The White House’s war with Fox News

New Yorker by Louis Menand | Oct. 26, 2009 (Opinion)

In 2008, half the people who watched the Fox News Channel were over sixty-three, which is the oldest demographic in the cable-news business, and, according to a poll, the majority of the ones who watched the most strident programs, such as Sean Hannity’s and Bill O’Reilly’s shows, were men. All that chesty fulminating apparently functions as political Cialis. Fox News shows should probably carry a warning: Contact your doctor if you have rage lasting ... Full Story »

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Lynn R. Willis
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 by Lynn R. Willis - Oct. 27, 2009

This witty, well written and thorough analysis of the tiff between the White House and Fox News covers the bases on this subject. Mr. Menand makes the case AGAINST a White House attack on Fox, but provides a logical rationale for accusing the network of deliberately practicing partisan bias. I think this piece is good, informative reading.

Enough about Fox News, already.

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