired of the hypocrisy, the double standart, the raping around the flag for all the excuses the could come up with, wars and more wars, and then complain that we have no money for our on people and their needs. And there was no other channel that I watched but Fox day and night, believed all the crap about the liberal media, didn't even bother to see other news, they are always calling every other news outlet that doesn't live up to their on standarts. Republicans have done a lot of damage to this country trying to divide its people on fake outrage, but all the problems that really are hurting us (wars, economy, emploinments) have a republican root and fox right behind. I don't know if it's good for the president to engage fox directly, but I'm glad that they are!!!!!

We need news organizations like Fox that question and point out inconsistencies in the administration. Frankly I wish there were more of them and not less.

Obama and his administration wasting time constantly attacking a cable station? How thin-skinned is this guy. The "news" portion is news (shepard, updates...). The commentary (beck, hannity...) is commentary. It's not that difficult for anyone with a brain.

The administration is so "not preoccupied" with FOX News that every other day they complain about them. Every news organization, be it radio, television, newspapers, etc. has its biases. It isn't just evident in how they report a story, but in what story they choose to report. Read, listen to, and watch everything. Believe half of it.

Fox News doesn't broadcast a presidential news conference, but will spend hours tell the world Obama was educated in a madrasa (not true).

When truth is optional (or avoided), you lose all credibility as a "news" organization.

I would love to debate ANY Representitive of Fox news.

Just becuase the opinion expressed on Fox News is not one the WH appreciates does not mean its not news. It is a real trick the Dems play on the public to villanize whomever they do not agree with. Unfortunaly for the WH, most viewers are Fox viewers.

Did the Project for Excellence in Journalism and Harvard's Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy determined that Fox News was the least bias of all news programs? I do believe some people confuse the program Fox News with the other programs on its channel. It would be similiar to stating what is said on the View should be associated with ABC news.

At least Fox reports the conservative outlook rather than totally ignoring it like the rest of the mass media.

If the rest of the media is so fair why are people defecting to Brit news to get a picture of where the current administration is taking the USA.

The Democrats want everything their way but have not figured out that you cannot have your cake and eat it to.

This administration appears increasingly desperate to silence any opposition to its agenda. What will they try next when their attemps to deligitimize Fox News fail? This administration is demonstrating a troubling lack of respect for the freedom of speech. Just how far are they willing to go down this road?

Let's call it what it is...

News = facts
Editorial = viewpoint or opinion
Fox News = Right Wing Editorializing

It is impossible to report "facts" with out influencing the message. Regardless, Fox News is FAR from "news" – it is right wind editorializing. Fox supported and still supports the policies of the Bush era Republican party and anyone who says otherwise is either an idiot or blind. Does that make Fox wrong? Maybe not... but you can't be honest and at the same time claim Fox isn't a right wing organization.

Just look at the people Fox employs. Right wing extremists who care little about facts as long it fits there agenda. Their agenda is to destroy this president and means don't matter. Stop pretending we are talking about alternative view point. It is nothing short of promoting right wing theories and propaganda regardless of merit or facts

Fox is biased but most networks are... Its hard to find any network that their boss doesn't try and influence their ideas in any way. Fox is just usually the one that does it the most and in the harshest way. I'm an independent and doesn't really care for politics and i have watched fox a few times and it really is no doubt

Dave @12:49 – I think you're missing the point. This administration isn't afraid to go on Fox "News," they're dismissing their relevancy as an actual "news" source. Big difference.

Hi,
Also guilty of being an independant...and watch both CNN and Fox news.
For the White House to be speaking over the media is actually very SCAREY!! This is not their place, when the goverment tries in any way to control media, we need to wake up.

Anyone who can't see that Faux News is closely controlled by the Republican Party has curdled cottage cheese for brains.

Faux News is the political equivalent of professional wrestling. It's all fake, but people buy it anyway. If ignorance were a virtue, we would indeed be an illustrious people.

its really weird... this is supposed to be a free country and yet there cencoring what you can put on the internet not that cool

Yeah FOX news would like Obama to come on their programs so they can edit what he says and try to make him look bad. Fox news is more like a cheerleader for the right wing conservatives who have already made up their minds on most issues and just want to see the truth as manufactured by FOX.

The White House is being very immature about this. They imply that there is exactly ONE news organization with a political bias, and that it works against them. The reality is that EVERY OTHER major TV news organization has the opposite bias to some extent. Stop campaigning and run the country.

Fox is really biased if you believe it or not. I remember watching it one day just to see for myself and found out alot. For one they showed a clip from the daily show making fun of Obama, BUT, they convinently left out the funny part and the part that made fun of McCain's health and well being. They showed the part showing the person who does the daily show (forget his name) and him holding a piece of blank paper saying this was Obamas health report over the last 10 years. And that was the clip they showed. They didn't show the part that mentioned McCains 1500 page long (yes it was that long) health report from the last 10 years. So from that clip they seem to get the idea that Obama is either lying about his health report or that he didn't realease it. And that's all i saw from about 15 minutes of fox network.

I think journalism in general, true journalism, is dead at this point. There is no problem with having your own political opinion, but if you let it get in the way of giving all sides of the political spectrum a fair chance in a argument or any event, that is going way too far. Walter Cronkite would be very dissapointed if he saw what was going on now. He was the last true and fair journalist.
“You spoke with passion for the civil rights
of all Americans — regardless of if they’re gay or straight. Thank you.
Fairness is something that we should all agree on so in many ways this was no
surprise. One day, I hope you’ll even join me on a trip to Capitol Hill to
argue for this basic right,”
Joe Solmonese quote
If we are to succeed as Americans in the future, we have to make at least a true effort to unite and work together. I am 18, and I have a lot to learn, but at least I know this. May God bless the USA, President Obama, and his family. CNN, please post this!

Fox News is hardly "news". The only credible person on that network is Shephard Smith. Fair & balanced to the right. I wonder if those defending Fox news are just a tad upset because CNN shows both sides of the argument instead of just conservative viewpoints which is the way journalism used to be.

"Surprisingly, the White House continues to declare war on a news organization," Fox News Michael Clemente said in the statement, "instead of focusing on the critical issues that Americans are concerned about like jobs, health care and two wars. The door remains open and we welcome a discussion about the facts behind the issues."

That Fox News can make such a statement as that above with a straight face is amazing. Their ultra conservative agenda prevents them from reporting on any news item with an eye toward balance at least, or honesty at best. People who agree with their agenda have no desire to read or hear other sides to the stories. Doing such a thing might actually make them think for themselves, instead of being spoon-fed a negative, hateful line of mis-information.

It is interesting that the only people who name call the US President in the entire world are right wingers. I guess they see their ever diminishing tiny world as the only relevant part of the planet. It says a lot about who they are and how they treat others. That is why they do not want health care reform. They don't care about humanity, just themselves.

If FOX news would report straight news maybe people wouldn't be calling them out. They distort facts and present them as truths and mislead their followers. Of course, we care....we care enough not to listen to their fictional stories.

The White House IS focused on the real issues, it's Fox News that is consumed with creating an environment of hatred (i.e. – Glen Beck saying Obama doesn't like white people). I guess when you represent the party of no ideas like Fox does, the best you can hope for is sensationalism to distract people from the fact that the party you represent is responsible for a lot of the mess we're in right now, and are doing little to help solve it.

Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill! Fox "News" is just an irritant to be avoided. Would you sit down for an interview with a swarm of mosquitoes?

Fox is not about news, Fox is about ratings. It has found a strong hold
in conservative news coverage for no other reason than it gets the most reaction from both sides.They couldn't care less about its effect on the viewer or honest reporting. .They have pulled other news organizations in to follow suit due to there rating. They have the best graphic artists in the business, they've put millions into visual design. Whether it is covering football or the News no one compares. But there bias in News nothing new and has been going on for years.
What should concern the average viewer of Fox is-

1. Do you find yourself listening and believing almost exclusively what Fox saids?

2. Do you distrust almost all other news organizations?

3. Do you notice a separation made by Fox by there standard newscasters and columnist or have you noticed that commentary is not separated?

Have you noticed how much effort is made to reinforce the idea that they tell the truth (and everyone else is a liar) ?

4. Have you notice Fox focus' on the most exploitive stories and footage they can get there hands on, whether it is news worthy or not?

Ask yourself those question...

I do not beleive Fox News is a news channel, it is right wing rhetoric giving one side of what people are talking about each day. I never watch this channel(fox) because it has always been obvious to me that it is not a news channel at all.

There is no one in this administration attacking Fox,they only are making a statement that millions of people already know-the Fox News channel is not a news outlet,they are a an opinion channel that sometimes releases unbiased news. This should not come as a surprise,we were told by the white house that these critics were going to be called out,remember. so if Fox wants to be called a real news station then they need to be unbiased in there reporting.

My problem with Fox News is that they don't give accurate facts they distort the facts. They have proven on more than one occasion that they are biased. Need I remind you all of the cases where their own reporters, commentators, etc. referred to Michelle Obama as "Obama's Baby Mama" and made comments about how if Malia Obama was older she'd be pregnant, on drugs, etc. THAT is why I don't ever watch Fox News. They are an absolute disgrace to news reporting and they have no right to be on the air anymore. They have been called out on more than one occasion for their topics of discussion but yet have done nothing to change it because they don't care! I don't watch MSNBC because I feel they are very left leaning, that's why I stick with CNN. In my opinion they are more middle of the road than the other two!

The people censoring the news is Fox. They only put on the air stories that advance the GOP political agenda. That is pure censorship by design. So you can stop the Government censorship false argument.

It's funny how much time and emotion people will spend defending Fox News, and suggesting that any maneuvers by the administration to call them out for their heavily biased reporting is a direct threat on "civil liberties."

It's not an attack on civil liberties, it's leveling the playing field. Fox News is, and always has been a mindless propaganda machine, so they should expect to be treated as a threat. They do not get the benefit or the courtesy of better, more objective news networks.

I never watch Fox News exactly for the reason that they are not an objective news media. Beck and O'Reilly are clowns with an agenda: destroy the Obama Presidency.

Fox News among other news organizations plays the slant for ratings and do not report news objectively. No Drama or b.s. = not competitive with the other news organization. Obama's just calling it the way it is.

