Why Does Fox News Have More Power Than Any Progressive in the Country? - By Cenk Uygur

[kpete]

Why Does Fox News Have More Power Than Any Progressive in the Country?

By Cenk Uygur

As we can all see now, when Fox says jump, the Obama administration asks how high? (Then jumps one inch less and considers it a progressive victory). Is there anyone Obama won't fire or throw under the bus if Fox asks him to? What if they ask Obama to fire himself? Would he do it? Or would he just fire Biden and say he met them halfway?

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It's high time that we stop giving the Obama administration credit for being some sort of genius tacticians. Maybe it was all David Plouffe. But one thing is for sure, they seem to have no idea what they're doing politically and Fox News is handing them their ass on a daily basis. Glenn Beck came on after the Sherrod story became fully known and said that Obama shouldn't have fired her. Don't you get it, you feckless clowns, they're going to criticize you no matter what you do? You cannot appease them. You must isolate and delegitimize them.

I understand the Obama team is playing the old Washington games and think they're very clever at it. But those games don't work anymore. Bad news cycles are not created by genuine mistakes anymore, they're artificially created by Fox News channel. You can't make them go away by giving into them. You're just feeding the beast. And more importantly, you're starving your own side.

It isn't about fighting Fox News to make yourself feel better. It's about ignoring their silly attacks so you can actually bring us the progressive change you promised. Otherwise, we would be retarded to come and vote for you again.

more:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-Does-Fox-News-Have-Mor-by-Cenk-Uygur-100723-272.html



********************************************It's interesting to see how the right is trying to salve their conscience over what Andrew Breitbart did to Shirley Sherrod's career and reputation.

From Buckley to Breitbart
POWERLINE:

...With the hounds baying, Andrew deserves the support of conservatives in his struggle with the Democrat-Media complex.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/07/026832.php

[napi21]

1. MONEY!

[golfguru]

2. RATINGS!

[jgraz]

3. K&R.

[Bitwit1234]

4. I'd love to start a campaign and organization that would

hold every single right wing nut down and wash their mouth out with soap the minute they utter LIBERAL MEDIA. Didn't their mothers tell them not to lie. Or where they raised permissively and that's why lying is their way of life.

[niceypoo]

5. "It's about ignoring their silly attacks"

"...so you can actually bring us the progressive change you promised"

Ding, ding, ding, ding!!

We have a winner!!!