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This would sound better if you didn't say yourself the support was mostly fake Isaac Send a noteboard - 28/05/2010 01:05:44 PM
You're basically accusing Fox News of having a bias for reporting that many Dems were siding with the war for reasons you yourself acknowledge were often the case. Now, by the way, there are actually few occasions FNC actually tangibly did that, Hannity or O'Reilly screaming about the liberals can't realistically be counted.

Okay though, for the sake of argument let's say they are biased, more or less than the NYT or MSNBC? Are you going to say then that those aren't biased or deserve to not be called news outlets?

How can reporting something you say is the truth count as the cornerstone case against them? It is news, politician should be held to public scrutiny. The public deserves to hear about it and had every right to draw the conclusion that they did, that many on the left came off as "I think he doth protest too much" on the patriotism part, and that their loyalties too often came off as self-interest not principle. I don't really think Fox made an effort to say this, more that a lot of other news agencies made an effort not to, and where bias is concerned, on say or no say, I think no say is a worse example of bias.
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US Debt Hits $13T - But Spending Spree in DC Continues..... - 26/05/2010 05:09:48 PM 920 Views
Look who finally remembered they oppose federal deficits. - 26/05/2010 05:26:30 PM 542 Views
Silly Joel.....please find the posts where I supported GWB's deficit spending. - 26/05/2010 05:35:13 PM 599 Views
hmmm - 26/05/2010 05:40:49 PM 538 Views
That's different; spending trillions on the Iraq war is necessary national defense, just ask Fox. - 26/05/2010 05:46:49 PM 740 Views
0.7 Trillion doesn't usually qualify as 'Trillions' - 26/05/2010 06:16:15 PM 685 Views
I'm not willing to try parsing how much DoD spending was and wasn't Iraq just now. - 26/05/2010 06:27:50 PM 649 Views
You can knock off the "Faux News" stuff, makes you sound like you've been hanging at Daily Kos - 26/05/2010 07:06:16 PM 704 Views
umm ok. - 26/05/2010 07:26:02 PM 756 Views
Well, they annoyed the hell out of me by "accusing" Dems of something they supported for 5 years. - 27/05/2010 03:30:08 PM 727 Views
ok now you are just making stuff up - 27/05/2010 08:11:39 PM 969 Views
This would sound better if you didn't say yourself the support was mostly fake - 28/05/2010 01:05:44 PM 711 Views
I thought overthrowing Saddam was fine.....and it worked out very well. - 26/05/2010 06:37:31 PM 508 Views
I'll take what comfort I can from this. - 26/05/2010 06:45:53 PM 599 Views
"They" plural. - 26/05/2010 05:45:48 PM 763 Views
you are so full of crap - 26/05/2010 05:59:47 PM 562 Views
Oh, they weren't silent; they were quite vocal in their endorsement of the Iraq war. - 26/05/2010 06:03:51 PM 805 Views
more ranting doesn't support your argument - 26/05/2010 06:17:22 PM 721 Views
I'll respond to the coherent part of that. - 26/05/2010 06:30:07 PM 735 Views
I wish ... - 26/05/2010 06:57:30 PM 708 Views
Is the NYT any better pieces slandering McCain and his wife before an election? - 26/05/2010 07:16:58 PM 573 Views
I don't know those articles specifically. - 26/05/2010 08:27:44 PM 643 Views
These days I typically just say, "Fox. " - 27/05/2010 03:48:40 PM 746 Views
You mean you will repsond to part that you like and ignore the part you don't because of a typo - 26/05/2010 07:18:03 PM 679 Views
Actually, I think it was a pretty thorough response. - 27/05/2010 03:57:55 PM 722 Views
then let me make is simpler - 27/05/2010 07:23:19 PM 730 Views
I'll give Joel a little hand here... - 26/05/2010 09:14:27 PM 746 Views
commas are so over rated - 26/05/2010 10:50:57 PM 543 Views
I find this image to describe the deficits pretty useful - 27/05/2010 01:56:29 AM 512 Views
Here is the problem with this kind of reporting... - 27/05/2010 07:12:34 AM 646 Views
Correct - 27/05/2010 02:11:47 PM 509 Views
The problem with that kind of logic is it is wrong - 27/05/2010 02:19:37 PM 531 Views
Yes, that would be wrong. - 27/05/2010 03:35:30 PM 549 Views
Based on Obama's budget, he will add more to the debt over the next 10 years..... - 27/05/2010 04:10:45 PM 466 Views
Increasing the debt is a problem, yes. - 27/05/2010 07:55:04 PM 840 Views
At least we agree that you are wrong because that is what you said - 27/05/2010 06:50:43 PM 498 Views
And where does the rest of the money come from? - 27/05/2010 08:12:31 PM 638 Views
No, that's for the entire Department of Defense. - 27/05/2010 08:25:28 PM 540 Views
using those numbers the war appears to be about half a drop in the bucket *NM* - 27/05/2010 08:37:31 PM 289 Views
I wouldn't call it a drop in the bucket... - 27/05/2010 09:03:43 PM 750 Views
yeah I was just being a smart ass - 27/05/2010 11:09:37 PM 753 Views
Re: And where does the rest of the money come from? - 27/05/2010 10:58:59 PM 644 Views
I interpreted it as saying... - 27/05/2010 02:22:13 PM 1003 Views
Hmmm... - 27/05/2010 03:41:15 PM 566 Views

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