Wow... no matter what your views, does ANYONE think it is good for a President and his administration to attack ANY media outlet for ANY reason?!?

This is ridiculous and bad "news" for the current administration.

I total 'agree' with the White House. FOX News and their talking heads are the Republican Party and the far-right. FOX News couldn't give an un-bias news report or story without being bias. Murdock should let some people go on FOX News and talk shows. Mike in Montana

Should the President of the United States be above this type of behavior? Chavez has been doing this in Venezuela to those organizations that dare to speak out against him. The American people need to hear the pros and cons of each argument, not just what the President wants us to hear. If we don't agree with what is being said then we just change the channel or stop buying from the products from the companies purchasing the ad time. I don’t agree with what other networks might say but I don’t need the President helping me make the choice.

Its amazing how many people are that "stupid" to believe the "FAIR AND BALANCED" crap.
If a network has to say it, then they are trying to convince people it is true. Why would they have to convince someone if it WAS true?

Fox is a right wing arm just as other network channels get their directives from the left. I really am disgusted with the state of "balanced" news reporting in general, and need to weed through the political bent of every news report I see on TV or text (web or paper) nowadays.... That being said, I do lean more towards trusting CNN, but that may be because I'm more liberal than conservative on issues, while aiming towards moderate...

Two points. First, the popularity of Fox News is like movie box office figures each week. The best movies as far as content and clarity rarely receive the biggest box office attendance because people like loud special effects. Case in point, Fox News.

Second point, when Fox News correspondents and political pundits comment on democrats and President Obama they color their commentary with words like "socialism" and phrases like "Obama is leading the country on a path to destruction". That's not valid critcism.
PBS, NPR and other networks critcize without hyperbole.

Every news organization should be outraged that their cousin in the news is being attacked regardless of criticism of content. Just like family , you discern the truth from your take on many sources. I find it appaling that a Presidential group would attack any media in America...differences are what make this country great...where is the 'real' outrage in the media???

if it had not been for foxnews, we never would have learned of the illegal doings of acorn.........

When I listen to Fox News, I always feel like I am being fed an agenda, a perspective. Sometimes I agree, but mostly I don't. But the fact that the
items reported there always seem to be delivered with some slant, some angle, rather than agnostically, is bothersome and offensive. So, I would agree with Mr. Emanuel. For me, though, I just choose not to tune in. But it does bother me that so many folks in this country regard Fox News as an unbiased news source. So I can understand why the White House would be frustrated, particularly if they are pursuing an apolitical approach to some issue and their efforts are immediately misinterpreted by Fox News or any agency to be political in nature.

I don't watch fox news, I think the Whitehouse should move them off the air since they are reporting false non accurate and fearing news.
take them off the air!

Fox news is like Hollywood. They like to put spin on things. Half- truth and mostly opinion.

As Fox News makes very clear, they have hard news programs AND opinion programs like O'Reilly and Beck.

If advisers in the administration can't tell the difference, they are not bright enough to be in positions of power. They make the President look like a whiner and a wimp.

Slamming one media outlet makes the administration look fearful, petty, and weak. I'm really, really tired of hearing Robert Gibbs sneering at the Fox reporters when they try to ask questions at press conferences. The reporters are just trying to do their job.

Several independent surveys have proved that the Fox NEWS programs really are more balanced than the other networks. The administration should pay attention.

Sounds an awful like the propaganda machine is calling for censorship. Let people read, listen, watch and opine based upon what is best for them. MSNBC and CNN attack FOX News for market reasons, the WH should just shut up when it comes to the press and expression of opinion. Whats next an enemies list.

Fox News Shows are very fair and objective. Their "opinion" shows are just that – "opinion." Hannity and Beck are opinion. The others are news.

FOX is a right wing commentary. The views they express are for the extreme right. I prefer to get my news from a more reliable source. The folks they have on that station are crazy. Please note if you really look at the comments made by people defending it you will see how extreme they are. They result to throwng insults and have no clue what an actual fact is. They have the right to do as they wish just as much as I have the right to turn off the tv whenever they open their mouths. I suggest anyone else who has even half a brain do the same and that will take care of the problem. Just Say No To FOX!!

For 8 years prior to Obama's election, the Dems and the media were spineless when it came to standing up to the right wing. I'm glad the President is showing some backbone and calling out Fox for the neo-con agenda it promotes.

This is not censorship- no one is denying Fox's right to say what it wants. What is being called for is HONESTY about what Fox truly represents.

The real problem Rupert Murdoch (a foreign interest) controls too much media in this country. He manipulates this country.

Finally, yes Fox is not a news network. They are a 24 hour opinion column. They provide no objectivity and to those who watch the shows, they are only feeding their own narrow perspective.

Yes, I agree CNN is very often guilty of lazy journalism and has opinion sections also, but it's not the only thing they do.

Come on people, get more than one perspective; read a couple of newspapers in addition to what ever you watch on TV. It's the only way you'll truly get "FAIR and BALANCED" information.

How balanced for John King to have at least one conservative on his show! Bill Maher used to do the same thing – invite one conservative and 3-4 liberals to gang up on the one person with a different viewpoint. Isn't that why they have Elizabeth on the View?

Look at Murdoch's long history of using his media properties to infuence governments...the Australian Labor Party, Britian's Tony Blair, and his infamous conversion to being an "American" so he could own U.S. broadcast licenses. He had to push the Republican agenda to get the FCC to approve it. What we have with FOX proves the danger in allowing non citizens to own U.S. media. Leni Riefenstahl would feel right at home at FOX.

Fox must try and counter all the Liberal slant on the other networks, including many of the CNN programs.

But the 5pm (cdt) program is balanced and the 6pm news program with Shep Smith is balanced. Opinion programming takes place in a different part of the building from the news operation.

Many of us see rampant Liberal bias in the networks and at CNN. Democracy requires all voices be heard.

Fox News is PROPAGANDA. Nothing more, nothing less.

It is a totally correct to say that FOX(news?) is right-wing slanted. So what? HOWEVER.... a slant is a measured angle... 360 degrees is a total. When you resort to lies, name calling, refusing the President one iota of respect, challenge him on everything, wish for his failure (and thereby that of the country), – that my friends is overtly propagandist and WRONG!

Sometimes I agree with Fox news, sometimes I don't – but I will freely admit that they are very biased overall and represent more of a political outlet than a genuine news station.

That said, CNN and MSNBC aren't looking like genuine news stations either a lot of the time – thanks to them being slaves to a rating system no doubt.

We should set aside some public funds – that can't be easily tampered with – and allocate it to real journalists in order to free them from depending on ratings. Something like what Britain has done with the BBC.

False News doesn't lean right... it flat falls over right, every time. Its deliberate and planned. It's not a news organization at all. Never watch it, it's utterly undependable and unreliable (except to the extent it can be relied on to lie right). It is nothing more than a right-wingnut, ideological noise maker.

If Fox News is so bad, why are their ratings higher than the other
networks?

The biggest problem with Fox and most other media outlets is that they thrive on stirring up controversy and dividing people, as opposed to adding anything constructive to the debate about the important issues of the day. All in the name of ratings and advertising revenue. The pyrotechnic-like special effects that accompany their newscasts are probably meant to make them cool and interesting and relevant; for me, they symbolize the organization's playstation/X-box approach to presenting the news.

Fox news is not the "Voice of descent" so much as they are the voice of Rupert Murdoch. They are a pile of dreck and should be treated as such. For those of you whining about MSNBC hosts being too liberal, they were simply a knee jerk reactions to Fox's absurd and child like behavior over the years. The people at Fox are cooperate suits, not the leaders of some petty prepackaged revolution. So, all you fox news loyalists, keep drinking your patriot-in-a-can, the rest of us will actually be working to make this country a better place despite your angst about a President who is actually trying to build a sustainable for our country and all its citizens.

Fox News? Are you crazy? The only programs I listen to on Fox are "So You Think You Can Dance" and Hell's Kitchen..I certainly would not trust them with bi-partisan news..Leave it alone Mr. President, listeners are anchored in their beliefs and would never listen to news that might have an intelligent slant..Fox is a perfect fit for those people.

Everyone except the ignorant minority knows that Fox is a Republican Propaganda channel and not about real news.

Of course Fox is entitled to free speech–that is not the issue. The problem is that Fox is pretending to be a fair and balanced news source when in fact it has a neo-con agenda.

I don't think it's a news org place to put their opinion on national networks, no matter what thier views are. I've watched FOX News, and it is very one-sided in their coverage. I have no problem with a Democratic or Republician pundit expound their opion, but I could care less about the views hels by a reporter. FOX is extremely bad about getting, which i hope is their own, not the network out.

Report the news, let me decide what is the facts.

Only a complete idiot or a liar would claim Fox media is legitimate news.
Fox is conducting the "Dumbing of America" for political gain.
Fox should be treated as what they are – a very active and successful part of the "radical right". They are not vicitms, but are the villan.

It it were not for FOX News America and numerous state and city law enforcement agencies would not know about the ACORN organizations. That is why Obama and the White House is so upset with FOX – the tell the public (those that are open-minded at least) what is going on. The other news organizations can not claim to do that.

Hello,
For the White House to be engaging publicly with Fox news is a sad state of affairs. Once again they are showing that they do not understand strategy. CNN has also been called for biased reporting. For Mr Emmanuel to come to CNN to tell their woes, when we have numerous crisis going on in this nation – it is just bad form.
The "atmosphere of dishonor" was alive and well when President Bush was in power and President Obama and many politicians were able to say whatever they wanted....however they wanted. Of course now this atmosphere is "negative" and "counter productive to change".
This was a very poor strategy of the White House and only makes them look petty. Let the free press do their job and you do yours.

Forty years later, this White House chooses its words more carefully, but this reminds me of Nixon's "enemies list." What a bunch of crybabies!

Fox is nothing more than talk radio captured on video. Fox News programming regularly promotes an extreme Right-wing policy agenda: privatization, deregulation, tax-cuts for the wealthy and the elimination of social programs for the poor. Their perspective is classic social Darwinism.

And don't try to push the debate to the Right by telling me that CNN or MSNBC are the Left's equivalent of Fox News. I haven't heard them advocating the abolition of private property or a worker take-over of the workplace.

