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Obama's Foxhole.
Terence Samuel on the war between Fox News and the White House:
In normal times, it would make no sense for the White House to engage Fox News Channel in battle. That tactical decision would make as much sense as a dog chasing a crocodile into a swamp -- the White House is on Fox's turf, and the cable network has all the advantages. But these are not normal times, and the White House is not dealing with a typical media outlet.
Fox News is everything that Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says it is: It's an arm of the conservative movement and an opposition research shop for the GOP. And now, the Fox affair is a test case about the future of American political journalism.
COMMENTS (2)
So? You think that there is a legitimate american press, You are not only stupid, you are a fool, in the worst sense of the word.
Look pretending that there is a free american press is not only stupid it is irrevocably insane.
The press in America is owned by the oligarchy. There is no "american" press. I mean seriously can't you read, you fucking idiot?
Posted by: regulararmyfool | October 23, 2009 3:47 PM
"The White House may lose the battle"
What would that look like exactly? Fox fires Shep Smith?
There is no "battle" to be lost with Fox because there's almost nothing at stake there in terms of worse treatment. What are they going to do -- instead of calling him a Nazi every 5 minutes they do it every 3 instead?
Posted by: Uli Kunkel | October 24, 2009 4:39 PM