A presidential spokeswoman said, “We don’t need to pretend that this is the way that legitimate news organizations behave.” Full Story »
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This Times could have made this a good piece, by taking the time to provide some kind of objective data on how Fox News has covered the administration, vis a vi other television news organizations. But it instead substituted a he-said, she-said approach which is neither insightful or informative.
Mr. Beck, whose 5 p.m. program consistently draws three million viewers, is a “cultural phenomenon now,” Mr. Shine said. But this success has come at a price: he is the source of considerable discomfort for Fox’s journalists, especially for false statements on his program. In August, for instance, Mr. Beck claimed that Mr. Garrett was “never called on” at White House press briefings, but Mr. Garrett had asked a question that day.
The administration’s aggressive stance suggests that it does not view Fox’s audience as one that can be persuaded. During the presidential campaign, Ms. Dunn said, it booked campaign representatives on Fox to try to reach undecided voters, but by mid-October, the campaign had mostly withdrawn them from the channel’s programs.