I just love reading all of this. During the campaign MSNBC, CBS, NBC, CNN and other were all in the tank for the Mr Obama and his campaign. One sided all the way. But that is ok, just one view. But if Fox does it they are called out. It just shows you how much politics is screwed up. I like to watch all the channels. Not one channel has my vote of confidence

It's really not about Fox News.
It's about the way the Obama White House deals with criticism.

Fox News does an excellent job of debating issues critical to the country right now. They always have both sides well represented. You will not find this kind of honest reporting on NBC, CBS or ABC.

Of course the administration hates that. Their activities can not stand up to honest debate, especially in front of the Americans they were able to bamboozle in November 2008.

The real problem here is that with things like TEA parties, birthers and Sarah Palin, current conservative ideology has not only left the mainstream, it has also left common sense and often reality itself. Any news agency that is honest and intelligent will appear to have a liberal bias because those are things conservatives have left behind. On the other hand, pandering to those conservatives has caused FOX to leave behind real news.

I watch my local Fox affiliated news station for my local news and weather. Network news (ABC, NBC, CBS) are still leading the pack. Fox's Cable station is purely entertainment and uses it's political power to take down any administration they don't like. To say Fox Cable isn't biased is crazy. I use to watch them all the time right after 9/11 and they were constantly blaming Pres Clinton and his adm for it.. I just got tired of the slant when they couldn't bring themselves to questioning whether or not the Bush adm could have done more to prevent 9/11 or any other important events during the Bush adm years. At this point, I'd say that only Sheppard Smith is worth watching on that station. He is so unbiased, his own loyal viewers were sending him threatening email when they didn't like a stance he took on the Holocaust museum shootings. That tells me everything I need to know about those who take Fox Cable a bit too seriously.

What the Foxers posting here don't want to admit, is that FoxNews has a distinct agenda in its News coverage.
CNN & MSNBC tend to be more even-handed in their News coverage.
That's not to say that CNN & MSNBC don't have shows with an agenda.
MSNBC has Olbermann, Schultz & Maddows, but also Scarborough & Ratigan. CNN actually, often professes to be non-biased, but even on John King's show, his questions seem to be through a GOP prism.

As a middle-of-the-roader, I try to get my info from different sources, often overseas, since the US Media is generally on the right side of center.
As an example, the coverage of the Health Care debate.
4 bills included a Public Option, one doesn't. 99% of coverage focuses on that one bill... and continues to report that the Libs will have to compromise, even though all coverage is of a bill that favors a more right-wing agenda.

Fox has every right ot exist. I however have a problem calling themselves "news", –and especially when they say its "fair and balanced". What is really difficult for me to comprehend is the many bigots in the Republican party. I can understand several thousand-but 20+ mmmmmillion???????? What is worse is that it is not only "the fringe". It also includes most of the elected Republicans.

I just hope they also take this stance with MSNBC, too.

Too many people don't realize the difference in fact and opinion. I've noticed that most of the folks who follow Fox religiously think that what they hear is factual proof of what they already believe. While some people are able to tell fact from opinion, many cannot or do not. Have schools stopped teaching about propaganda and how to think critically for oneself? If so, it needs to be reinstated in our curriculums.

Anyone with any sense can see that Fox is hard right, MSNBC is hard left, and CNN and the big 3 networks are somewhere in the middle. Obama's assessment of Fox is totally reasonable. And he is in no way saying that they don't have a right to articulate their perspective. They are free to do so. But fair enough to point out that this is not news. If you want to say the samething applies to MSNBC, fair enough. But please note here that the administration is not using Fox rhetoric (words like "idiots", "fascist," "nazi," anti-American." They are just saying, in a civil and modulated way, that Fox is not news. Good for them.

I think most viewers knows these things: Bill orielly is a conservative, olberlman is a liberal, hannity is a republican, racheal maddow is a radical leftist and glenn beck is a radical right winger. Ok....now what? are these things really revelations? My question is, why is the WH single FOX out? hmmm, perhaps it is also obvious because the administration is left leaning. I just don't know what the administration is hoping to gain other then to create further division by emphasizing the obvious. Is it really really a revelation that some news organization has always been more of a critic towards a particular adminstration with differences due to partisan beliefs? As to to what are facts and what are opinions and what's news vs not news. Didn't we just see all networks chased after a helium balloon for 2 hours?

The news in this story is not whether Fox is a legit news organization. The news here is why the Obama administration is so afraid of critism and what steps they are willing to take to suppress the voices of their critics. I will be watching to see.....

FoxNews is pure entertainment... so are all of them when it gets right to it. Many people don't recognize that the news media isn't legally bound to report the truth. It's not. Foxnews knows their audience, they know what news stories gets them tune in and wring their hands in worry -glued to their televisions. Nothing gets people to tune in more than fear and anger. And they do it so they can sell advertising blocks worth millions of eyeballs. FoxNews is more transparent than most others. But they all do it.

The False News Channel is a right-wing propaganda station. Everyone knows that! They don't report the news, they make it up.

Fox News is an arm of the Republcan Party and its Chairman and CEO is Roger Ailes. Ailes is a Republican loyalist and was a political and media consultant for Republican Presidents Nixon, Reagan, George W.H. Bush, and many other Republican candidates since the 1960's. Anyone who thinks that Fox News does not shown frequent bias against "liberals," "Democrats" and the Democratic Party has been living on another planet.

Beck, O'Reilly, Hannity, Limbaugh, Coulter, Malkin, and all the others. They're on the Fox News and also radio for many hours every day. In print in newspapers and magazines, on the net and in numerous books. So many Demagogues and so much punditry! And its all on the Right with the same is virtually unknow on the Left.

Conservatives like to call Liberals "sheep". But if that's the case, why is it that the Right has all the Shepards? It's the Republicans who need constant reassurance and direction.

So what? FOX News does lean far to the right, as we all know. CNN leans far into the left- there's not really a middleground on the media. The White House will be blasting on FOX just because they don't lean to their party.

Who is Rahm to say what news is? All the anchors no matter how unbiased they are supposed to be have a slant. ABC I will never forget the week we had what the white house 30n minute infomerical the 60 minutes interview and then good morining america with barack and michelle. It was really telling where abc slants as well as CNN

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The only truth that is not being addressed by both this administration and the Republican party is this. To give everyone Nat'l Health Care will require an increase in taxes. No nation that presently has universal health care has not been able to do such a thing without raising taxes.
Both parties are afraid to admit this simple fact. If we are the generous nation as we falsely pride ourselves to be, accept the fact that our taxes are going to increase and every American citizen will have health care insurance.
Listening to the town hall meetings and Fox news, all I've heard is basically "I've got mine, you get yours". I find myself being a bit angry at America right now and I no longer will pride myself as an American being a generous and caring nation. We all know that this is not true if we are unwilling to help our own fellow citizens.

The White House needs to stop attacking Fox News, it is just making them look petty and childish. They need to grow up and man up!

Censorship isn't cool people!!!

I wonder if all you people who are insulting FoxNEWS are just bad mouthing them because they do not fit your opinion or view points. CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS probably all fine tune their news reporting to boost Obama's positive influence on the world to fit everyone of your views. You are all blinded by the media created halo around Obama that you cannot see the negative impact he is having on the US. FoxNEWS presents these negative's which infuriates you all because they shed light on your love affair of Obama. Maybe if you all weren't so blinded by your ideological thought processes maybe you'd see the reality of what Obama is and what he isn't. He is quite simply a failure and a disgrace to the free world.

Indiana Voter, why do you rely on foreigners to tell you what you should believe?

Fox "News" is nothing more than crap on a crap cracker. I'm glad someone official is calling them out on it.

I think these 150-some comments speak to everything that's wrong with politics dating back to Reagan/Bush. It's now more important to divide and argue than it is to discuss and compromise. Politics is no longer about what gets done, but who yells the loudest.

The fact of the matter is that no "news" agency can be 100% fair and credible. On key debatable points in politics, I always tell people to listen to all sides. It's interesting when you get perspectives from Republicans, Democrats, and then key allies. There are several times when foreign opinions should dictate national policy.

But no one wants to do that anymore. Since I am a democrat I should automatically agree with what comes from the left. I wholeheartedly disagree with that. It would be refreshing if our "news" agencies, our blogs and our politicians started caring more about our great country than who is "right" and whose "wrong".

Fox is everything but a news organization. It should be called what it is; the "right-wing network".

During the campaign,this administration criricized the Bush's administartion about everything and said they will change it better. That is why Americans believe in and voted for "yes we can". Now after almost a year in office, they can not do anything better but worst, from economy to the war to the relationships woth the world (economy get worst, war get worst, our allies just say we love Obama but did not do anything to show their love).

Now this administration is going back to the stage of blaming. Blame previous administration for economy, for not having enough resources in afghanistan, blaming the media, etc.... You are a good sale team and that is why American bought your product. We are using the products and will let you know how good the product is. Your sale skill is no longer useful at this stage, do not waste your time and energy to fool people, but try to find the way to improve your product.

Looks like the Whine House is feeling some pressure. That's a good thing. We would rue the day when everyone agreed with the politicians. Yes, our president is a politician. In fact, he doesn't seem to realize he won the election. He is still in full bore campaign mode. I guess that's all he knows how to do.

The big 3 are blind, for GOD sake, they lie, and have sold out to the big O gropies and wantabies..... The right wingers are doing no more than the liberals are doing, standing up for there rights. There is NO real truth in journalism, just controlled media. The O is evil, and time will show he is a classless leader. We are a country that has lost it's passion for truth.

I was interested at first by their assurance that they were Fair and Balanced. It took me about three viewings nto see that it was anything but. I never watched it again.

Yes, Fox News is conservative but no more conservative than MSNBC, CNN , ABC, NBC and CBS is liberal. So, what's the promlem?

I am of the opinion that Fox News Broadcast oporates like a wing of the Republican Party. Their news broadcast is very divisive which is very unfortunate. It is apparent their desidre for the President to fail. It is sad!

CNN, since you can't win in the ratings I guess the only other option is to attack instead of trying to figure out why you are so far behind. I will admit that Fox has some commentators that are far right, but has anyone caught the angry rants of McCafferty in his spot on the Situation Room? Now there's fair and balanced. Maybe CNN should take the liberal out of their own eye before they point to the bias of others.

