O’Reilly And Hume Claim Fox News Covered ‘All The Bad News That Came Out Of Iraq’

[jefferson_dem]

O’Reilly And Hume Claim Fox News Covered ‘All The Bad News That Came Out Of Iraq’

Yesterday, former Special Report anchor Brit Hume helped lead the Fox News pushback against the White House’s charge that the network is “opinion journalism masquerading as news” and “often operates as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party.” “If Fox News really were a GOP mouth piece, the White House would not be attacking it,” said Hume in a Special Report commentary. “It would feel no need to.”

Later that night, Hume joined Bill O’Reilly to continue defending the network’s news coverage. O’Reilly and Hume agreed that Fox “routinely hammered President Bush on Iraq” and was “very faithful about covering all the bad news that came out of Iraq”:

O’REILLY: Now you and I came up in the old school, where we were taught as a reporter you should be skeptical of everybody. I mean, that’s your job as a reporter.

HUME: Right.

O’REILLY: To be skeptical, skeptical of the Democrats, skeptical of the Republicans. It doesn’t really matter. And I have to say that when President Bush was in trouble in Iraq, this network and this program and your program, as well, routinely, routinely hammered President Bush on Iraq.

HUME: Well, we certainly — we were very faithful about covering all the bad news that came out of Iraq.

O’REILLY: Absolutely.

“There was no cheerleading of President Bush on this network when his administration ran into trouble,” claimed O’Reilly. Watch it:

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http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/13/oreilly-hume-bush/

[Arkana]

1. No they absolutely did NOT.

In fact, they took great pains to HIDE the fact that bad news was coming out of Iraq.

It's shameless how they lie.

[jefferson_dem]

2. Honestly, is there even a need for media matters to go to work on this one.

They have resorted to spewing bald-faced lies.

[dennis4868]

3. But but but....

they found WMD in Iraq...at least that's what FOX News told me.....

[SuperTrouper]

4. These Fox pinworms just make me so sick! They lie!

:puke:

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. They meant "covered UP the bad news..."

[Peacetrain]

6. I need to pull on the hip waders to even read this

:)

[Bolo Boffin]

7. How many military funerals did they cover? n/t

[Kingofalldems]

8. Isn't Hume 'old money' who socializes with the Bushs?

[lunatica]

9. They sure sound like they're on the defensive to me

I guess the White House strategy to push back is working. Brit Hume and O'Reilly talking each others lies up is great!

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. Like what? Sens. Graham and McCain getting taken by a rug merchant?

Way to go, dumbFux News.

[zbdent]

11. They did cover all the bad news that came out of Iraq ...

first, as evidence of the other networks' bias, and second, as the end result of those evil, America-hating Democrats who wanted us to fail ...

so, technically, they were "correct" in the statement that they did cover the "bad news" coming out of Iraq ... just as a way to blame Democrats and Liberals and France ...