Remember when Fox News told all of us that they would give President Obama the traditional "honeymoon" period often extended to incoming presidents. They said that they would allow President Obama enough time to analyze the pressing issues facing him upon taking office, and then after 100 days give us all an "in depth" review of the presidents successes and failures. Remember when Bill O'Reilly told us that Fox News would be "fair" and wouldn't attack the president on every trivial little thing.
Well lets see how that worked out.
4 hours after President Obama is sworn into officehttp://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/01/fox-news-chris.html"Well, again, we're wondering here whether or not Barack Obama in fact is the president of the United States," Chris Wallace told Fox News viewers, well over an hour after Obama had taken the oath of office today.
Fox News replayed the swearing-in moment when President Obama and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. each bobbled the words to the constitutional oath. "They had a kind of garbled oath," Wallace said.
"It's just conceivable that this will end up going to the courts," Wallace speculated.
A little over 2 1/2 months into President Oboma's presidency http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/03/27/roff_obama_cue_cards/Does President Obama Need Cue Cards?
It is not so much an issue of the President relying on notes or technology when making remarks – other presidents have done it, although some more expertly than others. Again, it is that the use of electronic supports, when making remarks in public, conflicts with the image of presidential competence that the White House is trying to project — it also undermines the idea that the president is a brilliant communicator.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/09/MN1I16TJEN.DTL&feed=rss.newsFox News Pundits escalate attacks against Obama.
It took fewer than 100 days for conservative critics to start lobbing the F-bomb at President Obama. "F" as in "fascist."
Take Glenn Beck, the bombastic Fox News host, who in recent weeks has repeatedly used the term - along with references to Mussolini and pictures of Hitler and Lenin - to describe Obama's efforts to revive struggling banks and automakers.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200904080025?f=h_topFox News' aggressive promotion of anti-Obama "Tea Parties"
Despite its repeated insistence that its coverage is "fair and balanced" and its invitation to viewers to "say 'no' to biased media," Fox News has frequently aired segments encouraging viewers to get involved with "tea party" protests across the country, which the channel has described as primarily a response to President Obama's fiscal policies. Media Matters has compiled an analysis of Fox News' promotion of these events.
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http://mediamatters.org/items/200904010029?f=s_searchFox Business' Smith falsely claimed banks returning TARP money obtained funds under Obama
http://mediamatters.org/items/200903270006?f=s_searchHannity falsely claimed Obama has proposed UK-style nationalized health care
http://mediamatters.org/items/200903190022?f=s_searchFox News promo falsely claimed Obama "pushes a plan" requiring vets to pay for health insurance
http://mediamatters.org/items/200903160026?f=s_searchFox News presents deceptively cropped six-month-old Biden clip as new
http://mediamatters.org/items/200904070012?f=s_searchHannity falsely claimed Obama administration "taking steps to cut defense spending"
http://mediamatters.org/items/200904040003?f=s_searchHannity truncated Obama quote to claim it was an example of "blame America first"
Yep I think the honeymoon is over, or eh, never started.
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