I imagine the White House would like other news organizations to take their cues from MSNBC. I am sure the White House likes an organization that openly supports their views and policies, like MSNBC. I do not hear Obama complaining about MSNBC. Since there is not a mainstream (middle ground) news network out there, although CNN is getting closer to being more in the middle, we have "news stations" like Fox and MSNBC. Today we have to filter through the reporting and commentary that is called contemporary journalism.

Everyone is after Fox's reporting..............Why not take the challenge and call up Fox and prove that what they are saying is false. Beck has certainly, many times, asked the White House to prove his facts to be wrong. Never a word has been said..........what does that mean?

I dont listen to Fox news simply because I am tired of the emotional cajoling, the lies that they perpectuate there. I listen to MSNBC when I can because they mostly debunk the lies and expose them for what they are. I also see Olberman take on the democracts too and expect Maddox would do the same.

From Fox...mostly lies, and statements meant to engage people's emotions rather than brains.

Do we have need for news stations to be watchdogs. We surely do. The previous poster is right...Fox is owned by an expariate with no interest in America than the dollar she brings him....regardless of how its gotten.

I remember the reporter from CNN claiming that Tax protestors were "Anti-American and Anti-CNN"..... the bias of CNN is abominable! Hypocritical! And its killing your ratings..... You blame Bush, you blame captialism, and if all that fails,.. you blame it on racism.

Fox news is appealing to the portion of America that is looking for proof that it's OK to feel the way they feel. They are already angry, they just want to be told it's OK and be given a target. This "making it OK to get mad" is very attractive psychologically, but the blame is being shifted from those who are really responsible (which in many cases is the disconnected American public) to the "easy targets" of American culture.

This has nothing to do with news – it is about making money. The other networks, including CNN, feel that they must do something to compete, so they now have a much-changed Lou Dobbs. It's still not news. That's why I threw away my TV and cancelled cable years ago. How good is that for business?

There is a big diferrent between reporting and attacking, lying, and disturbing the audience. That is what Fox News do.

Of course the humorously-named "Fox News" is not a news channel. It barely bothers to keep up even a pretence of being a news channel.

It's a propaganda channel for an extremist ideology - not so much a Republican propaganda channel, as a propaganda channel for the loony far-right wing of the Republican party. They agitate against Republican moderates - an endangered species ("RONAs" they call them, "Republicans in Name Only") almost as much as against the humane, normal people they call "Liberals" (saying the word with a sneer in their voice).

They do not view Fox as a news channel? What...I quess Obama does not know that Fox has more viewers than any of the other stations....gee if he went on Fox he would not have had to wast his time hiphopping from station to station....just goes to show ya how inefficient the government really is......and they want to run health care....give me a break!

@victim of republican greed,

Instead of being a victim, get up off your butt, get out of your pajamas, and get a job. Stop whining that everything is everyone else's fault. You say you are victim? How specifically in your life, not anyone else, are you a victim? Or do you just spout of Democrat talking points because you have no original thoughts of your own and are being told what to say? Regardless, you look foolish every time you type.

Fox News is the one and only reliable news source in existence today, they're not afraid to report all sides of an issue. The other news organizations have destroyed what credibility they once had with the American people because of their commitment to protect the Obama administration. We should be able to ask our government questions, why is that a problem? Sean and Glenn would simply like some of their concerns addressed, but they never get a response. Why doesn't Rahm, Axlerod or their boss go on Fox News and set the record straight? All this complaining by Obama and his administration makes them appear weak, petty and quite paranoid.

benjamin dover October 18th, 2009 12:47 pm ET
"If a "news" organization agrees with Messiah Obama they are okay. If they are not lapdogs for the Messiah Obama agenda, they are not okay and under attack. "

I see pro's and con's on all sorts of "news" outlets. The difference is FOX is not only always "con" they use distortion and "talking heads" such as Rush & Beck. Both of these "commentators" are now crying they are unfairly being attacked. As I see it when you throw BS out as news and facts sooner or later you will "hit a fan". Back at you FOX!

Fox News is not a legitimate news station! The Fox News station is not the channel I want to sit down and get the news of the day from. I'd rather watch ABC World News or some other legitimate source. Fox News gives lots of spin and a very conservative view versus reporting the news. Fox tries to give about 3-to 4- minutes of news then goes after attacking Hollywood, White House, and the democrats. It's more of an entertainment channel.

People are confusing "Fox" news with the other programs that air on the Foxnews Channel. There isn't a "news anchor" anywhere or on any network that doesn't induce their own opinions into their broadcasts. Unfortunately, the public who watch these programs regardless of their political affiliation have no choices. Will it be Glenn Beck or Keith Oberman??? Two great choices. I listen and watch both of them. I have never heard anyone from on the Fox News Channel call anyone a "Liar", "A War Criminal", Homophob, or a Racist. I never heard anyone on Fox News, refer to Far Left / Progressive / Radicals as "Angry Mobs, or Nazis. Sean Hannity drives me nuts, and I rarely watch of listen to him. Rush is Arogant, and Obnoxious, but he turns out to be "Right" in what he says. So is it that you don't like the men? or is it you don't like their messages? And Finally, I have never heard Glenn Beck, Rush, or Sean Slam one side more than the other. BUT PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY BETTER WAKE UP! and ask this question: Where in the constitution does it say that the federal government is made responsible for establishing, and maintaining a "Social Peridime" for it's citizens? Why would 300,000,000 people let 535 elected people tell them how to live their lives?

I am more impressed every week that i watch John King. I find his questions to be pointed and thorough in his follow up.
I also love how he invites at least one conservative to his panel of 5.
Maybe he will eventually have 2 conservatives on the panel. That does result in a "brisk" debate. Again, John you are winning me over in the morning from Fox News at that time.
Thank you for being 'fair and balanced' in your approach to your interviews.
A recent convert

The president is too kind! FOX has done more to divide this country than any other organization. They do not report the news unless they can make a slur, twist it, or use a tone of voice so as to make people think the president is wrong in whatever he does! They are doing MY country a disservice and they can go live in THEIR country, wherever it may be. Their disrespect for our president is beyong my comprehension. They started when he announced his running and continues. It won't end until he no longer serves. Does that tell you something?

So many liberals on here being deceived by this administration that they look foolish in their attempts to defend his "war" on Fox News. As a supporter of Fox NEWS, I say BRING IT ON! There is a reason why Fox News stomps all the other stations. Most Americans view it as a legitimate news organization. Just because there are a few liberal wingnuts on this site posing as many different people to trash Fox News, doesn't mean that they represent the vast majority of Americans who actually support Fox News, according to the ratings.

If only President Obama would actually fight the "real war" that he campaigned on, in Afghanistan, we might actually win that war. The problem: he has no backbone to actually fight the real enemies of the White House and this country. Too bad liberals are such idiots.

I do not want my government to tell me what is news and what is not. We the people choose the members of the fourth estate; the government will not lest we have a totalitarian state on our hands. That is what makes this country great. I may not agree totally with Fox News, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN or MSNBC but I will defend their existence as members of the fourth estate against any government. It is a sad commentary in this country that we even have to have this discussion. Fox News is more popular than either the executive or legislative branches of government, and more trusted by an increasingly skeptical populace. The rest of the members of the fourth estate need to wake up and realize that their positions are in jeopardy. I remember what my father said regarding the civil rights movement and a suggestion that we deport black people to solve our problem. "After them, who's next?...Italians?" he said. So, after Fox News, who's next, I would ask?

Wow! This is scary. It is easy for Fox haters to agree with this because they hate Fox. As an independent who watches both CNN and Fox, it scares me that the Whitehouse is now going to influence how the media operates.

We need balance in this country. What would happen if a right wing president takes office and says they want nothing to do with MSNBC? That is the bigger picture. It is very short minded of people to believe this is ok just because they dislike Fox.

Anyone who obtains news from multiple sources will quickly discern the orientation of Fox news politically. I have consistently been astonished at the level of rancor that Fox has shown this White House. It appears that their entire programming has been an massive attempt to delegitimize this presidency. They consistently blur the line between fact and opinion, blow up insignificant "facts" about their opposition, and hardly are in the question asking business as much as they are in the declarative statement making business. It is frequently alarming to me how other news organizations seemingly take their lead from Fox news. While other news agencies, such as MSNBC, for example, clearly have a liberal bias, it doesn't go to the extent that Fox news does. When you have commentators starting marches, calling the President a racist, and outright declaring their hatred of 9/11 families... without any recourse from the station that is airing such filth, it is apparent what the situation is. I hope the White House continues their boycott of Fox "news." The only option is to freeze these spinners out. Let them continue to rant and rail... but to engage them is sheer insanity. I listen to Fox quite regularly, and to claim that what they are airing is news is to say an elephant is a duck.

One of my biggest problems with FOX (whatever you want to call it; News, Opinion, Trash,etc.), is the FEAR that they instill in people. I have to regularly calm down my elderly mother who is convinced that the flu vaccine is an attempt by the OBAMA administration to ELIMINATE the US senior citizens so that they can "take care" of the Social Security budget. or any insurance reform automatically equals higher costs, or (Thank you Ms Palin) there are "Death Councils" that are being created by the current administration or even that Obama is not a US citizen. And as a foreigner he is appointing "Czars" to head various committees. My new name for FOX is FEAR NEWS. How can anyone defend FEAR NEWS? They are laughable and not my source for real world news.

When it comes to politics, there is no real news. Each news organization has there own agenda. Each reporter uses their power to spin their view to us the people. When a reporter can ask a non-bias question that is geared to get to the bottom of what they are reporting and not a question that panders to the person or organization that it is asked to. Then and only then can you call it news!

