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The “Fair and Balanced” Network has repeatedly called ABC's upcoming healthcare town hall special airing from the White House on June 24th an “infomercial,” or a “Mickey-Mouse sponsored infomercial” as Sean Hannity likes to call it (clearly a jab at Disney-owned ABC, as opposed to the “independently run” Fox News Channel). But what Fox isn't telling you is the utter hypocrisy oozing from their jealous, jealous pores.
So, in the interest of “fair and balanced,” here are the Big Three hypocrisies spewing from the mouths of Fox anchors, commentators, clowns and dingleberries:
- During the Longest Eight Years in the History of America, a.k.a. The George W. Bush administration, Fox News was rewarded with “unprecedented access” to the White House. This included multiple “exclusive” interviews with then-President Bush by Your World host Neil Cavuto. In addition, Fox News aired “specials” highlighting key Bush administration officials. “Why He Fights,” about former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld aired on September 30, 2006, which promised to “examine why President Bush stands behind him and what drives the 73-year-old Rumsfeld to soldier on.” Hard-hitting stuff! On October 13, 2007, Fox aired “Dick Cheney: No Retreat.” It offered “a rare glimpse into the life of the vice-president.” And on February 2 and 3, 2008, we were treated to the nail-biting documentary “George W. Bush, Fighting to the Finish.” This one really needs no elaboration.
- Fox gripes that ABC is refusing to air a paid TV ad of an opposing conservative view on healthcare. Yet, on two separate occasions, Fox News refused a similar request on their network. They previously refused to air an ad produced by the Center for Constitutional Rights. And in 2005 Fox refused to air an ad critical of then-Bush nominated Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.
- And finally, since a former ABC News correspondent now works for the Obama administration, Fox News is crying foul about a “conflict of interest.” Yet, this is getting monotonous, Tony Snow left Fox News to become President Bush's press secretary.
So, as an American citizen with a keen interest in healthcare reform, I will surely watch “Questions for the President: Prescription for America” on June 24th.
And you know what? If it is just a glorified infomercial as Fox News demands, then I'll be aware of it and treat it as such. Because, and this may dismay many Americans, I'm an adult, with an adult brain, and I can come to my own conclusions.
Whether Donkey or Elephant, the manure still stinks, and I'm perfectly capable of smelling it all.
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Who cares what Fox did? It does not make it right. No politician should be able to grant exclusives to any network and reporters should be shamed for letting their personal beliefs compromise good and fair reporting.
ABC is now America's Pravda!
Fox is pointing out the prejudice of another station. All views should be heard. They have a responsibility to show all sides of any issue, which some of the networks seem to have forgotten
I think the media is setting new record on over extending their bias. What happened yesterday on ABC is disgraceful.
How is their ANY value to your stated opinion if that opinion is simply a regurgitation of what is already found on Media Matters?
What amazes me is the amount of time you liberals spend bashing Fox News. All while their ratings continue to improve and the ratings of the other cable news stations with the liberal leanings are in a state of decline. Keep wasting your time on it. I actually find it amusing.
If there is a government run health care plan, employers will not have to offer health insurance as part of their compensation package. In fact, it would be so much cheaper to just stop offering it. After all, their employees can get it through the government.
Then when their competitors see that they don't
provide medical benefits, they realize that in order to be competitive themselves, they would have to drop medical insurance as part of their employees' compensation.
Before you know it, the ranks of the people on the government plan grows significantly and becomes an increasing burden on the taxpayer.
With Social security and medicare heading towards bankruptcy, this is just one more item to add to the list of fiscal problems that will devastate our economy.
Now if you add up all of these factors and throw in the massive accumulating national debt, we are screwed!!!!!
You can fudge the numbers all you want! Massive debt and increasing tax burdens will destroy our ec
Why is it that more and more people are turning to fox for their news? It's because the other networks don't cover both sides of the issues.
It's the same reason that all of the liberal leaning newspapers are losing readers. The same holds true for Air America's dismal ratings.
The Devil offered Jesus all authority and splendor over all the kingdoms of the world. Jesus rejected the wealth and the power and the security. He instead wanted to show mankind the Mind and the things of God. What Jesus did was:
Provide Free Health Care to the Poor!
Jesus and the Mind of God invented the Idea of Free Health Care to the Poor.
Jesus did not ask for money for His miracles.
Jesus could have had all the Power and the Wealth of the World but He rejected the things of men and accepted the Mind of God and Provided Free Health Care to the Poor.
“Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men." Matthew 16:23
If you are against Free Health Care, you are against Jesus.
There are ways of increasing access to health insurance to more people but it doesn't necessarily mean that you have to have a government run plan.
Jesus healed the sick, he didn't provide health insurance. I searched through the Bible and couldn't find a passage that Referred to Blue Cross Blue shield but it is possible that I may have missed it.
The Apostle Paul said that if a man will not work he should not eat. Providing benefits to people who don't contribute to the system might not be entirely biblical in nature.
Jesus also said that you should render unto Caesar what is Caesar's. Meaning that you should pay your taxes. The percentage of people paying into the system is declining while demands on the system are increasing. Some people aren't rendering anything unto Caesar yet they demand more and more from him.
The Bible says that thou shalt not steal. Wealth redistribution is little more than theft.
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