Fox News demonstrates when they don't distort news, they make it up. THEY WERE NOT EXCLUDED BY WH!

[JohnWxy]

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/wh-were-happy-to-exclude-fox-but-didnt-yesterday-with-feinberg-interview.php


Talking Points Memo dot com looked into the story that Fox alleged that WH excluded them from an interview with Pay Czar, Kenneth Feinberg of the Treasury Dept. Turns out when Feinberg told reporters, at the Treasury offices, about his decision re cutting executive pay the reporters asked to do an on-camera interview. Feinberg said OK, and then asked "Who wants to be in on this?" FOX DIDN'T INDICATE THEY WANTED IN ON IT. So Treasury didn't include them on the list of participants in the interview. Later Fox claimed the White House closed them out of the interview at Treasury. Was this a pseudo news event created by Fox???


Here is the TPMDC report on this pseudo-event:
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The version Fox has pushed all day is that the network was excluded from an interview roundtable with Feinberg yesterday, and that bureau chiefs from ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN came to Fox's defense.

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Feinberg did a pen and pad with reporters to brief them on cutting executive compensation. TV correspondents, as they do with everything, asked to get the comments on camera. Treasury officials agreed and made a list of the networks who asked (Fox was not among them).

But logistically, all of the cameras could not get set up in time or with ease for the Feinberg interview, so they opted for a round robin where the networks use one pool camera. Treasury called the White House pool crew and gave them the list of the networks who'd asked for the interview.

The network pool crew noticed Fox wasn't on the list, was told that they hadn't asked and the crew said they needed to be included. Treasury called the White House and asked top Obama adviser Anita Dunn. Dunn said yes and Fox's Major Garrett was among the correspondents to interview Feinberg last night.
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[Kerrytravelers]

1. I have no doubt the majority of the Faux Noise Machine is nothing but made-up nonsense.