It is a common problem in today's newscast networks that they no longer favor impartiality. . . Why? The answer is as simple as the stuff you carry in your wallet or purse. Indeed, Fox and MSNBC know that it is far more profitable to play to the tune of one extreme or another because the attentions garnered are irresistible to their advertisers.
Now, a fine American profit is nothing to sneeze at, but there is something at risk here isn't there? We see it everyday whether we watch Fox or MSNBC or not. The risk we run, and I feel that we have already fallen to, is that we abolish discourse in this country. Discourse is the back bone of our Democracy. Democracy means nothing if the people cannot meet and share ideas and argue their merits and come to some consensus. No, now we as a nation are reduced to the cheap banter from the likes of Glen Beck, Keith Olberman, Hannity, and Maddow.
I understand why this nation watches these commentators, it's because they play to our bruised egos, our ideological lowest denominators. And in the mean time they twist facts and package them in something a little more palatable than the mundane machinations of bureaucracy and they do that by inciting fear, anger, and incensing the masses.
Suddenly we are overrun by Tea Parties, and discourse is locked up because one ideologue or the other has the biggest microphone.
Stop listening to the biggest microphone and start talking with one another. By doing this, you couldn't be more American if you tried.

I am sick and tired of ppl saying that White House is working on closing Fox News. I wish it was true: we will have less wing nuts then.
However, if the White House really works on to close the channel, can anybody stop it? I know there are judiciary and procedures etc but with Senate and House in control, what can anybody do?

This is why many countries in the world have regulations banning majority foreign stake in media by foreigners (Fox News is owned by News Corp:Australia), they care more abt profits than the way it affects the nation.

One of my biggest problems with FOX (whatever you want to call it; News, Opinion, Trash,etc.), is the FEAR that they instill in people. I have to regularly calm down my elderly mother who is convinced that the flu vaccine is an attempt by the Bush administration to ELIMINATE the US senior citizens so that they can "take care" of the Social Security budget. or any insurance reform automatically equals higher costs, or (Thank you Ms Palin) there are "Death Councils" that are being created by the current administration or even that Obama is not a US citizen. And as a foreigner he is appointing "Czars" to head various committees. My new name for FOX is FEAR NEWS. How can anyone defend FEAR NEWS? They are laughable and not my source for real world news.

Why wold anyone want to watch Fox news anyway, knowing what they stands for and what contribution they made to the Bush agenda...lies lies and lies

And this is what happens when one side takes control. This country will NEVER rebound from what has been done since the liberal side has taken over. I'll bet no one can remember why this country was founded in the first place. What were the people trying to get away from? If you want to see where we are headed start focusing on Europe. They don't have a middle class, as we won't after we have been squeezed out of existence. I hope you parents are hoping for a good life for your children because in your own quest for selfishness you will leave them nothing.

You have no idea what you have helped do.

lets see, Fox invented the "liberal media" and "media lapdogs" ect. ect. Now somebody is calling Fox out to be what it is "Mouthpiece of the RNC" just like Fox calls CNN "mouthpiece of the DNC" its just fair

The difference between Fox and CNN/MSNBC is simple: Hannity, O'Reilly, ect lie. Just You Tube them and see the constant stream of lies that come from them. They are always wrong and basically full of garbage. Keith and Rachael do their homework and thus are never called out on anything because what they say is the simple truth.

So here is is: Fox lies, the others don't. That's why the WH has a problem with Fox.

Fox NOISE has been a pulpit for right-wing-nuts for years. We know this, we avoid watching anything on that station, and we hope their backing of such lunatics as limbaugh, hannity",oldriley" and beck shows the Country that the trash they call "news" is a desperate plea for the bad ole days.

What a load of dung! The administration has met with every enemy of the US since taking office but is scared to go on FOX. What a coward.

On another not Castro, Putin, Chavez and China love this president. Wonder why?

Would someone please inform me of at least a couple of examples of a Fox News report that was fabricated? I can name many from CBS, NBC, ABC & CNN. Does anyone not think reporters and anchors from other networks don't have bias? Doesn't anyone remember Dan Rather and the forged documents on Bush's Texas ANG service? I'm an independent and that ruined the credibility of CBS News and all the other media that backed up Rather. I think the left in this country needs to take a step back and ask yourself what exactly would you think if Bush had said these things about CBS? Be honest. I don't like Fox because I voted for Obama and they remind me everyday that the mistake I made on election day my be one that ruins my country.

I don't understand how Fox News is allowed to operate as a news source. They promoted tea bag demonstrations, which quickly removes them from news, to a right wing promotion channel. Add to that the fact that their entertainers (Beck, Hannity, O'Reilly etc.) keep poking at the sore spots of their viewers with code words like Nazis, socialists, marxists, and the like. They understand and play upon their audience. Look at O'Reilly's constant chanting of Dr. Tiller the baby killer, until someone murdered Dr. Tiller. I blame Bill O'Reilly in part for that man's death. We can't pretend anymore. Especially when they know exactly what they're doing. They're stoking the fires and it's very dangerous at a very dangerous time in our history.

And CNN, you're attempting to steal some of their viewers (remember folks, it's all about numbers to these corporate owned "news" stations) by slanting your political stories through the eyes of the right. You reveled in covering the incomprehensible ignorance of the town hallers who hated government run health care, but yelled don't touch my Medicare, without calling them out, as an example. Like I said, it's all about the numbers. The thing is, when you've garnered some of those right wingers from Fox, you'll lose the rest of us.

Reality has liberal bias.

Fox News acted like cheerleaders for the administration as our economy tanked, and now they only jeer from the sidelines – contributing nothing but negativity.

Hey Fox News, instead of sitting back saying, you're not holding the mop the right way. Why don’t you grab a mop?

Merry, why not simply respond to facts as I wrote. Compare the two today (CNN versus fox) compare the two EVERY DAY believe me, Rahm Emmanuel does, which is why he wants to marginalize them. Unfortunately for him (and fortunately for you and I) it is backfiring.

Glenn Beck is not a news anchor. He is a radio talk show host ,and a tv host. Who in their right mind would think that Gleen Beck is a anchor except for CNN. This White House doesn't seem to tell the truth ,and that's why their scared to go on FOX NEWS. Dunn doesn't want him going on FOX because everyone will find out the truth.

1. Dollor going down the tubes
2. Our liberties in trouble
3, Obama destroying the constitution. (quotes from obama may 2003)
4.Goverment wanting to own more companies.
5.President that doesn't listen to his General's advice.

And on And on. Like this white house thinks just another day of fooling the dum down american public.

If it wasn't for Fox lies, where would the wingnuts get their daily talking points?

Quit crying. No one is trying to 'suppress' FOX, as one poster claimed. The rights to free speech don't stop with the President and his administration.

If a "news" organization agrees with Messiah Obama they are okay. If they are not lapdogs for the Messiah Obama agenda, they are not okay and under attack.

The more that Fox News is attacked, the larger their audience grows.

Thank God for Fox News and news we can believe in.

Since Fox News does not push the Obama agenda are they considered racists as well?

So The White House decides what is news for us now do they? Since when does the government get to choose which messages we hear and which we do not? Sounds a bit like our Asian "friends" to the East to me. Just imagine for a moment what would happen if a Republican administration made this statement about any new organization OTHER than Fox.

Fox is "fair and Balanced" only from the standpoint that they are the only news organization standing on the scales to balance the incredibly biased "perspective" from CNN, MSNBC and the Broadcast outlets. It's cowardice and further proof of the incredible lack of experience evidenced in this administration's domestic and foreign policies.

The WH is calling a spade a spade. True journalism is fact-finding that you publish no matter the results, because the truth is what counts and no party or ideology has a monopoly on the truth. Fox, on the other hand, is laughably obvious in its agenda. It is a propaganda tool of the far right in this country and is about as fair and balanced as a campaign manager.

MSNBC, CNN and other networks offer a variety of 'perspectives' in their commentary but also simply offer up "straight" news that's just the facts, maam. Fox has no news that is not also commentary. Thus, the WH is right, they're not really a news organization.

Saying that Fox News merely presents a differing perspective stops well short of what it really is. It is a propaganda machine for the radical right. If they want to merely present the perspective of the right, that's perfectly okay, but what irks many is that they present themselves as a fair and balanced news organization. It's plain to see they are far from what they call themselves. That sort of misrepresentation in mass media is dangerous. I think it is equally dangerous for MSNBC to do the same thing for the left. If you want to take a side, say you're taking a side. Neither MSNBC nor Fox are fair or balanced and thus deserve to be called out over and over and over again until they stop misrepresenting themselves as respectable news organizations.

Hmmm, we dont like people with a different perspective. What kind of government do we have again?! It is still democracy the last time I checked. Since when we all required to have a polarized political view?!

I am going to check out Oreiley and Glenn Beck's shows to see what is all the fuzz that make an administration so uncomfortable and yet so popular among so many people. They must be doing something right.

Oh sure. Like MSNBC and 'The View' are news organizations. It is so disheartening to see our government-elected officials acting like a 'bunch of cry-babies'.

The viewers who watch the Fox channel are mostly the same people who listen to Hannity, Limbaugh, and other right wing talk show hosts. They are looking for confirmation of their beliefs and Fox provides that. Fox promotes a right wing perspective and tries to masquerade its opinion as factual news – seldom providing facts and even less seldom providing news.

The other cable news outlets like MSNBC and CNN provide news and they also provide opinion. They differ from Fox by presenting news with facts and using fact checking by news people and using analysists or contributors to provide opinion. This is a great difference.

Right wing wingnuts are resentful because all news outlets do not promote right wing views. Come to think of it, these wingnuts were not complaining when Bush was giving tax cuts, fighting a war off budget, and borrowing vast sums of money from China, exploding the national debt and saddling future generations with the bill. They only started complaining when the American people rejected their policies. They now suddenly realize that the country is deeply in debt and try their best to avoid responsibility for their own actions and policies that caused the problem by shifting blame to someone else.

Would you call this bigotry or idiocy?

Oh but Chris Matthews' tingle running up his leg is not biased? Give me a freaking break. Obama is afraid of any pointed questions. He's afraid of being challenged on all the lies he tells so this is the excuse he gives. The rest of the so-called journalists are not going to do their job and call him out, like they would any Republican in the same position. These people – media and aides – are completely complicit in his sale of scams to uninformed Americans and the rest of the world. They are nothing short of traitors.

Wow.....such anger and name-calling here from the liberal numnuts....if Fox is so bad why are their ratings higher than cnn,msnbc,hn, crass matthews, keith odorman, ralph madcow, COMBINED..?

Please refrain from calling me ugly names because that's not a nice thing !

Freedom of speech – Fox uses it to distort, insult, lie, scare, mislead, smear, and misrepresent…..the President of the USA.
Since that is their aim, there is no need for the President to even acknowledge the stupid and mean things they say all day.
So I could not agree more and say:
Different opinions and asking questions are good. But when an organization puts out misinformation and repeats these lies day after day until people believe it, that organization, whether on the left or right, should be called out! Fox (entertainment) news lies constantly and each of their lies should be called out and they should be held accountable!
But the President does not have to do that. He is busy cleaning up after what the GOP produced during the last 8 years. And as everyone has noticed, that is a lot!

I think we need a bottom line here. If you can't take the heat, stay out of the White House. I am almost 70 and cannot ever recall a President who had such a thin skin. In my view, the vast area between the two coasts appreciates coverage that presents both sides. We need more of that from all who cover the news. CNN is beginning to ask tough questions. It's about time. That's a cue from Fox news that every news group should take.

Fox is not a news organization??? Fox news headlines this AM: UCon player tragedy, Iran's blame of US for bombing, white house's opinion on not pushing for public option, Colo. balloon bust. CNN headline? "20 years after the quake, are we better prepared, are ebikes commuter cool, a new musical instrument, and the top must watch video? Meghan McCain's chest.
Rahm Emmanuel is a deceitful despicable human being. Americans are not idiots, as you seem to presume, and we will show you on election day – be sure of it.
And I am an independent, not some marginalized republican.

Come on, now. Can't the highest office in the land, along with all of its power & brawn, determine & carry out a viable course of action to shut down the fox "news" airways for once and forever?

Rick, I understand that you don't like the Obama administration but you don't have to be a hypocrite. How can you accuse the current administration of expanding govt. when it's a fact that one of the biggest period of govt. expansion was during the Bush administration. How can folks also complain about spending now when the previous administration spent record amounts. Man, you guys are hypocrites.

Emanuel: "It’s not a news organization so much as it has a perspective."

That's putting it kindly.

Faux 'news' has more in common with Jerry Springer than it does with CNN or MSNBC.

What Emanuel should have said: "It's an organization that parades around pretending to be something that it is not and as a result is irrelevant, or even harmful, to our country's political discourse."

Faux 'news' helped the Bush Administration and the Republican Congress create a lot of the problems that we are now facing.

The least that organization can do is help the Obama Administration and the Democratic Congress fix those problems.

Lets face it, Fox is a Republican propaganda network and everybody knows it !

Its like calling Rush Limbagh fair and balanced.......

Come on people !

When I watch Fox, I find myself thinking of those infomercials that have elaborate sets built to look like you're watching a news broadcast. You tune in and realize that they're selling religion or investments or herbal medications. Fox is not "The News" – it's an opinions program.

I hope Fox doesn't run like a wing of the Republican party. I've preferred to think it has found a money-making opportunity in catering to a certain extremist viewpoint. That many of these people call themselves Republican is not the fault of the party.

The Republican party must take notice of this sort of news. We're losing moderates and even some staunch Republicans who don't want to identify with such extremist views.

Fox news is no different than all the other news outlets except for the fact that Fox doesn't bend over to Obama. Emanuel's excuse that Fox has a perspective is bull. Watch Keith Olberman and the rest and tell me that is not perspective. Sometimes, CNN presents the news. Most of the time, not. The fact is, the White House is afraid of Fox. Nobody covered the Van Jones story, except Fox, and what happened? The man was forced to resign and then the other news outlets covered it. The press is supposed to be independant of the government, at right now, Fox is the only one showing they are. They are the only ones questioning the administration and that is what ticks off the White House.

There is no news on Fox; it is all entertainment for those who like that kind of perpetual conflict, attach and just trying to be cute. Jerry Springer comes to mind ...just open the door for drama and people will flock to it. Stir the pot, keep feeding the fire... problem is this is our country and people who care about it are working very hard to keep it safe and with freedoms. I have no use for negative fox or any person that enjoys causing trouble just for the sake of trouble and being in the news. It is all a game for fox and it just looks stupid to me and I am ashamed that it exists. It is not meaningful or intelligent in 2009 to the evolution of human beings on earth. It is dinosaur mentality.

I vehenently disagree with many of Obama's policies.

Having said that, I wish to apologize to my wife for being a racist (even though my wife is black).

I wish to apologize to my parents for being unpatriotic (even though I served in Vietnam)

And i wish to apologize to my neighbors for acting as the Party of No ( even though I am a democrat and have been for 40 years and voted for Obama hoping he'd make a difference – he has NOT)

EMANUEL..Have you paid your back taxes yet?

Fox News is for Pathetic,ignorant,flag waving pig racists. It is in no way a news organization. It is the Republican agenda's mouthpiece.

Obama administration leave FOX alone let karma take care of FOX

FOX news worried about their ratings they don’t care about news

Glean Beck want to be # 2 in FOX he got blessing from Bill O’Reily

But Sean doesn’t like that so they will destroy each other wait and see

Typical fascism. Agree with us, or else.

Of course Fox News is biased toward conservatism. Since the rest of media has a bias toward liberalism, what's the harm in that? To label ANY news outlet as unbiased is ridiculous. If you don't accept that, then explain the antics of Chris Matthews, Keith Olberman, Rachel Maddow, Wolf Blitzer and John Schneider.

Yet the president of our country openly displays contempt for just one of these organizations. Perhaps that doesn't bother you folks, but it bothers me.

So now the white house is trying to control the only voice of dissent that they can hear from the media. May I remind my fellow Americans that during the last administration BUSH was slammed repeatedly and if their bias was questioned the reply was "It is the Job no the duty of the press to ask the hard questions to question power" Now that the shoe is on the other foot If you deviate from the WH talking points you are BLACKLISTED then they have the audacity to threaten the same action against other news organizations if they Take any CUES from the offending network....... In other words we are going to control the propaganda or you will also be blacklisted just like fox.

The WH needs to wake up and realize that they got into power with the vote of a lot of independents and a lot of disillusioned republicans. Well congratulations this kind of crap is snapping us all back to our senses....this will be fixed in the next election...IF some dramatic changes do not occur ...I'm an independent I watch ALL the news feeds and make up my own mind...NOBODY...tells me what to think I think for myself... Power corrupts and the Democrat party has decided they are all powerful and need NO ONE outside their party. They are of course wrong...but rein it in boys at least Bush took his lumps from the press without the crybaby lets stifle the dissenting voice bull. This will never see print...I probably have been added to a list somewhere myself....I have raised my voice and said "well now WAIT just a minute"... I guess since I'm not lock stepping I am obviously engaged in hate speech

Sigh me

Disgusted Independent

All supporters of Fox News' "perspective" need to get an education and understand that news agencies are supposed to present the NEWS, not their opinions/perspectives! While CNN may be "liberal," their programs don't blatantly attack conservatives; they let the viewer form their own perspectives.

There was't anyone in Bush's administration was brainless enough to do this because ALL the news outlets had it right. Republican'ts and anti-progressives don't care about the country, they only care about getting tax breaks for their big corporate buddies and letting the poor get poorer and the rich get richer. I'm still surprised at the number of people who listen to uneducated (yes they failed college) talking heads like limbaugh and beck. But I guess I shouldn't be when I read comments like Chris, Rick, and Chubby.

I'm happy that the White House is taking on Fox "News."

It is poor tactics on the part of the white house to take their disagreements with Fox News to this level. This does not hurt Fox News at all it has the opposite effect of increasing the channels ratings. All cable news is opinion based these days. On Msnbc you have people just as opinionated on the other side Lawrence Odonnell, Keith Olberman anyone? The sad thing is that there is this belief that in the past the media was more tame more genteel which is not supported by history. Politics is a dirty business always has been always will be. Its a contact sport and it is more than a little funny to see someone with the reputation for less than scrupulous tactics such as Rahm Emannuel complain. All this whining from the white house has even been panned by well know liberals such as Camile Paglia,

FYI Chris, when you call people communists and bring up the birth certificate issue you lose a lot of credibility. Incidentally, so does Fox. I don't think CNN is any less biased than Fox, but at least CNN isn't going around calling people names and generally acting less than mature.

JLS's comments on here are a prime example of Dem's dirty tricks. JLS charges that Gleen Beck is

College Dropout
2. Convicted Felon, Drug Abuser, Alcoholic
3. Draft Dodger.

Well I am surprised the CNN moderator posted this (well maybe not) Let's take these in reverse order.

3. Draft Dodger - There has not been a draft for Beck to dodge - it has not existed in Glenn's period where he would have been eleigible He was not botn until 1974, turned 18 in 1992 – when there was no draft to register for - this is slander

2. Felon – this is actually defamation and slander – and is NOT true

1. College dropout Beck dropped out of Yale - Bill Gates, founder of microsoft and richest person on the planet, dropped out of Harvard, and did the founder of Apple – Steve Jobs. I think Glen is in good company

Methinks, some of you protest too much. For so many Fox haters, there sure does seem to be a lot of Fox watchers on here. If you don't like it, don't watch it.

How hypocritical of Obama!!

Fox News...keep doing what you are doing because the Chief Commentator is scared

He is worse than a do nothing President

he is a talk everything but do nothing President

The only credible straight news on Fox is Shep at the 7pm hour all the others are playing on peoples fears. That is a recipe for violence and I bet Beck, Hannity, Oreilly will distance themselves when some nut run out there a blow up a federal building. The right like to call liberals nazis but Fox channel is the real nazis with the way they try to brainwash their audience with nonsense coming out of Beck's mouth. Murdock wont put a stop to it because of greed but I predict Fox will pay a price down the line for their obtuseness.

I don't care much for CNN, MSNBC, CBS or ABC for that matter but they don't try to inflame (most of time) controversies. I like Rachel Maddow on MSNBC because she does alot of investigative news challenging the other side. Chis Mathews is a joke, especially when he interrupts his guests and talk over them sometimes I question why he has guests on his show. Anderson cooper is the best in my opinion on CNN and I like watching his show because he tries to challenge his guests assumptions (right or left) and that is a good thing.

What are all of you people complaining about? The stock market is up, job loss is slowing down, and jobs will come. You can't so undo the widespread damage that bush did to the country over 8 years within months...

How can the WH take on world dictators when they are scared sh****** about taking on talk show hosts?

Why don't people and networks just admit they are bias? Msnbc and Fox News are bias and CNN can also be bias but at least they stay in the middle more than the other two. CNN at least doesn't have blatant bias people like Beck (although he was with CNN for a while), Hannity, Olbermann, and Rachel Maddow. Let's be honest you idiots, if you like Fox News then you're a Republican and if you like Msnbc then you're a Democrat.

The Whitehouse is practicing Chavez revenge on Fox news. Why doesn 't CNN call it what it is. The news media has two choices, reporting what the Whitehouse finds acceptable or reporting the news. MSNBC is already a puppet or mouthpiece for the Whitehouse. Is this the way of all other news outlets or journalists?
Dr. B

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Either that, or they work for Acorn.

Let's just be honest about it ... FOX broadcasts hate charged performers.

Fox stations are owned by a billionaire Australian named Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch also owns several big daily newspapers in the U.S..

It's no secret that Murdoch is a neo-con and is prepared to spend whatever he has to to destabilize our moderate American ideals.

We don't hesitate to drag a Muslin into jail to question him about terrorist activities.

Terrorism doesn't just come from poor working slobs in the street. Someone has to pay the bills ... and Murdoch is the guy behind the funding of much of our American angst.

I don't understand why our government and security enforcement agencies allow this rich neo-conservative from Australia to plan terrorist attacks (albeit propaganda) on America?

Didn't we just vote to eliminate our American neo-conservative leadership?

They haven't gone away. They are like cockroaches who roll over on their backs and pretend to be dead.

Squash them under your shoe, or let them run wild in your house ... you chose.

Poor Fox News? I think its clear that there is a political slant on all of the "news networks". It makes them money.

I would think the president would have more on his mind then sending one of his robots out to trash a news station. In America we have free speech, or I think we still do. I watch all the news channels and quite frankly Fox news is the only one that doesn't kiss Obama's butt. I think that Obama is getting worried that Fox News is not to something, like the truth.

Fox reports from a perspective and what does the White House judge all the other news by? "The other news is from the Obama perspective"
This is another don't ask and we won't have to lie from the White House! Why aren't they complaining about MSNBC and their liberal wing agenda?? I was a Democrat all my life until the liberals raided the political party and now I want nothing to do with the organization! Now the only way to get any news at all is to watch Fox!

The FOX motto: "We report (what we want you to hear ) You decide" (now fall into lock step behind our opinion)
Fox is neither fair nor balanced.
Fox sux
They don't deserve air time

Just because CNN doesn't support your point of view about Obama and the White House , doesn't make them leftist or biased or somehow in bed with the current administration.

I'd like to say the same thing about FOX, but their admitted policies regarding their own journalists make that a little difficult.

FOX: the news you want to watch when what you want to watch is not the news.

Fox news should change their name to opinionated news channel. American people knows news when they see them and they also see opinion in the same lense. Sean Hannity always distort president's message to fit his audience and Beck has the audicity to call president racist without any evidence. Fox is in the same class with talk radio and should not be taken seriously.

I have to confess I don't listen avidly to CNN or Fox but have seen enough to have some opinion. I'm open to input but was interested in this prior comment---Fox news is not a legit news org because they have a line of opinionated shows that are very right leaning? If so, this argument can also be made against CNN and MSNBC, no?-It's hard to see anyone arguing Fox is not right leaning or MSNBC leftist but I don't get the CNN addition. Who's the consistent leftist there(other than the person who doesn't share your bias)? And they do have Lou Dobbs.
But even beyond the opinion people at least CNN doesn't seem to me to have the interviewer gang up with the leftist interviewee on the right winger as clearly happens on the opposite side on Fox.
And let's admit it, often perceived bias in a news network is often any news that doesn't agree with our opinion.

The first sign that Fox Brain Washing has succeeded is when you accept the premise that all the other news channels are "left" and Fox is the only one you can trust. It's just like any other cult.

Those people who think the other networks are on the President's side, apparently do not listen to the other networks. These networks produce balanced information. I especially notice this with CNN. One reason these folk may believe the other networks are biased is that many reporters show their astonishment as to how angry with vile comments of those opposed to the current administration. I am astounded at how angry people are. Their methods of discourse show their rage and show their unreasonableness to exchange ideas. When the Democrats were the underdog for several years, I don't remember hearing such sensational, disruptive comments from them.

All news outlets, including CNN, have their own perspective. Personally, I think the WH is foolish to try and fight the biggest cable news outlet. Take them head on and win the debate.

The right wing whack jobs are out in force on this article. All these people saying that the WH and the president are cowards, when they are the real cowards, hiding behind lies and bigotry.

Fox is any thing but news, I have to listen to Beck's show every day at work and it is just sickening, any one who takes these people seriously really scare me.

It's funny, during the Bush years, that administration routinely fed talking points and carefully choregraphed interviews and events through Fox News. The Right proclaimed that all other news shows were part of the "liberal media." Now that the Democrats are in power, the Right has started referring to all other news as "the state run media." Fox was the state run media during the last 8 years. And now they are the 24 hour anti-Obama station.

Fox "News" is a joke and actually quite entertaining. Mr. Beck carries one diagnosis and will likely soon carry another.

I am not so much against Fox News reporting a different side of the stories but what I find disturbing is that some large portion of their reporting has the goal to misinform and sharply divide the American people. I see a lot of hatred in their "news".

Rahm Emanuel doesn't like Fox News because he and others in the white house (like David Axelrod) cannot control them. Just like any other TV news station Fox News has both news and opinions. One cannot help but notice that if anyone or any organization disagrees with what is said by this administration then this administration tries very hard to destroy them. Maybe they have forgotten what country they live in and, like it or not, we ALL have the right to disagree with our government and we intend to keep it that way.

If obama and his chicago crooks and thugs have nothing better to do than attack Fox they need to resign. Mr obama this is not Venezula you cannot repress the media. Your thugs need to shut up and do their job .

Why are we making this complicated? FOX News is a JOKE!!!

The Obama administration seems to be playing according to the Bush playbook. If you don't agree with us you are wrong. It's an obamination!!!!!

Mr. Emanuel is correct. Beck was outed by the ladies on the View for an outright lie about a DC train ride.....admitted it....then the 'next' night went on Faux News and recanted his lie.

Fox News = Faux News

I don't understand how Fox News can reward Glen Beck with a job. He is a college dropout and supposedely a reforming durg addict/alcoholic. Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Karl Rove all fit the same mold. They are perfect voices for the Republican Party.

1. College Dropout
2. Convicted Felon, Drug Abuser, Alcoholic
3. Draft Dodger.

Crap, I forgot I'm a racist, I disagree with Obama.

Is it me or did this article state that Raulm Emmanuel warned other media, including CNN not to follow Fox News lead? The only thing missing was the "or else" end of the threat. What exactly does he mean by a different "perspective". You mean like bringing to light facts or views that do not support their agenda? Did CNN challenge him on this premise of White House control of the news perspective or did John King merely nod knowingly at such an outrageous notion? You guys are in danger of losing the last shred of credibility you have if you do not push this further.

I am proud that the current administration has finally made its feelings public about fox news. the white is accurate in saying that its more of "a perspective" than a news agency. Furthermore I applaud the presidents efforts to appear on the network in the past and debate their "anchors" on various issues. I cant recall a single Bush interview on cnn. I think its time that fox takes a step back from the republican party and focuses on reporting the news for a change even if, god forbid, it is something positive about President Barack Obama.

If Faux News wants to be taken seriously as a news outlet, it needs to call people like Hannity, Beck, Huckaby, and several other Repub bloviators what they are and not present them as news people. Faux News in the television version of radio's Rush Limbaugh Show and the Sean Hannity Show. If Faux News wants to be right wing talk TV then it should bill itself as such.

FOX News is a Disgusted channel full of hatred period!

For Pres. Bush, it was the reverese all the MSM opposed him, now it's just Fox doing the questioning of our President. The rest of the media, including CNN, have decided to be Obama lapdogs and sit this presidency out and not do their jobs. It's sad, scarey how personal politics and preferences drive media coverage in the US today.

Fox isn't a news channel. It is a media of hate, lies, fear mongering and right wing radicals. They will say or do anything regardless of it's merits, authenticity or misinformation they give to those who are uninformed and put any creditibility in what they spew.

Obana is a real jerk!! Anyone who doesn't agree with his faulty assertions has his henchmen condemn, humiliate, or blow-off their credibility of their opposition – soundsa like Richard Nixon all over again; What more can you expect from a community organizer weith NO national, no less international, leadership...the great Black hope has evaporated to an embarrassment.

TangledThorns – you've obviously been watching too much Fox propaganda. Too bad for you and your family.

nobody wants to hear your crying and why is your brother zeke writing the health bill!!! somebeody needs to expose you frauds instead of cnn ans msnbc abc and cbs licking your behinds!! you are afraid of the real america now revolting against you communists!!! Right and cnn is a news organization, they are the front for obama and the reason he is in office, birth cert???? friendship with bill heirs???? hate monger reverand white, if these things happened to republicans they would have been completely smeared and out of the pres election!! come one you have now all been exposed for the frauds that you are and you cannot believe it happened so fast, but the once fooled americans are now realizing the mistake they made in voting this guy into the white house after all of these czars that are anti-american have been brought into the white house, god please help us get through this truly dark time and hopefully we will make it through.

More troubling messages from the Obama administration, jeez, it really does sound like big brother.

Now, the White House is deciding how news agencies should act and picking and choosing who is good and who is bad. Wow, freedom of the press? Hmmm?

Isn't this the same White House who asked the people of the United States to report fishy emails?

Folks, you better be paying attention, something very wrong is going on.

Fox doesn't do news. They have a so called news segment in the morning, but each story is then followed by analysis by ultra-right wing operatives or republicans.

If they really wanted to report and let the viewer decide, can the followup analysis. Are they afraid their viewers will draw the wrong conclusion from their selective story coverage?

Fox is a 24/7 Op-Ed channel. Claims to the contrary are based on fantasy.

So it's okay for a news agency to have a "perspective" if it gets Obama the Democratic nomination and ultimately the election, just don't let that "perspective" become a challenge to his actions. I applaud Fox for being the only news agency willing to question Obama's abilities and results. And it's ridiculous that CNN is caring this story, as they have been Obama's message-carrier and chief cheerleader since his campaign began. Bias is bias and I think we all miss the true journalistic integrity of years past.

The Truth has a liberal bias. the other organizations sound liberal when they tell the truth. This makes Fox stand out. We will have to le`arn to live with it. Take it all with a ton of salt.

I treat fox news like a cartoon channel. I am amazed at the stupidity of their idiots like Beck, Hannity. O'reilly and Huckabee.

The WH are cowards and CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS are in bed with them. They are having their political orgy. Real news organization have no bias and investigates the truth. The clowns mentioned above are FAR from a NEWS organization. By the way I'm not a republican, just a American that want my news raw and not filtered through the WH lens. Who needs a WH news czar when you have these clowns!

The problem I have with all these stories is the description of Fox as "Fox News". Fox is not a news channel. It is an opinion channel. That's certainly their right, but let's not kid outselves that Fox employs legitimate journalists. They have a point of view and ideology, and their entire network is geared towards that. It's no mystery why, for example, you never see anyone from Fox News moderate a presidential debate–they're not a news network.

Fox news spreads false propaganda filled with hate and fear and it's up to those who listen to do their own fact checking.

What would the left have said if W would have done this with CNN or MSNBC?????

So much for those civil liberties. To quote Denny Green, "Obama, you are what we thought you were". Their only civil liberties if they agree with you and the press is only the press if they bash the other guy.

What a joke!

I think that if the WH is really concerned about objectivity, they would be better off having these interviews with Fox News and tell them in their face that they are being biased.
For me having these interviews with WH by CNN without being challenged is a coward act on part of the administration.
We all know that each news outlet has news reporting and commentaries programs just like CNN and all other channels.

When Bush was being attacked by every news agency I don't remember any of his staff whining about a certain news instead they executed agenda anyway. That is how each administration should act whether we agree with their policies or not.
I think that the Obama administration is trying to blame Fox News on how the country is reacted to their actions and decisions.

And CNN doesn't have a perspective! The Obama Administration is cutting off important contact with an important portion of the American people.

Sounds like sour grapes to me. Yes, Fox News might be leaning right, but the Liberals have MSNBC and CNN.

i agree that fox are bias. they are Republican arm but the white house should not engage with them. what the white house should do is to correct the facts which are distorted by Fox-news.

engaging Fox-news is the some as urging with a fool. if you urge with a fool you will look like a fool. this is the some as having a bath in river, then a crazy man takes your clothes and run off. if you chase this crazy man you will look like him. (you all look Crazy)

so my advice to the White House is do what you have to do but don't engage with fox. course you put fox on the mansion house them instead of mad house.

Fox news is not a legit news org because they have a line of opinionated shows that are very right leaning? If so, this argument can also be made against CNN and MSNBC, no?

The issue is not that we have too many opinions, personal point of views or critics on the airwaves. The issue will be there if we do not have enough opinions, view points and those who are willing to criticize the governing body of this country. While i am not a faithful Fox viewers, i am uncomfortable at how uncomfortable the WH is with the critism coming out of FOX. While i try to suppress the thought, i am beginning to question whether the adminstration has something they would like to hide............and so i have been tunning into fox a bit more to see what has ruffle the feathers of the obama administration.

CNN, MSNBC etc., etc, etc. aren’t the news organizations they used to be. They are now mostly starry-eyed cheerleaders for Obama and company. Most of their “newscasters” should be on the Democrat Party payroll. (Or maybe they are….)

Rahm and the Bamster are TERRIFIED of FOX news. They are the ONLY real News organization on cable thats left in this country. The rest all take their cues from the Chief Of Staff of the POTUS.

When they have the likes of Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter, Hannity etc. how can they taken as a serious news organization? As opposed to the anti-American, lies and hate mongering that they spew on a daily basis.

Are you telling me that Hannity, Beck and O'Reilly are not really news people but instead are political propagandists that brainwash a certain uneducated segment of the population? I'm shocked! I thought that they, along with Rush Limbaugh, were there for Jon Stewart and Colbert to have someone stupid and hypocritical to laugh at!

Everyone knows that all news organizations – be it broadcast, Internet or print – to a certain extent reflect the bias of the editor(s).

The problem with Fox is that, despite their motto of "fair and balanced," it actively promotes just one perspective – that of the conservative base of the Republican Party – to the point of lying.

Fox presents opinion as fact and doesn't demand fact-checking. And instead of engaging in civilized debate, it promotes name-calling and demonizing of those who share a differing opinion or who present facts that contradict or debunk their perspective.

In other words, as any person willing to do a little research of their own knows, Fox most certainly is a propaganda arm of the GOP.

If you disagree with this administration, you have no credibility or you are a racist.

Several years back, when I first started watching cable news shows for political reasons, I enjoyed watching Brit Humme(sp?) on Fox. A friend commented that Fox was so one-sided. I started comparing the coverage of different channels and proved to myself that Fox definitely was biased against anything Democratic. It's hard to believe these days that someone might not know Fox's take on things is all positive for Republicans and negative for others, but I'm sure there are those that will appreciate the chance to look at it in a different light. And the White House is right to call people's attention to the very unfair and unbalanced gibberish put out by Fox.

They sure act tough with our own people in America, but what about having no guts in dealing with Iran, Russia, Korea, Afganastan, and apologizing to everybody else in Europe.

What a bunch of cry babies! Sorry Obama, not every media outlet is kissing your butt. Thank God we have a news channel that is willing to expose this admistrations socialist agenda. By the way Mr. Emanuel, Fox News has the highest ratings and by picking a fight with Fox News will only continue to lower the president's approval rating. You might want to tell Mr. Chavez, oops, I mean Mr. Obama to get back to work and to stop being so petty.

And CNN doesn't have a "perspective?! What a joke of a statement by Emanuel.

Glad to hear them not cave into fox's shenanigans. I can hardly believe they can use the name 'news'. Many of their viewers are as ill-tempered as their hosts. I guess they are sour loser and/or confused and bitter and lash out at 'change'. If we did not elect Obama, we would have ben in the 2nd great depression by now.

Seems like the rabid right doesn't like be told what to do, but they sure like being told what to think!

Emanuel also told CNN Chief National Correspondent John King that it was important to the White House that other media outlets not take their cues from Fox.

Don't worry Rahm CNN is in full lock and step right along side you but I guess a occasional reminder of there real job (keeping the thruth from America and protecting the Administration) is a safe call.
Rahm has spoken CNN take your cues from NO ONE BUT THEM.

Finally the Democratic party is waking up. It only took 8 years of slanted, negative coverage pushing Bush's meandering agenda. Screw Fix Noise – they are getting what they deserved. "Fair and balanced", yeah, right! F 'em.

FauxNews: Joseph Goebbels would be proud.

Fox is a right wing almost news network. How can we take Fox news seriously when they have Beck, Hannity, and O'Reily, they're the cartoon news network.

Fox news doesn't realize or doesn't care that they are contributing to the public's loss of confidence in the truth of what they see on news television. Fox news is in it for the money, like all the other news networks and they have found an exploitable niche market of disaffected minded viewers.

Dunn was spot-on. No need to try to whitewash her statement.

It's true Fox News has a perspective, and that their news is slanted toward that perspective. It's also true that most news media have their own biases – some, like Fox, much more obvious than others. The only way these days to get a balanced coverage of the news is to slog through all the perspectives... a daunting task indeed, since many of the media will only cover the more sensational aspects of anything going on. You have to delete the adjectives to get the facts and then you have to be willing to check the facts presented to see if they're true or false, or more often, complete. It's a sad commentary on today's journalism.

What a load of bunk. nobama would be better served to fire emanuel and the other tax cheats then get someone he will listed to about how to fix the economy. Any idiot could do a better job on the economy than what is happening unless it is nobama's way to destroying this country. If that is the case he is doing a fine job. I hope we can hold on until the two governor elections this year so the demorats can see what is going to happen to them in 2010 and 2012 if they pass this so called health reform plan.

how is this not the same as Obama telling republicans they shouldn't listen to Rush? Why are the leaders of our country so afraid?

So, the White House doesn't even want to talk to or work with an entity or people who don't agree withits agenda? Sounds like a slap in the face to every "news" organization it does talk to. Ought to have you, CNN, questioning your relationship with the administration.

Obama must appear in FOX ASAP There is no Fun in FOX now

One idiot talking to himself is fun ( weekdays at 5 E.t in FOX)

Group of idiots attacking smart person (Obama) is fun ( 24 x 7 in FOX)

Now they are wining and crying why president Obama doesn’t like us

This question from fox
Why Michel Vic is in but Rush Limbaugh is out from NFL ?

Michel Vic is nuisance to dogs but Rush Limbaugh is nuisance to humans

instead of "fox news" is should be called "fox opinion" .. it is obvious they do not care about half of the country, and therefore are not interesting in giving all of america the news.. just the half they can control with fear and propaganda, and thus propaganda is not news just a biased interpretation to spread dis-informantion.

Re CNN cue from Fox,- And where did CNN get it,s clue?

FAUX is an opinion/entertainment show, just like Limbaugh. I don't know why anyone wants to have that propaganda shoved down their throats, but I guess it takes all kinds to make the world go around.

The hate and fear is just sickening to me and others in my community. We don't like it.

Different opinions and asking questions is good. But when an organization puts out misinformation and repeats these lies day after day until people believe it, that organization, whether on the left or right, should be called out! Fox news lies constantly and each of their lies should be called out and they should be held accountable!

Sounds like he just put out the memo to the other news organizations. DONT ASK QUESTIONS or you will be shunned like Fox. Thats not what you would expect out of the most transparent administration in history.

“I suppose the way to look at it and the way the president looks at it and we look at is: it’s not a news organization so much as it has a perspective. And that’s a different take.”
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Hmmm. so the president, i would assume, won't be going on MSNBC anytime soon.

the fact is WE NEED FOX News! if it wasn't there, you would NEVER hear the other side of sick, corrupt, LYING, democratic policies as they currently stand. dunn, emanuel...keep shoveling your hypocritcial b.s. to the liberals. they're the only ones buying it at this point.

And CNN doesn't have a perspective? Hmmm.......

The WH is a bunch of cowards as FOX News is calling out on the leftist radicals that Obama surrounds himself with.